Sennacherib 139 (Q003944)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 139 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003944 |
| 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 [0:5] i' 1'1'–i' 5'5' | [...] ... [...] he (Ispabāra) fl[ed far awa]y. I overwhel[med all of his wide land] like a fog. [I surrounded, conquered, destroyed, devastated, (and) bur]ned [with fire the cities Marubištu (and) Ak]kuddu, cities of [his] ro[yal] house, [together with thirty-four small(er) settlements] in [their] environs. |
| Obverse Column i [5:10] i' 6'6'–i' 10'10' | I carrie[d off] people, young (and) [old, male and female, horses], mules, donkey[s, camels, oxen, and sh]eep and goats without number, [and (then) I brought him (Ispabāra) to nought and] made [his land] smaller. [...] |
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' | [...] x x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [a-na ru-qe₂-e]-⸢ti⸣ in-na-[bit gim-ri KUR-šu₂] | |
| 3' | [DAGAL-tim] ⸢GIM⸣ MURU₉ as-⸢ḫu⸣-[up {uru}mar-u₂-biš-ti] | |
| 4' | {[uru}ak]-⸢ku⸣-du URU.MEŠ E₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣-[ti-šu₂ a-di 34 | |
| 5' | [URU.MEŠ TUR].⸢MEŠ⸣ ša li-me-⸢ti⸣-[šu₂-nu al-me KUR-ud ap-pul aq-qur] | |
| 6' | [i-na {d}GIŠ.BAR aq]-⸢mu⸣ UN.MEŠ TUR [GAL NITA u MUNUS] | |
| 7' | [ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ] ⸢ANŠE⸣.KUNGA.MEŠ ANŠE.[MEŠ ANŠE.GAM.MAL.MEŠ] | |
| 8' | [GU₄.MEŠ u₃ US₅].⸢UDU⸣.ḪI.A la mi-nam aš₂-lu-[lam-ma a-di la ba-ši-i] | |
| 9' | [u₂-ša₂-lik-šu-ma] ⸢u₂⸣-ṣa-ḫir [KUR-su] | |
| 10' | [...] x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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