Sennacherib 160 (Q003965)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 160 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003965 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Sennacherib, king of Assy[ria], the one who fashioned image(s) of (the god) Aššur and the great gods: |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | [Through] divination, at the command of the gods Šamaš and [Adad, I built] the akītu-house of the steppe for the [qerītu]-festival, which had been forgotten for a long time. I named it [Eabb]augga, “House (where) Tiāmat Is Put to Death.” I named its cella Edubduba[bba, “House that Makes] the Host of Tiāmat [Trem]ble.” |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | [Through] the craft of the deity Ninagal [and] my own expertise, I had a gate of reddish bronze made that is entirely (one single) metal b[and]. Acco[rding to] the command that the gods Šamaš and Adad gave me through divination, I depicted on this gate an image of [(the god) Aššur, who] is going to fight [Tiāmat], (showing) the bow as he carries (it), in the chariot which he rides, (and) the Deluge [which he has h]arnessed, (and) the god Amurru as the driver who rides with him. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | According to the command of the gods Šamaš and Adad, I depicted on this gate (a scene showing) the god[s, as many as] go in front of him and go behind him, those who ride in vehicles (and) those who go on foot; [th]eir pos[itions] as they are arrayed before (the god) Aššur and arrayed behind (the god) Aššur; (and) Tiāmat, <with> the creatures (created) [inside] her, against whom (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, goes to fight. |
| Obverse [12:18] o 1313– | According to the command of the gods Šamaš and Adad, ditto (= I depicted on this gate a scene showing) the rest of the gods who go on foot. [Acco]rding to the command of the gods Šamaš and Adad, I did not depict (the scene) before Aššur captures Tiāmat, carries off the beasts of Tiāmat, gives [...] his [...]s as they run about on foot like this one, [...] who are not depi[cted] with them. I put in writing (the details of the scene) on this gate an[d] splendidly erected (it) [...] in silver, gold, (and) bronze. |
| Reverse [2:10] r 1818–r 2525 | To break down utensils of silver, gold, (and) [reddish] bronze, to melt down (metal) from 1,000 talents to one shekel, (and) to smelt (them) together: (20) I myself, the one who understands their technique (and) who grasps their casting, have mastered (these skills). If you do not believe (the record of) the casting of this bronze, I (hereby) swear by the king of the gods, (the god) Aššur, the god who created me, where this inscription is written down and where the image of (the god) Aššur and the image of the gods, as many as go to fight against Tiāmat with him, are depicted, that I myself had this metal-work cast. So that it will be known to future generations: (25) I increased therein the amount of tin. Know through this that I myself had this metal-work cast. |
| Reverse [10:16] r 2626–r 3131 | The image of (the god) Aššur, who goes to fight against Tiāmat. The image of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. The deities Šarur, Šargaz, Kakka, Nusku, Mandānu, Tišpak, Ninurta of the Wall, Kusu, Ḫaya, (and) the Sebetti — these are the gods who go in front of (the god) Aššur. The deities Mullissu, Šērūa, Sîn, