eCUT A 05-011 (CTU A 05-011)


Obverse
11	^dḫal-di-ni-ni uš-ma-ši-ni ^mmì-nu-a-še	(1) Through the protection of the god Ḫaldi, Minua, son of Išpuini, built a gate of the god Ḫaldi in the city Aludiri.
22	^miš-pu-u-i-ni-ḫi-ni-še ^dḫal-di-ni-li KÁ
33	ši-di-iš-tú-a-li URU.a-lu-di-ri-i-e
44	É.GAL ši-di-iš-tú-ni ba-du-si-i-e	(4) He (also) built a fortress to perfection.
55	^dḫal-di-ni-ni uš-ma-ši-ni ^dḫal-di-ni-ni ba-a-u-ši-ni	(5) Through the protection of the god Ḫaldi, by the command of the god Ḫaldi Minua, son of Išpuini,
66	^mmì-nu-a-ni ^miš-pu-ú-i-ni-e-ḫé
77	i-ú LÚ.a-te-i-ni e-si na-ḫa-a-be KUR.šá-ti-ru-ú-ni	(7) when he sat down on the throne of his father the land Šatiru became rebellious.
88	du-ur-ba-i-e ma-nu ^dḫal-di-ni uš-ta-a-be ma-si-ni	(8b) The god Ḫaldi set off with his weapon, he defeated the city Ḫuradinakuni, he defeated the city Gidimaruni, he defeated the land Šatiru.
99	šú-ri-e ka-ru-ni URU.ḫu-ra-di-na-ku-ú-ni ka-ru-ni
1010	URU.gi-di-ma-ru-ú-ni ka-ru-ni KUR.šá-ti-ru-ú-i
1111	KUR.e-ba-a-ni ^dḫal-di-ni ku-ru-ni ^dḫal-di-ni-e	(11) Behind(?) the god Ḫaldi, behind(?) the weapon of the god Ḫaldi,
1212	šu-ri-i ku-ru-ni ^dḫal-di-ni-ni uš-ma-a-ši-ni	(12) through the protection of the god Ḫaldi Minua, son of Išpuini, set off.
1313	uš-ta-a-be ^mmì-nu-a-ni ^miš-pu-ú-i-ni-e-ḫé
1414	ḫa-ú-ni URU.ḫu-ra-di-na-ku-ú-ni URU.gi-di-ma-ru-ú-ni ḫa-a-ú-ni	(14) He conquered the city Ḫuradinakuni and the city Gidimaruni, he conquered the land Šatiru.
1515	KUR.šá-ti-ru-ú-i KUR.e-ba-a-ni-i URU.tar-zu-ʾa-a-na-a-na-ni ku-ṭu-ni	(15b) From the city Tarzu’anana he came to the land Buštu, and to the land Malmali.
1616	pa-ri KUR.bu-uš-tú-ú-e pa-ri KUR.ma-al-ma-li-i-e
1717	URU.ḫu-ra-di-na-ku-ú-ni še-ra-a-še	(17) Several kings had besieged the city Ḫuradinakuni, but nobody had conquered it.
1818	MAN.MEŠ-še qa-ab-qa-ar-šu-ú-tú-ú
1919	ú-te a-i-še-e-i ḫa-a-i-a-la-a-ni
2020	a-ru-ni-e ^dḫal-di-še ^mmì-i-nu-ú-a	(20b) The god Ḫaldi gave it to Minua, son of Išpuini.
2121	^miš-pu-u-i-ni-e-ḫi-ni-e ḫa-ú-ni URU.ḫu-ra-di-na-ku-ni	(21b) He conquered the city Ḫuradinakuni and destroyed it. In the same year the land Alzi became rebellious.
2222	za-áš-gu-ni i-ku-ka-a-ni MU KUR.al-zi-e du-ur-ba-i-e
2323	ma-nu ú-lu-uš-ta-be ^dḫal-di-ni ^mmì-nu-a ^miš-pu-u-i-ni-ḫi-ni-e	(23) The god Ḫaldi marched ahead. Minua, son of Išpuini, destroyed the city Quṭume, he conquered the land Alzi and the territory of the land Šašnu. He built a fortress in the city Quṭume.
2424	za-áš-gu-ni URU.qu-ṭu-me-e ḫa-ú-ni KUR.al-zi-e ḫa-ú-ni
2525	KUR.šá-áš-nu-ú-i-ni-i KUR.e-ba-a-ni ši-di-iš-tú-ni É.GAL
2626	URU.qu-ṭu-me-e ^dḫal-di-ni u-di-da-be ^dU ^dUTU DINGIR.MEŠ Á qi-u-ra-ni	(26b) The god Ḫaldi was helpful.1 The Weather-God, Sun-God, (and all) the gods for the benefit(?) of the land let thrive(?)2 fields of grain . . . and laid out vineyards. The lands rejoiced about the justice(?) of Minua.
2727	ḫi-šá-ni-be GÁN.MEŠ Ú.ŠE gu-u-nu-u-i-e i-ni-e-i GIŠ.ul-di-e
2828	na-ḫi-be KUR.šú-ri-li pi-ṣa-di-a-li ^mmì-nu-a-i-ni-e ir-nu-tú-ḫi-e

1 The meaning of the verb remains unclear . The context , however , suggest an intransitive positive meaning such as , e.g . "was supportive ", "had mercy".

2 The meaning of the verb as well as the meaning of the whole sentence remain unclear.

Based on Mirjo Salvini, Corpus dei Testi Urartei (CTU), Volume I–V, 2008–2018: Adapted, revised, lemmatized, and translated into English, by Birgit Christiansen (2016-) for the Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), a corpus-building initiative funded by LMU Munich and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (through the establishment of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair for Ancient History of the Near and Middle East) and based at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/ecut/Q006909/.