Sennacherib 141 (Q003946)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 141 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003946 |
| 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 [0:3] 1'1'–3'3' | [...] I marched [... every] kind of [valuable] treasu[re, ...] ... and Akk[ad ...] |
| Obverse [3:5] 4'4'–5'5' | [... to (the city) Nagī]te-raqqi, which is in the midst of the s[ea. ...] the land Bīt-Yakīn and within the sw[amps ...] |
| Obverse [5:7] 6'6'–7'7' | [... I poured out awe-inspiring brilliance upon] his [al]ly, the king of (the land) Ela[m. ...] I confined them within the marshes [...] |
| Obverse [7:9] 8'8'–9'9' | [From the booty of those lands that I had plundered], I conscripted [10,000 archers (and) 10,000 shield bearers] and [added (them)] to [my royal] contin[gent. I divided up the rest of the substantial enemy booty like sheep and goats among my entire camp and] my [governor]s, (and) the people of [my great] cult centers. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢al-lik⸣ x [...] | |
| 2' | [... mim-ma] ⸢šum-šu₂ ni-ṣir⸣-[tu ka-bit-tu ...] | |
| 3' | [...] x x x u₃ KUR ⸢URI⸣{[ki} ...] | |
| 4' | [... a-na na-gi]-⸢te-ra⸣-aq-qi ša₂ qe₂-reb ⸢A⸣.[AB.BA ...] | |
| 5' | [...] {kur}E₂-ia-kin₇ u₃ qe₂-reb {⸢id₂⸣}[a-gam-me ...] | |
| 6' | [... UGU EN] sa-li-mi₃-i-šu₂ LUGAL ⸢ELAM⸣.[MA{ki} na-mur-ra-tum at-bu-uk ...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢qe₂⸣-reb {id₂}a-gam-me e-sir-⸢šun⸣ x [...] | |
| 8' | [i-na šal-la-at KUR.MEŠ ša₂-ti-na ša aš₂-lu-la 10 LIM {giš}PAN 10 LIM {giš}a-ri-tu₂ ina lib₃-bi]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu ak-ṣur-ma UGU ki-⸢ṣi⸣-[ir LUGAL-ti-ia u₂-rad-di] | |
| 9' | [si-it-ti šal-la-ti na-ki-ri ka-bit-tu a-na gi-mir KARAŠ-ia u₃ {lu₂}EN.NAM].⸢MEŠ⸣-ia {lu₂}EN.NAM].⸢MEŠ⸣-ia UN.MEŠ ma-ḫa-za-a-ni-[ia GAL.MEŠ ki-ma ṣe-e-ni lu u₂-za-ʾi-iz] | |
| 10' | [...] x x [...] |
Sources & licences
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