Sîn-šarru-iškun 01 (Q003862)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sîn-šarru-iškun 01 |
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| ID | Q003862 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:6] 11–66 | I, Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king, stron[g] king, [king of the world, king of A]ssyria, favored by the deities Aššur, Enlil, (and) Mullissu; pio[us] governor, [...] of Ešarra, humble ruler; chosen by the steadfast hearts of the deities Sîn, Ni[ngal, Šamaš, and Aya; beloved of the deities Marduk, Zarpa]nītu, Nabû, (and) Tašmētu; creation of the goddess Ištar who resides in Nineveh (and) the goddess Ištar who resides in [Arbela, favorite of the gods Nergal] and Nusku; (5) [the one whom (the god) Aššur, the goddess Mul]lissu, and the grea[t] gods, [my lords, steadfastly looked upon am]ong m[y] brethren [and selected] for kingship; whom they commanded [to per]form [the roles of provisioner of all cult centers, priest of all sanctuaries, (and) shepherd of the totality of the black-headed (people)]; |
| Obverse [6:16] 77–1616 | [whom they guided like a father and a mother, whose foes they killed], (and) whose [adv]ersaries [they cut down; whom they gladly placed on the royal throne of the father] who had engendered me; [whom the god Ea (and) the goddess Bēlet-ilī created for dominion over the world] (and) whose form [they made surpas]sing [among all ...; (10) whom the god Sîn, king of the crown, crowned with the crown of lordship] (and) whose hand he made take up [the scepter of kingshi]p [to make the foundation of the land firm (and) to direct the people]; whose head [the goddess Mullissu who resides in Nineveh, (the goddess) Antu, ... raised up; resplendent young man, superb man, who comprehends reason and counsel, who spea]ks eloquent (words), [magnanimous, discerning, whose words] are pleasing [to the people] like the armannu-fruit; (15) [whose help and battle ...] his good fortune; [...] their words; [...] his head; |
| Obverse [16:19] 1717–1919 | [son of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, king of the f]our [quarters (of the world); son of Esarhaddon, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and] Akkad; [...] ...; |
| Obverse [19:21] 1'1'–2'2' | [...] ... [...] ... I constantly revered the great gods, (and) I was assiduous towards their sanctuaries (and) beseeched [their] lordly maje[sties ...]. |
| Obverse [21:24] 3'3'–5'5' | They stood by my [sid]e, carried out correct procedures for me, constantly answered (enemies) in my stead, killed m[y] foes, [...], bound my [en]emies, capture[d] the enemies of Assyria who had not bowed down to my royal majesty, [... (5´) ...] they broke the ...s of the assault against me, [...]; |
