Sennacherib 047 (Q003521)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003521 |
| Collection | private: unlocated, Vienna, Austria |
| 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 [0:2] 1'1'–2'2' | [...] ... [... In the uplands of Mount Ammanāna (northern Anti-Lebanon), they (Aššur and Ištar) disclosed to me the location of alabaster, which in the time of the king]s, [my] ancestor[s, was too expensive (even) for the pommel of a sword]. |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [Moreover, breccia], as much as is needed (for making) bur[zigallu-bowls, (a stone) that had never been seen before, revealed itself at Kapridargilâ (“Dargilâ Village”)]. |
| Obverse [3:7] 4'4'–7'7' | [Near Nineveh, in the territory of the city Balāṭāya, b]y [divine] will, [white limestone was discovered in abundance, and (then) I created bull colossi of alabaster that are sculpted from a single stone, (whose) pro]portions are skillfully [made; sphinxes of alabaster whose features are exquisite] (and) whose [bodies shine like a brilliant day; (and) magnificent] slabs of [breccia. ...] ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [ša {na₄}GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL ša i-na tar-ṣi LUGAL].⸢MEŠ⸣-ni ⸢AD⸣.[MEŠ-ia a-na kar-ri nam-ṣa-ri šu-qu-ru i-na sa-pan {kur}am-ma-na-na] | |
| 3' | [u₂-šap-tu-ni pa-ni-šu u₃ {na₄}DUR₂.MI.NA.BAN₃.DA] ⸢ma⸣-la {dug}bur-[zi-gal-li ša la in-nam-ru ma-ti-ma i-na {uru}kap-ri-da-ar-gi-la-a] | |
| 4' | [u₂-kal-lim ra-ma-nu-uš i-te-e NINA{ki} i-na er-ṣe-et {uru}ba-la-ṭa-a-a ki]-i ṭe₃-⸢em⸣ [DINGIR-ma {na₄}pi-i-lu pe-ṣu-u₂ a-na mu-ʾu-de-e in-na-mir-ma] | |
| 5' | {[d}ALAD.{d}LAMMA.MEŠ {na₄}GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL ša i-na 1-en NA₄ ib-ba-nu-u₂ mi]-⸢na⸣-a-ti nu-⸢uk⸣-[ku-lu {munus}AB₂.ZA.ZA-a-ti {na₄}GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL ša zi-i-me] | |
| 6' | [nu-us-su-qa ki-ma u₄-me na-par-de-e nu-um-mu-ru zu-mur]-⸢šin KUN₄.MEŠ⸣ {[na₄}DUR₂.MI.NA.BAN₃.DA ṣi-ra-a-ti ab-ni ...] | |
| 7' | [...] x x [...] |
Sources & licences
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