Aššur-bel-kala 03
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1'1' | [...] x x (x)-a-te lu am-⸢da?⸣-[ḫaṣ? ...] | (1') [...] I fought [...] I made [a col]ossal [statue of my royal majesty (and) wrote] thereon (a description of) the victories of my royal majesty. [...] I traversed [Mount Ḫirua, conquered and burned with fire] the city Uruniaš of the land Ḫimme. I made a statue of my royal majesty (and) [wrote thereon (a description of)] the victories of [my] royal maje[sty. I made (another) statue of my royal majesty (and) erected (it) in Eš]arra, the house of my succor, before (the god) Aššur, [my] lo[rd. ...] On numerous [campaigns against the Ar]ameans, the enemies of (the god) Aššur, who in the land [... I continually plundered ... 300 lions ...] with my fierce valor, in [my] second regnal year [... with] my sharp arrows [... their names] are not written with these animals [...]. |
2'2' | [ṣa-lam MAN-ti-ia šur]-⸢ba⸣-a DÙ-uš li-ta-at MAN-ti-ia i-na ⸢qer⸣-[bi-šu al-ṭu-ur (...)] | |
3'3' | [... KUR.ḫi-ru-a] ab-bal-kit URU.ú-ru-ni-áš ša KUR.ḫi-im-me [...] | |
4'4' | [...] ṣa-lam MAN-ti-ia DÙ-uš li-ta-at LUGAL-⸢ti⸣-[ia i-na qer-bi-šu al-ṭu-ur] | |
5'5' | [... DÙ-uš i-na é]-⸢šár⸣-ra É tu-kúl-ti-ia i-na pa-ni aš-šur ⸢EN⸣-[ia ú-še-zi-iz (...)] | |
6'6' | [... KASKAL.MEŠ-at KUR.a]-⸢ri⸣-me ma-da-a-te za-i-ru-ut aš-šur ša i-na KUR.[... aḫ-tab-ba-tu (...)] | |
7'7' | [...]-⸢te⸣ i-na me-ziz qar-du-ti-ia i-na 2-e ⸢BALA⸣-[ia ...] | |
8'8' | [... i-na] ⸢mul⸣-mu-li-ia na-aḫ-ZU-te [...] | |
9'9' | [... MU.MEŠ-šu-nu] ⸢it⸣-ti ú-ma-mi an-né-e la-a šaṭ-ru [...] | |
10'10' | [i-na u₄-mi-šu-ma KÁ.GAL ... ša (...) mpu-zur₈-aš]-⸢šur⸣ DUMU aš-šur-ERIM-TÁḪ e-púš e-na-aḫ maš-⸢šur⸣-[...] | (10') [At that time, the ... Gate, which (...) Puzur-Ašš]ur (III), the son of Aššur-nārārī (I), had built (it and when) it became dilapidated Ašš[ur-... (re)built (it), (but) it had again become dilapidated], a flood had washed (it) away. [I (re)built] that gate i[n its entirety]. completely reconstructed] this gate. |
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12'12' | (12') [In the future], in days to come, [may a future] ruler, [when that gate becomes old and dilapidated, restore its dilapidated section(s)]. May he return [my commemorative inscriptions to] their [places]. (The god) A[ššur will (then) listen to his prayers]. | |
13'13' | [a-na aš]-⸢ri⸣-šu-nu lu-ter ⸢aš⸣-[šur ik-ri-bi-šu i-še-em-me mu-né-kir₆ šiṭ-ri-ia ù MU-ia ...] | (13'b) [(As for) the one who removes my inscription and my name], may [the gods Aššur ...] take away from him [his throne]. |
14'14' | [... GIŠ.GU.ZA-šu] li-ki-mu-⸢šu⸣ [...] | |
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Based on A. Kirk Grayson, Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I (1114-859 BC) (RIMA 2), Toronto, 1991. Adapted by Jamie Novotny (2015-16) and lemmatized and updated by Nathan Morello (2016-17) for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation-funded OIMEA Project 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/riao/Q005984/.