Sennacherib 137 (Q003942)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 137 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003942 |
| 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 Column i [0:2] i 1'1'–i 2'2' | [...] they flew away [a]lone [...] to [inaccessible] place(s). |
| Obverse Column i [2:10] i 3'3'–i 10'10' | [On my] first [campaign], I brought about [the defeat of] Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), king of Kar[duniaš (Babylonia), together with the troop]s of (the land) Elam, [his] al[lies, in the pla]in of Kish. [In the midst of] that [batt]le he abandoned [his camp, fl]ed [alone], and (thereby) [saved] his life. [I seized the chariots, horse]s, wagons, (and) [mules that] he had abandoned [in the thick of battle]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | [...] [...] | |
| 2' | [e]-diš ip-pa-ar-šu₂ a-⸢šar⸣ [la ʾa-a-ri] | |
| 3' | [i-na] ⸢maḫ⸣-re-e-ia [ger-ri-ia] | |
| 4' | [ša {m}{d]}⸢MES⸣-A-SUM.NA LUGAL {kur}⸢kar₂⸣-{[d}dun-ia₂-aš₃] | |
| 5' | [a-di ERIM.ḪI].⸢A⸣ ELAM.MA{ki} re-[ṣi-šu₂] | |
| 6' | [i-na ta-mir]-⸢ti⸣ kiš{ki} aš₂-ta-⸢kan⸣ [BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂] | |
| 7' | [i-na MURUB₄ tam-ḫa]-⸢ri⸣ šu-a-tu e-zib [KARAŠ-su] | |
| 8' | [e-diš ip-par]-⸢šid⸣-ma na-piš-⸢tuš⸣ [e-ṭi₂-ir] | |
| 9' | {[giš}GIGIR.MEŠ ANŠE.KUR.RA].⸢MEŠ⸣ {giš}ṣu-um-bi [ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ] | |
| 10' | [ša i-na qit-ru-ub ta-ḫa-zi] ⸢u₂-maš-ši-ru⸣ [ik-šu-da] | |
Sources & licences
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