Sennacherib 021 (Q003495)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003495 |
| 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 [0:4] i' 1'1'–i' 4'4' | [... they became frightened on acc]ount of the vill[ainous acts they had committed. They formed a confederation with] the kings of [Egypt (and) the archers, c]hariots, (and) hors[es of the king of the land Meluḫḫa], forces without number. |
| Obverse Column i [4:7] i' 5'5'–i' 7'7' | In the plain of [the city Elteke]h, [I fought] with them [and] defeated them. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:8] ii' 1'1'–ii' 8'8' | [...] ... [... He] — Marduk-apla-[iddina] (II) (Merodach-baladan), whom I had defeated during my fir[st] campaign — (ii´ 5´) became frightened by the clangor of [my] mighty weapon[s] and fl[ed] to (the city) Nagī[te]-raqqi, which is in the midst of the sea. [I brought] his brothers, the seed of his father’s house, whom he had aband[oned] at the shore of the sea, together with the rest of the people [of his land, out of the land Bīt-Yakīn], |
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' | [... a]-⸢na⸣ an-⸢zil⸣-[li i-pu-šu₂] | |
| 2' | [ip-laḫ₃ ŠA₃-šu₂-nu] ⸢LUGAL.MEŠ-ni {kur⸣}[mu-ṣu-ri] | |
| 3' | [ERIM.MEŠ {giš}PAN {giš]}⸢GIGIR⸣.MEŠ ⸢ANŠE.KUR⸣.[RA.MEŠ] | |
| 4' | [ša LUGAL {kur}me-luḫ-ḫa] e-mu-qi₂ la ni-bi | |
| 5' | [ik-te-ru-ni] i-na ta-mir-ti | |
| 6' | {[uru}al-ta-qu]-u₂ it-ti-šu₂-un | |
| 7' | [am-da-ḫi-iṣ-ma] ⸢aš₂-ta-kan⸣ BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂-un | |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [šu-u₂ {m]}{⸢d}AMAR⸣.UTU-IBILA-[SUM.NA] | |
| 3' | ⸢ša⸣ ina a-lak ger-ri-ia maḫ-[re-e] | |
| 4' | aš₂-ku-nu BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂ ri-gim {giš}⸢TUKUL⸣.[MEŠ-ia] | |
| 5' | dan-nu-ti e-dur₂-ma a-na na-⸢gi⸣-[te]-; | |
| 6' | ša MURUB₄ tam-tim in-[na-bit] | |
| 7' | ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ NUMUN E₂ AD-šu₂ ša u₂-⸢maš⸣-[ši-ru] | |
| 8' | a-ḫi tam-tim a-di si-it-ti UN.⸢MEŠ⸣ [KUR-šu₂] | |
Sources & licences
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