Sennacherib 020 (Q003494)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003494 |
| 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 [0:10] i' 1i 1–i' 1010 | [...] I ordered [the] march against them [to the land Nagītu. I settled in Nineveh the people of the land Ḫatti plu]ndered by my bows [and th]ey skillfully built magnif[ic]ent ships, (i´ 5´) [a product characteristic to their land(s). I gave] orders [to sailors of] the cities Ty[r]e (and) [Sidon, (and) the land Io]nia, [whom I had captured. They (my troops) let (them) sail down the Tigris River with] them [downstream to the city] Opis. |
| Obverse Column i [10:13] i' 1111–i' 1313 | [Then, from the city Opis, they lifted th]em (the boats) [up onto] dry land and [dragged them on rollers to Sip]par. |
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 | [...] ⸢ṣe-ru⸣-uš-⸢šu₂-un⸣ | |
| 2 | [a-na {kur}na-gi-ti a]-la-ku aq-bi | |
| 3 | {[lu₂}ERIM.MEŠ {kur}ḫa-at-ti ḫu]-⸢bu⸣-ut {giš}PAN.MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | [i-na NINA{ki} u₂-še-šib-ma] {⸢giš⸣}MA₂.MEŠ ṣi-⸢ra⸣-[a]-⸢te⸣ | |
| 5 | [e-piš-ti KUR-šu-un ib]-nu-u₂ ⸢nak⸣-liš | |
| 6 | {[lu₂}MA₂.LAḪ₅.MEŠ] {⸢uru}ṣur⸣-[ra]-⸢a⸣-a | |
| 7 | {[uru}ṣi-du-un-na-a-a {kur}ia-am]-⸢na⸣-a-a | |
| 8 | [ki-šit-ti ŠU.II-ia u₂-ša₂-ḫi-su-nu]-⸢ti⸣ ur-tu | |
| 9 | [qe₂-reb {id₂}IDIGNA it-ti] ši-na-ti | |
| 10 | [a-na qid-da-ti a-di {uru]}u₂-pi-a | |
| 11 | [u₂-še-qel-pu-u₂ u₃ TA {uru}u₂-pi-a na]-⸢ba⸣-liš | |
| 12 | [u₂-še-lu-ši-na]-⸢ti⸣-ma | |
| 13 | [ṣe-er {giš}gur₂-gu-ge a-na] ⸢ZIMBIR⸣{ki} | |
Sources & licences
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