Position in chronology
Ashurnasirpal II 151 add
Translation — scholar edition
RIAo(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), vice-regent of Aššur, favorite of Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of Anu and Dagan, overwhelming weapon of the great gods, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukulti-Ninurta (II), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nerari (II), likewise king of the world, king of Assyria; (4b) heroic man who acts with the help of Aššur, his lord, and has no equal among the rulers of the four world regions; marvellous shepherd, fearless in battle, towering flood-wave which has no rival; king who forces those unsubmissive to…
Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online — scholar edition (ORACC / MOCCI).
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Transliteration
É.GAL ⸢maš-šur⸣-PAP-A ŠID aš-šur ni-⸢šit d⸣[BAD ... na-ra]-am ⸢da-nim⸣ / u d⸢da-gan⸣ ka-šu-⸢uš⸣ DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣.[MEŠ ...] ⸢dan-nu⸣ MAN ŠÚ ⸢MAN⸣ KUR aš-šur / A GIŠ.⸢tukul-ti-dMAŠ⸣ MAN ⸢GAL-e⸣ MAN dan-ni MAN ŠÚ [...] ⸢10-ERIM.TÁḪ⸣ MAN GAL-e MAN dan-ni / ⸢MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR aš-šur⸣-ma eṭ-lu qar-du šá ina GIŠ.tukul-⸢ti⸣ [...] EN-⸢šú⸣ DU.DU-ku-ma ina mal-ki.MEŠ / šá ⸢kib-rat⸣ LÍMMU-ta šá-nin-šú la TUKU-ú…
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 Q009483.
Attribution
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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/Q009483/.
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