Sennacherib 036 (Q003510)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003510 |
| 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 [0:16] o 1o 1–o 1616 | [The god] Aššur, the great mountain, father of the gods, the one who decrees [fates, ..., who deli]berates (only) with himself; the gods Anu, Enlil, (and) E[a, ...] the designs of heaven and earth, who designates ... [...; the god Sîn (...)], the one who constantly renews himself, the pure god whose signs are inscrutab[le, ...], (5) the one who makes decisions, the one who makes [ast]rological signs [known; the god Šamaš, ...], great judge of the great gods, whose [lordly] splendor [overwhelms all of] the lands everywhere; the god Adad, canal inspector of heaven (and) earth, [...], the one who brings barley and flax into being, who makes sat[tukku-offerings] abundant, [...]; the god Šamaš, his signs, without whom ... [...] (10) (and) no ruler is named; the god Nabû, [... of heaven and] earth, controller of harmony, [...]; the god Ninurta, heir of the god Enlil, ... [...] the one who breaks up mountains ... [...; the goddess Ištar, ...] for her gre[at] divinity, [...; (and) the Sebetti], (15) the supr[eme] gods [who] stand [at the side of the king who reveres them] and [make his weapons prevail over all enemies]: |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | Sennac[herib, ...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [I received a substantial] payment [from the distant Medes, of whose land none of] the king[s, my ancestors, had heard mention. (Thus) I made them bow down to the yoke of my lordship]. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 3'3'–r 7'7' | At that time, the temple of ... [...], the temple of the god Sîn, the temple of the goddess Nin[gal, the temple of the god Šamaš, the temple of the goddess Aya, ...], (rev. 5´) the temple of the goddess the Lady of Nineveh, the gr[eat] lady, [(...) which Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria], son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, [... had built] — with the passage of time those [temples ...]. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | I tore them down and [reached their] foundation pit(s). I secured [their foundations (...) like] solid [bed]rock and [I built] (and) completed (them) fr[om their foundations to their crenellations]. |
| Reverse [9:14] r 10'10'–r 14'14' | The great gods, [...], my lords, [...] into [their] shrines [...]. I graciously settled (them) on the[ir] daises [... I offered] fattened bulls (and) fattened sheep as sacrifice[s ...]. I presented m[y] gift(s) to them and [...] before [them]. |
| Reverse [14:18] r 15'15'–r 18'18' | I had [all] the victorious conquests that [I achieved] over all of (my) enemies [(...)] with the sup[port of (...) the great gods], my lords, written upon inscribed objects and for [the kings (...)], my descendants, I deposited (them) [for ever after]. |
