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Sennacherib 099 (Q003573)

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

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DesignationSennacherib 099
IDQ003573
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; Museo di Antichità di Torino, Turin, Italy; Arkeoloji Müzerleri, Istanbul, Turkey
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 [0:3] 11–33Sennacherib, king of Assyria, built a house at the same time as the laying of the foundation(s) of Nineveh and gave (it) to Aššur-šumu-ušabši, his son.

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)
1{m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR AŠ
2it-ti ŠUB-e UŠ₈ ša₂ NINA{ki} E₂ DU₃-ma
3a-na {m}aš-šur-MU-I₃.GAL₂ DUMU-šu₂ SUM

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