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Sennacherib 086 (Q003560)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSennacherib 086
IDQ003560
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotKuyunjik (Nineveh)
Coordinates36.3587, 43.1519

English translation

By ORACC project rinap/rinap3 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:6] 11–66Palace of Sennacherib, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria: With the power of my scepter that the father of the gods, (the god) Aššur, had given me, I brought back (with me) precious kašurû-stone, whose mountain is far away, and I installed (it) underneath the pivots of the door leaves of the gates of my palace.

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1E₂.GAL {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂
2MAN KUR aš-šur ina me-tel ši-bir-ri-ia ša₂ iš-ru-ka
3AD DINGIR.DINGIR AN.ŠAR₂ {na₄}ka-šur-ru-u a-qa-ru
4ša₂ KUR-šu₂ ru-u-qu u₂-ra-am-ma
5ina KI.TA ṣer-ri {giš}IG.MEŠ
6KA₂.MEŠ E₂.GAL-ia u₂-kin

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