Sîn-šarru-iškun 11 (Q003872)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sîn-šarru-iškun 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003872 |
| 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 [0:1] 11–11 | I, Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; 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; son of Sennacherib, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, unrivalled ruler; descendant of Sargon (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad: |
| Obverse [1:4] 22–44 | At the beginning of my kingship (and) in accordance with the will of the god(s), I wanted to (re)build the temple of the god Nabû that is inside Baltil (Aššur). In a favorable month, (on) an auspicious day, I laid its foundation(s) and I mixed its kalakku-mortar with beer (and) wine. Its brick maker(s and) hod carrier(s) spent their days in rejoicing (and) singing. I built (and) completed (it) from its foundation(s) to its crenellations. |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | Tašrītu (VII), eponymy of Saʾilu, the chief cook (620*). |
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) |
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| 1 | a-na-ku {m}30-LUGAL-GAR-un MAN GAL MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} A {m}aš-šur-DU₃-A MAN GAL | |
| 2 | MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} MAN KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{ki} A {m}aš-šur-PAP-AŠ MAN GAL MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 3 | GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR{ki} MAN KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{ki} A {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU | |
| 4 | MAN GAL MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} NUN la ša₂-na-an ŠA₃.BAL.BAL {m}LUGAL-GI.NA MAN GAL MAN dan-nu | |
| 5 | MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR{ki} MAN KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{ki} ina SAG LUGAL-ti-ia ki-i | |
| 6 | ṭe₃-me DINGIR-ma | |
| 7 | a-na DU₃-eš E₂ {d}MUATI ša₂ qe₂-reb bal-til{ki} lib₃-bi ub-la ina ITI DUG₃.GA u₄-me | |
| 8 | še-me-e te-me-en-šu₂ ad-di-ma ina KAŠ.SAG GEŠTIN ka-lak-ka-šu₂ ab-lul | |
| 9 | la-bi-in SIG₄.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 10 | za-bil₂ ku-dur₂-ri-šu₂ ina e-le-li nin-gu-tu ub-ba-la UD-šu-un | |
| 11 | TA UŠ₈-šu₂ a-di gaba-dib-bi-šu ar-ṣip u₂-šak-lil | |
| 12 | {iti}DU₆.KU₃ lim-mu {m}sa-ʾi-lu {lu₂}GAL MUHALDIM |
Sources & licences
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