Sennacherib 144 (Q003949)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 144 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003949 |
| 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] o i 1'1'–o i 2'2' | [...] I ma[rched ...] |
| Obverse Column i [2:6] o i 3'3'–o i 6'6' | After[wards, (he), the k]ing of the land Elam, [the lands Parsuaš, Anzan, Paširu], (and) Ellipi, the entirety of Chaldea, and [all of the Arameans, a large host], formed a confederation with him. [They met up] with the king of Ba[bylon (and) the citizens of Babylon] (and) Borsippa [and they ...] as far as the city Ḫal[ulê] to do battle. |
| Obverse Column i [6:8] o i 7'7'–o i 8'8' | [I myself prayed t]o the deities Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Bēl, [Nabû, Nergal], |
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' | x [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢al⸣-[lik ...] | |
| 3' | ⸢ar⸣-[ka (šu-u₂)] ⸢LUGAL⸣ {kur}ELAM.⸢MA{ki⸣} {[kur}par-su-aš₂ {kur}an-za-an {kur}pa-ši-ru] | |
| 4' | {kur}el-⸢li-pi nap⸣-ḫar {lu₂}kal-di ⸢u₃⸣ {[lu₂}a-ra-me ka-li-šu₂-un kit-ru GAL-u₂] | |
| 5' | ik-te-ra it-ti-šu₂ a-di LUGAL ⸢KA₂⸣.[DINGIR.RA{ki} DUMU.MEŠ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki]} | |
| 6' | bar₂-sipa{ki} a-na a-ḫa-meš [iq-ri-bu-ma] | |
| 7' | a-na e-peš ta-ḫa-zi a-di {uru}ḫa-⸢lu⸣-[le-e ... a-na-ku] | |
| 8' | [a]-⸢na⸣ {d}aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}⸢EN⸣ {[d}MUATI {d}U.GUR] | |
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