Sennacherib 146 (Q003951)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 146 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003951 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [A] Chaldea[n (Šūzubu), ... a rash fellow, a] chariot fighter, a servant who belonged to the [governor of the city Laḫīru, (...) who in the time of my father fled like a bird on a]ccount of the beating of the ...-official and the tearing out (of his hair) [... and] wandered about in the open country, [who entered Babylon] when there was rebellion and [revolt (...) and] was reckoned as one of them: They (the Babylonians) exalted him over them and [they entrusted him with] the king[ship of the land of Sumer and Akkad]. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | To Babylon, which was very guilty, [... (wherein) Šūzubu, a Chaldean, son of a nobody], a person of lowly status who has no streng[th, ..., was appointed as ... of Babylon]: The people of Babylon who had rebelled (and) the Chaldeans, [Arameans, (...) fugitives, (and) runaways] who had banded toge[ther] with them in exchange for gifts and bribes [... and they took an oath]. |
| Obverse [9:14] o 1010–o 1414 | They (the Babylonians) opened the treasury of Esagil and s[ent] my gift(s) — the silver, gold, (and) precio[us stones that] I had given as presents [to the god Bēl (Marduk) and the goddess Zarpanītu], the property (and) possession(s) of the temple of the[ir] gods — [as a bribe to Umman-menanu (Ḫumban-menanu), the king of the land Elam], who does not have sense or insight. [... previously and] they took an oath. [They gave him the order] to muster his army (and) to [...]. He gathered his army, [inspected] (his) chariots (and) wago[ns, ...] |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | [The lands Parsu]aš, Anzan, Paširu, (and) E[llipi, the people of Yasiʾil, Lakab(e)ra, (and) Ḫarzunu, (and) the cities Dum]muqu, Sulā[ya, ...] |
| Left [0:2] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 22 | (No translation possible) |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [...] ... [...] for evil against the land [...]. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 3'3'–r 6'6' | (As for) any futu[re] ruler [who ... changes and ...] by some craf[ty] device, [erases ...], may the deities Aššur, Anu, Sîn, [Šamaš, Adad, ...] all of [the gods of Assyria, make] their name, [their] seed, [their offspring, (and) their progeny disappear ...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[lu₂]}⸢kal-da-a⸣-[a ...-nu la ḫa-sis a-ma-ti] | |
| 2 | {[lu₂]}⸢A⸣ SIG ARAD da-⸢gil₂ pa-ni {lu₂⸣}[EN.NAM {lu₂⸣}[EN.NAM {uru}la-ḫi-ri ... ša i-na ŠA₃ u₄-me ša AD-ia] | |
| 3 | ⸢la⸣-pa-an ṭa-re-e u₃ ba-qa-me ša {lu₂}x x [... iṣ-ṣu-riš in-nab-tu-ma] | |
| 4 | i-rap-pu-du ka-ma-a-ti i-na si-ḫi u₃ [bar-ti (...) qe₂-reb KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} e-ru-bu-ma] | |
| 5 | im-ma-nu-u it-ti-šu₂-un UGU-šu₂-nu u₂-šar-bu-šu₂-ma ⸢LUGAL⸣-[ut KUR EME.GI₇ u₃ URI{ki} u₂-šad-gi-lu pa-nu-uš-šu₂] | |
| 6 | ⸢a-na⸣ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ša ḫi-ṭi-tu ma-gal ir-šu-⸢u₂⸣ [... {m}šu-zu-bu {lu₂}kal-da-a-a DUMU la mam₂-ma-na-ma] | |
| 7 | ⸢eṭ-lu⸣ dun-na-mu-u₂ ša la i-šu-u₂ e-mu-⸢qi⸣ [... x-ut KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} iš-šak-nu] | |
| 8 | ⸢LU₂.MEŠ KA₂⸣.DINGIR.RA{ki} ša si-ḫi i-pu-šu₂ {lu₂}kal-du {lu₂}[a-ra-mu (...) ḫal-qu {lu₂}mun-nab-tu] | |
| 9 | ša ina ŠA₃ IGI.SA₂-e u₃ ṭa-aʾ-ti it-ti-šu₂-nu in-⸢nen⸣-[du ...-x-tu-ma iš-ku-nu ma-mi-tu₂] | |
| 10 | ⸢E₂ NIG₂.GA⸣ e₂-sag-il₂ ip-tu-ma KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.GI ni-siq-ti [NA₄.MEŠ ša a-na {d}EN u {d}zar-pa-ni-tum] | |
| 11 | ⸢u₂-qa-i⸣-ša₂ qi-ša₂-a-ti NIG₂.ŠU NIG₂.GA E₂ DINGIR.MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu a-na {m}um-man-me-na-nu LUGAL ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 12 | la ra-aš₂ ṭe₃-e-mi u₃ mil-ki kad₃-ra-a u₂-[še-bi-lu-uš ṭa-aʾ-tu₂ ... x-a pa-na-tu-ma] | |
| 13 | iš-ku-nu ma-mi-ti a-na di-ku-ti um-ma-ni-šu₂ a-na [... u₂-ma-ʾe-ru-šu₂ ur-tu] | |
| 14 | ⸢um-ma⸣-an-šu₂ u₂-pa-aḫ-ḫir-ma {giš}GIGIR.MEŠ {giš}ṣu-⸢um⸣-[bi e-šu-ra ...] | |
| 15 | {[kur}par-su]-aš₂ {kur}an-za-an {kur}pa-ši-ru {kur}⸢el⸣-[li-pi {lu₂}ia-as-il₃ {lu₂}la-kab-ra {lu₂}ḫa-ar-zu-nu] | |
| 16 | {[uru}du-um]-⸢mu-qu {uru}su-la⸣-[a ...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] x ru-um-mu-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 2 | [...]-si-iš | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | a-na ḪUL-tim a-na KUR x [...] | |
| 3' | a-a-um-ma NUN-u₂ EGIR-[u₂ ... u₂-nak-ka-ru-ma] | |
| 4' | i-na mim-ma ši-pir ni-kil-⸢ti⸣ [... i-pa-aš₂-ši-ṭu] | |
| 5' | AN.ŠAR₂ {d}a-nim {d}30 {d}[UTU {d}IŠKUR ... DINGIR.MEŠ KUR aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 6' | DU₃-šu₂-nu MU-šu₂-nu ⸢NUMUN⸣-[šu₂-nu NUNUZ-šu₂-nu (u₃) na-an-nab-šu₂-nu ... li-ḫal-li-qu] | |
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