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eCUT A 05-030 (Q006928)
Royal stone inscription, 9th/8th century, Karahan · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | eCUT A 05-030 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006928 |
| Museum no. | a: 12.1.78, b: 112/7761 |
| Collection | fragment a): Van Museum, Van, Turkey fragment b): Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Urartian |
| Period | 9th/8th century · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal stone inscription |
| Find spot | Karahan |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1’ | {[m]}{d}sar₅-du-ri-e-⸢hi⸣-[ni-e] | Sarduri |
| 2’ | {m}mi₃-nu-a {m}iš-pu-u₂-i-ni-e-⸢he₂⸣-[ni-e] | Minua and Isvpuini |
| 3’ | e-ʾa nu-ni {d}hal-di-ni ar-a-ni | “Ḫaldi is his mother, |
| 4’ | ma-a-ni-ni e-ʾa {d}u₂-a-ni | “Where is the shrine of Uāni? |
| 5’ | {d}hal-di-ni-ni uš-ma-ši-ni | Through the protection of the god Ḫaldi |
| 6’ | {d}hal-di-e e-u₂-ri-e | For the god Ḫaldi, the (or, resp. the) Lord, |
| 7’ | {m}mi₃-nu-a-še {m}iš-pu-u₂-i-ni-hi-ni-še | Minua and Isvpuini |
| 8’ | {d}hal-di-ni-li KA₂ ši-di-iš-tu₂-a-li | For the god Ḫaldi, at the gate of the šidištū-priest |
| 9’ | {uru}ar-ṣu-ni-u₂-i-ni-e ba-du-si-e | he dug a canal for Aršbuniuni |
| 10’ | i-ni {d}u₂-a ṭi₅-ri-bi-šu₂-zi | “This is Ua, who raises his arms. |
| 11’ | ku-gu-u₂-ni {uru}ar-ṣu-u₂-i-ni-e | and a kuguni of the Aršbuni plant |
| 12’ | u₂-i gi-e-i ši-i-da-<u₂>-ri | “Oh, the reed-beds of the ši<da]cūru canal |
| 13’ | ši-di-iš-tu₂-u₂-ni {m}mi₃-nu-a-še | gave it to Minua. |
| 14’ | {m}iš-pu-u₂-i-ni-e-hi-ni-še | Išpuini |
| 15’ | e-ʾa E₂.GAL šu₂-u₂-hi₂ e-ʾa URU | “House, that palace, house, the city |
| 16’ | {giš}ul-di šu₂-u₂-hi₂ te-ru-u₂-ni | a new tree planted |
| 17’ | ⸢bur⸣-ga-na-ni {giš}za-a-ri šu₂-u₂-hi₂ te-ru-ni | He planted a new cedar tree for his e’bur-egana plant. |
| 18’ | {d}hal-di-ni be-di-i-ni | the god Ḫaldi, his Lord, |
| 19’ | {d}hal-di-na-ni KA₂ be-di-ni | For the god Ḫaldi, his (or, resp. his) Lord |
| 20’ | {d}u₂-a be-di-ni ma-a-nu-li nu-u₂-ni | O Ua, our lord, we do not lie down. |
| 21’ | ul-gu-u₂-še {m}iš-pu-u₂-i-ni-e | Išpuini, |
| 22’ | {[m}{d}sar₅]-du-ri-e-hi-[ni]-e | Sarduri |
| 23’ | {[m}mi₃-nu]-⸢a {m}iš-pu⸣-[u₂-i-ni-hi-ni-e] | Minu-ea and Išpu-eunihini |
| 24’ | [e]-⸢ʾa⸣ nu-ni {⸢d}hal-di⸣-ni ar-a-ni | “E-ala-e-nu-ni (is) Ḫaldi, his father |
| 25’ | [ma]-ni-ni e-ʾa {d}u₂-a-ni | “What is it that he has done, what has been done by Uāni? |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[m}mi₃-nu-a-še {m}iš-pu]-u₂-i-ni-hi-ni-[še] | Minua and Isvpuini |
| 2 | [a-li-e {d]}hal-di-ni-e ba-du-si-e DUB-⸢te⸣ | For the god Ḫaldi (I am) Dusi, the scribe |
| 3 | [te]-⸢ru⸣-u₂-bi a-li {uru}ar-ṣu-ni-u₂-i-⸢ni⸣ | Its tērūbû-offering: Where is the city Aršbuniu’e? |
| 4 | ⸢DUB⸣-te te-ru-u₂-bi a-li i-na-⸢a⸣ | (Sum) The one who enters the tablet, where will he go? (Akk) Where did I enter the tablet? Where will I go? |
| 5 | ⸢pu⸣-lu-si-i-na-a DUB-te te-ru-u₂-⸢bi⸣ | This is the inscription that you entered. |
| 6 | [a]-⸢lu⸣-uš-ni tu₂-li-e a-lu-še pi-tu₂-li-⸢e⸣ | “Alas, you are the one who has sinned against me, O lord, release me! |
| 7 | [a]-lu-še še-er-du-li-e a-lu-⸢še⸣ | The alu priestess, the šērdu-priest |
| 8 | u₂-li-e i-ni-li du-li-e {d}hal-di-⸢še⸣ | “Uli, Inili, work of Haldi-eše |
| 9 | {[d]}⸢IM⸣-še {d}UTU-še qi-u₂-ra-a-še DINGIR{meš}⸢še⸣ | May the gods Ea, Šamaš, (and) Qiuraše |
| 10 | [tu₂]-ru-ti-ni-e-ni ma-a-ni e-⸢ʾa⸣ | when he returned, where did he go? |
| 11 | ⸢zi⸣-li-bi qi-u₂-ra-a-ni e-di-ni | Its ezi-elīb priestess gave birth to a lamb. |
Sources & licences
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