Sennacherib 135 (Q003940)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 135 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003940 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap3 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [Sennacherib, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of] Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), [(...) son of Sargon (II), (...) great king], strong [ki]ng, king of the world, king of Ass[yria, (king of the four quarters (of the world))]: |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | [On] my [first campaign, I] brought about the defeat of Marduk-apl[a-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), king of Karduniaš (Babylonia), (...) ...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | [...] ... [...] ... [...] you, my god, have seen my handi[work ...] shrines in Akkad, earth, [...] ... |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN GAL-u₂ MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN] KUR aš-šur MAN kib-rat LIMMU₂-tim | |
| 2 | [(...) DUMU {m}LUGAL-GI.NA (...) MAN GAL-u₂] ⸢MAN⸣ dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-[šur] | |
| 3 | [(MAN kib-rat LIMMU₂-tim) i-na maḫ-re-e ger-ri]-⸢ia⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-⸢IBILA⸣-[SUM.NA] | |
| 4 | [MAN {kur}kar₂-{d}dun-ia₂-aš₃ (...)] ⸢aš₂⸣-tak-an BAD₅.⸢BAD₅⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 5 | [...] x x x x [x x (x)] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x x | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢BUR⸣ at-ti UD UD di-ni | |
| 3' | [... ši-pir] ŠU.II-ia₂ ta-mur i-li₂ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢suk⸣-ki ina KUR URI{<ki>} KI-tim | |
| 5' | [...] ŠE LI IGI | |
Sources & licences
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