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  • Tukulti-Ninurta I 22

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  • Q005858
  • Tukulti-Ninurta I 22

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  • Middle Assyrian
  • Written ca. ca. 1233-1197
  • Tulul al-ʿAqir (Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta)
  • Royal Inscription
  • Tukulti-Ninurta I

Tukulti-Ninurta I 22 [via RIAO/RIA2]

Obverse
For the introduction [lines 1–38] see A.0.78.5
3939

ina u₄-mi-šu-ma e-ber-ti URU-ia da-šur-dBAD EN ma-ḫa-za

(39) At that time, the god Aššur-Enlil, my lord, requested of me a cult center on the bank opposite my city and he commanded me to build his sanctuary. Beside the desired object of the gods (the city Aššur), I built a large cult center, the abode of my royal majesty, (and) I called it Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta. Inside it, I completed the temple(s) of the deities Aššur, Adad, Šamaš, Ninurta, Nusku, Nergal, Sebetti, and Ištar, the great gods, my lords.

4040

e-ri-šá-ni-ma e-peš at-ma-ni-šú iq-ba-a

4141

i-ta-at ba-it DINGIR.MEŠ ma-ḫa-za GAL-a šu-bat MAN-ti-ia

4242

ab-ni URU.kar-mGIŠ.tukul-ti-dMAŠ MU-šu ab-bi

4343

ina qer-bi-šú É da-šur dIŠKUR dUTU dnin-urta dnusku

4444

dU.GUR dIMIN.BI ù diš₈-tár DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia

4545

ú-šék-lil pa-at-tu-me-šá-ri a-na -re-ti-šú

(45b) I made the Pattu-mēšari (canal) flow as a wide (stream) to its sanctuaries. From the produce of the waters of that canal, I arranged for eternity the ginû-offerings to the great gods, my lords.

4646

-pél-ki ina ḫi-ṣi-ib A.MEŠ pa-at-ti šu-a-ti

4747

gi-na-a ana DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia ana da-ri-

4848

lu ar-ku-us ina -reb ma-ḫa-zi šá-a-tu qa-qa-ra-te

(48b) Inside that cult center, I took possession of much terrain beside the Tigris River. I erected (a terrace that was) 120 layers of brick high (and) on top of those layers of brick, I built Egalmešarra, “House of the World,” the abode of my royal majesty.

4949

ma-da-te i-ta-at dIDIGNA aṣ-bat 2 šu-ši ti-ik-pi

5050

a-na e-le-na lu-be-liṭ e-le-en ti-ik-pi šá-tu-nu

5151

é-gal-me-šár-ra É kiš-šá-ti šu-bat MAN-ti-ia ab-ni

5252

ina u₄-mi-šu-ma BÀD URU.kar-mGIŠ.tukul-ti-dMAŠ ma-ḫa-zi GAL-i

(52) At that time, I built the wall of Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta, the large cult center, (to inspire) the awe of my lordly majesty. I completed (it) from its foundations to its crenellations. Moreover, I deposited my commemorative inscription (therein).

5353

ri-ši-ib-tu be-lu-ti-ia e-pu- -tu -še-šú

5454

a-di gaba-dibi-šú ú-šék-lil ù na-re-ia áš-ku-un

5555

a-na EGIR UD.MEŠ NUN ar-ku-ú e-nu-ma du-ru

(55) In the future, may a future ruler, when that wall becomes old and dilapidated, renovate its dilapidated section(s). May he anoint my commemorative inscription with oil, make offerings, (and) return (it) to its place. The god Aššur will (then) listen to his prayers.

5656

šu-ú ú-šal-ba-ru-ma e-na-ḫu an-ḫu-su lu-di-

5757

na-re-ia Ì lip-šu- ni-qa-a liq-qi

5858

a-na áš-ri-šú lu-ter da-šur ik-ri-be-šú i-še-me

5959

šá BÀD šá-a-tu i-a-ba-tu-ma na-re-ia

(59) (As for) the one who destroys that wall, discards my commemorative inscription and my inscribed name, abandons Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta, my capital, and neglects (it), may the god Aššur, my lord, overthrow his kingship, smash his weapons, bring about the defeat of his army, diminish his borders, decree the end of his reign, darken his days, vitiate his years, (and) make his name and his seed disappear from the land.

6060

ù MU šaṭ-ra ú-šá-sa-ku URU.kar-mGIŠ.tukul-ti-dMAŠ

6161

ma-ḫa-az be-lu-ti-ia ú-maš-šá-ru-ma

6262

i-na-du-ú da-šur EN MAN-su lis-kip

6363

GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ-šú lu-še-bir a-bi-ik-ti ERIM.MEŠ-šu

6464

liš-ku-un mi-iṣ-re-ti-šú lu-ṣe-ḫi-ir

6565

ù qi-it BALA.MEŠ li-ši-ma-šú UD.MEŠ-šú

6666

lu-uṭ-ṭí MU.MEŠ-šú lu-le-mi-in MU-šú ù NUMUN-šú

6767

i-na KUR lu-ḫal-liq


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/Q005858/.