Adad-nerari II 4
Obverse | ||
oo | Lacuna | |
cf. A.0.99.2 lines 1-14 | ||
o 1'1' | [...] qar-ra-da-ku la-[ab-ba-ku ...] | (1') [I am enormously radiant, I am a hero], I am a warrior, [I am a virile] lion, [I am foremost, I am exalted, (and) I am raging]. |
o 2'2' | [m]dIŠKUR-ERIM.TÁḪ MAN dan-nu MAN ⸢KUR⸣ [aš-šur MAN kib-rat 4-i mu-né-er a-ia-bi-šu a-na-ku] | (2') Adad-nārārī (II), strong king, king of [Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), the one who defeats his enemies, am I]. The king capable in battle, overwhelmer [of cities, (and) the one who scorches the mountains of (foreign) lands, am I]. The virile warrior, [the one who controls those opposed to him, (and the one) who is inflamed against the evil] and the wicked, am I. I scorch] like the god Gīra, [I overwhelm like the deluge, ...], (and) I have no successful opponent. |
o 3'3' | MAN le-ʾu-ú MURUB₄ sa-[pi-in URU.MEŠ mu-šaḫ-me-ṭí KUR-e ša KUR.MEŠ a-na-ku] | |
o 4'4' | ||
o 5'5' | u ṣe-ni ki-ma dGIŠ.BAR [a-ḫa-maṭ ki-ma a-bu-be a-sa-pan ...-ša-te] | |
o 6'6' | (6'b) [I am belligerent like a young bull], I strike [the wicked like] a fierce [dagger, I constantly blow like the onslaught of the wind, (and) I] rage like a gale. I uproot (people) [like the hair] of the skin, [I overpower like a net], (and) I enclose [like a trap]. At the mention of [my strong] name, [the rulers of the four quarters (of the world)] sway like reeds in a storm. [At the onset of my campaign], their weapons [melt] as though in a furnace. | |
o 7'7' | ||
o 8'8' | ki-ma an-ḫu-li šit-[mu-ra-ku ki-ma ...] | |
o 9'9' | šá pa-a-ri ú-na-saḫ [ki-ma šu-uš-kal-li a-sa-ḫap ki-ma ḫu-ḫa-ri] | |
o 10'10' | a-kàt-tam a-na za-kàr šu-mì-[ia dan-ni ma-al-ki kib-rat 4-tim] | |
o 11'11' | ||
o 12'12' | ||
o 13'13' | eṭ-lu qar-du šá i-na GIŠ.tukul-ti da-šur [EN-šu iš-tu e-ber-tan ÍD.za-be]-šu-pa-⸢li⸣- | (13') (I am) the valiant man who marched with the support of the god Aššur, [his lord, from the other side of] the Lower [Zab], the district of the lands Lullumê, Ḫabḫu, (and) [Zamua], as far as the passes of the land Namri and who made wide land [Qumanî], as far as the lands Meḫri, [Salua, and Urarṭu (Uraṭru)], bow down at his feet. I marched to [the land ...]. I made sacrifices before [the god(s) ...]. I struck down the remainder of the land [...] with the sword (and) [I brought] (its) booty [to my city, Aššur]. |
o 14'14' | i ši-di KUR.lu-lu-me-e KUR.ḫab-ḫi KUR.[za-mu-a] a-di né-[ri-bi] | |
o 15'15' | ||
o 16'16' | ||
o 17'17' | a-na GÌR.II.MEŠ-šú ú-šék-niš ⸢a⸣-[na KUR....] | |
o 18'18' | lu a-lik UDU.SISKUR.MEŠ a-na pa-⸢an⸣ [d...] | |
o 19'19' | ||
o 20'20' | ||
o 21'21' | (21') (Who) became lord over the entire land Katmuḫi [...]. (I am the one who) yet a fourth time marched to the land […], (and) the Naʾiri [lands. …] my […]s […] … […] … […] the paym[ent of …]. | |
o 22'22' | ||
o 23'23' | [KUR.KUR].na-i-ri lu a-⸢lik⸣ [...] | |
o 24'24' | [...] x.MEŠ-ia ú-x [...] li-ṭi-[...] | |
o 25'25' | [...] x-da-at [...] | |
o 26'26' | [...] x x ma-da-⸢at?⸣-[tu ...] | |
o 27'27' | (27') (The remainder of the text is too broken for translation.) | |
o 28'28' | a x [...] | |
o 29'29' | ⸢URU⸣.[...] | |
o 30'30' | i-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
o 31'31' | a-[...] | |
o 32'32' | ma-[...] | |
o 33'33' | ⸢i-na⸣ [...] | |
o 34'34' | x [...] | |
Reverse | ||
r 1'r 1' | x x [x] x x [...] | |
r 2'2' | i-na x [...] | |
r 3'3' | li-x [...] | |
r 4'4' | iš-⸢tu⸣ [...] | |
r 5'5' | ⸢KUR⸣.su-ḫi a-⸢di⸣ [...] | |
r 6'6' | BAD₅.BAD₅ [...] | |
r 7'7' | mar-⸢ši?⸣-[su-(nu) ...] | |
r 8'8' | a-na KUR.ḫa-ni-⸢gal⸣-[bat ...] | |
r 9'9' | iš-tu ⸢URU?⸣.[...] | |
r 10'10' | ù 7 [...] | |
r 11'11' | šap-ṣu-[ti ...] | |
r 12'12' | DAGAL-te x [...] | |
r 13'13' | ||
r 14'14' | mnu-ur-d⸢IŠKUR⸣ [...] | |
r 15'15' | ma-a-di GIŠ.[...] | |
r 16'16' | a-na SAL LU [...] | |
r 17'17' | li-i-⸢ta⸣ [...] | |
r 18'18' | [x] x x x [...] | |
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/Q006023/.