| Obverse [24:30] 6'6'–11'11' | [At the beginnin]g of my [k]ingship, in my first regnal year when [I sat in greatness] on (my) royal [throne, I constantly gave [thought to providi]ng for cult centers (and) completing the sanctuaries of fortresses (and) settlements of Assyria, [...] ... [The gre]at [gods], whose divinity I constantly revered, [...] rendered judgment on [those who had s]inned against me, and in the open country [...] me [...]. |
| Obverse [30:34] 12'12'–15'15' | [At] that [t]ime, the house of alabaster, the western entrance which [...] to the palace [..., that S]ennacherib, king of [Assyri]a, the (grand)father of the father who had engendered m[e, had build, had become dilapidated and old — I] removed it[s dilapidated sectio]n(s). [I built (and) completed (it)] fro[m its foundation(s) to its crenellations, made] its structure [larger than the one bef]ore, [...]. |
| Obverse [34:39] 16'16'–20'20' | May [a futu]re [ruler], one of the kings, [my] descendants, renovate its [dila]pidated section(s) [when that house becomes dilapidated and old. May he fi]nd [an inscribed object bearing] my [name] and an inscribed object bearing the name of Sen[nacherib, king of Assyria], the (grand)father of the father [who had engendered me], and (then) anoint (them) with [o]il, make an offering, (and) [pl]ace (them) with an inscribed obje[ct bearing his name. (The god) A]ššur (and) the goddess Mullissu [will (then) hear] h[is] prayers. |
| Obverse [39:40] 21'21'–21'21' | Duʾūzu (IV), eponymy of Nabû-tappûtī-a[lik] (613*). |
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 | a-na-ku {m}{d}⸢EN⸣.ZU-LUGAL-GAR-un LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-⸢nu⸣ [LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR] ⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂{ki} | |
| 2 | ni-iš IGI.II AN.ŠAR₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}NIN.LIL₂ ⸢GIR₃.NITA₂ mut⸣-nen-⸢nu⸣-[u₂ {lu₂}x] x e₂-šar₂-ra | |
| 3 | ma-al-ku šuk-nu-šu ⸢i⸣-tu-ut kun lib₃-bi {d}30 {d}⸢NIN⸣.[GAL {d}UTU u {d}a-a na-ram {d}AMAR.UTU {d}NUMUN]-⸢DU₃⸣-tum {d}AG {d}PAPNUN | |
| 4 | ⸢ni-šu⸣-ut {d}iš-tar a-ši-bat {⸢uru}NINA⸣ {d}iš-tar a-ši-bat [LIMMU₂-DINGIR{ki} mi-gir {d}U.GUR] ⸢u₃⸣ {d}nusku | |
| 5 | [ša₂ AN.ŠAR₂ {d]}⸢NIN.LIL₂⸣ u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢GAL.MEŠ⸣ [EN.MEŠ-ia i-na] ⸢bi⸣-rit maš-ši-⸢ia⸣ [ke-niš ip-pal-su-ni-ma is-su-qu]-⸢ni⸣ a-na LUGAL-u-ti | |
| 6 | [za-ni-nu-u₂-ti kiš-šat ma-ḫa-zi E₂.BAR-u₂-ti gi-mir eš-re-e-ti re-ʾu-u₂-ut nap-ḫar ṣal-mat SAG.DU e]-⸢pe⸣-šu iq-bu-ni | |
| 7 | [ki-ma AD u AMA it-ta-nar-ru-in-ni-ma i-na-ru a-a-bi-ia u₂-šam-qi₂-tu₂] ⸢ga⸣-re-ia | |
| 8 | [ṭa-biš u₂-še-šib-u-in-ni ina {giš}GU.ZA LUGAL-u-ti AD] DU₃-ia | |
| 9 | {[d}e₂-a {d}be-let-DINGIR.MEŠ a-na e-nu-ti kiš-ša₂-ti ib-nu-in-ni ina nap-ḫar x x u₂-ša₂]-⸢ti⸣-ru nab-ni-ti | |
| 10 | {[d}30 LUGAL a-ge-e a-na kun-ni SUḪUŠ KUR šu-te-šur ba-ʾu-la-a-ti a-ge-e EN-u-ti e-pir-an-ni {giš}GIDRU LUGAL-u]-⸢ti⸣ u₂-šat-me-eḫ rit-tu-u-a | |
| 11 | {[d}NIN.LIL₂ a-ši-bat NINA{ki} an-tum ...] x SAG.MEŠ-ia | |
| 12 | [eṭ-lu šu-pu-u₂ a-a-ru šu-tu-ru a-ḫi-iz ṭe₃-e-me u₃ mil-ki mu-ta]-⸢mu⸣-u₂ dam-qa-a-ti | |
