Sennacherib 025 (Q003499)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003499 |
| 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 [0:5] i' 1'1'–i' 5'5' | [...] ... [(...) (As for) the rest of his magnates, including Nabû]-šuma-iškun, [a son of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), who had raised their arms because they were terrified of] doing battle with me, I [captured them ali]ve [in the thick of battle]. |
| Obverse Column i [5:10] i' 6'6'–i' 10'10' | [I b]rought back [all together the chariots along with their horses, whose drivers had been killed i]n the thick of (that) [mighty battle and which had themselves been released so that they galloped about on] their [ow]n. [When the second double-hour of the night had passed], I stopped [their slaughter]. |
| Obverse Column i [10:12] i' 11'11'–i' 12'12' | [(As for) him, Umman-menanu (Ḫumban-menanu), the king of the land El]am, [along with the king of Babylon (and) the sheikhs of Chal]dea |
| Obverse Column ii [0:5] ii' 1'1'–ii' 5'5' | I [fastened bands of bright copper on doors of white cedar and I installed (them) in their gates]. I [had] magnificent [bull colossi fashioned] from [white limestone that was discovered in the territory of] the city Balā[ṭāya and on the right and left] I made (them) h[old their door bolt(s)]. |
| Obverse Column ii [5:12] ii' 6'6'–ii' 12'12' | [I greatly enlarged its outer courtyard] for the proper administration of [the black-headed (people), the inspection of thoroughbred horses], mules, a[gālu-donkeys, military equipment, chariots], carts, [wagons, quivers], bows, and [uṣṣu-arrows, every type of] (ii´ 10´) implement of war, (and) the submission of te[ams of horses] (and) mules, which [have great] stren[gth], to the yoke. |
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' | [...] x x | |
| 2' | [(...) si-it-ti {lu₂}GAL.MEŠ-šu₂ a-di {m}{d}MUATI]-⸢MU⸣-iš-kun | |
| 3' | [DUMU {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-IBILA-SUM.NA ša la-pa-an] ⸢ta-ḫa⸣-zi-ia | |
| 4' | [ip-la-ḫu id-ku-u₂ A₂.II-šu₂-un bal]-⸢ṭu⸣-su-un | |
| 5' | [ina MURUB₄ tam-ḫa-ri it-mu-ḫa] ⸢ŠU⸣.II-a-a | |
| 6' | {[giš}GIGIR.MEŠ a-di ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ-ši-na ša i]-⸢na⸣ qit-ru-ub | |
| 7' | [ta-ḫa-zi dan-ni ra-ki-bu-šin] de-ku-ma | |
| 8' | [u₃ ši-na muš-šu-ra-ma ra-ma]-⸢nu⸣-uš-šin | |
| 9' | [it-ta-na-al-la-ka mit-ḫa-riš u₂]-⸢ter⸣-ra | |
| 10' | [a-di 2 KASKAL.GID₂ GE₆ il-li-ku da-ak-šu₂-nu] ⸢ap⸣-ru-us | |
| 11' | [šu-u₂ {m}um-ma-an-me-na-nu LUGAL {kur}ELAM].⸢MA{ki⸣} | |
| 12' | [a-di LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} {lu₂}na-sik-ka-ni ša {kur}kal]-⸢di⸣ | |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | ⸢u₂⸣-[rak-kis-ma u₂-rat-ta-a KA₂.MEŠ-šin] | |
| 2' | i-na {⸢na₄⸣}[pi-i-li pe-ṣe-e ša i-na er-ṣe-et] | |
| 3' | {uru}ba-⸢la⸣-[ṭa-a-a in-nam-ru {d}ALAD.{d}LAMMA.MEŠ] | |
| 4' | ṣi-ru-ti ⸢u₂⸣-[še-piš-ma im-na u₃ šu-me-la] | |
| 5' | u₂-ša₂-aṣ-[bi-ta SI.GAR-šin] | |
| 6' | a-na šu-te-šu-⸢ri⸣ [ṣal-mat SAG.DU pa-qa-di mur-ni-is-qi₂] | |
| 7' | ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ ⸢a⸣-[ga-li-i til-li {giš}GIGIR.MEŠ] | |
| 8' | {giš}at-ta-ra-⸢te⸣ [e-req-qi₂ iš-pa-a-te] | |
| 9' | til-pa-na-a-te ⸢u₃⸣ [uṣ-ṣi mim-ma šum-šu₂] | |
| 10' | ⸢u₂-nu⸣-ut ta-ḫa-zi ⸢na⸣-[aṣ-ma-di ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ] | |
| 11' | ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ ša₂ i-⸢mu⸣-[qi₂ ra-ba-a-te i-šu-u₂] | |
| 12' | šuk-nu-še a-⸢na ni⸣-ri [...] | |
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