Sennacherib 152 (Q003957)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 152 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003957 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [Sennacher]ib, great king, str[ong] king, [king of the world, king of Assyria], king of the [fou]r quarters (of the world), favorite of the great gods: [The god Aššur (...) made] (all of) the insubmissi[ve] kings [from the rising sun] to the setting sun [bow down at his feet and] they (now) pull his yoke. |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | At that time, during [... the Rear Palace, which] is inside Nineveh, f[or ...] mules ... [...] the submission of [...] to the yoke and [...] the overseeing of everything, as much as th[ere was, ...] who I made bow down at my feet ... [...] |
| Obverse [9:17] o 1010–o 1717 | [...] pendû-stone — a stone for speaking (and) being accepted, [(as well as) making] st[orms pass by], (and) keeping the rābiṣu-demon away from a man, (and) which was joyfully brought from the foot of [Mount] N[ipur] — breccia, a sto[ne for ... (and) keeping] the ziqtu-illness (and) fear away from a man — ...] ... [...] ... [... u]pon [it ...] ... [...] |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | {[m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-eri]-ba LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-[nu LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 2 | ⸢LUGAL kib-rat⸣ [LIMMU₂]-⸢tim⸣ mi-gir DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ {[d}aš-šur (...) TA ṣi-it {d}šam-ši] | |
| 3 | a-di e-reb {d}šam-ši LUGAL.MEŠ-ni la ma-⸢gi⸣-[ri še-pu-uš-šu₂ u₂-šak-niš-ma] | |
| 4 | ⸢i-šu-ṭu⸣ ab-ša₂-an-šu₂ e-nu-šu₂ ina x [... E₂.GAL ku-tal-li] | |
| 5 | [ša] ⸢qe₂⸣-reb {uru}ni-na-a a-[na ...] | |
| 6 | x ⸢ANŠE⸣.KUNGA.MEŠ aš₂-šu₂ x [...] | |
| 7 | ⸢šuk-nu⸣-ši a-na ni-i-ri ⸢u₃⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | sa-naq mim-ma šum-šu₂ ma-la ⸢ba⸣-[šu-u₂ ...] | |
| 9 | u₂-šak-ni-šu₂ še-pu-u₂-⸢a⸣ x [x] x (x) x [...] | |
| 10 | {na₄}{d}ŠE.TIR NA₄ qa-be₂-e ⸢ma⸣-ga-a-ri ⸢ri⸣-[iḫ-ṣu šu-tu-qi] | |
| 11 | MAŠKIM₂ a-na LU₂ NU TE-e ša ul-tu GIR₃.II {kur}⸢ni⸣-[pur KUR-i] | |
| 12 | ⸢ṭa⸣-biš ib-bab-la {na₄}DUR₂.MI.NA.BAN₃.DA {⸢na₄⸣}[...] | |
| 13 | ⸢ziq⸣-ti pu-luḫ-ti a-na LU₂ ⸢NU⸣ [TE-e ...] | |
| 14 | [x x] x x x x x x [...] | |
| 15 | [...] x x x x [...] | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢ṣe⸣-ru-uš-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 17 | [...] x x x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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