Sennacherib 148 (Q003953)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 148 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003953 |
| 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] 1'1'–5'5' | [...] they trusted and [...] in the strength of ... [...] they were lined up [...], and (then) they rejoiced (and) were full of joy. [...] in my great strength, which (the god) Aššur, king of the gods [...]. I did not rely on [...], but trusted in (the god) Aššur, my god. |
| Obverse [5:8] 6'6'–8'8' | I myself prayed to [the deities Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Nergal, (...) Iš]tar of Nineveh, Ištar of Arbela, Bēl, Nabû, ... [... the god]s who support me, for victory over the army of (my) enemy [and they immediately heeded my prayers (and) ca]me to my aid. |
| Obverse [8:11] 9'9'–11'11' | Like a raging lion [... I put on arm]or (and) plac[ed] a helmet suitable for combat [on my head]. In [my] ange[r, I rode quickly in my exalted battle chariot, which lays en]emies [low]. |
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' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] GIM [...] | |
| 3' | [...]-di it-tak-lu-ma a-na e-muq AN x [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢šit⸣-ku-nu-ma ul-lu-ṣu ma-lu-u ri-ša₂-a-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x a-na e-mu-qi-ia rab-ba-a-ti ša AN.ŠAR₂ ⸢LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ul ar-ḫu-uṣ-ma a-na AN.ŠAR₂ DINGIR-ia at-kil a-na-ku a-⸢na⸣ [AN.ŠAR₂ {d}30 {d}UTU] | |
| 7' | {[d}U.GUR (...) {d]}15 ša NINA{ki} {d}15 ša {uru}LIMMU₂-DINGIR {d}EN {d}MUATI ša AN [...] | |
| 8' | [... DINGIR].⸢MEŠ⸣ ti-ik-le-e-a a-na ka-ša₂-di um-man {lu₂}KUR₂ am-ḫur-⸢šu⸣-[nu-ti-ma] | |
| 9' | [su-pe-e-a ur-ru-ḫiš iš-mu-u₂] ⸢il⸣-li-ku re-ṣu-u₂-ti ki-ma la-ab-bi na-ad-ri [...] | |
| 10' | [... at-tal-bi-ša₂ si-ri-ia]-⸢am ḫu-li⸣-ia-am si-mat ta-ḫa-zi a-pi-[ra ra-šu-u₂-a] | |
| 11' | [i-na {giš}GIGIR ME₃-ia ṣir-ti sa-pi-na-at za]-⸢ʾi-i-ri⸣ i-na ug-⸢gat lib₃⸣-[bi-ia ar-ta-kab] |
Sources & licences
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