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Sennacherib 116 (Q003921)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSennacherib 116
IDQ003921
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotKuyunjik (Nineveh)
Coordinates36.3587, 43.1519

English translation

By ORACC project rinap/rinap3 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:5] 11–55Palace of Sennach[erib, king of Assyria]: Booty of [...]. Whoever [erases] my inscribed name [(or) places (it)] in the service [of a god (or another) person, may] (the god) Aššur [make] his name (and) [his seed disappear].

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)
1KUR {m}{d}30-⸢PAP⸣.[MEŠ-SU MAN KUR AŠ]
2KUR-ti x [...]
3ša₂ MU šaṭ-⸢ru⸣ [i-pa-ši-ṭu]
4ana dul-li [ša₂ DINGIR LU₂-ti DU₃-šu₂]
5AN.ŠAR₂ MU-šu₂ [NUMUN-šu₂ lu-ḫal-liq]

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