Ikunum 5add (formerly Šamši-Adad I 03) (Q007286)
Royal Inscription, Old Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Ikunum 5add (formerly Šamši-Adad I 03) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007286 |
| Collection | British Museum London |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] 1′1′–4′4′ | vice-regent of [Aššur]; [Il]u-[šūma] (was) the son of Ša[lim-aḫum, vice-re]gent [of Aššur]. |
| Obverse [4:10] 5′5′–10′10′ | Ikūnum, vice[-regent of Aššur], made the temple of the [goddes Ereškigal, for his life and the life of his city bui]lt and pu[t the clay c]one. |
| Obverse [10:15] 11′11′–15′15′ | (May) a l[ater prince], when the tem[ple] [...] has become dilapida[ted, re]store my clay na[il t]o its place. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1′ | ⸢ENSI₂⸣ {[d}a-šur₃] | |
| 2′ | ⸢DINGIR⸣-[šu-ma] | |
| 3′ | ⸢DUMU⸣ ša-⸢li⸣-[im-a-hu-um] | |
| 4′ | ⸢ENSI₂⸣ {[d}a-šur₃] | |
| 5′ | ⸢i⸣-ku-[nu-um] | |
| 6′ | ⸢ENSI₂⸣ {[d}a-šur₃] | |
| 7′ | ⸢E₂ {d}e⸣-[re-eš-ki-gal] | |
| 8′ | [a-na ba-la-ṭi₃-šu (u₃ ba-la-aṭ a-li-šu)] | |
| 9′ | ⸢i⸣-[pu-uš] | |
| 10′ | ⸢u₃ si₂⸣-[ka-tam iš-ku-un] | |
| 11′ | ⸢ru⸣-[ba-um ar-ku-um] | |
| 12′ | ⸢i-nu-ma E₂⸣ [x x]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 13′ | ⸢i-nu⸣-hu ⸢si₂⸣-ki-ti | |
| 14′ | [a]-⸢na⸣ aš₂-ri-ša | |
| 15′ | [li]-te-er |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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