Sennacherib 156 (Q003961)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 156 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003961 |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | Tukultī-Ninurta (I), king of the world, son of Shalmaneser (I), king of Assyria: Booty of Kardu(niaš) (Babylonia). As for the one who removes my inscription (and) my name, may (the god) Aššur (and) the god Adad make his name disappear from the land. |
| Obverse [3:7] 44–77 | This seal was given as a gift from Assyria to Akkad. I, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, after six hundred years conquered Babylon and took it out from the property of Babylon. |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | Property of Šagarakti-Šuriaš, king of the world. |
| Obverse [8:11] 99–1111 | Tukultī-Ninurta (I), king of the world, son of Shalmane(ser) (I), king of Assyria: [Booty] of Karduniaš (Babylonia). As for the one who removes my inscription (and) my name, may (the god) Aššur (and) the god Adad make his name disappear from the land. |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | Property of Šagarakti-Šuriaš, king of the world. |
| Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313 | That which was (engraved) upon a seal of lapis lazuli. |
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 | {[d]}⸢GISKIM⸣-MAŠ MAN ŠAR₂ A {d}SILIM-nu-MAŠ MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 2 | KUR-⸢ti⸣ {kur}kar₂-du-<ni-ši> mu-ne₂-kir₆ SAR-ia MU-ia | |
| 3 | aš-šur {d}IŠKUR MU-šu₂ KUR-su lu-ḫal-li-qu | |
| 4 | {na₄}KIŠIB an-nu-u TA KUR aš-šur ana KUR URI{ki} ša₂-ri-ik ta-din | |
| 5 | ana-ku {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 6 | ina 6 ME MU.MEŠ KA₂.DINGIR KUR-ud-ma | |
| 7 | TA NIG₂.GA KA₂.DINGIR us-se-ṣi-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 8 | NIG₂.GA ša-ga-ra-ak-ti-šur-ia-aš LUGAL KIŠ | |
| 9 | {d}GISKIM-MAŠ MAN ŠAR₂ A {d}SILIM-nu-<MAŠ> MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 10 | [KUR]-⸢ti⸣ {kur}kar₂-du-ni-ši mu-ne₂-kir₆ SAR-ia MU-ia | |
| 11 | aš-šur {d}IŠKUR MU-šu₂ KUR-su lu-ḫal-li-qu | |
| 12 | ⸢NIG₂⸣.GA ša-ga-ra-ak-ti-šur-ia-aš LUGAL KIŠ | |
| 13 | ša₂ ina UGU {na₄}KIŠIB ša ZA.GIN₃ |
Sources & licences
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