| Reverse [18:21] r 19'19'–r 21'21' | In the future, may a future ruler, when [these] temple[s] become old and dilapidated, [see] my inscribed objects, [anoint (them) with oil], make [an offering], (and) place (them) with inscribed objects bearing his name. [The god Aššur will (then) hear his prayers]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[d]}aš-šur KUR GAL a-⸢bu DINGIR.MEŠ⸣ mu-šim [ši-ma-ti ...] | |
| 2 | [ma]-li-ku ram-ni-šu₂ {d}a-num {d}BAD {d}e₂-[a ...] | |
| 3 | u₂-ṣu-rat AN-e u KI-tim mu-ad-du-u₂ x [... {d}30 (...)] | |
| 4 | e-deš-šu-u₂ DINGIR KU₃ ša GISKIM-šu₂ la il-lam-⸢ma⸣-[du ...] | |
| 5 | pa-ri-is pur-se-e mu-⸢šak⸣-[lim ṣa]-ad-di {d}[UTU ...] | |
| 6 | DI.KU₅.GAL DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ša nam-ri-ir-⸢ri⸣ [be-lu-ti-šu₂ ...] | |
| 7 | KUR.MEŠ ma-ti-tan {d}IŠKUR GU₂.GAL AN-e KI-⸢tim⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | mu-šab-šu-u ŠE u ⸢GU mu⸣-uš-par-zi-ḫu sat-[tuk-ki ...] | |
| 9 | {d}UTU GISKIM.MEŠ-šu₂ ša ina ba-le-šu₂ e-[...] | |
| 10 | la in-nam-bu-u₂ mal-ku {d}⸢AG⸣ [... AN-e u] | |
| 11 | KI-tim sa-niq mit-ḫur-ti [...] | |
| 12 | {d}nin-urta IBILA {d}EN.LIL₂ x [...] | |
| 13 | mu-šat-ti-ru KUR.MEŠ x [... {d}iš-tar ...] | |
| 14 | a-na DINGIR-ti-ša ⸢GAL⸣-[ti ... {d}7.BI] | |
| 15 | DINGIR.MEŠ šur-⸢bu⸣-[ti ša i-di LUGAL pa-li-ḫi-šu₂-un] | |
| 16 | iz-za-zu-ma [UGU kul-lat na-ki-ri u₂-šam-ra-ru {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 17 | {m}{d}30-⸢PAP⸣.[MEŠ-SU ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢LUGAL⸣.[MEŠ-ni AD.MEŠ-ia ma-am-man la iš-mu-u zi-kir KUR.MEŠ-šu₂-un] | |
| 2' | man-da-ta-[šu₂-nu ka-bit-tu₂ am-ḫur a-na ni-ri be-lu-ti-ia u₂-šak-ni-su-nu-ti] | |
| 3' | e-nu-ma E₂ x [...] | |
| 4' | E₂ {d}30 E₂ {d}⸢NIN⸣.[GAL E₂ {d}UTU E₂ {d}a-a ...] | |
| 5' | E₂ {d}GAŠAN-NINA{ki} GAŠAN ⸢ra⸣-[bi-ti (...) ša {m}aš-šur-PAP-A MAN KUR aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 6' | DUMU {m}tukul-ti-{d}MAŠ MAN KUR aš-⸢šur⸣{[ki} ... e-pu-šu₂ E₂.MEŠ] | |
| 7' | ša₂-ti-na la-⸢ba⸣-riš u₄-me [...] | |
| 8' | aq-qur-ši-na-ti-ma dan-⸢nat⸣-[si-na ak-šu-ud uš-še-ši-na (...) it-ti ki-ṣir] | |
| 9' | KUR-i dan-ni ar-ti-ma ul-[tu UŠ₈-ši-na a-di gaba-dib-bi-ši-na ar-ṣip] | |
| 10' | u₂-šak-lil DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ [...] | |
| 11' | EN.MEŠ-ia ina qer-bi ki-iṣ-⸢ṣi⸣-[šu₂-nu ...] | |
| 12' | ṭa-biš u₂-šar-ma-a pa-rak-ki-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu ...] | |
| 13' | le-e ⸢ma-ru⸣-ti šu-ʾe-e ma-ru-ti {udu}SISKUR.[MEŠ ...] | |
| 14' | kad₃-ra-a-[a] u₂-šam-ḫir-šu₂-nu-ti-ma ma-ḫar-[šu₂-nu ...] | |
| 15' | li-i-tu ki-šit-ti ŠU.II ša₂ i-na ⸢tu⸣-[kul-ti (...) DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ] | |
| 16' | EN.MEŠ-ia UGU kul-lat na-ki-ri [aš₂-tak-ka-nu (...)] | |
| 17' | i-na MU.SAR-re-e u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ṭir-ma a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL.MEŠ (...)] | |
| 18' | DUMU.MEŠ-ia e-zib [aḫ-ra-taš] | |
| 19' | a-na EGIR u₄-me NUN EGIR-u₂ e-nu-ma ⸢E₂⸣.[MEŠ ša₂-ti-na] | |
| 20' | ⸢i⸣-lab-bi-ra-ma en-na-ḫa MU.SAR-a-⸢a li⸣-[mur-ma I₃.GIŠ lip-šu-uš {udu}SISKUR] | |
| 21' | [liq]-⸢qi₂⸣ it-ti MU.SAR-e ši-ṭir šu-me-šu₂ li-⸢kin⸣ {[d}aš-šur ik-ri-bi-šu i-šem-me] | |
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