Sennacherib 157 (Q003962)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 157 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003962 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | You [will write] as follows upon the small seal-shaped pearl that [...]: |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | Palace of Sennacherib, king of As[syria]: I had a stone that I carri[ed here from the city] Gala[...] I was having (it) inc[ised in] my [presence]. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | Whoev[er] era[ses my inscribed name (or) places] (it) in the servi[ce of a god] or (another) pe[rson, may the deities Aš]šur, Sîn, (and) Šamaš [make] his name (and) his seed [disappear]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Palace of Sennacherib, ki[ng of Assyria]: I had a stone that I carried here from the city Gala[...] I was having (it) inc[ised] in my presence. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | Whoever e[rases] my inscribed name (or) [places (it) in the serv]ice of a god or [(another) person], may the deities [Aššur, Sîn], Šamaš, Adad, Ištar, (and) [...] make his na[me] (and) his seed disapp[ear]. |
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 | ina UGU {na₄}KIŠIB qal₃ NA₄ GIŠGAL ša [...] | |
| 2 | ki-i an-ni-i ta-[šaṭ-ṭar] | |
| 3 | ⸢KUR⸣ {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR aš-[šur{ki]} | |
| 4 | ⸢NA₄ ša⸣ [TA ŠA₃ {uru]}ga-⸢la⸣-[x-(x)] | |
| 5 | ⸢aš₂⸣-ša₂-[an-ni ina IGI]-⸢ia⸣ u₂-šap-[ṭar] | |
| 6 | ⸢man-nu⸣ [ša MU šaṭ-ru] i-pa-[(aš₂)-ši-ṭu] | |
| 7 | ⸢a-na⸣ dul-⸢li⸣ [ša₂ DINGIR] u₃ ⸢LU₂⸣-[ti DU₃-šu₂] | |
| 8 | {[d}aš]-šur {d}30 {d}UTU ⸢MU⸣-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ [lu-ḫal-li-qu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢E₂⸣.GAL {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 2 | ⸢NA₄⸣ ša TA ŠA₃ {uru}ga-la-x-[(x) ...] | |
| 3 | aš₂-ša₂-an-ni ina IGI-ia ⸢u₂-šap⸣-[ṭar] | |
| 4 | ⸢man⸣-nu ⸢ša MU⸣ šaṭ-ru i-[pa-(aš₂)-ši-ṭu] | |
| 5 | [a-na dul]-⸢li⸣ ša DINGIR ⸢u₃⸣ [LU₂-ti DU₃-šu₂] | |
| 6 | {[d}aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR {d}15 {d⸣}[x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢MU⸣-šu₂ NUMUN-⸢šu₂⸣ lu-ḫal-li-[qu] | |
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