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  • Adad-nerari II 4

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  • Q006023
  • Adad-nerari II 4

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  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Written ca. 911-891
  • Qalat Sherqat (Assur)
  • Royal Inscription
  • Adad-nerari II

Adad-nerari II 4 [via RIAO/RIA3]

Obverse
oLacuna
cf. A.0.99.2 lines 1-14
o 1'1'

[...] qar-ra-da-ku la-[ab-ba-ku ...]

(1') [I am enormously radiant, I am a hero], I am a warrior, [I am a virile] lion, [I am foremost, I am exalted, (and) I am raging].


o 2'2'

[m]dIŠKUR-ERIM.TÁḪ MAN dan-nu MAN KUR [-šur MAN kib-rat 4-i mu--er a-ia-bi-šu a-na-ku]

(2') Adad-nārārī (II), strong king, king of [Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), the one who defeats his enemies, am I]. The king capable in battle, overwhelmer [of cities, (and) the one who scorches the mountains of (foreign) lands, am I]. The virile warrior, [the one who controls those opposed to him, (and the one) who is inflamed against the evil] and the wicked, am I. I scorch] like the god Gīra, [I overwhelm like the deluge, ...], (and) I have no successful opponent.

o 3'3'

MAN le-ʾu-ú MURUB₄ sa-[pi-in URU.MEŠ mu-šaḫ-me-ṭí KUR-e ša KUR.MEŠ a-na-ku]

o 4'4'

zi-ka-ru qar-du [mu-la-iṭ áš-ṭu-te-šú ḫi-it-muṭ rag-gi]

o 5'5'

u ṣe-ni ki-ma dGIŠ.BAR [a-ḫa-maṭ ki-ma a-bu-be a-sa-pan ...-ša-te]

o 6'6'

mu--ḫa ul i-šu [ki-ma GU₄.AMAR da-pi-na-ku ki-ma GÍR]

(6'b) [I am belligerent like a young bull], I strike [the wicked like] a fierce [dagger, I constantly blow like the onslaught of the wind, (and) I] rage like a gale. I uproot (people) [like the hair] of the skin, [I overpower like a net], (and) I enclose [like a trap]. At the mention of [my strong] name, [the rulers of the four quarters (of the world)] sway like reeds in a storm. [At the onset of my campaign], their weapons [melt] as though in a furnace.

o 7'7'

šal-ba-be ú-ra-ṣa-pa [ṣe-ni ki-ma ti-ib šá-a-ri ez-zi-qi]

o 8'8'

ki-ma an-ḫu-li šit-[mu-ra-ku ki-ma ...]

o 9'9'

šá pa-a-ri ú-na-saḫ [ki-ma šu--kal-li a-sa-ḫap ki-ma ḫu-ḫa-ri]

o 10'10'

a-kàt-tam a-na za-kàr šu--[ia dan-ni ma-al-ki kib-rat 4-tim]

o 11'11'

ki-ma GI me-ḫe-e i-šu-bu [a-na ṣa-bat ge-ri-ia]

o 12'12'

GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ-šú-nu ki-ma ki-?-[ki-te-e i-ṣu-du]


o 13'13'

eṭ-lu qar-du šá i-na GIŠ.tukul-ti da-šur [EN-šu -tu e-ber-tan ÍD.za-be]-šu-pa-li-

(13') (I am) the valiant man who marched with the support of the god Aššur, [his lord, from the other side of] the Lower [Zab], the district of the lands Lullumê, Ḫabḫu, (and) [Zamua], as far as the passes of the land Namri and who made wide land [Qumanî], as far as the lands Meḫri, [Salua, and Urarṭu (Uraṭru)], bow down at his feet. I marched to [the land ...]. I made sacrifices before [the god(s) ...]. I struck down the remainder of the land [...] with the sword (and) [I brought] (its) booty [to my city, Aššur].

o 14'14'

i ši-di KUR.lu-lu-me-e KUR.ḫab-ḫi KUR.[za-mu-a] a-di -[ri-bi]

o 15'15'

šá KUR.nam-ri il-li-ku-ma KUR.[qu-ma-ni-i]

o 16'16'

DAGAL.MEŠ a-di KUR.me-eḫ-ri KUR.[sa-lu-a ù KUR.ú-raṭ-ri]

o 17'17'

a-na GÌR.II.MEŠ-šú ú-šék-niš a-[na KUR....]

o 18'18'

lu a-lik UDU.SISKUR.MEŠ a-na pa-an [d...]

o 19'19'

lu e-pu- si-ta-at KUR.[...]

o 20'20'

i-na GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ ú-šam-qit* ki-ší-te [...]


o 21'21'

KUR.kat-mu-ḫi a-na paṭ gim-ri-šá i-pe-[lu-ma ...]

(21') (Who) became lord over the entire land Katmuḫi [...]. (I am the one who) yet a fourth time marched to the land [], (and) the Naʾiri [lands. ] my []s [] [] [] the paym[ent of ].

o 22'22'

ù 4-te-šu a-na KUR.x [...]

o 23'23'

[KUR.KUR].na-i-ri lu a-lik [...]

o 24'24'

[...] x.MEŠ-ia ú-x [...] li-ṭi-[...]

o 25'25'

[...] x-da-at [...]

o 26'26'

[...] x x ma-da-at?-[tu ...]


o 27'27'

dáb-da md[šá-maš-mu-SIG₅ ...]

(27') (The remainder of the text is too broken for translation.)

o 28'28'

a x [...]

o 29'29'

URU.[...]

o 30'30'

i-na [...]

o 31'31'

a-[...]

o 32'32'

ma-[...]

o 33'33'

i-na [...]

o 34'34'

x [...]

Reverse
r 1'r 1'

x x [x] x x [...]

r 2'2'

i-na x [...]

r 3'3'

li-x [...]

r 4'4'

-tu [...]

r 5'5'

KUR.su-ḫi a-di [...]

r 6'6'

BAD₅.BAD₅ [...]

r 7'7'

mar-ši?-[su-(nu) ...]

r 8'8'

a-na KUR.ḫa-ni-gal-[bat ...]

r 9'9'

-tu URU?.[...]

r 10'10'

ù 7 [...]

r 11'11'

šap-ṣu-[ti ...]

r 12'12'

DAGAL-te x [...]

r 13'13'

ṣi-im-da-[at ni-ri-i-šú ...]

r 14'14'

mnu-ur-dIŠKUR [...]

r 15'15'

ma-a-di GIŠ.[...]

r 16'16'

a-na SAL LU [...]

r 17'17'

li-i-ta [...]

r 18'18'

[x] x x x [...]

Lacuna


Based on A. Kirk Grayson, Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I (1114-859 BC) (RIMA 2), Toronto, 1991. Adapted by Jamie Novotny (2015-16) and lemmatized and updated by Nathan Morello (2016-17) for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation-funded OIMEA Project 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/Q006023/.