Sennacherib 026 (Q003500)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 026 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003500 |
| 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' | [...] ... [... I conquered his (Marduk-apla-iddina II’s) entire land] and I coun[ted] (his people) as booty. [I destroyed, devas]tated, (and) burned with fire [his cities. ... in the city Na]gītu, where he was residing, [fear of (my lordly) brilliance] overwhelmed him and he (Marduk-apla-iddina II) disap[peared]. |
| Obverse Column i [5:8] i 6'6'–i 8'8' | [I ruined the city Ḫirimmu] and (the land of) the Yasubigallians, [...d]ānu, (and) the dista[nt] Medes [and I destr]oyed their settlements. |
| Obverse Column i [8:11] i 9'9'–i 11'11' | I took away the kingship of [Lulî, the king of] the city Sidon. (i 10´) I placed [Tu-Baʾlu] on his throne and imposed upon him [payment (in recognition) of] my [overlordship]. |
| Obverse Column i [11:13] i 12'12'–i 13'13' | [I ruined the wide dis]trict of the land Judah (and) imposed the yoke on [Hezekiah, its king]. |
| Obverse Column i [13:17] i 14'14'–i 17'17' | I put [to] the sword [the people of the city Tumurru]m, who live on Mount Nipur, [a rugged mountain]. I swept over [the city Ukku, together with every] last one of its settlements, (so that they looked) [like a ruin hill (created by) the Deluge]. |
| Obverse Column i [17:19] i 18'18'– | [I struck down with the sword the people of the land Ḫilakku], who live [in the mountains]. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:6] ii 1'1'–ii 6'6' | ... [...] who/which ... [...]. In a pitched battle, [they captured him (Nergal-ušēzib) alive (and) brought him] before [me]. (ii 5´) At the Citadel Gate of Nineveh, [I bound him] with a bear [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [6:13] ii 7'7'–ii 13'13' | (As for) the king of the land Elam, who had come to [his] (Šūzubu’s) a[id, I marched] to his land. [I surrounded, conquered, pl]under[ed, destroyed, devastated], (and) burned [with fi]re his fortified cities, [his] tre[asury], and small(er) settlements of his in [their] en[virons], as far as the pass of (the land) Bīt-Bunak[ku]. |
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 IŠ x [x x] | |
| 2' | [gi-mir KUR-šu₂ ak-šud{ud]}⸢ma⸣ šal-la-ti-iš ⸢am⸣-[nu] | |
| 3' | [URU.MEŠ-šu₂ ap-pul aq]-⸢qur⸣ ina {d}GIŠ.BAR aq-mi | |
| 4' | [... i-na {uru}na]-⸢gi⸣-ti a-šar aš₂-bu | |
| 5' | [pul-ḫi me-lam-me] is-ḫu-up-šu₂-ma ša₂-da-šu₂ e-[mid] | |
| 6' | {[uru}ḫi-rim-mu] ⸢u₃⸣ {lu₂}ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-⸢a⸣ | |
| 7' | [...] x-⸢da⸣-a-nu {kur}ma-da-a-a ⸢ru-qu⸣-[te] | |
| 8' | [u₂-šal-pit-ma u₂-ab]-bit da-ad₂-me-šu₂-un | |
| 9' | [ša {m}lu-li-i LUGAL] {⸢uru⸣}ṣi-du-ni e-kim ⸢LUGAL-su⸣ | |
| 10' | {[m}tu-ba-aʾ-lu] ⸢ina⸣ {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂ u₂-še-šib-ma | |
| 11' | [man-da-at-tu EN-ti]-ia u₂-kin ṣe-⸢ru⸣-uš-šu₂ | |
| 12' | [u₂-šal-pit rap-šu₂ na]-⸢gu⸣-u {kur}ia-u₂-di | |
| 13' | {[m}ḫa-za-qi-a-u₂ LUGAL-šu] e-mid ab-ša₂-a-nu | |
| 14' | [LU₂.MEŠ {uru}tu-mur-ra-a]-⸢a⸣ a-ši-bu-ut {kur}ni-pur | |
| 15' | [KUR-i mar-ṣi i-na] {⸢giš⸣}TUKUL u₂-šam-qit | |
| 16' | {[uru}uk-ku a-di nap]-⸢ḫar DU₃⸣ da-ad₂-me-šu₂ | |
| 17' | [ki-ma DU₆ a-bu-bi] uš-bi-iʾ | |
| 18' | [UN.MEŠ {kur}ḫi-lak-ki] ⸢a⸣-ši-bu-ti | |
| ii | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | ša₂ a-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | ina ME₃ EDIN [bal-ṭu-su ik-šu-da ŠU.II-šu₂-un] | |
| 4' | a-na maḫ-ri-[ia ub-lu-niš-šu] | |
| 5' | ina KA₂ MURUB₄ URU ša₂ ⸢NINA⸣{[ki} ar-ku-su] | |
| 6' | it-ti a-su [...] | |
| 7' | LUGAL {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ša₂ a-na re-[ṣu-ti-šu] | |
| 8' | il-li-ka a-na KUR-⸢šu⸣ [lu al-lik] | |
| 9' | URU.MEŠ-šu₂ dan-nu-ti E₂ [ni-ṣir-ti-šu₂] | |
| 10' | u₃ URU.MEŠ-šu₂ TUR.MEŠ ša ⸢li⸣-[me-ti-šu₂-nu] | |
| 11' | a-⸢di⸣ ne₂-re-⸢bi ša⸣ E₂-{m}bu-⸢na⸣-[ak-ki al-me] | |
| 12' | [ak-šud{ud} aš₂]-⸢lu⸣-la šal-la-⸢su⸣-[un ap-pul] | |
| 13' | [aq-qur ina {d}GIŠ].BAR aq-mi | |
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