Sennacherib 143 (Q003948)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 143 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003948 |
| 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 [0:1] o i 1'1'–o i 1'1' | [I ruined the wide district of the land Judah (and) imposed my yoke on Hezekia]h, [its] kin[g]. |
| Obverse Column i [1:3] o i 2'2'–o i 3'3' | I put [to] the sword [the people of the city Tumurrum, who live on a rugged mountain (Mount Nipur)]. I destroyed [the city Ukku, together with every one of its settlements, (so that they looked) like a ruin hill (created by) the Delu]ge. |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 4'4'–o i 4'4' | I struck down [with the sword the people of the land Ḫilakku, who live in the hig]h [mountains]. |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5' | [I conquered and pl]undered [the city Tīl-Garimme, which is on the border of the land Tabal]. |
| Obverse Column i [5:13] o i 6'6'–o i 13'13' | [The cities Nagītu (and) Nagītu-diʾbina, the lands Ḫilmu, Pill]atu, (and) Ḫupapanu, [districts (of the king of the land Elam) that are situ]ated [on the other shore of the sea, in which the people of the land Bīt-Yakīn — having, because of my mighty weapons, dislodged the gods of] the (full) extent of their land [from their abodes (and) crossed the sea — took up residen]ce inside: (i 10´) I crossed [the sea in boats of the land Ḫatti, which I had built in Nineveh and the city Tīl-Barsip. I conquered and burned with fire the cities in those districts], (and) I tu[rned (them) in]to a mound of ruins (lit. “a mound and ruins”). [I carried off the people of the land Bīt-Yakīn and their gods, together with soldiers of the king of the land Elam, and I br]ought (them) [to Assyria]. |
| Obverse Column i [13:15] o i 14'14'–o i 15'15' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column ii [0:4] o ii 1'1'–o ii 4'4' | [...] who [...] be[cause ...] during [...] |
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 i | ||
| 1' | [u₂-šal-pit rap-šu₂ na-gu-u₂ {kur}ia-u₂-di {m}ḫa-za-qi-a]-⸢u₂ LUGAL⸣-[šu e-mid ab-ša₂-a-ni] | |
| 2' | [LU₂.MEŠ {uru}tu-mur-ra-a-a a-ši-bu-ut KUR-i mar-ṣi i-na] {⸢giš⸣}TUKUL u₂-⸢šam-qit⸣ | |
| 3' | {[uru}uk-ku a-di nap-ḫar da-ad₂-me-šu₂ ki-ma DU₆ a-bu]-⸢bi⸣ u₂-ab-bit | |
| 4' | [UN.MEŠ {kur}ḫi-lak-ki a-ši-bu-ut ḫur-ša₂-a-ni zaq-ru]-⸢ti⸣ a-nar | |
| 5' | [i-na {giš}TUKUL {uru}DU₆-ga-rim-mu ša pa-aṭ {kur}ta-ba-li KUR-ud-ma aš₂]-⸢lu⸣-la šal-la-su | |
| 6' | {[uru}na-gi-tu {uru}na-gi-tu-di-iʾ-bi-na {kur}ḫi-il-mu {kur}pil]-⸢la⸣-tu₂ {kur}ḫu-pa-pa-nu | |
| 7' | [na-ge-e (ša LUGAL {kur}ELAM.MA{ki)} ša i-na e-ber-tan A.AB.BA šit-ku-na]-⸢at⸣ šu-bat-sun₂ | |
| 8' | [ša UN.MEŠ {kur}E₂-{m}ia-kin₇ la-pa-an {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia dan-nu-ti DINGIR].⸢MEŠ⸣ ma-rak KUR-šu₂-⸢un⸣ | |
| 9' | [i-na TUŠ.TUŠ-šu₂-nu id-ku-u₂ tam-tim e-bi-ru-ma u₂-ši]-⸢bu⸣ qe₂-reb-šu₂-un | |
| 10' | [i-na {giš}MA₂.MEŠ {kur}ḫat-ti ša i-na NINA{ki} u₃ {uru}DU₆-bar-si-ip e-pu-šu₂ tam-tim lu] ⸢e⸣-bir-ma | |
| 11' | [URU.MEŠ ša qe₂-reb na-ge-e ša₂-tu-nu KUR-ud-ma i-na GIŠ.BAR aq-mu a]-⸢na⸣ DU₆ u kar-me ⸢u₂⸣-[ter] | |
| 12' | [UN.MEŠ {kur}E₂-{m}ia-kin₇ u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-di ba-ḫu-la-a-te LUGAL {kur]}ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| 13' | [aš₂-lu-lam-ma a-na KUR aš-šur{ki} u₂]-⸢ra⸣-a | |
| 14' | [...] x | |
| 15' | [...] x | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | ša ⸢la⸣-[pa-an ...] | |
| 3' | i-na mi-[...] | |
| 4' | [x x x] x [...] | |
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