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  • Adad-narari I 03

Numbers

  • Q005740
  • Adad-narari I 03

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  • tablet, uncertain
  • Middle Assyrian
  • Written ca. ca. 1295-1264
  • Qalat Sherqat (Assur)
  • Royal Inscription
  • Adad-narari I

Adad-narari I 03 [via RIAO/RIA2]

Obverse
11

mdIŠKUR-ERIM.TÁḪ LUGAL KIŠ LUGAL dan-nu

(1) Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world, strong king, king of Assyria, son of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria, son of Enlil-nārārī, (who was) also king of Assyria.

22

LUGAL KUR -šur DUMU GÍD-DI-DINGIR

33

LUGAL KUR -šur DUMU dEN.LÍL-ERIM-TÁḪ

44

LUGAL KUR -šur-ma e-nu-ma mšá-at-tu-a-ra

(4) When Šattuara, king of the land Ḫanigalbat, rebelled against me and committed hostilities, I seized him by the command of (the god) Aššur, my lord, the one who comes to my aid, and the great gods who decide in my favor, and I brought him to my city, Aššur. I made him take an oath and allowed him to return to his land. Annually, as long as (he) lived, I regularly received his audience gift within my city, Aššur.

55

LUGAL KUR.ḫa-ni-gal-bat it-ti-ia

66

ik-ki-ru-ma za-e-ru-ti e-pu-šu

77

i-na -bi-it -šur EN-ia

88

a-lik re-ṣi-ia ù DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ

99

ma-lik da-mi-iq-ti-ia aṣ-ba-su-ma

1010

a-na URU-ia -šur ub-la--šu

1111

ú-ta-am-mi-šu-ma a-na KUR-šu ú--šìr-šu

1212

šá-at-ti-šá-am-ma a-di bal-ṭu

1313

ta-mar-ta-šu i-na -re-eb

1414

URU-ia -šur lu am-da-ḫa-ar

1515

ar-ki-šu mú-a-sa-šá-ta DUMU-šu

(15) After his death, Uasašatta, his son, revolted, rebelled against me, and committed hostilities. He went to the land Ḫatti for aid. The Hittites took his bribes, but they did not render him assistance. With the strong weapons of the god Aššur, my lord, (and) with the support of the gods Anu, Enlil, and Ea, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Ištar, and Nergal the most powerful one among the gods the awesome gods, my lords, I captured (and) seized the cities Taidu his large royal city Amasaku, Kaḫat, Šūru, Nabulu, Ḫurra, Šuduḫu, and Waššukanni (Uššukani). I took the possessions of those cities, the accumulated (wealth) of his (Uasašatta’s) ancestors, (and) the treasure of his palace, and brought (those things) to my city, Aššur.

1616

ib-bal-ki-ta-ma it-ti-ia ik-ki-ir

1717

ù za-e-ru-ti e-pu-

1818

a-na KUR.ḫa-at-ti a-na re-ṣu-ti

1919

il-li-ik ḫa-at-ú ṭa-ti-šu

2020

il--ma re-ṣu-su ul e-pu-

2121

i-na GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ dan-nu-ti šá d-šur EN-ia

2222

i-na tu-kúl-ti šá da-nim dEN.LÍL

2323

ù dé-a d30 dUTU dIŠKUR diš₈-tár

2424

ù dU.GUR ka--ka- DINGIR.MEŠ

2525

DINGIR.MEŠ ra--bu-ti

2626

EN.MEŠ-ia URU.ta-i-da

2727

URU LUGAL-ti-šu ra-ba-a URU.a-ma-sa-ka

2828

URU.ka-ḫa-at URU.šu-ri URU.na-bu-la

2929

URU.ḫu-ur-ra URU.šu-du-ḫa

3030

ù URU.-šu-ka-na ak-šu-ud aṣ-bat

3131

nam-kur URU.DIDLI šá-tu-nu ni-ki-im-ti

3232

ab-be-šu ni-ṣir-ti É.GAL--šu

3333

al-qa-am-ma a-na URU-ia -šur

3434

ub-la

3535

URU.ir-ri-da ak-šu-ud -ru-up

(35) I conquered, burned (with fire), (and) demolished the city Irridu. Moreover, I sowed salty plants over it. The great gods gave me (the territory) from the city Taidu to the city Irridu, the city Eluḫat, and Mount Kāšiāru to its full extent, the fortress of the city Sūdu, the fortress of the city Ḫarrān, to the bank of the Euphrates River, and I ruled (over it).

3636

aq-[qur ù ku-di]-im-me e-li-šu az-ru

3737

-tu URU.ta-i-di a-di URU.ir-ri-di

3838

URU.e-lu-ḫa-at ù KUR.ka-ši-ie-e-ri

3939

a-di pa-aṭ gi-im-ri-šá

4040

ḫal-ṣa URU.su-da ḫal-ṣa URU.ḫar-ra-na

4141

a-di a-aḫ ÍD.pu-ra-at-ti

4242

DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ id-di-nu-ni-ma

4343

a-pe-el ù ši-ta-at um-ma-na-ti-šu

(43b) Moreover, (as for) the remainder of his (Uasašatta’s) people, I imposed upon (them) hoe, spade, and basket. As for him (Uasašatta), I took out from the city Irridu the wife of his palace, his sons, his daughters, and his people. I brought them bound, together with (lit. “and”) his possessions, to my city, Aššur. I conquered, burned (with fire), and demolished the city Irridu and the cities of the district of the city Irridu. Moreover, I sowed salty plants over them.

4444

al-la mar-ra ù tu-up-ši-ka

4545

e-mi-id a-na šá-a-šu DAM É.GAL-šu

4646

DUMU.MEŠ-šu DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šu ù um-ma-na-ti-šu

4747

-tu URU.ir-ri-di ú-še-ṣi-šu-nu-ti

4848

šal-lu-su-nu ka-mu-su-nu ù nam-kur-šu

4949

a-na URU-ia -šur ub-la URU.ir-ri-da

5050

ù URU.DIDLI šá ḫal-ṣí URU.ir-ri-di

5151

ak-šu-ud -ru-up ù aq-qur ù ku-di-im-me e-li-šu-nu az-[ru]


Based on A. Kirk Grayson, Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennia BC (to 1115 BC) (RIMA 1), Toronto, 1987. Adapted by Jamie Novotny (2015-16) 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/Q005740/.