Ashurnasirpal II 033
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1'1' | [...] x x [...] | (1') [...] attentive [ruler, ...] all of the lands, [..., son of] Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king [of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of the world and king of Assyria]; |
2'2' | [NUN]-ú n-⸢a⸣-[du ...] | |
3'3' | [KUR].⸢KUR⸣.MEŠ DÙ-[ši-na ...] | |
4'4' | ||
5'5' | (5') conqueror from the opposite bank of the T[igris] River [...]. I ascended Mount Amanus (and) [... beams of cedar. (...)] I erected [the im]age of my royal majesty therein. [I …] the land Ḫatti i[n its entirety]. I [made] (the territory stretching) from the city Carchemish of the land Ḫatti, the land Lāqê i[n its entirety], the land Sūḫu, including the land Rapiqu, [bow down] at my feet. From the source of the Subnat River to the [interior] of the land Nirbu [...] to the land Urume, [I stormed] like the god Adad, the devastator, against them. I subdued (the territory stretching) from the passes of the land Ḫabruri to the land Gilzānu (and) the city Ḫub[uškia. I counted] as people [of my land] (the people of) the land Zamua in its entirety. | |
6'6' | [a]-⸢na⸣ KUR-e ḫa-ma-ni e-li GIŠ.[ÙR.MEŠ ...] | |
7'7' | [ṣa]-lam MAN-ti-ia ina lìb-bi áš-qup KUR.ḫat-te a-⸢na⸣ [si-ḫir-ti-ša ...] | |
8'8' | ⸢TA⸣ URU.gar-ga-miš šá KUR.ḫat-te KUR.la-qe-e ⸢a⸣-[na si-ḫir-ti-ša] | |
9'9' | KUR.su-ḫi a-di KUR.ra-pi-qi a-na GÌR.II.MEŠ-ia ⸢ú⸣-[šék-ni-šá] | |
10'10' | TA SAG e-ni ÍD.su-ub-na-at a-di KUR.ni-rib šá [be-ta-ni ...] | |
11'11' | ||
12'12' | TA ⸢KUR⸣ né-re-be šá KUR.ḫab-ru-ri a-di KUR.gíl-za-ni URU.ḫu-⸢bu⸣-[uš-ki-a?] | |
13'13' | a-na ⸢GÌR⸣.[II].MEŠ-ia ú-šék-ni-šá KUR.za-mu-a ana paṭ gim-ri-šá ana UN.[MEŠ KUR-ia am-nu] | |
14'14' | (14') Capturer of hostages, he who is victorious over all [lands]: I marched to the Great Sea of the land Amurru. [I received] the payment of [the kings on the seashore], of the people of Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, [... I washed] my weapons in the Great Sea [(and) made sacrifices to the gods]. Exalted king who [conquered] all lands from east [to west (...)]. | |
15'15' | a-na tam-⸢ti GAL⸣-te ša KUR.a-mur-ri a-lik ma-da-⸢tú šá⸣ [LUGAL.MEŠ-ni ša ši-di A.AB.BA] | |
16'16' | šá KUR.ṣur-ra-a-⸢a KUR⸣.[ṣi]-⸢du-na⸣-[a-a] ⸢KUR.gu⸣-[bal-a-a ... am-ḫur] | |
17'17' | ina tam-di GAL-te GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ [lu-ú ul-lil UDU.SISKUR.MEŠ ana DINGIR.MEŠ-ia lu-ú aṣ-bat] | |
18'18' | MAN ṣi-ru šá KUR.MEŠ DÙ-ši-na TA ṣi-it dšam-⸢ši⸣ [a-di e-reb dšam-ši ...] | |
19'19' | URU.kal-ḫu a-na eš-šú-te aṣ-bat DU₆ la-[be-ru lu-ú ú-na-ki-ir] | (19') I reorganized the city Kalḫu. [I cleared away the] o[ld] ruin hill (and) dug down to water level. [I sank (the foundation pit) down] to a depth of 120 layers [of brick]. |
20'20' | a-di UGU A.MEŠ lu ú-šá-píl 1 ME 20 tik-[pi a-na muš-pa-li ú-ṭa-bi] | |
21'21' | UN.MEŠ ki-šit-ti ŠU.II-ia šá KUR.KUR.MEŠ [ša a-pe-lu-ši-na-a-ni] | (21') 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 entirety, (from) the city S[irqu, which is at the crossing of the Euphrates River], (and from) the land Zamua in its entirety. [I settled (them) therein. I dug out] a canal from the Upper Zab (and) called it Patti-ḫegalli. [I planted] gardens in [its environs. I offered] fruit (and) wine to (the god) Aššur, m[y] lord, [and to the temples of my land]. I dedicated that city to (the god) Aššur, my lord. |
22'22' | šá KUR.su-ḫi KUR.la-qe-e a-na si-ḫír-ti-šá šá KUR.⸢sir⸣-[qu ša né-ber-ti ÍD.pu-rat-te] | |
23'23' | KUR.za-mu-a a-na paṭ gim-ri-šá al-⸢qa⸣-[a ina lìb-bi ú-šá-aṣ-bit] | |
24'24' | ||
25'25' | ÍD.pa-tu-ḪÉ.GÁL MU-šá ab-bi GIŠ.KIRI₆.MEŠ ⸢ina⸣ [li-me-tu-šá az-qup] | |
26'26' | GURUN.MEŠ-NI-E-ŠÚ GIŠ.GEŠTIN.MEŠ-ŠÚ ana aš-šur EN-⸢ia⸣ [u É.KUR-at KUR-ia a-qi]1 | |
27'27' | ⸢URU⸣ šu-ú a-na aš-šur EN-ia NÍG.BA NUN EGIR-[ú i-na LUGAL.MEŠ-ni DUMU.MEŠ-ia ša] | (27'b) O future ruler, [one of the kings my sons whom (the god) Aššu]r [will] name for the shepherdship [of Assyria, ... a] good [wor]d [...] … [...] |
28'28' | [aš]-⸢šur MU⸣-šú-ma a-na LÚ.[SIPA-ut KUR aš-šur i-na-ab-bu-šu] | |
29'29' | [... a]-⸢mat da⸣-mi-iq-tu [...] | |
30'30' | [...] x x x [...] | |
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1GURUN.MEŠ-NI-E-ŠÚ must be an error for GURUN.MEŠ DÙ.A.BI: see textg no. 17 v 8 and parallels. Cf. Schramm. The ŠÚ after GIŠ.GEŠTIN.MEŠ-ŠÚ is meaningless; cf. Schramm.
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/Q004487/.