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Sennacherib 134 (Q003939)

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

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DesignationSennacherib 134
IDQ003939
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 [0:2] 11–22[I, Sennacherib, king of Assyria], gave this kappu-vessel to Aššur-ilī-muballissu, my son. Who[ever should take it away from him, from his sons, (or from) his grandsons, may (the god) Aššur, king of the gods], take away [his life, as well as (those of) his sons, (and) may he (lit. “they”) make] their name(s) (and) [their seed], as well as (those of) his advisors, [disappear from the land].

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)
1[a-na-ku {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR AŠ {na₄]}kap-pu an-nu-u a-⸢na aš-šur⸣-DINGIR.MU-TI.LA.BI DUMU-ia at-ti-din ⸢man⸣-[nu ša₂ TA pa-ni-šu₂ TA DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU.ME DUMU.ME-šu₂ i-na-aš₂-šu₂-u-ni]
2[AN.ŠAR₂ MAN DINGIR.MEŠ a-di DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ TI.LA li]-⸢kim⸣-šu₂-nu a-du ma-li-ke-e-šu₂ MU-šu₂-nu [NUMUN-šu₂-nu ina KUR lu-ḫal-li-qu]

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