Ninurta-kudurri-uṣur 04

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[...] (Traces)

(i 1') [I, Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur, governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari, the chosen one, whom]

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[...] x NA x [x] dUTU u dAMAR.[UTU]

(i 2b') the gods Šamaš and Mar[duk ... elevated over migh]ty [kings] and over [(...)] governors,

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[... dan?]-nu?-ti ù? x-li <>.GAR.KUR.MEŠ

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[... a-ma]-at? dA-dIŠKUR u dTAR.DI.NI

(i 4') [... the comma]nd of the gods Apla-Adad and TAR.DI.NI

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[...] x-ma a-la-ku šá ÉRIN.MEŠ šú-nu-ti

(i 5') [...] the marching of these soldiers

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[...] x ṭè-e-me -kun-an-ni-ma a-na-ku a-ḫi

(i 6') [...] he instructed me. I [was not negli]gent, but (rather) [trus]ted the command(s) of the god Apla-Adad, the great lord, my divine lord. I therefore mobilized 105 chariots, 220 experienced mounted soldiers, good, choice horses, 3,000 foot soldiers, and the palace guard. I harnessed (the horses of) my chariot and went out on campaign to do battle with them.

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[ul ad]-di-ma a-na a-mat dA-dIŠKUR EN GAL DINGIR EN-ia₅

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[at]-kal-ma ina lìb-bi 1 ME 5 GIŠ.GIGIR.MEŠ 2 ME 20 pét-ḫal-lu

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te?-li-tu ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ na-as-qu-tu₄ ba-nu-ti

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3 LIM zu-<uk> GÌR.II ù ÉRIN.MEŠ É.GAL ad-ke*-e-ma

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ni-ri aṣ-mid-ma KASKAL.II šá-áš-mu u al-lik-šú-nu-ti-ma

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ina muḫ-ḫi .ṣu-mu-ú-a šá ina bi-rit .ma-ki*-ri ù

(i 12') I waited at the well Ṣumūa, which (is located) between the well Makiru and the well Gallabu, for one (whole) day in the month Duʾūzu. Opposite the well Ṣumūa were four pens which did not hold (any) sheep. I knew, however, that the well Ṣumūa

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.gal-la-bu i-na ITI.ŠU 1-en u₄-mi ú-šib-ma i?-na?

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pa-an .ṣu-mu-ú-a 4* ḫa-aṭ-ra-a-nu šá U₈.UDU.ḪI.A

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la ú-kal-lu₄ ù a-na-ku* i-de*-e-ma šá .ṣu-mu-ú-a

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x [...]

(ii 1') (No translation possible)

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UD [...]

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áš-kun [...]

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x x [...]

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a-na-ku [...]

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ú-x x [...]

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um-ma ki?-[i? ...]

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x x x [...]

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x x x [...]

(ii 9') [I inflicted this defeat by the power of the gods Šamaš and Marduk, Adad and Apla-Adad], the great gods, [my] lord[s. Anyone in the future who comes forward and should ask the elders of his land and the elders] of the land of Laqû: [“Is it true] that Ninurta-<kudu>rrī-uṣur, [governor of the land of Sūḫu and the land of Mari],

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DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.[MEŠ-e-a ...]

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x x [x] x [... ši-bu-tu]

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šá KUR.la--e? [liš-al-ma um-ma kit-tu-ú]

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šá mdMAŠ-<NÍG>.DU-PAP [.GAR KUR.su-ḫi u KUR.ma-ri]

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i?-[na a-mat d]A?-dIŠKUR EN GAL?-[ú? EN-šú (...)]

(iii 1) infl[icted] this de[feat] a[t the command of the god] Apla-Adad, the g[reat] lord, [his lord?” (...) (should be told that) this was the handiwork] of the god [Apla]-Adad, my divine lord [... he loves me and set my] h[ands to] this task.

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di?-[ik-tu₄] an-ni-tu₄ i-du-[ku a-ga-a ši-kin qa-ti]

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šá d?[A-d]IŠKUR DINGIR EN-ia x [... i-ra-man-ni-ma?]

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dul-la an-na-a a-na qa-[ti-ia -kun? man-nu ar-ku-ú]

(iii 4b) [Anyone in the future] who comes forward [should] like m[e pay attention to the command(s) of the gods].

