Royal Inscription

Neo-Assyrian

Ashurnasirpal II [182]

Names

  • Ashurnasirpal II 029

Numbers

  • Q004483
  • Ashurnasirpal II 029

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  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Nimrud (Kalhu)
  • Royal Inscription
  • Ashurnasirpal II

Ashurnasirpal II 029

Obverse
Lacuna
1'1'

[...] RÉM-ú [...]

(1') the compassionate [god to whom it is good to pray ...];

2'2'

[...] MAN la šá-na-an [...]

(2') [Ashurnasirpal (II)], unrivalled king [of the world, king of all the four quarters (of the world), sun(god) of all people, chosen of the gods Enlil and] Ninurta, beloved of [the gods Anu (and) Dagān, destructive weapon of the great gods, the pious], beloved of your heart, ruler, [your favorite, whose priesthood is pleasing to your great divinity (and)] whose reign you established, [valiant] man [...] shepherdship of his land ... [...] my [kingship], my dominion, (and) my power which [...] I am capable, I am wise, [...].

3'3'

[...] dMAŠ na-ra-am [...]

4'4'

[...] na-ra-am ŠÀ-ka NUN [...]

5'5'

[...] tu-šar-ši-du BALA-šú eṭ-[lu ...]

6'6'

[...] SIPA-ti KUR-šu ra-biš ib-[...]

7'7'

[... MAN]-ti EN-ti kiš-šú-ti šá [...]

8'8'

[...] le-ʾa-a-ku er-šá-ku [...]

9'9'

[...] KUR aš-šur NUN-ú a-lik pa-[ni-a ...]

(9') [(As for) the ancient city Kalḫu which Shalmaneser (I), king of] Assyria, a ruler who came before [me, had built, that city had become dilapidated (and) it laid dormant. I built that city anew. I took] people that I had conquered [from the lands over which I had gained dominion, from the land Sūḫu, (from) the land Lāqê in] its [entire]ty, from the city [Sirqu, which is at the crossing of the Euphrates River, …], many [...], the land Ḫatti [...].

10'10'

[... ab]-⸢ni?⸣ UN.MEŠ ki-šit-ti [...]

11'11'

[... si-ḫír]-ti-⸢šá⸣ šá URU.[...]

12'12'

[...] ma-a-du-te KUR.ḫat-ta [...]

13'13'

[...] É dBAD u dnin-urta É [...]

(13'b) [I founded therein] the temple of the gods Enlil and Ninurta, the temple of [the god Ea and the goddess Damkina, the temple of the god Adad and the goddess Šala], the temple of the god Sîn and the goddess Gula. [...] I splendidly [decorated (them). I installed over them beams of cedar] (and) made [cedar doors. I fastened (them)] with [bronze] bands [and installed them in their gates. (...) I made ... and] erected [them to the right and] left [at the gates (...)].

14'14'

[...] É d30 u dgu-la [...]

15'15'

[...] ú-šar-ri-iḫ GIŠ.[ÙR.MEŠ ...]

16'16'

[...] DÙ-uš ina [me]-ser [ZABAR ...]

17'17'

[...] ina šu-me-[li? (x)] ú-[šá-zi-iz? ...]

18'18'

[...] ar-ku-ú ina MAN.MEŠ-ni [...]

(18') O future [ruler], one of the kings, [my sons, whom (the god) Aššur will name for the shepherdship of Assyria, restore] the dilapid[ated section](s) of the temples, [write your name with mine (and) return (my inscriptions)] to their places [so that (the god) Aššur … will make him achieve success in wars with kings] on the battlefield, [...] will answer a firm ‘yes’ [...] before his temple [...].

19'19'

[...] an-⸢ḫu-ut⸣ É.KUR.MEŠ [...]

20'20'

[...] a-na áš-⸢ri⸣-šú-nu [...]

21'21'

[...] a-šar tàq-[ru-ub]-ti [...]

22'22'

[...] an-nu ki-i-nu [i]-pal-[šú ...]

23'23'

[...] a-na pa-an É.KUR-šú [...]

24'24'

[...] šá-ni-⸢ma⸣ i-šá-ka-nu [...]

(24') [(As for the one who erases my inscription ...)] puts it in another place [..., may ...] the goddess Ištar, lady of battle and conflict, [...]

25'25'

[...] dINANNA NIN MURUB₄ u MÈ [...]

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/Q004483/.

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