Sîn-šarru-iškun 06 (Q003867)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sîn-šarru-iškun 06 |
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| ID | Q003867 |
| Collection | 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/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [I, Sîn-šar]ra-iškun, great king, strong king, king of the world, k[ing of Assyria, favored by the deities Aššur], Enlil, (and) Mullissu; pious governor, [... of Ešarra, humble ruler; chos]en by the steadfast hearts of the deities Sîn, Ningal, Šamaš, and Aya; beloved of [the deities Marduk, Zarpanītu, Nabû, (and) Tašmētu; creation of the goddess Ištar who res]ides in Nineveh (and) the goddess Ištar who resides in Arbela, favorit[e of the gods Nergal and Nusku; the one whom (the god) Aššur, the goddess Mulliss]u, and the great gods, my lords, steadfastly l[ooked upon] among my brethren [and selected for kingship]; whom they [command]ed to perf[orm] the roles of pro[vision]er of all cult centers, priest [of all san]ctua[ri]es, (and) she[p]her[d of] the totalit[y of] the black-headed (people); |
| Obverse [7:19] o 88–o 1919 | whom they guided like a father and [a mother, whose foes] th[ey] killed, (and) [who]se adversaries [they cut down]; whom they g[l]adl[y] placed on the [royal throne of the father who had enge]ndered me; who[m] the god Ea (and) the goddess Bēlet-ilī created for dominion over the world (and) whose form they [made surpassing among all ...]; who[m] the god Sîn, king of the crown, crowned with [the crown of lordsh]ip (and) whos[e] hand [he made take up] the scepter of kingship to make the foundation of the land firm (and) to di[rect the people; whos]e hea[d] the goddess Mullissu who resides in Nineveh, (the goddess) Antu, [... raised up]; resplendent [yo]ung man, sup[erb] man, [who comprehends reason and counsel, who speak]s elo[qu]ent (words), [magn]animous, discerning, [whose words] are pleasing [to the people like the arm]annu-fruit; [whose] help and battle [...] his [good fo]rtune; [...] ... [...] their [wor]ds; [...] ... [...] ... [...] his [head]; |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020–o 2121 | [son of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the l]and of Sumer and A[kkad, king of] the [fou]r quarte[rs (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; |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | [May a future ruler, one of the kings, my descendants, renovate its dilapidated section(s) when that house becomes dilap]id[a]ted a[nd old]. May he find [an inscribed obje]ct [bea]ring my name [and an inscribed object bearing the name of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, the (grand)father of the father who had enge]ndered me, and (then) anoint (them) with o[i]l, [make an offering], (and) place (them) [with an inscribed obje]ct bearing his name. (The god) Aššur (and) the goddess M[ullissu] will (then) hear his [pray]ers. |
| Reverse [5:12] r 6'6'–r 12'12' | (As for) the one who removes an inscribed object bear[ing my name f]rom its place (and) does not place (it) with an inscribed object be[aring] his name, may the deities Aššur, Millissu, Sîn, Šamaš, [Mardu]k, Zarpanītu, Nabû, Tašmētu, Ištar of Nineveh, Šarrat-Kidmuri, Ištar of A[rb]ela, the great gods of heaven and netherworld, (r 10´) overthrow his throne, curse his reign, take away his scepter, bind his arms, (and) make him [s]it bound at the feet of his enemy. May they curse him angrily and make his name, his offspring, his dynasty, (and) his progeny disappe[ar] from al[l of the la]nds. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | Inscription concerning the wall of Nineveh. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | Ulūlu (VI), eponymy of Bēl-aḫu-uṣur, [pala]ce overseer (616*). |
