Names

  • Shalmaneser III 030

Numbers

  • Q004635
  • Shalmaneser III 030

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  • door sill
  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Written ca. 858-824
  • Nimrud (Kalhu)
  • Royal Inscription
  • Shalmaneser III

Shalmaneser III 030

Obverse
11

[É.GAL mdsál-ma-nu-SAG MAN kiš]-⸢šat⸣ UN.MEŠ NUN-ú LÚ.ŠID aš-šur

(1) [Palace of Shalmaneser (III), king of] all of the people, ruler, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, [son of Ashurnasirpal (II), appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of] (the god) Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) [also] appointee of the god Enlil [(and) vice-regent of (the god) Aššur];

22

[A aš-šur-PAP-A GAR dEN.LÍL LÚ.ŠID] ⸢aš-šur⸣ A tukul-ti-dMAŠ LÚ.GAR dBAD

33

[LÚ.ŠID aš-šur-ma MAN ba-ʾi-it DINGIR].MEŠ ni-šit IGI.II.MEŠ dBAD

(3b) [the desired one of the gods], the chosen of the god Enlil, [the splendid vice-regent of (the god) Aššur], the attentive ruler who frequents (5) [the shrines of the gods] inside Ešarra, the one who has seen remote [and rugged] regions (and) who has trodden upon the mountain peaks in the highlands, [the receiver of booty (and)] tax from all (four) quarters (of the world), the one who opens [paths] above and below, the strong male who treads upon [the necks of] his foes, the who breaks up the forces of the rebellious, (10) [the trampler of] all of his enemies, the valiant man who with the support of (the god) Aššur, [his lord, has] put all of [the lands] under his feet like a footstool;

44

[iš-šá-ku aš-šur šur-ru-ḫu] NUN-ú na-aʾ-du muš-te-ʾu-ú

55

[áš-rat DINGIR.MEŠ-ni šá qé]-⸢reb⸣ é-šár-ra a-me-ru du-ur-gi

66

[u šap-šá-qí mu]-⸢kab⸣-bi-is SAG.MEŠ šá KUR-e ḫur-šá-ni

77

[ma-ḫír GUN igi]-se₁₁-e šá ka-liš UB.MEŠ mu-pat-tu-ú

88

[ṭu-da-te šá] ⸢e⸣-liš u šap-liš NÍTA dan-nu mu-kab-bi-is

99

[GÚ a-a]-⸢bi⸣-šú mu-pa-ri-ir ki-iṣ-ri mul-tar-ḫi

1010

[da-iš kul]-lat na-ki-ri-šú eṭ-lu qar-du šá ina tukul-ti aš-šur

1111

[EN-šú KUR.KUR.MEŠ DÙ].MEŠ-ši-na GIM GIŠ.GÌR.GUB ana GÌR.II.MEŠ-šú

1212

[ik-bu]-su ka-šid A.AB.BA šá KUR.na-ʾi-ri

(12b) the conqueror of the Sea of the Naʾiri land(s) (and) the Sea of the Setting which is also called (lit. “and”) the Sea of the land Amurru.

1313

[A.AB].BA šá šùl-me dšam-ši u A.AB.BA šá KUR.a-mur-ri

1414

[TA KUR.en]-⸢zi⸣ a-di KUR.da-ia-ni KUR.su-uḫ-me

(14) I conquered [from the land En]zi, as far as the lands Daiaeni (and) Suḫnu, (15) [as far as the city] Arṣaškun, the royal city of Arrāmu of the land Urarṭu, (and) the land Gilzānu, the land Ḫubuškia, (and) the wide [land ...]. I imposed upon them tribute, tax, [(and) gifts].