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šá E₁₁-ma ki-ma ia?-[ti-ma a-na a-mat DINGIR.MEŠ li-qu-ul-ma?]

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.KAL GAL .KÚR*-šú x [... ul? ib-ba-áš-ši? a-ga-a?]

(iii 6) (Then) ... his enemy [... will not exist. This is] the experience and [(...) the god Apla-Adad, my lord, and the gods (...)]

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a-ma-ru ù x [(...) dA-dIŠKUR? EN-ia? u? DINGIR.MEŠ? (...)]

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DUMU.MEŠ ID DI [... .KÚR-a ina šu-pal GÌR.II-ia]

(iii 8) sons ... [...] they allowed (me) to trample [my enemy under my feet. No one in the future who comes forward should say]: “H[ow did Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur inflict this defeat?” By] the gods Adad and [Apla-Adad ...].

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ú-šak-bi-su? [man-nu ar-ku-ú šá E₁₁-ma la i-qab-bi]

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um-ma ki-[i-ki-i mdMAŠ-NÍG.DU-PAP di-ik-tu₄ an-ni-tu₄ id-duk a-na?]

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dIŠKUR u [dA-dIŠKUR ...]

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man-ni ár-ku?-[ú šá E₁₁-ma ši-bu-ut KUR-šú ù ši-bu-tu šá KUR.la--e liš-al-ma um-ma]

(iii 12) Anyone in the fut[ure who comes forward and should ask the elders of his land and the elders of the land of Laqû:

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kit*-tu₄?-[ú? ...]

(iii 13) Is it] true [that ...]

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x [...]

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[... i]-na? URU šu-a-tu₄ ú-še-ši-bu

(iv 1) [No one in the future who comes forward should neglect this town (or) expel the inhabitants whom] I settled in this town. [They should (continue to) gu]ard (this town) [against the enemy] for the sake of the security of the land of Sūḫu. Just as I (did), [he should pay attention to this town (and) not ne]glect this town.

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[a-a ú-nak-kìr-šú-nu]-ti áš-šú EN.NUN šá KUR.su-ḫi

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[la-pa-an .KÚR li-iṣ]-ṣu-ru ki-ma ia-a-ti-ma

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[SAG URU šu-a-tu₄ liš-ši] na-de-e a-ḫi a-na URU UR₅*-

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[la i-raš-ši mtab--e-a ].GAR KUR.su-ḫi it-ti

(iv 5b) [Tabnēa, the governor of the land of Sūḫu, went up [to Ass]yria with [his tribute for an audience], but [he killed him in Assyria. Then] the inhabitants of the city Anat [rev]olted [against the land of Sūḫu. They jo]ined hands [with the Assyrian] and [broug]ht the Assyrian up [to the city Anat]. The Assyrian took the city Anat [neither by force nor by ba]ttle; [(rather) the men the citizens of the city themselves gave (it) t]o the Assyrian. [Afterwards, the Ass]yrian exiled them and [scattered th]em [over (all) the lands. He turned] the houses [...] ...

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[GUN-šú šá IGI.DU a-na KUR-]-šur.KI E₁₁-ma

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[ina KUR--šur.KI id-duk-šú ù] áš-bu-tu šá URU.an-at

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[la-pa-an KUR.su-ḫi ib]-bal-kit-ú-ma ŠU.II-su-nu

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[a-na .-šur.KI-a-a it]-tan-nu ù .-šur.KI-a-a

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[a-na URU.an-at ul-te-lu]-ú-nu .-šur.KI-a-a

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[ul ina da-na-nu ul ina] ṣal-ta URU.an-at iṣ-bat

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[ÉRIN.MEŠ DUMU.MEŠ URU ra-man-šú-nu a]-na .-šur.KI-a-a

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[it-tan-nu ár-ka-a-ni .]-šur.KI-a-a ú-šag-li-šu-nu-ti-ma

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[pi-rik KUR.KUR.MEŠ ú-sap-pi-iḫ-šú-nu]-ti É.MEŠ

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Based on Grant Frame, Rulers of Babylonia: From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination (1157-612 BC) (RIMB 2; Toronto, 1995). Digitized, lemmatized, and updated by Alexa Bartelmus, 2015-16, 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/suhu/Q006214/.