Sîn-šarru-iškun 18 (Q003879)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sîn-šarru-iškun 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003879 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:6] 11–66 | [For the goddess Šala], supreme [lad]y, wife of the god Adad — the majestic, the runner, the roaring one — [...] the great gods who determine the <fat>es of flood water, the one who creates everything, [who ...] grain and abundance, who supports life for the people, who keeps everything alive, [who ...] all of the wicked, who rips out all enemies, who marches at the side of the king, [he]r favorite, [...] might[y] victories, who inte[rce]des on my behalf, who speaks favorable thing(s) about me, [who resides i]n Baltil (Aššur), the great lady, [his lady]: |
| Obverse [6:11] 77–1111 | [S]în-šarra-iškun, king of Assyria, [son of Ashurbani]pal, son of Esarhaddon, [son of] Sennacherib, [had] a table [made] of musukkannu, a [dura]ble wood, [an]d c[lad (it)] with shining ešmarû-metal, [and] (then) had (it) firmly placed before her (Šala) [to prepare] pure [m]eal(s) befitting her divinity so that [her] grea[t divinity] may constantly (and) unceasingly receive (meals) [for]ever. |
| Obverse [11:16] 1212–1616 | [On ac]count [of] this, O Šala, great lady, when you look with pleasure upon this table, heap up for me, Sîn-šarra-iškun, <king of> Assyria, successful harvest(s) (and) the pr[osperi]ty of grain, yearly, without ceasing. By your exalted command, in Ešarra, the palace of the gods, let me always safely shepherd the subjects of (the god) Aššur with abundance (and) plenty. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [a-na {d}ša-la] šur-bu-tu₂ hi-rat {d}IŠKUR ša₂-ga-pi₂-ri ša₂ KAŠ₄ mur-ta-aṣ-nu | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢a⸣ x DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ mu-<x-x>-a-ti ILLU DU₃-at ni a bi [x] | |
| 3 | [x x] x-na-ti ṭuh-di mu-kil-lat ZI-ti₃ UN.MEŠ | |
| 4 | mu-bal-li-ṭa-at | |
| 5 | ka-la mim-ma-ma | |
| 6 | [x x] NUMUN KUR rag-gi na-si-ih na-gab za-ma-ni a-li-kat₃ A₂.II LUGAL mi-gir-⸢ša₂⸣ | |
| 7 | [x] x da-na-⸢ni⸣ [u] li-i-ti ṣa-bi-⸢ta⸣-[at] ⸢ab⸣-bu-ti qa-bat {munus}SIG₅ | |
| 8 | [a-ši-bat qe₂]-reb bal-til{ki} GAŠAN GAL-tu₂ [GAŠAN-šu₂ {m}{d]}30-MAN-GAR MAN KUR AŠ | |
| 9 | [A {m}aš-šur-DU₃]-A A {m}aš-šur-PAP-AŠ [A {m]}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU | |
| 10 | [u₂-še-piš]-⸢ma⸣ {giš}BANŠUR {giš}MES.MA₂.KAN.NA GIŠ [da]-re-e eš-ma-ra-a eb-bu u₂-⸢šal⸣-[biš-ma] | |
| 11 | [a-na ra-kas] ⸢nap⸣-tan eb-bi si-mat DINGIR-ti-ša₂ ša₂ ka-a-a-an la na-par-ka-a i-mah-ha-ru-ma | |
| 12 | [a-na u₄]-⸢me⸣ ṣa-a-ti u₂-kin ma-har-ša₂ | |
| 13 | [a-na] ⸢šat-ti⸣ {d}ša-la GAŠAN GAL {giš}BANŠUR šu₂-a-tu ina nap-lu-si-ki | |
| 14 | ia-a-ti {m}{d}30-MAN-GAR <MAN KUR> AŠ | |
| 15 | SI.SA₂ BURU₁₄ [na]-pa-aš₂ {d}nisaba šat-ti-šam la na-par-ka-a pah-ri-i ina re-ši-ia | |
| 16 | ina qi₂-bit-ki ṣir-ti ina HE₂.NUN ṭuh-di šal-meš la-ar-te-ʾa-a ba-ʾu-lat KUR aš-šur | |
| 17 | ina e₂-šar₂-ra E₂.⸢GAL⸣ DINGIR.MEŠ |
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