1515

[a-di URU].ar-ṣa-áš-kun URU MAN-ti-šú šá ma-ra-me

1616

[KUR.ú-ra]-⸢ar⸣-ṭa-a-a KUR.gíl-za-ni KUR.ḫub-uš-ki-a

1717

[...] DAGAL-tu qa-ti KUR-ud GUN ma-da-tu

1818

[...] e-mì-su-nu-ti ina 15 BALA.MEŠ-a

(18b) In my fifteenth regnal year, I crossed [the Euphrates River for the twelfth time. I gained dominion] over the land Ḫatti to its full extent. I deported (20) Aḫūnu of (Bīt-)Adini (lit. “son of Adinu”), together with his troops, his gods, (and) [the possessions of] his palace, (and) counted them among my people.

1919

[12-šú ÍD.A.RAD] e-bir KUR.ḫat-ti a-na paṭ gim-ri-šá

2020

[a-pél ma]-ḫu-nu DUMU a-di-ni a-di ERIM.ḪI.A.MEŠ-šú DINGIR.MEŠ-šú

2121

[NÍG.GA] ⸢É⸣.GAL-šú a-su-ḫa a-na UN.MEŠ KUR-ia am-nu-šú

2222

[ina u₄-me-šú]-ma mir-ḫu-le-na KUR.ma-ta-a-a mdIŠKUR-id-ri

(22) [At that time], Irḫulena of the land Hamath (and) Hadad-ezer (Adda-idrī) of Damascus, together with twelve kings along the seashore [and the banks of] the Euphrates River, trusting in their combined forces, (25) attacked me to wage war and strife. [By the command of (the god) Aš]šur, my lord, I fought with them (and) defeated them [from the city Qar]qar to the city Gilzau (Dilzau).

2323

[šá]-⸢i⸣-me-ri-šú ù 12 MAN.MEŠ šá a-ḫat tam-ti

2424

[u a-ḫat] ⸢ÍD⸣.A.RAD ana Á.MEŠ a-ḫa-miš it-tak-lu-ma

2525

[a-na e]-⸢peš⸣ MURUB₄ u MÈ a-na GABA-ia it-bu-ni

2626

[ina qí-bit aš]-šur EN-ia it-ti-šú-nu am-da-ḫi-iṣ

2727

[TA URU.qar]-qa-ra a-di URU.di-il-zi-a-ú BAD₅.BAD₅-šú-nu

2828

[áš-kun] ⸢a⸣-na KUR.kar-du-ni-áš a-lik ana URU.KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI

(28b) I marched to the land Karduniaš (Babylonia). I marched to Babylon, [Bor]sippa, and Cutha, (and) (30) [made] sacrifices. I went down to Chaldea (and) [gained dominion] over Chaldea to its full extent. In Babylon, I received the payment of the kings of Chaldea, as far as the sea.

2929

[URU.bár]-⸢sipa⸣.[KI] u URU.GÚ.DU₈.ERIM.KI a-lik UDU.SISKUR.MEŠ-a

3030

[BAL-qí a-na] KUR.kal-di a-ta-rad KUR.kal-du ana paṭ gim-ri-šú

3131

[a-pél] ⸢šá MAN⸣.MEŠ šá KUR.kal-di a-di tam-ti ma-da-ta-šú-nu

3232

[ina URU].KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI am-ḫur NA₄.KUN₄ šú-a-tú mdUTU-EN-PAP

(32b) Šamaš-bēlu-uṣur, [the governor of] the city Kalḫu, installed forever this threshold in the palace of Shalmaneser (III), king of Assyria, [his lord].

3333

[šá-kìn URU].kal-ḫi ina É.GAL mdsál-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN KUR aš-šur

3434

[EN-šú] ⸢a⸣-na a-ṣa-at u₄-me ú-kín

Based on A. Kirk Grayson, Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC II (858-745 BC) (RIMA 3), Toronto, 1996. Adapted by Jamie Novotny (2016) and lemmatized and updated by Nathan Morello (2016) for the Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), a corpus-building initiative funded by LMU Munich and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (through the establishment of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair for Ancient History of the Near and Middle East) and based 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/Q004635/.

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