| 13 | [lib₃-bu rap-šu₂ ka-raš ta-šim-ti ša₂ at-mu-šu₂ UGU UN.MEŠ] ar-ma-niš DUG₃.GA | |
| 14 | [ša₂ u₂-sa-a-ti u ta-ḫa-na-ti ...]-ru du-un-qu-šu | |
| 15 | [...] x ⸢zik⸣-ri-šu₂-un | |
| 16 | [...] SAG.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 17 | [DUMU {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} LUGAL KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{ki} LUGAL kib-rat] ⸢LIMMU₂⸣-tim | |
| 18 | [DUMU {m}AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} LUGAL KUR EME.GI₇ u₃] URI{ki} | |
| 19 | [DUMU {m}{d}30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-SU LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} NUN la ša₂]-⸢na⸣-an | |
| 20 | [ŠA₃.BAL.BAL {m}LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} LUGAL KUR EME.GI₇ u] ⸢URI{ki⸣} | |
| 1' | [...] x DUG₃.GA iḫ-⸢ti⸣-x x [x] x [x x] ⸢BAN NI KI⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [x x (x)]-⸢u₂⸣-tu DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ pit-lu-ḫa-ku ⸢aš₂-ra-te⸣-šu₂-nu aš₂-te-ʾu-u₂ u₂-ṣal-lu-u₂ EN-⸢us⸣-[su-nu ...] | |
| 3' | [i]-⸢da⸣-a-a i-zi-zu-ma u₂-sa-at dum-qi₂ e-pu-šu-⸢u₂-ni ke⸣-mu-u₂-a i-tap-pa-lu i-na-ru a-a-bi-⸢ia⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | {[lu₂]}⸢KUR₂⸣.MEŠ-ia ik-mu-u₂ a-a-⸢ab⸣ KUR aš-⸢šur{ki} la ma-gi⸣-ru-ti LUGAL-ti-ia iṣ-bu-⸢tu₄⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [x] (x) x IM.MEŠ ti-bu-ti-ia u₂-šab-bi-ru kap-[...] | |
| 6' | [ina] ⸢SAG LUGAL⸣-u₂-ti-ia i-⸢na⸣ maḫ-re-⸢e⸣ BALA-ia ša ina {giš}GU.ZA LUGAL-u₂-ti [ra-biš u₂-ši-bu] | |
| 7' | [za-na]-⸢an⸣ ma-ḫa-zi šuk-lul eš-ret BAD₃.MEŠ-ni da-⸢ad₂⸣-me KUR aš-⸢šur{ki⸣} [...] | |
| 8' | [x x] x-e-ri ka-⸢a⸣-a-an uš-⸢ta⸣-da-⸢na⸣ [kar-šu₂-u-a] | |
| 9' | [DINGIR.MEŠ] ⸢GAL⸣.MEŠ ša ap-tal-la-ḫu-šu₂-nu-ti DINGIR-us-su-nu [...] | |
| 10' | [x x] ⸢en⸣-ne₂-ti-ia de-e-ni e-pu-šu-ma UGU EDIN x [...] | |
| 11' | [...] x-⸢in⸣-ni [...] | |
| 12' | [ina] ⸢u₄⸣-me-šu₂ E₂ {na₄}GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL ne₂-reb {im}MAR.TU ša a-na ⸢E₂⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [ša {m}{d]}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU LUGAL ⸢KUR⸣ [aš]-⸢šur⸣{ki} ⸢AD⸣ AD DU₃-⸢ia⸣ [e-pu-šu e-na-aḫ-ma la-ba-riš il-lik] | |
| 14' | [an-ḫu]-⸢us-su ad⸣-ke ul-⸢tu⸣ [UŠ₈-šu₂ a-di gaba-dib-bi-šu₂ ar-ṣip u₂-šak-lil] | |
| 15' | [UGU ša₂ pa-ni]-⸢ti⸣-im-ma ši-kit-ta-šu₂ u₂-[rab-bi ...] | |
| 16' | [NUN] ⸢EGIR⸣-u₂ i-na LUGAL.MEŠ-ni DUMU.⸢MEŠ⸣-[ia e-nu-ma E₂ šu-a-tu₂ in-na-ḫu-ma il-la-ku la-ba-riš] | |
| 17' | [an]-ḫu-us-su lu-ud-diš [MU.SAR-u₂ ši-ṭir MU]-ia₅ | |
| 18' | ⸢u₃ MU.SAR-u₂ ši-ṭir⸣ šu-me ša {m}{d}30-[PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR aš-šur]{⸢ki} AD AD⸣ [DU₃-ia li]-⸢mur⸣-ma | |
| 19' | [I₃].⸢GIŠ lip-šu⸣-uš {udu}SISKUR BAL-qi₂ it-ti MU.⸢SAR⸣-[e ši-ṭir MU-šu₂ liš]-kun | |
| 20' | ⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂ {d}NIN.LIL₂ ik-ri-bi-⸢šu⸣ [i-šem-mu]-u₂ | |
| 21' | {iti}ŠU.GAR.NUMUN.NA li-mu {m}{d}AG-tap-pu-ti-⸢a⸣-[lik] |
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