Sennacherib 032 (Q003506)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003506 |
| 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 [0:8] i' 1'1'–i' 8'8' | [...] ... [I took ... as ... and a fortress for] th[at] district, then I chan[ged] its former name [and (i´ 5´) ca]lled it Kār-Sennache[rib]. I [settled] therein the people of [the lands that] I [had co]nquered. I pla[ced (it) under the authori]ty of a eu[nuch of mine], the gover[nor of] the city Ḫarḫar, [and (thus) en]larged [my] la[nd]. |
| Obverse Column i [8:13] i' 9'9'–i' 13'13' | On my return march, I received a substantial [payment] from the distant Medes, of whose land [no]ne [of] the kings, my ancestors, had heard mention. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:4] ii' 1'1'–ii' 4'4' | [I fou]ght [with them] and [defeated them]. I[n the thick of battle, I captured] alive [the Egyptian cha]rioteers and [princes (lit. “the sons of the king”), tog]ether with the charioteer[s of the king of the land Meluḫḫa]. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:10] ii' 5'5'–ii' 10'10' | [I surrounded, conquered], (and) plundered the cities Eltekeh (and) Ta[mnâ]. I approached [the city Ekron and I killed] the [governors (and) nobles] who had [committed] crime(s) [and hung their corpses] on towers arou[nd the city]; ... [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i' | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [... u₃ dan-na-at] na-ge-⸢e šu⸣-[a-tu] | |
| 3' | [aṣ-bat-ma] ⸢MU⸣-šu₂ maḫ-ra-a u₂-⸢nak⸣-[kir-ma] | |
| 4' | {[uru]}⸢kar⸣-{m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-⸢e⸣-[ri-ba] | |
| 5' | [at]-⸢ta⸣-bi ni-bit-su UN.⸢MEŠ⸣ [KUR.KUR] | |
| 6' | [ki]-⸢šit⸣-ti ŠU.II-⸢ia⸣ i-na lib₃-bi ⸢u₂⸣-[še-šib] | |
| 7' | [i-na ŠU].II {lu₂}šu-[ut SAG-ia] {lu₂}EN.[NAM] {lu₂}EN.[NAM] | |
| 8' | {⸢uru⸣}ḫar-ḫar ⸢am⸣-[nu-ma u₂]-⸢rap⸣-piš ma-[a-ti] | |
| 9' | ⸢i⸣-na ta-⸢a-a-ar⸣-ti-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 10' | ⸢ša⸣ {kur}ma-da-a-a ⸢ru⸣-qu-ti | |
| 11' | [ša i-na] LUGAL.MEŠ-ni AD.MEŠ-ia | |
| 12' | [ma-am-man] la iš-mu-u₂ zi-kir KUR-šu₂-un | |
| 13' | [man-da-ta-šu₂-nu] ⸢ka-bit-tu am-ḫur⸣ | |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | [am-da]-ḫi-iṣ-ma [aš₂-ta-kan BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂-un] | |
| 2' | {[lu₂]}EN {giš}GIGIR.MEŠ ⸢u₃⸣ [DUMU.MEŠ LUGAL {kur}mu-ṣu-ra-a-a] | |
| 3' | [a]-⸢di⸣ {lu₂}EN {giš}GIGIR.[MEŠ ša LUGAL {kur}me-luḫ-ḫi] | |
| 4' | ⸢bal⸣-ṭu-su-un i-[na MURUB₄ tam-ḫa-ri ik-šu-da ŠU.II-a-a] | |
| 5' | {⸢uru⸣}al-ta-qu-u₂ {uru}⸢ta⸣-[am-na-a al-me KUR-ud] | |
| 6' | ⸢aš₂⸣-lu-la šal-la-su-⸢un⸣ [a-na {uru}am-qar-ru-na] | |
| 7' | ⸢aq⸣-rib-ma {⸢lu₂⸣}[GIR₃.NITA₂.MEŠ {lu₂}NUN.MEŠ] | |
| 8' | ša ḫi-iṭ-ṭu ⸢u₂⸣-[šab-šu-u₂ a-duk-ma] | |
| 9' | i-na di-ma-a-⸢ti si-ḫir⸣-[ti URU a-lul pag-ri-šu₂-un] | |
| 10' | x [...] | |
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