Sennacherib 029 (Q003503)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003503 |
| 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 [0:6] i' 1'1'–i' 6'6' | I forcibly remo[ved the gods of] his father’s house, himself, [his] wife, [his sons, his daughters], his [brother]s, (and other) offspring of his father’s house [and t]ook him [to Assyria. I s]et Šarru-lū-dāri, son of [Rūkibtu, th]eir former [king, over the people of the city Ashke[lon] (i´ 5´) and [imposed upon hi]m the payment of tribute (and) gifts (in recognition) of [my] overlords[hip] so that he (now) pulls [my] yok[e]. |
| Obverse Column i [6:11] i' 7'7'–i' 11'11' | [In the course of] my campaign, I surrounded, conquered, (and) [plundered] the cities Bīt-Daganna, [Jopp]a, Banayabarqa, (and) [Azuru, the cities] of Ṣidqâ [that had not sub]mitted [to me quickly. (As for) the governors], the nobles, [...] |
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' | [... DINGIR.MEŠ] ⸢E₂ AD⸣-šu₂ ša₂-a-šu₂ ⸢DAM⸣-[su DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 2' | [DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šu₂ ŠEŠ].MEŠ-šu₂ NUMUN E₂ AD-šu₂ as-⸢su⸣-[ḫa-ma] | |
| 3' | [a-na KUR aš-šur{ki} u₂]-⸢ra⸣-aš₂-šu₂ {m}LUGAL-lu-da₃-ri DUMU {⸢m⸣}[ru-kib-ti] | |
| 4' | [LUGAL-šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ maḫ-ru-u₂ UGU UN.MEŠ {uru}is-⸢qa⸣-[al-lu-na] | |
| 5' | [aš₂]-⸢kun⸣-ma na-dan GUN kad₃-re-e be-lu-[ti-ia] | |
| 6' | [e-mid-su]-u₂-ma i-ša₂-a-aṭ ab-ša₂-⸢a⸣-[ni] | |
| 7' | [i-na me-ti-iq] ⸢ger⸣-ri-ia {uru}E₂-da-gan-⸢na⸣ | |
| 8' | {[uru}ia-ap-pu]-⸢u₂⸣ {uru}ba-na-a-a-bar-⸢qa⸣ | |
| 9' | {[uru}a-zu-ru URU.MEŠ-ni] ⸢ša {m⸣}ṣi-id-qa-⸢a⸣ | |
| 10' | [ša a-na GIR₃.II-ia ar₂-ḫiš la ik]-⸢nu-šu₂⸣ al-me KUR-ud | |
| 11' | [aš₂-lu-la šal-la-su-un {lu₂}GIR₃.NITA₂.MEŠ] {⸢lu₂}NUN.MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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