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Sîn-šarru-iškun 13 (Q003874)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSîn-šarru-iškun 13
IDQ003874
CollectionVorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; British Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotQalat Sherqat (Assur)
Coordinates35.4581, 43.2620

English translation

By ORACC project rinap/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:13] 11–1313I, 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, king of the four quarters (of the world); son of Esarhaddon, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, (5) 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; (10) the one who renovates the chapels of the temple of the god Nabû, my lord, that is inside Baltil (Aššur): I repaired its (lit. “that”) enclosed courtyard with baked bricks, the craft of the god Nunurra.

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1a-na-ku {m}{d}30-LUGAL-GAR-un MAN GAL-u MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂
2MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} DUMU {m}aš-šur-DU₃-A MAN GAL-u MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂
3MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} MAN KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{ki} MAN kib-rat LIMMU₂-ti
4DUMU {m}aš-šur-PAP-AŠ MAN GAL-u MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki}
5GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR{ki} MAN KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{ki}
6DUMU {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN GAL-u MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki}
7NUN la ša₂-na-an
8ŠA₃.BAL.BAL {m}LUGAL-GI.NA MAN GAL-u MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂
9MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR{ki} MAN KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{ki}
10mu-ud-diš e₂-kur-ri E₂ {d}AG EN-ia
11ša₂ qe₂-reb bal-til{ki} TUR₃ šu₂-a-tu₂
12ina a-gur₂-ri pi-ti-iq {d}nun-ur₃-ra
13ak-šir

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