Sennacherib 149 (Q003954)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 149 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003954 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria: In the mighty mountains, wherein there is not (even) a (piece of) straw (or) a splinter of wood for sustaining a shepherd, wherein (even) the tough tree trunks of eʾru-trees grow flat on the ground, (and) between which a strong, steady wind never ceases to blow — where I pitched my camp, no other living (man) had (ever) brought a tent. I, myself, together with my troops, travelled over them with difficulty. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010– | Bīt-Kubat. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 11r 11–r 1313 | Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), king of Karduniaš (Babylonia), became frightened by my battle array; he shred his lordly garments and quickly departed from Babylon. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 1414–r 1717 | Šūzubu, a usurper king who had taken the kingship of Babylon for himself: Terror of doing battle with me fell upon him; he lost consciousness (and) fell from (his) horse to the ground. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 1818–r 1818 | [(...)] the land of Sumer. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 1919–r 1919 | [(...)] the land of Emeluḫḫa (Meluḫḫa). |
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 | {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ i-na KUR.MEŠ dan-nu-ti | |
| 2 | ša bal-ṭi ša re-ʾi ḫa-a-mu ḫu-ṣa-bu i-na lib₃-bi | |
| 3 | la-aš₂-šu-ni {giš}gu-up-ni dan-nu-ti ša {giš}e-eʾ-ri | |
| 4 | i-na lib₃-bi še-ru-ʾu-u₂-ni ša₂-a-ru dan-nu | |
| 5 | ka-a-a-ma-nu i-na bir-tu-uš-šu-nu a-la-ku | |
| 6 | la i-par-ra-as i-na ša₂-ka-a-ni ša ma-dak-ti-ia | |
| 7 | bal-ṭu 2-u₂ i-na ŠA₃-šu maš-ka-na la ub-la | |
| 8 | ana-ku a-di ERIM.ḪI.A-ia u₂-sa-am-ri-iṣ ina muḫ-ḫi-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | ar-ti-di | |
| 10 | E₂-⸢ku⸣-bat | |
| r | ||
| 11 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-A-SUM.NA LUGAL {kur}kar₂-{d}dun-ia₂-aš₃ | |
| 12 | ti-ib ME₃-ia e-dur₂-ma {tug₂}ṣu-ba-tu₂ be-lu-ti-šu₂ | |
| 13 | u₂-šar-riṭ-ma TA KA₂.DINGIR.MIN{ki} ur-ru-ḫi-iš u₂-ṣi | |
| 14 | {m}šu-zu-bu LUGAL NI₂.GI ša LUGAL-ut KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ra-ma-nu-uš | |
| 15 | u₂-ter-ru ḫur-ba-šu₂ ta-ḫa-zi-ia im-qu-su-ma | |
| 16 | ir-ša₂-a <ma>-na-aḫ-tu₂ ul-tu ṣe-er ANŠE.KUR.RA qaq-qa-riš | |
| 17 | im-qu-ut | |
| 18 | [(x x)] KUR EME.GI₇ | |
| 19 | [(x x)] {kur}eme-luḫ-ḫa | |
Sources & licences
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