Šamši-Adad IV 3


Obverse
	Lacuna
1'1'	[...] x x [...] x	(1') [...] ... [... had become] dilapidated. Two (monumental) lions on right and left [...]
2'2'	[... e-na]-aḫ 2 UR.MAḪ.MEŠ ša ZAG u GÙB
3'3'	[...] x ^diš₈-tár NIN-ia ú-šal-ba-ru-⸢ma⸣	(3') [When the ...] of the goddess Ištar, my lady, becomes old and [dilapidated], may [a future ruler] restore it.
4'4'	[...] x a-na áš-ri-šu lu-ter x [x]
5'5'	[... LUGAL-su] ⸢lis⸣-ki-pu MU-šu ù NUMUN-[šu]	(5') [As for the one who does not restore it], may [(the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar] overthrow [his kingship and make] his name and [his] seed [disappear from his land].
6'6'	[i-na KUR-šu lu-ḫal-li-qu ITI.... UD ... li-mu ^m]⸢šam⸣-ši-^dIŠKUR MAN KUR [AŠ]	(6'b) [Month ..., ...th day, eponymy of Š]amšī-Adad (IV), king of Assyria.

	Lacuna

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/Q006003/.