Sîn-šarru-iškun 09 (Q003870)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sîn-šarru-iškun 09 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003870 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 [0:10] i 1'1'–i 10'10' | As[syria]; the one who[m (the god) Aššur], the king [of the gods], with [his] benevol[ent] g[lance], looked [with] ple[asure upon and] selecte[d] for king[ship; to] ma[ke firm] |
| Obverse Column ii [0:8] ii 1ii 1–ii 88 | [...] ... [to make the foundation of] the land [f]irm, [to dir]ect [the peo]ple of [As]syria, [...] ... |
| Obverse Column iii [0:8] iii 1iii 1–iii 88 | governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sum[er] and Akk[ad]; (5) son of Sennac[herib], grea[t] king, stro[ng] king, king of [the world], |
| Obverse Column iv [0:2] iv 1iv 1–iv 22 | they (the gods) [guided me and] ... [...] |
| Obverse Column vi [0:2] vi 1'1'–vi 2'2' | [May they (the gods) make his name, his seed], (and) his offspring [disa]ppear [from the land]. |
| Obverse Column vi [2:6] vi 3'3'–vi 6'6' | [..., ... day], eponymy of [Aššur-mātu]-taqqin, [gover]nor of [the city (Up)pummu (623*)]. |
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' | ⸢KUR AN⸣.[ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 2' | ša [AN.ŠAR₂] | |
| 3' | LUGAL [DINGIR.MEŠ] | |
| 4' | ina ni-[iš IGI.II-šu₂] | |
| 5' | dam-qa-⸢a⸣-[ti] | |
| 6' | ḫa-[diš] | |
| 7' | ip-pal-⸢su⸣-[šu₂-ma] | |
| 8' | is-su-⸢qu⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 9' | ⸢a-na LUGAL⸣-[u-ti] | |
| 10' | [a-na] ⸢kun⸣-[ni] | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | [...]-u₂ | |
| 2 | [...]-u-a | |
| 3 | [a-na] ⸢kun⸣-ni | |
| 4 | [SUḪUŠ] KUR | |
| 5 | [šu-te]-šur | |
| 6 | [ba-ʾu-la]-⸢a⸣-ti | |
| 7 | [KUR AN].⸢ŠAR₂⸣{ki} | |
| 8 | [...] x PA | |
| iii | ||
| 1 | šak-ka-nak-ku | |
| 2 | KA₂.DINGIR.RA{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 3 | LUGAL KUR EME.⸢GI₇⸣ | |
| 4 | u₃ ⸢URI⸣{ki} | |
| 5 | DUMU {m}{d}30-PAP.⸢MEŠ⸣-[SU] | |
| 6 | LUGAL ⸢GAL⸣-[u₂] | |
| 7 | LUGAL ⸢dan⸣-[nu] | |
| 8 | LUGAL [ŠU₂] | |
| iv | ||
| 1 | it-⸢ta⸣-[nar-ru-un-ni-ma] | |
| 2 | x x [...] | |
| vi | ||
| 1' | [MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂] ⸢NUNUZ-šu₂⸣ | |
| 2' | [ina KUR lu-ḫal]-liq-qu | |
| 3' | [...] lim-mu | |
| 4' | {[m}aš-šur-KUR]-LAL-in | |
| 5' | {[lu₂}EN].⸢NAM⸣ {[lu₂}EN].⸢NAM⸣ | |
| 6' | {[uru}pu-um-mu] | |
Sources & licences
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