Sennacherib 019 (Q003493)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003493 |
| 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 Column i [0:2] i' 1'1'–i' 2'2' | [I added ... pay]ment [and] imposed (it) [upon them]. |
| Obverse Column i [2:14] i' 3'3'–i' 14'14' | [As for him, He]zekiah, [fear of] my lordly [brilliance (i´ 5´) overwhelmed him and he had] the auxiliary forces [and his] elite [troops whom he] had brought [inside the city Jeru]salem, [his royal city, along with 30 talents of gold], 800 talents of silver, (i´ 10´) [every kind of treasure] of his palace, [as well as his daughters], his palace [women, male singers, (and) female singers brought in]to Nineveh and he sent a moun]ted messenger of his to me [to deliver (this) pay]ment. |
| Obverse Column i [14:16] i' 15'15'–i' 16'16' | [On my fourth campaign, I marched to the land Bīt]-Yakīn. [In the course of] my [campaign], |
| Obverse Column ii [0:6] ii' 1'1'–ii' 6'6' | ... [... no] king of the past (who came) before me [...] I had [my camp] pitched [at the foot of Mount Anara] and Mount Uppa, mighty mountains, and I myself, in an armch[air, with] my fighting troops, [ascended] with a struggle the steep mountain peaks. |
| Obverse Column ii [6:11] ii' 7'7'–ii' 11'11' | He, [Ma]niye, heard about the advance of my expeditionary force, then he abandoned the city Ukku, his royal city, and fled afar. I entered his palace and, (ii´ 10´) as his substantial audience gift, I carried off every kind of possession (and) property, (which) were without number. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] ii' 12'12'–ii' 12'12' | I destroyed, devastated, (and) bur[ned] with fire his cities, (and) made (them) like ruin hill(s) (created by) the Deluge. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:16] ii' 13'13'–ii' 16'16' | From the booty of those [lands], I con[scripted] 20,400 archers (and) 20,200 shi[eld bearers and] a[dded (them) to] my royal [contingent]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i' | ||
| 1' | [... man]-⸢da⸣-at-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 2' | [u₂-rad-di-ma] u₂-kin | |
| 3' | [ṣe-ru-uš-šu-un šu-u₂ {m}ḫa]-⸢za⸣-qi-a-a-u₂ | |
| 4' | [pul-ḫi me-lam-me] ⸢be⸣-lu-ti-ia | |
| 5' | [is-ḫu-pu-šu-ma] {⸢lu₂⸣}ur₂-bi | |
| 6' | [u₃ {lu₂}ERIM.MEŠ-šu₂] ⸢SIG₅⸣.MEŠ | |
| 7' | [ša a-na qe₂-reb {uru}ur]-sa-li-im-ma | |
| 8' | [URU LUGAL-ti-šu₂ u₂]-⸢še⸣-ri-bu-ma | |
| 9' | [it-ti 30 GUN KU₃.GI] 8 ME GUN KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 10' | [mim-ma šum-šu ni-ṣir]-⸢ti⸣ E₂.GAL-šu₂ | |
| 11' | [u₃ DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šu₂ {munus}UN.MEŠ] E₂.GAL-šu₂ | |
| 12' | {[lu₂}NAR.MEŠ {munus}NAR.MEŠ a-na qe₂]-⸢reb⸣ NINA{ki} | |
| 13' | [u₂-še-bi-lam-ma a-na na-dan man]-⸢da⸣-at-ti | |
| 14' | [iš-pu-ra rak]-⸢bu⸣-šu | |
| 15' | [i-na 4-e ger-ri-ia a-na {kur}E₂-{m]}⸢ia⸣-kin₇ | |
| 16' | [lu al-li-ik i-na me-ti-iq ger-ri]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | LUGAL pa-ni maḫ-ri-⸢ia⸣ [i-na GIR₃.II {kur}a-na-ra] | |
| 3' | u₃ {kur}up-pa KUR.MEŠ dan-nu-ti [ka-ra-ši] | |
| 4' | u₂-ša₂-⸢aš₂-kin⸣-ma a-na-ku i-na {giš}GU.ZA ⸢ne₂-me⸣-[di] | |
| 5' | [it-ti] {⸢lu₂⸣}ERIM.MEŠ ME₃-ia mar-ṣi-iš | |
| 6' | [e-te-el-la-a] ⸢ŠU⸣.SI.MEŠ KUR.MEŠ pa-aš₂-qa-a-ti | |
| 7' | ⸢šu-u₂⸣ {[m}ma]-⸢ni-ia⸣-e a-lak-ti ger-ri-ia | |
| 8' | iš-me-ma {uru}uk-ku URU LUGAL-ti-šu₂ e-zib-ma | |
| 9' | a-na ru-qe₂-e-ti in-na-bit e-ru-um-ma | |
| 10' | a-na qe₂-reb E₂.GAL-šu₂ mim-ma šum-šu₂ NIG₂.ŠU NIG₂.GA | |
| 11' | la ni-bi aš₂-lu-la ta-mar-ta-šu₂ ka-bit-tu | |
| 12' | URU.MEŠ-šu₂ ap-pul aq-qur ina {d}GIŠ.BAR aq-[mu] | |
| 13' | ki-ma DU₆ a-bu-bi u₂-še-me i-na šal-lat [KUR.MEŠ] | |
| 14' | ša₂-ti-na 20 LIM 4 ME {giš}PAN 20 LIM 2 ME {giš}⸢a⸣-[ri-tu] | |
| 15' | ⸢i-na lib₃⸣-bi-šu₂-nu ak-[ṣur-ma] | |
| 16' | [UGU ki-ṣir] ⸢LUGAL-ti⸣-ia ⸢u₂⸣-[rad-di] | |
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