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eCUT A 12-04 (Q007103)
Royal stone inscription, 7th century, Kef Kalesi
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| Designation | eCUT A 12-04 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007103 |
| Collection | Van Museum, Van, Turkey |
| Language | Urartian |
| Period | 7th century |
| Genre | Royal stone inscription |
| Find spot | Kef Kalesi |
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) |
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| 1’ | ku-ul-mu-li-ni a-li-e TIL-LI ga-zu-li-e te-er-du-li-ni ⸢ši⸣-[si-ni bi-di-a-še ši-i-si-e šu₂-u₂-li-e] | “It is enough, I want to make it perfect for you! It is enough! Its eaši’esini is its name! |
| 2’ | a-še e-si ma-nu-li i-ša₂-hi-ni te-er-du-li-ni a-li-e i-ni u₂-[li TIL-LI te-er-du-li-ni {e₂}a-du-nu-si-ni] | As for the brickwork of Manuli he made it complete. (As for the one) who this brickwork completed I made (it) complete. |
| 3’ | {m}ru-sa-a-še a-li a-lu-še KU₃ ku-me-mu-še TIL-LI SIKIL {d}hal-di-[i-na-ni KA₂-ni ha-u₂-li-e] | “Urasaše, alas, the holy one, Kummu-ṣi-lî, the pure one, (and) Haldi-inani, his gate may be opened. |
| 4’ | NA₄ ʾa-hu-li-i-ni a-li-e a-še su-nu-e i-ru-i-du-⸢li⸣ [TUKUL{meš} GIŠ{meš} SI{meš} ši-e-du-li-ni] | stone of alaḫulini, (as for the one) who removes this inscription, may the weapons, arrows, (and) horns of the gods kill me. |
| 5’ | a-mu-li-ni KI-TIM-a qu-ul-di-ni-ni a-li-e KU₃ iš-ti-ni ma-nu-⸢li⸣ [te-er-du-li-ni E₂ a-du-nu-si-ni] | (As for) the one who removes me from the earth, (as for the one) who destroys me, I have poured out pure water there. I built a house for them. |
| 6’ | {m}ru-sa-a-še a-li a-li-e {d}hal-di-ni-e E₂ aš₂-du-li-e ⸢ha⸣-[ap-ti-ni-e KIN ma-nu-ni e-me tar-ni] | For the god Ḫaldi, for the temple of the god Ašduli he built a new canal. |
| 7’ | GIR₂.BAR aš₂-ka-ṭi₅-ni ši-e-du-li-ni mi₃-i e-ši-me-ṣi el-mu-še ma-[nu-ni i-ni u₂-li KUR₂ GAR₃ a-še] | “The sword is his weapon, the šīdu-lî-demon, what is it that makes the esvimeš<shrine> tremble? He is his opponent, he is his enemy. |
| 8’ | a-li-e u₂-i uš-ta-ku-ni aš₂-du-li-ni ši-e-du-li-ni mi₃-i ⸢e⸣-[ši-me-ṣi el-mu-še ma-nu-ni] | (As for) me, if I had not come here, I would not have been able to go there, what is it that makes the ešimeš temple tremble? |
| 9’ | {d}hal-di-ni-i a-ma-ni i-gi-di ip-hi-e {d}hal-di-ni-[i ba-du-si-ni i-u₂ ur-zi-e] | For the god Ḫaldi his word was a flood he opened for him. For the goddess Haldi he built it. He (the god) Urzi |
| 10’ | ʾa-hu-li-ni KI-TIM-a qul-di-ni-ni mi₃-i e-ši-me-ṣi el-mu-še [ma-nu-ni {m}ru-sa-a-še a-li] | (As for) the alaḫulini of the underworld, what did the ešimešu-priestess (say) “Oh, Ursa, where(?) |
| r | ||
| 1’ | {[m}ar-giš-te]-⸢hi⸣-[ni-še a-li i-ni e-si qar-bi ma-nu qi-u₂-ra-ni qu-ul-di-ni] | Argišti-eḫēni says: “Where is the horn of the hero? Where is the weapon of the warrior? |
| 2’ | ⸢ma⸣-nu-bi u₂-i [gi-e-i iš-ti-ni ši-da-u₂-ri-e {d}hal-di-ni-ni ba-u₂-ši-ni] | “Its reed-beds have been erected by the god Ḫaldi. |
| 3’ | i-e-še-e i-[ni E₂.BARA₂ ši-di-iš-tu₂-bi e-ʾa E₂.GAL ba-du-si-e] | He erected this temple. Its sanctuaries, shrines, and palaces |
| 4’ | ši-di-iš-tu₂-bi {[giš}GEŠTIN {giš}za-ri-e šu₂-hi te-ru-u₂-bi GAN₂ {giš}U₂.ŠE URU šu₂-hi iš-ti-ni] | Its šidištu of grapes and zarīyu-trees I planted there, a field of orchards of a city I established there. |
| 5’ | ša₂-tu₂-u₂-bi tar-⸢gi⸣-ni-li ar-⸢ni-u₂⸣-ši-ni-[li iš-ti-ni za-du-bi te-ru-u₂-bi] | This (is) the taregi-ešīnili of the Arniû-Esini. This is its foundation. Its foundation. |
