Sennacherib 027 (Q003501)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003501 |
| 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/scores · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:33] i 1i 1– | [Senn]acherib, [great] king, strong [king, king of] the world, (i 5) [king of] Assyria, [king of] the [fou]r quarters (of the world), [cap]able [she]pherd, (i 10) [favo]rite of the [great] gods, [guardian of] truth [who love]s [justi]ce, (i 15) [renders assistance, goes to the aid of the wea]k, (i 20) (and) [st]rives after [goo]d deeds, [perfect] man, [virile] war[rior], fo[remost of] all rul[ers], (ii 1) the bri[dle] that con[trols] the insub[missive], (and) the one who strikes enem[ies with lightning]: |
| Obverse Column ii [5:12] ii 66–ii 1212 | The god Aššur, the [great] mountain, granted [to me] unrival[led] sovereig[nty and made my weapons greater] than (those of) a[ll] who sit on (royal) dais[es]. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:17] ii 1'1'–ii 5'5' | [He made] al[l of the black-headed (people) from the Upper Sea of the Setting Sun] t[o the] Lo[wer Sea of the] Ris[ing Sun bow down at my feet]. |
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 | {[m}{d}EN].⸢ZU-ŠEŠ⸣.[MEŠ]-SU | |
| 2 | [LUGAL] GAL-u₂ | |
| 3 | [LUGAL] ⸢dan-nu⸣ | |
| 4 | [LUGAL] ⸢kiš-ša₂-ti⸣ | |
| 5 | [LUGAL KUR] ⸢aš-šur{ki⸣} | |
| 6 | [LUGAL] ⸢kib⸣-rat | |
| 7 | [LIMMU₂]-ti | |
| 8 | [RE].⸢E₂⸣.UM | |
| 9 | [it]-⸢pe⸣-šu | |
| 10 | [mi]-⸢gir DINGIR⸣.MEŠ | |
| 11 | [GAL].MEŠ | |
| 12 | [na-ṣir] ⸢kit⸣-ti | |
| 13 | [ra-ʾi]-im | |
| 14 | [mi-ša₂]-ri | |
| 15 | [e-piš] | |
| 16 | [u₂-sa-a-ti] | |
| 17 | [a-lik] | |
| 18 | [tap-pu-ut] | |
| 19 | [a-ki]-⸢i⸣ | |
| 20 | [sa]-⸢ḫi⸣-ru | |
| 21 | [dam]-⸢qa⸣-a-ti | |
| 22 | ⸢eṭ⸣-lum | |
| 23 | [git₂-ma-lum] | |
| 24 | [zi-ka-ru] | |
| 25 | ⸢qar⸣-[du] | |
| 26 | a-[ša₂-red] | |
| 27 | kal ma-[al-ki] | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | rap-[pu] | |
| 2 | la-ʾi-[iṭ] | |
| 3 | la ma-[gi-ri] | |
| 4 | mu-šab-[ri-qu] | |
| 5 | za-ma-[a-ni] | |
| 6 | {d}aš-šur | |
| 7 | KUR-u₂ [GAL-u₂] | |
| 8 | LUGAL-⸢u₂⸣-[ut] | |
| 9 | la ša₂-⸢na⸣-[an] | |
| 10 | u₂-šat-⸢lim⸣-[an-ni-ma] | |
| 11 | UGU ⸢gi⸣-[mir] | |
| 12 | ⸢a-šib pa-rak⸣-[ki] | |
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢a⸣-[di tam-tim] | |
| 3' | ⸢šap⸣-[li-ti ša] | |
| 4' | ⸢ṣi⸣-[it {d}UTU-ši] | |
| 5' | ⸢gim⸣-[ri ṣal-mat] | |
Sources & licences
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