Position in chronology
Ashurnasirpal II 099
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) To the goddess Šarrat-Kidmuri, the great lady, his lady: Ashurnasirpal (II), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur: I dedicated (this) for my life so that my days might be long, my years be many, (for) the well-being of my seed (and) land.
Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q004553/
Why it matters
Dedicates an offering to Šarrat-Kidmuri, a goddess attested almost exclusively in Assyrian royal contexts, confirming her role in Ashurnasirpal II's dynastic piety alongside the better-known cult of Aššur.
Transliteration
ana dšar-rat-kid₉-mu-ri NIN GAL-ti NIN-šú / mAŠ-PAP-A ŠID AŠ A TUKUL-MAŠ ŠID AŠ-ma ana TI ZI.MEŠ-a / GÍD UD.MEŠ-a šúm-ud MU.MEŠ-a SILIM ⸢NUMUN⸣.MEŠ-a KUR-a BA
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of an Assyrian king, published in the Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online project (RIAo). Translation reproduced from the ORACC edition. ORACC text Q004553.
Attribution
Image: BM 118771 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Kalhu (mod. Nimrud) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P464619). source
Translation excerpted from Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q004553/.
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