Sennacherib 037 (Q003511)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 037 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003511 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Palace of Sennacherib, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), (and) favorite of the great gods: |
| Obverse [3:13] o 44–o 1313 | The god Aššur, father of the gods, looked steadfastly upon me among all of the rulers and he made my weapons greater than (those of) all who sit on (royal) daises. He gave me a just scepter that widens borders (10) (and) he put in my hand a merciless rod to fell enemies. [He] made rulers of the four quarters (of the world), from east to west, bow down at my feet and they (now) pull my yoke. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | [The akītu-house which] from the very distant past [...] ... |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [...] ... [... the] Nergal [Gate], which is opposite [...] justice, who opens its gate. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 4'4'–r 6'6' | I built [E]šaḫulezenzagmukam, “House of Joy and Gladness for the Festival of the Beginning of the Year.” |
| Reverse [6:11] r 7'7'–r 11'11' | At the time of the festival of the akītu-house (New Year’s house), I celebrate annually [i]nside it with prayer and expressions of my humility (lit. “stroking my nose”) before god and goddess and for my [lord]ly pleasure. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | Month Araḫsamna (VIII), eleventh day, eponymy of Nabû-kēnu-uṣur (690). |
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 | E₂.GAL {m}{d}EN.ZU-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-eri-ba | |
| 2 | LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 3 | LUGAL kib-rat LIMMU₂-tim mi-gir DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 4 | GAL.MEŠ {d}aš-šur AD DINGIR.MEŠ i-na kul-lat | |
| 5 | ma-li-ki ke-niš ip-pal-sa-an-ni-ma | |
| 6 | UGU gim-ri a-šib pa-rak-ki u₂-šar-ba-a | |
| 7 | {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia id-di-na {giš}GIDRU i-šar-tu₂ | |
| 8 | mu-rap-pi-šat mi-iṣ-ri ši-bir-ru | |
| 9 | la pa-du-u₂ a-na šum-qut za-ʾi-ri | |
| 10 | u₂-šat-me-eḫ rit-tu-u₂-a ma-al-ki | |
| 11 | ša kib-ra-a-ti ar-ba-tim ul-tu ṣi-taš | |
| 12 | a-di šil-la-an še-pu-u₂-a | |
| 13 | [u₂]-⸢šak⸣-niš-ma i-šu-ṭu ab-ša₂-a-ni | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢ul⸣-tu u₄-mu pa-ni ma-aʾ-diš | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢IGI.II⸣ ku lu | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x [x] x a-a KUR u BE | |
| 2' | [... KA₂.GAL] {d}U.GUR ša me₂-eḫ-ret | |
| 3' | [...] mi-ša₂-ri pe-tu-u₂ ba-bu-ša₂ | |
| 4' | [e₂]-ša₃-ḫul₂-le-ezen-zag-mu-kam | |
| 5' | E₂ ḫu-ud lib-bi u₃ ri-ša₂-a-ti | |
| 6' | ša i-sin-ni re-eš šat-ti lu ab-ni | |
| 7' | i-na u₄-mu i-sin-ni E₂ a₂-ki-tim | |
| 8' | a-na ṣu-le-e u₃ la-ban ap-pi-ia | |
| 9' | ⸢ma⸣-ḫar DINGIR u₃ DINGIR-tim u₃ mul-ta-ʾu-ti | |
| 10' | [EN]-ti-ia šat-ti-šam-ma | |
| 11' | [i]-na qer-bi-ša₂ ep-pu-ša₂ ni-gu-tu | |
| 12' | {iti}APIN UD.11.KAM₂ li-mu {m}{d}AG-GIN-PAP | |
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