Shalmaneser I 18

• ú-tul₅ ab-ra-ti — 'Shepherd of the widespread/extensive peoples'; ab-ra-ti from abrātu, 'widespread, extensive' — epithet applied to the population under royal care. Restoration and exact force debated in RIMA commentary.
• mul-tar-ḫi — Interpreted as 'mountain ranges' or 'distant peaks'; rare lexical form, possibly related to tarḫu / turhû (peak, crest). Some editors read as a PN or toponym.
• na-as-ku-ti — From naskūtu / naskutu, 'distant, remote (regions)'; the phrase ši-id-di na-as-ku-ti refers to the far reaches of remote territory. Orthography is non-standard.
• ú-na-[i-lu] ki-i šu-ú-bi — Restoration: 'brought down like a rain-shower (šūbu)'; šūbu is Akkadian for a rain-squall or downpour used as a simile for defeating enemies. The signs are partially broken in the transliteration.
• lu-ul-lu-mi-i ù šu-ba-ri-i — Lullumians (Lullubians) and Subareans — ethnic/geographic designations for peoples north and northeast of Assyria. Standard in Shalmaneser I titulary.
• da-iš KUR.KUR ia-bi — 'Who tramples the hostile lands'; dāʾiš from dâšu, 'to tread down, trample'. ia-bi = ayyābī, 'enemies'.
• A dIŠKUR-ERIM.TÁḪ — Son of Adad-nirari (I); the Akkadian form is Adad-nārārī. Rendered as 'Adad-nirari' per conventional Assyriology usage.

Visual examination of the photograph: the obverse (top image) shows a fired clay fragment approximately 5 cm wide; the surface is heavily worn and eroded, with wedge impressions visible but largely illegible at this resolution. Individual sign clusters can be glimpsed in the upper rows but cannot be read sign-by-sign with confidence. The reverse (third image) is largely uninscribed or too eroded to read; the museum stamp 'Th. 1932 12·10 402' and accession number '123459' are visible. The bottom view shows an uninscribed edge/lower face. Because the wedge impressions on the obverse are too compressed and eroded at the available resolution to verify individual signs, I rely primarily on the scholar-provided transliteration. The transliteration is consistent with the standard Shalmaneser I titulary known from multiple royal inscriptions (cf. RIMA 1, A.0.77 series). The rendering of 'iššiakku ša Aššur' as 'vice-regent of Aššur', 'šar kiššati' as 'king of the universe', and 'Nunamnir' as an epithet of Enlil follows established convention. 'mul-tar-ḫi' is a hapax-adjacent form meaning 'mountain ranges / distant peaks' and is rendered cautiously; 'na-as-ku-ti' (distant/remote, referring to border regions) is also somewhat unusual orthography.