Sennacherib 038 (Q003512)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003512 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzerleri, Istanbul, Turkey; British Museum, London, UK; National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 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 [0:4] 11–44 | 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 [4:12] 55–1212 | The god Aššur and the goddess Ištar granted me a weapon without equal and gave me the strength (lit. “opened my arms”) to destroy those hostile to Assyria. With their great support, (10) I constantly directed my troops in safety from east to west and I made all of the rulers who sit on (royal) daises throughout the four quarters (of the world) bow down at my feet and they (now) pull my yoke. |
| Obverse [12:18] 1313–1818 | At that time, I enlarged the site of Nineveh, my capital city. I broadened its streets for the course of a royal road and (thus) I made (the city) as bright as day. I had an inner and outer wall skillfully built and I raised (them) as high as mountain(s). I widened its moat 100 large cubits. |
| Obverse [18:23] 1919–2323 | So that in the future there would be no diminution of the royal road, I had steles made and they stood on each side, opposite one another. I measured the width of the royal road, as far as the Gate of the Gardens, as fifty-two large cubits. |
| Obverse [23:27] 2424–2727 | At any time, when (anyone of) the people living in this city tears down his old house and builds a new one — if the foundation of his house encroaches upon the royal road, he will be hung (lit. “they will hang him”) on a stake over his house. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}{d}EN.ZU-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-eri-ba | |
| 2 | LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂ | |
| 3 | LUGAL KUR aš-šur LUGAL kib-rat LIMMU₂-ti | |
| 4 | mi-gir DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 5 | {d}aš-šur u₃ {d}iš-tar | |
| 6 | {giš}TUKUL la ma-ḫar | |
| 7 | u₂-šat-li-mu-in-ni-ma | |
| 8 | a-na ra-sa-ab nak-ru-ti KUR aš-šur{ki} ip-tu-u₂ | |
| 9 | i-da-a-a i-na tu-kul-ti-šu₂-un GAL-tim | |
| 10 | ul-tu ṣi-taš a-di šil-la-an um-ma-na-ti-ia | |
| 11 | šal-meš lu at-ta-bal-ma gim-ri mal-ki a-šib pa-rak-ki | |
| 12 | ša kib-rat ar-ba-ʾi še-pu-u-a u₂-šak-niš-ma | |
| 13 | i-šu-ṭu ab-ša₂-a-ni i-na u₄-me-šu₂-ma | |
| 14 | ša {uru}ni-na-a URU be-lu-ti-ia šu-bat-su | |
| 15 | uš-rab-bi su-qi₂-šu me-ti-iq ger-ri LUGAL | |
| 16 | u₂-ša₂-an-dil-ma u₂-nam-mir GIM u₄-me BAD₃ | |
| 17 | u₃ šal-ḫu-u₂ nak-liš u₂-še-piš-ma u₂-zaq-qir | |
| 18 | ḫur-ša₂-niš 1 ME ina 1.KUŠ₃ GAL-tim ḫa-ri-ṣu-uš | |
| 19 | uš-rap-piš aḫ-ra-taš u₄-me ger-ri LUGAL a-na | |
| 20 | la ṣu-uḫ-ḫu-ri {na₄}NA.RU₂.A.MEŠ u₂-še-piš-ma | |
| 21 | ša a-ḫi ul-le-e ina me-ḫer-ti-šu₂ i-za-zu | |
| 22 | 52 i-na 1.KUŠ₃ GAL-tim ša ger-ri LUGAL | |
| 23 | a-di KA₂.GAL {giš}KIRI₆.MEŠ am-šu-uḫ ru-pu-su | |
| 24 | ma-ti-ma UN.MEŠ a-ši-bu-ut URU ša₂-a-šu₂ ša E₂-su | |
| 25 | la-bi-ru i-naq-qa-ru-ma eš-šu i-ban-nu-u₂ | |
| 26 | ša uš-še E₂-šu₂ a-na ger-ri LUGAL ir-ru-ba | |
| 27 | ṣe-er E₂-šu a-na ga-ši-ši il-la-lu-šu₂ |
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