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)
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| o | ||
| 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 ⸢NINA⸣{ki} {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 ina 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⸣ | |
| 7 | re-⸢ʾu-u₂-ut⸣ nap-⸢ḫar⸣ ṣal-mat ⸢SAG⸣.DU e-⸢pe⸣-[šu iq]-⸢bu⸣-u-ni | |
| 8 | 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 | |
| 9 | ⸢ṭa-biš u₂⸣-še-šib-u-in-ni ina {⸢giš⸣}[GU.ZA LUGAL-u-ti AD] ⸢DU₃⸣-ia | |
| 10 | {⸢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 | |
| 11 | {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] | |
| 12 | {giš}GIDRU LUGAL-u-ti [u₂-šat-me-eḫ] rit-tu-⸢u₂⸣-[a] | |
| 13 | {d}NIN.LIL₂ a-ši-bat NINA{ki} an-tum x [...] x ⸢SAG⸣.[MEŠ]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢eṭ⸣-lu šu-pu-u₂ a-a-ru šu-⸢tu⸣-[ru a-ḫi-iz ṭe₃-e-me u₃ mil-ki mu-ta-mu]-⸢u⸣ dam-[qa]-a-ti | |
| 15 | [lib₃]-⸢bu⸣ rap-šu₂ ka-raš ta-šim-⸢ti⸣ [ša₂ at-mu-šu₂ UGU UN.MEŠ ar]-⸢ma⸣-niš DUG₃.GA | |
| 16 | [ša₂] ⸢u₂⸣-sa-a-ti u ta-ḫa-⸢na⸣-[ti ...-ru du]-⸢un⸣-qu-šu₂ | |
| 17 | [...] x x [... zik]-ri-šu₂-un | |
| 18 | [...] x [...] MA ŠU BI | |
| 19 | [...] LU x [... SAG].⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ | |
| 20 | [DUMU {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA LUGAL GAL MAN dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂ MAN KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} MAN] ⸢KUR⸣ EME.GI₇ u ⸢URI⸣{[ki} MAN] ⸢kib-rat⸣ [LIMMU₂]-⸢tim⸣ | |
| 21 | [DUMU {m}AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA MAN GAL MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} MAN KUR EME.GI₇] ⸢u₃ URI{ki⸣} | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [NUN EGIR-u₂ i-na LUGAL.MEŠ-ni DUMU.MEŠ-ia e-nu-ma BAD₃ šu-a-tu₂ in]-⸢na-ḫu-ma⸣ | |
| 2' | [il-la-ku la-ba-riš an-ḫu-us-su lu-ud-diš MU].⸢SAR-u₂⸣ [ši]-ṭir MU-ia | |
| 3' | [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 | |
| 4' | ⸢I₃.GIŠ lip-šu-uš⸣ {[udu}SISKUR BAL-qi₂ it-ti MU].⸢SAR⸣-e ši-⸢ṭir⸣ MU-šu₂ liš-kun | |
| 5' | AN.ŠAR₂ {d}⸢NIN⸣.[LIL₂ ik-ri]-bi-šu₂ i-šem-mu-u | |
| 6' | ša MU.SAR-u ši-⸢ṭir⸣ [MU-ia] ⸢ul⸣-tu₂ aš₂-ri-šu₂ u₂-nak-ka-ru | |
| 7' | it-ti ⸢MU.SAR⸣-e ⸢ši⸣-[ṭir] MU-šu₂ la i-šak-ka-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 8' | AN.ŠAR₂ {d}NIN.⸢LIL₂⸣ {d}30 {d}UTU {d}[AMAR].⸢UTU⸣ {d}NUMUN-DU₃-tum {d}MUATI {d}⸢PAPNUN⸣ {d}15 ša₂ NINA{ki} | |
| 9' | {d}šar-rat-kid-mu-ri {d}15 ša₂ ⸢LIMMU₂-DINGIR⸣{ki} DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ša₂ AN-e u KI-tim | |
| 10' | {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂ li-ša₂-bal-ki-tu₂ li-ru-ru BALA-šu₂ | |
| 11' | {giš}GIDRU-šu₂ li-ṭi-ru A₂.II-šu₂ lik-su-u ina KI.⸢TA⸣ {lu₂}KUR₂-šu₂ li-⸢še-ši⸣-bu-uš ka-mi₃-iš | |
| 12' | ag-giš li-ru-ru-šu₂-ma MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ BALA-šu₂ na-⸢an-nab⸣-šu₂ ina nap-⸢ḫar⸣ [KUR].KUR li-ḫal-li-⸢qu⸣ | |
| 13' | MU.SAR-u₂ ša BAD₃ NINA{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 14' | {⸢iti⸣}KIN lim-mu {m}EN-PAP-PAP {lu₂}⸢ša₂⸣ IGI ⸢KUR⸣ | |
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