Sennacherib 159 (Q003964)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 159 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003964 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | To (the god) Aššur, king of all of the gods, the one who created himself, father of the great gods, whose form took its beautiful shape in the apsû, king of heaven and netherworld, lord of all gods, the one who molds the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, the one who formed the cover of the heavens (lit. “the god Anu”) and the netherworld, creator of the whole of the inhabited world, (5) the one who dwells in the bright firmament, the Enlil of the gods, the one who decrees fates, (and) the one who dwells in Ešarra, which is in Baltil (Aššur), the great lord, his lord: |
| Obverse [5:14] o 66–o 1414 | [Sennach]erib, king of Assyria, the one who fashioned image(s) of (the god) Aššur and the great gods, had a kettledrum of reddish bronze, ca[st by ...], (10) which is covered with leather through the craft of the deity Šikaggu, [...], skillfully made fo[r his life], the prolongation of his days, his happiness, the securing of [his] reign, [...], and to rec[oncile him (Aššur) ...] and to appease his heart ... [...] on the fifth day, the seventh day, [...] and the festival [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 1 | a-na ⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂ LUGAL kiš-šat DINGIR.MEŠ ba-nu-u ram-ni-šu₂ AD DINGIR.⸢MEŠ GAL.MEŠ⸣ | |
| 2 | ša ina ZU.AB iš-mu-ḫu gat-tu-uš LUGAL AN-e u KI-⸢tim⸣ | |
| 3 | EN DINGIR.MEŠ ka-la-ma ša₂-pi-ik {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ u {d}a-nun-na-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 4 | pa-ti-iq er-mi {d}a-nim u ki-gal-li e-piš kul-lat da-ad₂-me | |
| 5 | a-šib bu-ru-mu KU₃.MEŠ {d}EN.LIL₂ DINGIR.MEŠ mu-šim NAM.MEŠ | |
| 6 | a-šib e₂-šar₂-ra ša₂ qe₂-reb bal-til{ki} EN GAL-i EN-šu₂ {⸢m⸣}{[d}30-PAP.MEŠ]-SU | |
| 7 | MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} e-piš ṣa-lam AN.ŠAR₂ u DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ⸢a⸣-[na TI.LA-šu₂] | |
| 8 | GID₂.DA UD.MEŠ-šu₂ DUG₃-ub lib₃-bi-šu₂ GIN ⸢BALA⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 9 | LI.LI.IZ₃ ZABAR ḪUŠ.A pi-⸢ti⸣-[iq ...] | |
| 10 | ša₂ ina ši-pir {d}ši-ka-gu e-rim ⸢KUŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | nak-liš u₂-še-piš-ma a-na sa-[la-mi-šu₂ ...] | |
| 12 | u₃ nu-uḫ lib₃-bi-⸢šu₂⸣ x x [...] | |
| 13 | UD.5.KAM₂ UD.7.KAM₂ x [...] | |
| 14 | u₃ i-⸢sin-ni⸣ [...] | |
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