Sennacherib 012 (Q003486)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003486 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap3 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] 11–77 | [Sennacherib], great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, [king of the four quarters (of the world), lea]der of a widespread population, [the one who fashioned image(s) of the deities Aššur, Anu, Sîn], Šamaš, Adad, Nergal, Ištar of Bīt-Kidmuri, [Bēlet-ilī, and the great gods], the one who carries out to perfection the rites of Ešarra (5) [and Emašmaš, who knows well how to revere the go]ds of heaven and the gods of Assyria, [the builder of] Assyria, the one who brings [his] cult centers to completion, [the one who uproots enemies (and) destroys] their [set]tlements, [circumspect] ru[ler], |
| Obverse [7:10] 1'1'–3'3' | [(As for) the one who alters my inscribed object (and) disrespects my words], may [(the god) Aššur, king of the gods, and the gre]at [gods of heaven and netherworld] curse him [with a harsh, irreversible curse, and may they overthrow his kingship, deprive him of his life], (and) eradicate [his name, his seed, his offspring, (and) his progeny] from the mouth of the people. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {[m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU] ⸢LUGAL⸣ GAL LUGAL dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 2 | [LUGAL kib-rat LIMMU₂-tim mut]-tar-ru-u₂ UN.MEŠ DAGAL.MEŠ | |
| 3 | [e-piš ṣa-lam AN.ŠAR₂ {d}a-nim {d}30 {⸢d⸣}UTU {d}IŠKUR {d}U.GUR {d}15 ša E₂-kid-mur-ri | |
| 4 | [DINGIR.MAḪ u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ] mu-šak-lil pa-ra-aṣ e₂-šar₂-ra | |
| 5 | [u₃ e₂-maš-maš ša₂ pa-laḫ₃] ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ ša₂ AN-e u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ KUR aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 6 | [ra-biš mu-du-u e-piš KUR] aš-šur{ki} mu-šak-lil ma-ḫa-⸢zi⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 7 | [na-si-iḫ na-ki-ri mu-ab-bit da]-⸢ad₂⸣-me-šu₂-un ma-[al-ku] | |
| 1' | [mu-nak-kir₃ MU.SAR-a-a da-a-a-i-ṣi a-ma-ti-ia AN.ŠAR₂ MAN DINGIR.MEŠ u DINGIR.MEŠ GAL].MEŠ | |
| 2' | [ša AN-e u₃ KI-tim ar-rat la nap-šu-ri ma-ru-uš-tu₂] ⸢li⸣-ru-ru-šu-ma | |
| 3' | [LUGAL-su lis-ki-pu TI.LA-šu₂ li-ki-mu-šu₂ MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ NUNUZ-šu₂ na-an-nab-šu₂] ⸢i⸣-na KA UN.ME li-ḫal-li-qu |
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