Antakya stele
The Antakya stele dates from Assyrian times and was found in a suburb of Antakya , ancient Antioch on the Orontes . It was built by the Assyrian king Adad-nīrārī III. (810-781). On the upper half of the stele , the king himself and his general Šamši-ilu are depicted on the side of a column. The lower half contains an inscription in four paragraphs.
The stele is now in the Antakya Archaeological Museum .
Text of the stele
Paragraph 1
"Adad-Nirari [III.], Great king, mighty king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Šamši-Adad [V.], mighty king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Sulmanu-ašared [ III.], King of the Four Quarters. "
Paragraph 2
“The border that Adad-Nirari, King of Assyria, and Šamši-ilu , the supreme warlord, established between Zakkur, the Hamathite, and Ataršumki , son of Adraeme: the city of Nahlasi together with all its fields, its orchards and his Settlements is Ataršumki's property. They shared the Orontes River between them. This is the limit. "
Paragraph 3
“Adad-Nirari, King of Assyria, and Šamši-ilu, the supreme warlord, relieve it of all obligations to Ataršumki, son of Adrame, his son and his subsequent grandson. He made his city and its territories [...] the border of his country. "
Paragraph 4
“At the name of Aššur , Adad and Ber, the Assyrian Enlil , the Assyrian Ninlil , and the name Sin , who lives in Harran , the great gods of Assyria : Whoever is following these sentences on this stele, and this border too Violence removes the property of Ataršumki, his sons, or his grandchildren, and destroys the written names and writes other names: Aššur, Adad and Ber, Sin, who live in Harran, may the great gods of Assyria have their names written on this stele are not listening to his prayers. "
literature
- Veysel Donbaz: Two Neo-Assyrian Stelae in the Antakya and Kahramanmaras Museums. In: Annual Revue of the Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Project. 8, 1990, pp. 5-24.
Web links
- The Antakya stela (in English)