Aššur-bel-kala 06

Obverse
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1'1'

[...] x [...]

(1') [...] ... [...]


2'2'

[... tama-ra-a-te].MEŠ ⸢te-še⸣-[ni.MEŠ ...]

(2') [He dispatched merchants (and) they acquired burḫiš, dromedaries, (and)] tešēnus. [He formed (herds) of dromedaries, bred (them), (and) displayed] herds of them [to the people of his land].

3'3'

[... su-gul]-⸢la⸣-te-šu-nu [...]


4'4'

[... pa-gu-ta] GAL-ta ⸢nam-su⸣-[ḫa ...]

(4') [The king] of Egypt sent a large [female monkey], a crocodile, [(and) a “river-man,” beasts of the Great Sea. He displayed (them) to the people of his land].

5'5'

[...] ⸢KUR⸣.mu-uṣ-re-e ⸢ú⸣-[še-bi-la ...]


6'6'

[i-na si]-⸢qir⸣ da-šur da-nim ù d⸢IŠKUR?⸣ [...]

(6') [By the] command of the gods Aššur, Anu, and A[dad, the great gods, my lords, ...] in pursuit of the Arameans, which twice in one year [I crossed the Euphrates River]. I brought about their [defeat from the city An]at of the land Sūḫu and the city [Tadmar as far as the city Rapiqu of Karduniaš (Babylonia). I brought their] tribute and [tax to my city, Aššur. The ...]aʾdeans, Suteans, [...]mireans, who [live] at the foot of Mount [Lebanon ... in] rafts (made of inflated) goatskins, [I crossed the Euphrates River. I conquered the city …, which (is) on] the opposite bank of [the Euphrates River, (on the Sagurri River). At that time, the region of the A]ḫlamû, which [...] the city Mi[...].

7'7'

[...] ⸢EGIR⸣ KUR.a-ra-me ša MU 1.KÁM ⸢2?⸣-[šu ÍD.pu-rat-ta lu-ú e-te-bir iš-tu?]

8'8'

[URU.a]-⸢na⸣-at ša KUR.su-ḫi ù ⸢URU⸣.[tad-mar ù a-di URU.ra-pí-qi ša KUR.kar-du-ni-áš?]

9'9'

[da-ab]-⸢da⸣-šu-nu áš-kun GUN ⸢ù⸣ [ta-mar-ta a-na URU-ia aš-šur ub-la]

10'10'

[...]-ʾa-da-ia.MEŠ su-te₉-e.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...]

11'11'

[...]-⸢mi⸣-ra-ia.MEŠ ša i-na GÌR KUR.[lab-na-a-ni ...]

12'12'

[...] x GIŠ.MÁ.MEŠ ša KUŠ.DUḪ.ŠI-[e.MEŠ (...) ÍD.pu-rat-ta lu-ú e-te-bir URU....]

13'13'

[ša] GÌR.MEŠ am-ma-te ⸢ša⸣ [ÍD.pu]-⸢ra?⸣-[at-ti? (...) lu-ú ak-šud i-na u₄-me-šu-ma]

14'14'

[šid-di] ⸢aḫ⸣-la-mì-i ⸢ša⸣ [...]

15'15'

[...] x URU.mi-x-[...]


16'16'

[...] x [...]

(16') [...] ... [...]

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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/Q005987/.