| 6’ | ti-i-ni {d}[hal]-di-e-i URU {kur}zi-u₂-qu-ni-i {⸢m}ru-sa-a-še⸣ | By the life of the god Ḫaldi I conquered the city Ziuquni. |
| 7’ | {m}ar-giš-te-hi-⸢ni⸣-še a-li pa-ru-bi LU₂ {munus}lu-tu₂-ni {kur}lu-lu-i-na-ni {[kur}x-x]-⸢i⸣-ni | Argiš-teḫi-eše where did he go? A man, his wife, his land, his ... land |
| 8’ | {kur}tab-la-a-ni {[kur]}qa-i-na-ru-u₂ {kur}mu-uš-ki-ni {kur}ha-te-e {⸢kur}ha-li-ṭu⸣ | the lands Tabla, Qainaru, Muškini, Hate, Ḫalit-e, |
| 9’ | {[kur}ṣi-lu-qu-ni-ni] za-du-u₂-bi LU₂-i-[a]-ni i-nu-ki-e E₂.GAL e-ʾa URU{meš} a-li-li ⸢i-nu-ki-e⸣ | (As for) the land Biluquni, he conquered (it). His men in the city Inukî, the palace, and the city Alili he built. |
| 10’ | [E₂.GAL-a za]-⸢du⸣-u₂-bi al-zi-na-i [i]-nu-ki-e ⸢E₂.GAL-a⸣ a-bi-li-du-u₂-bi-e mi₃-i a-i-⸢še-e-i⸣ | In the palace, when you rise up, why does Abi-lī-dubâ rejoice? |
| 11’ | [e-di-ni] ⸢su⸣-ṭi₅-a-ni mi₃-i-⸢e⸣ i-bi-⸢ri-ia⸣-a-ni mi₃-i gi-e-i i-na-a-ni ba-u₂-ši-⸢na-ni⸣ | When he went down, he came down, and he returned to his place. |
| 12’ | [še-pu-ia-ar]-⸢di-a⸣-[ni] {m}ru-sa-a-[še] {m}ar-giš-te-hi-ni-⸢še⸣ a-li {d}hal-di-iš-⸢me⸣-e uš-ha-a-⸢nu-ni⸣ | Šepiya’ar-ēde, Rusa, and Argištiḫini, the god Ḫaldi, entrusted them to me. |
| 13’ | [hu-ṭu-tu₂-hi gu-nu-še] ⸢e⸣-ʾa ⸢ip⸣-[šu₂]-še {d}hal-di-a iš-ti-ni-e i-na-ni-li ar-ni-u₂-ši-[ni-li] | He who has sinned against the e’ala temple, against the incantation of the god Ḫaldi he made it. |
| 14’ | [za-du-li {d}hal-di-ni-ni] ⸢al⸣-su-i-ši-ni {m}ru-sa-a-ni {m}ar-giš-te-hi MAN DAN-NU ⸢MAN⸣ | Provider of the god Ḫaldi, al-esu-isini, Rusa, and Argišteḫi, strong king, |
| 15’ | [al-su-i-ni MAN {kur}šu₂-u₂-ra-a-u₂-e] ⸢MAN⸣ {[kur]}⸢bi⸣-a-[i]-na-a-u₂-e [MAN MAN]{meš}u₂-e a-lu-si | he conquered. The king of the lands the kings of the four world quarters (the king) the lord |
| 16’ | {[uru}ṭu-uš-pa-a-e URU {d}hal-di-ni-ni ba-u₂-ši-ni {m}ru-sa-a-še {m}ar-giš-te-hi-ni-še] | For the city Bušpâ, which was founded by the god Ḫaldi, Rusa and Artaxerxes |
| 17’ | [a]-li MAN-ni [a-li i-si i-ku-ka-ni e-di-ni ma-nu-li mi₃-i gi-i i-na-a-ni] | Where is the king, where is the one who eats food? Where is he going? What reed does he have? |
| 18’ | ⸢ba⸣-u₂-ši-na-a-⸢ni⸣ [KIN i-si-ia-ni mi₃-i gi-i še-pu-ia-ar-di-a-ni mi₃-i pu-hi-a-ni gu-ni i-e-še] | “If he slips through the cracks of his nose, if he bends over his neck, he will die. |
| 19’ | ⸢ti⸣-u₂-bi gu-ni [za-du-u₂-bi-e {m}ru-sa-a-še {m}ar-giš-te-hi-ni-še a-li a-lu-še i-ni DUB-te] | Its (the god) Asalluḫi, his (or, resp., his) Lord, made this tablet. |
| 20’ | {[d]}hal-di-na-ni {giš}[KA₂ tu₂-li-i-e a-lu-še pi-tu₂-li-e a-lu-še še-er-du-li-e a-lu-še e-si-ni] | For the god Ḫaldi a gate was opened for him, a man opened it for him. A man a šērdu’lî-vessel (made) of esini |
| 21’ | ⸢su⸣-u₂-i-du-li-[e a-lu-še ti-u₂-li-e za-du-u₂-bi a-i {kur}bi-a-i-ni-še a-i] | (As for) the one who destroys it, may the Bia lands not be his. |
| 22’ | {[kur}lu]-⸢lu⸣-i-ni-[še a-lu-še šu₂-u₂-si-e ti-ni-ni tu₂-li-i-e ma-a-si-e ti-i-ni te-li-i-e tu₂-ri-ni-ni] | (As for) the land of Lu-elu-emini, the lord, his hand gave me this name, he gave me that name, and he returned it to me. |
| 23’ | {[d}hal]-⸢di⸣-še {d}IM-[še {d}UTU-ni-še DINGIR{meš}še ma-a-ni ti-i-ni] | Ḫaldi, Adad, Šamaš, (all) the gods, his name |
| 24’ | [ar]-⸢mu⸣-zi-i [ar-mu-zi-gi ar-mu-zi {d}UTU-ni pi-e-i mi₃-i ar-hi-e] | Ar-emuzi Ar-muzigi Armuzi his Šamaš's mouth is full of tears. |
| 25’ | [u₂-ru-li-a-ni mi₃-i i-na-i-ni-e mi₃-i {lu₂}na-ra-a a-u₂-i-e u₂-lu-u₂-li-e] | “What is it that he does? What is the nārāyu, the aue, the ululi |
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