Position in chronology
Shalmaneser III 111
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Shalmaneser, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria: construction of the ziggurat of the city Kalḫu.
Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q004716/
Why it matters
Records Shalmaneser III's construction of the ziggurat at Kalḫu (Nimrud), anchoring the monumental building programme that transformed his capital into the administrative heart of the expanding Assyrian empire.
Transliteration
mdsál-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN GAL-ú / MAN dan-nu MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR AŠ / A mAŠ-PAP-A MAN GAL-ú / MAN dan-nu MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR AŠ / A mTUKUL-MAŠ MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR AŠ-ma / ri-ṣip-tú U₆.NIR / šá URU.kal-ḫi
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of an Assyrian king, published in the Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online project (RIAo). Translation reproduced from the ORACC edition. ORACC text Q004716.
Attribution
Image: BM 090225 (British Museum, London, UK) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P427853). source
Translation excerpted from Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q004716/.
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