Eriba-Adad II 1


Obverse
o 1o 1	^mSU-^dIŠKUR LUGAL ⸢KIŠ⸣ [MAN dan-nu MAN KUR aš-šur^?]	(1) Erība-Adad (II), king of the world, [strong king, king of Assyria], king of all four quarters (of the world), select [of (the god) Aššur], the holy [priest] who under the protective hand of the god Ninurta, [(the king who is) the] choice of the god Enlil, the valiant man, [the controller of] the insubmissive who breaks up [the forces of the rebellious], the strong gišginû who [...] dangerous people, at whose [strong belligerent] attack the quarters (of the world) are in dire distress, the mountains [are convulsed], and [he has turned his] dangerous [enemies] into ghosts [like reeds in] a tempest, [the one who puts] the insubordinate [to flight], the one who defeats [his enemies (...)] the gods Ea, ... [...] Lacuna (1' - 4') (No translation warranted)
o 22	MAN kúl-lat kib-rat 4 bi-⸢bíl⸣ [lìb-bi aš-šur SANGA-ú^?]
o 33	el-lu ti-ri-iṣ qa-at ^dMAŠ [(MAN) ni-iš]
o 44	IGI.MEŠ ^dBAD eṭ-lu qar-[du mu-la-iṭ]
o 55	la ma-gi-⸢ri mu⸣-pa-ri-[ru KI.ṢIR.MEŠ mu-ul-tar-ḫi]
o 66	giš-gi-nu-⸢ú dan⸣-nu ša x [...]
o 77	al-ṭu-te ⸢ša⸣ a-⸢na⸣ ti-ib [MÈ-šú dan-ni]
o 88	UB.MEŠ ⸢ul-ta-nap⸣-ša-qa [i-ḫi-il-lu]
o 99	ḫur-ša-⸢ni⸣ ù al-ṭu-te [KÚR.MEŠ-šu ki-ma GIŠ.GI.MEŠ]
o 1010	mé-ḫe-e zi-qi-qiš [um-mi mu-šap-ri-id]
o 1111	la ka-ni-⸢še mu-né-er⸣ [a-ia-bi-šu]
o 1212	⸢^dé⸣-a ^dx x [...]
o 1313	[...] x [...]
	Lacuna
o 1'1'	[...] x [...]
o 2'2'	a-ga-šá x [...]
o 3'3'	KUR.KUR.MEŠ i-[...]
o 4'4'	šuk-nu-še ⸢ù^?⸣ [...]

o 5'5'	DUMU aš-šur-EN-[ka-la ...]	(5') Son of Aššur-bēl-[kala ...], son of Tiglath-[pileser (I), ...] ... [...]
o 6'6'	DUMU GISKIM-⸢ti⸣-[A-é-šár-ra ...]
o 7'7'	[...] x [...]
	Lacuna
Reverse
rr	Lacuna
r 1'1'	x [...]	(r 1') (No translation warranted)
r 2'2'	É [...]
r 3'3'	ša x [...]
r 4'4'	bur-[...]
r 5'5'	ŠID-x-[...]
r 6'6'	lu ⸢na^?⸣ [...]
r 7'7'	x [...]
	Lacuna
r 1''1''	x ⸢ba⸣ [...]	(r 1'') ... [...] storeroom [...] for number [...] and may he receive his prayer [...] Eḫursagkurkurra [...].
r 2''2''	ka-lak-ku x [...]
r 3''3''	a-na me-nu-te x [...]
r 4''4''	u lim^?-ḫur-šu ⸢i-na⸣ [...]
r 5''5''	é-ḫur-sag-kur-kur-⸢ra⸣ [...]


r 6''6''	⸢ITI⸣.[x] x [...]	(r 6'') Month ..., [...th day, eponymy of ...]

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/Q005998/.