Sennacherib 147 (Q003952)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 147 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003952 |
| 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 Chaldean (Šūzubu), ...] ... a rash fellow, [a chariot fighter, a servant who belonged to the governor of the city Laḫīru, (...) w]ho in the time of my father fled [li]ke a bird [on account of the beating of the ...-official and the tearing out (of his hair) ...] and [wandered about in the open country], who entered [B]abylon [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 kingship 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 strength, ...], was appointed as [...] ... of Babylon: [The people of Babylon who had rebelled (and) the Chaldeans, Arameans, (...)] fugitives, (and) runaways [who had banded together 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 sent my gift(s) — the silver, gold, (and) precious stones that I had given as presents to the g]od Bēl (Marduk) and the goddess Zarpanītu, [the property (and) possession(s) of the temple of their gods — as a bribe to Umman-men]anu (Ḫumban-menanu), the king of the land Elam, [who does not have sense or insight. ...] ... previously and [they took an oath. They ga]ve him the order [to muster his army (and) to ... He gathered his army, inspected (his) chariots (and) wagons, ...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | [(As for) any future ruler who ... ch]anges and [... by some crafty device, era]ses [..., may the deities Aššur, Anu, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, ... all of the gods of] Assyria, make [their name, their seed, their offspring, (and) their progeny di]sappear [...]. |
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 | ||
| 1 | {[lu₂}kal-da-a-a ...]-⸢nu⸣ la ḫa-sis a-ma-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 2 | {[lu₂}A SIG {lu₂}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 ... 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 ša 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 ...] x x [(x)] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [a-a-um-ma NUN-u₂ EGIR-u₂ ... u₂-nak]-⸢ka-ru-ma⸣ | |
| 2' | [i-na mim-ma ši-pir ni-kil-ti ... i-pa]-⸢aš₂⸣-ši-ṭu | |
| 3' | [AN.ŠAR₂ {d}a-nim {d}30 {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR ... DINGIR.MEŠ] ⸢KUR⸣ aš-šur{ki} | |
| 4' | [DU₃-šu₂-nu MU-šu₂-nu NUMUN-šu₂-nu NUNUZ-šu₂-nu (u₃) na-an-nab-šu₂-nu ... li]-⸢ḫal⸣-li-qu | |
| 5' | [...] x | |
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