Adad-nerari III 2018 add (Q009276)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tell Shekh Hamad (Dur-Katlimmu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Adad-nerari III 2018 add |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009276 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Tell Shekh Hamad (Dur-Katlimmu) |
English translation
By ORACC project riao · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] 1'1'–2'2' | (To the god Salmānu) who resides in Dūr-Kat[limmu, the] holy [shrine], his beloved abode, the great lord, his lord. |
| Obverse [2:4] 3'3'–4'4' | Nergal-ēresˇ,[gover]nor of the country of R[asappa],the city of [Nēmed-Issār (and) the city of Apk]u, |
| Obverse [4:8] 5'5'–8'8' | had a gol[den sw]ord made and made and presented an image of Adad-nērārī III, king of Assyria, his lord, to the god Salmānu!! (Text: Adad Adad-nērārī, king of Assyria), his lord, who protects the throne of his priesthood, |
| Obverse [8:15] 9'9'–15'15' | to give into his hands the sceptre that shepherds the people, for the wellbeing of his seed, the wellbeing of the people of Assyria and the wellbeing of Assyria, to scatter his adversaries, to destroy his fierce foes, to subdue his enemy princes. |
| Obverse [15:21] 16'16'–21'21' | Whoever discards this image from the presence of Salmānu (or) puts it into another place, whether he throws it into water or covers it with earth or brings and places (it) into a taboo house where it is inaccessible, |
| Obverse [21:25] 22'22'–25'25' | may the god Salmānu, the great lord, overthrow his sovereignty; may his name (and) his seed disappear in the land; may he live in a contingent together with the slave women of his land. |
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' | a-šib {uru}⸢BAD₃-duk⸣-1.LIM ki-iṣ-ṣi] | |
| 2' | KU₃ šu-bat na-ra-me-šu₂ EN GAL EN-šu₂ | |
| 3' | {m}{d}⸢IGI.DU-KAM⸣ [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR [GAR].KUR {kur}⸢ra⸣-[ṣa-pi] | |
| 4' | {⸢uru⸣}[ne-med-{d}15 {uru}ap]-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 5' | nam-ṣa-⸢ru⸣ [KU₃].⸢GI⸣ u₂-še-piš-ma | |
| 6' | ALAM {m}10-ERIM.TAH₂ MAN KUR aš-šur EN-šu₂ | |
| 7' | ana {d}10 EN-šu₂ | |
| 8' | PAP-ir {giš}AŠ.TE SANGA-ti-šu₂ | |
| 9' | {giš}GIDRU mur-te-ʾa-at | |
| 10' | UN.MEŠ šu-ut-mu-hi ŠU.II-šu₂ | |
| 11' | SILIM NUMUN-šu₂ SILIM UN KUR aš-šur | |
| 12' | u SILIM KUR aš-šur za-ʾi-ri-šu₂ ana MAR-e | |
| 13' | aš₂-ṭu-ti-šu₂ a-na ZAH₂.MEŠ | |
| 14' | mil-ki KUR₂.MEŠ-šu₂ ana GIR₃.II.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 15' | šuk-nu-še DU₃-uš-ma i-qiš | |
| 16' | ša₂ NU šu₂-a-tu₂ TA IGI | |
| 17' | {d}sal₂-ma-nu ŠUB ana KI MAN-ma GAR-nu | |
| 18' | lu-u ina A.MEŠ ŠUB-u₂ lu-u | |
| 19' | ina SAHAR.HI.A i-kat₂-ta-mu | |
| 20' | lu-u ina E₂ AZAG a-šar | |
| 21' | la-ma-a-ri u₂-še-ra-bu-ma GAR-nu | |
| 22' | {d}sal₂-ma-nu EN GAL-u | |
| 23' | LUGAL-su lis-kip MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ | |
| 24' | ina KUR li-hal-liq it-ti | |
| 25' | GEME₂ KUR-šu₂ ina mi-nu-ti lu-ši-ib |
Sources & licences
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