Sennacherib 031 (Q003505)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003505 |
| 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 [0:9] i 1'1'–i 9'9' | [...] ... [... who lo]ves justice, [renders as]sistance, [goes to the aid of the w]eak, (i 5´) (and) [strives after] good deeds, [perfect man, viri]le warrior, [foremost of all rul]ers, [the bridle that controls the in]submissive, (and) [the one who strikes en]emies [with lightning]: |
| Obverse Column i [9:13] i 10'10'–i 13'13' | [The god Aššur, the great mountain, granted to] me [unriv]alled sovereig[nty] and [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [0:8] ii 1'1'–ii 8'8' | [I surrounded (and) conquered ... their] for[tified] wa[lled cities. I brought] out of th[em] people, hor[ses, mules], donkeys, ox[en, and sheep and goats, and I counted (them) as booty]. (ii 5´) Moreover, I destroyed, devas[tated, (and) turned into ruins their small(er)] settlements, [which were without number. I burned] with fi[re] pavilions (and) [tents, their abodes, and reduced (them) to ashes]. |
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 (x)] | |
| 2' | [... ra]-⸢ʾi⸣-im mi-ša₂-ri | |
| 3' | [e-piš u₂]-⸢sa⸣-a-ti | |
| 4' | [a-lik tap-pu-ut a]-⸢ki-i⸣ | |
| 5' | [sa-ḫi-ru] ⸢dam-qa-a-ti⸣ | |
| 6' | [eṭ-lum git₂-ma-lum zi-ka]-⸢ru qar-du⸣ | |
| 7' | [a-ša₂-red kal ma]-⸢al-ki⸣ | |
| 8' | [rap-pu la-ʾi-iṭ la] ma-gi-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 9' | [mu-šab-ri-qu za]-⸢ma-a-ni⸣ | |
| 10' | {[d}aš-šur KUR-u₂ GAL-u₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣-[ut] | |
| 11' | [la ša₂]-⸢na-an⸣ | |
| 12' | [u₂-šat-li-ma-an]-⸢ni-ma⸣ | |
| 13' | [...] x [...] | |
| ii | ||
| 1' | E₂ [BAD₃.MEŠ-ni dan-nu-ti al-me KUR-ud] | |
| 2' | UN.MEŠ ⸢ANŠE⸣.[KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ] | |
| 3' | ANŠE.MEŠ ⸢GU₄⸣.[MEŠ u₃ ṣe-e-ni] | |
| 4' | ⸢ul⸣-tu qer-[bi-šu₂-un u₂-še-ṣa-am-ma šal-la-tiš am-nu] | |
| 5' | u₃ URU.MEŠ-[šu₂-nu TUR.MEŠ ša ni-ba la i-šu-u₂] | |
| 6' | ap-pul ⸢aq⸣-[qur u₂-še-me kar-meš] | |
| 7' | E₂ ⸢EDIN⸣ [kul-ta-ri mu-ša₂-bi-šu₂-nu] | |
| 8' | i-na {d}GIŠ.[BAR aq-mu-ma di-tal-liš] | |
Sources & licences
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