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Q005731: royal-inscription cylinder

Middle Assyrian Oracc

Akkadian

(disz)_gid_-_di_-_dingir nun_ ki-nu _lugal_ dan-nu _lugal kur_ asz-szur ba-ni É (d)_utu_ É-_an-na_ s,i-ri

sza _mu_ szat,-ra i-pa-asz-szi-t,u u mu-szA-re-ia u-na-ka-rU (d)_utu_ be-li _lugal_-su li-is-ki-ip u hu-szA-ah-ha a-na _kur_-szu li-id-di

AI Translation

Arik-din-ili, true prince, strong king, king of Assyria, builder of the temple of the god Shamash, the exalted temple of the goddess Anu.

As for the one who erases my inscribed name or removes my monumental inscriptions, may the god Shamash, my lord, overthrow his sovereignty and afflict his land with famine.

Human

Arik-din-ili, legitimate prince, strong king, king of Assyria, builder of the temple of the god Shamash, the exalted shrine:

Whoever erases my inscribed name or removes my inscription, may the god Shamash, my lord, overthrow his sovereignty and afflict his land with famine.