Sîn-šarru-iškun 08 (Q003869)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sîn-šarru-iškun 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003869 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; Arkeoloji Müzerleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:20] i' 1'1'–i' 20'20' | [conceiv]ed [in] my [heart to (re)buil]d [t]hat [temple] and [want]ed (to carry it out). [According to] its [original pla]n, [on] its [form]er [sit]e, [in a favorable month, (on) an au]spicious [day, according to the craft of the incantation pri]est, [... I fille]d in its [foundat]ion [with limesto]ne and [made (it) high] as [a mount]ain. [I built (and) complet]ed (it) [from] its [foundation(s) to] its [crenellations. ...] |
| Obverse Column ii [0:13] ii' 1'1'–ii' 13'13' | [I] offered [prime quality prize bulls (and) f]atten[ed fat-t]ai[led sheep] as pu[re] food offe[rings] befo[re] the god Nabû (and) the goddess [Tašmētu, my] lords, and (thus) I lavis[hly provided (for them) [insi]de (that) temp[le. The god Na]bû (and) the goddess Taš[mētu loo]ke[d with pleasure upon my good deed]s [and] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i' | ||
| 1' | [ba-ne]-e | |
| 2' | [E₂] ⸢šu⸣-a-tu₂ | |
| 3' | [ina lib₃-bi]-ia | |
| 4' | [ib-ba]-⸢ši⸣-ma | |
| 5' | [ka-bat-ti] ⸢ub⸣-la | |
| 6' | [ina GIŠ].⸢ḪUR⸣-šu₂ | |
| 7' | [la-bir-tu₂ ina MAŠ].⸢KAN₂⸣-šu₂ | |
| 8' | [maḫ-ri]-ti | |
| 9' | [ina ITI DUG₃.GA u₄-me] ⸢še⸣-me-e | |
| 10' | [ina ši-pir ka-ku₃-gal-lu]-te | |
| 11' | [...] KA | |
| 12' | [ina {na₄}pi-i]-li | |
| 13' | [tem-me]-⸢en⸣-ši | |
| 14' | [uš-mal]-⸢li⸣-ma | |
| 15' | [u₂-zaq-qir ḫur]-⸢ša₂⸣-niš | |
| 16' | [ul-tu UŠ₈]-šu₂ | |
| 17' | [a-di gaba-dib-bi]-šu₂ | |
| 18' | [ar-ṣip u₂-šak]-⸢lil⸣ | |
| 19' | [...] x | |
| 20' | [...] x | |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | ⸢GUKKAL⸣.[MEŠ] | |
| 2' | ⸢ma⸣-ru-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 3' | zi-i-[bi] | |
| 4' | qa-aš₂-⸢du⸣-[ti] | |
| 5' | ina ma-⸢ḫar⸣ | |
| 6' | {d}AG {d}[taš-me-tum] | |
| 7' | EN.MEŠ-[ia] | |
| 8' | ⸢aq⸣-qi₂-ma uš-⸢par⸣-[zi-ḫa] | |
| 9' | [qe₂]-⸢reb⸣ e₂-kur-[ri] | |
| 10' | {[d]}⸢AG⸣ {d}taš-[me-tum] | |
| 11' | [ep-še]-⸢ti⸣-[ia] | |
| 12' | [SIG₅.MEŠ ḫa-diš] | |
| 13' | [ip-pal]-⸢su⸣-[ma] | |
Sources & licences
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