Aššur-reša-iši II 2001
Obverse | ||
11 | (1) I, Bēl-ēriš, vice-regent of [...], lover of the god Sa[mnuḫa ...], at the time of Aššur-rabi (II), [king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (I) (I)], [N]+3 years [... (5) Aš]šur for delineation [...], at that time, the god Sa[mnuḫa ...] the bank(s) of the Ḫābūr River, from [... to ...] he took possession. [...] the bank(s) of the Ḫābūr River, the vice-[regent ...]. (10) At that time, the god Samnu[ḫa ...] with his exalted strength, 3,000 [...]. The abandoned canal, which [goes] from the land [... to ...] (and) in which [water] no longer flowed, [...] I constructed a facing for (the quay wall). The abandoned meadows [...] (15) water, the mooring-pole of the city Šadikanni [...]. At the time of Aššur-rēša-iši (II), the king of Assyria, the son of [Aššur-rabi (II), (who was) also the king of Assyria], the temple of the god Samnuḫa, which my ancestors [had built ...] had not become dilapidated, with age it had not deteriorated, with [...]. With the exalted strength of the god Samnuḫa, my lord, [...] (20) I mustered his numerous workers. Bricks [... in] wooden carts, I sent. In the Euph[rates] River [...]. A temple of joy, rejoicing, and pleasure [I built] for the gods [Samnuḫa (and) Gubaba], the great gods, my lords, forever. [...]. | |
22 | ra-ʾi-mu ša dsa-[am-nu-ḫa ...] | |
33 | i-na tar-ṣi maš-šur-GAL [...] | |
44 | ||
55 | [aš]-šur a-na ša-ra-⸢mi⸣ [...] | |
66 | ||
77 | ||
88 | ||
99 | ||
1010 | i-na u₄-mi-šu-ma dsa-am-nu-[ḫa ...] | |
1111 | ||
1212 | ||
1313 | i-na lìb-bi-ša la it-tal-ku-ni x [...] | |
1414 | ki-si-ru ša ak-sir A.GÀR.MEŠ ⸢na⸣-[du-ti ...] | |
1515 | A.MEŠ TÁR.KÍL URU.šá-di-kan-nu [...] | |
1616 | ||
1717 | É dsa-am-nu-ḫa ša AD.MEŠ-ú-ia [...] | |
1818 | ||
1919 | ||
2020 | ||
2121 | ||
2222 | ||
2323 | DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia a-na da-ra-te [...] | |
2424 | e-nu-ma É šu-a-tu ú-šal-ba-ru-[ma ...] | (24) When that temple becomes old [and dilapidated ...], may a future vice-regent restore its dilapidated section(s). May he anoint with oil [my clay inscriptions ...]. My clay inscriptions from [...]. You must not destroy (my) inscribed name. (As for) the one who [destroys] (my) inscribed name, [may] the gods Samnuḫa (and) Gubaba, the great gods, [my lords, curse/kill him]. |
2525 | LÚ.ŠID EGIR-ú an-ḫu-su lu-ud-[diš ...] | |
2626 | Ì.GIŠ.MEŠ lip-šu-uš tam-me-ni-ia iš-tu [...] | |
2727 | MU šaṭ-ru la-a tu-ḫal-laq ša MU šaṭ-ru ú-[ḫal-la-qu ...] | |
2828 | ||
2929 | mma-nu-IGI-⸢DINGIR⸣ [...] | (29) Mannu-pān-ili [the scribe (...)]. |
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/Q006010/.