Sennacherib 150 (Q003955)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 150 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003955 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Se[nnacherib, ...]. |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan) [...] became frightened by his (Sennacherib’s) battle array; [...] he quickly de[parted from] Babylon [(...)]. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | Sennacherib, king of the world, king of [Assyria, ...] in joy and happ[iness ...] into Babylon, into the pal[ace ...] fine oil (fit) for anointing a kin[g ...]. |
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}⸢EN⸣.[ZU-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-eri-ba ...] | |
| 2 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-IBILA-SUM.⸢NA⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | ti-ib ta-ḫa-zi-šu e-du-⸢ur⸣-[ma ... TA] | |
| 4 | KA₂.DINGIR.MIN{ki} ur-ru-ḫi-iš ⸢u₂⸣-[ṣi (...)] | |
| 5 | {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-eri-ba MAN ŠU₂ MAN [aš-šur{ki} ...] | |
| 6 | i-na ul-ṣi u₃ ri-ša₂-[a-ti ...] | |
| 7 | i-na qe₂-reb KA₂.DINGIR.MIN{ki} a-na ⸢E₂⸣.[GAL ...] | |
| 8 | I₃.GIŠ.MEŠ DUG₃.GA pi-šat LUGAL-u-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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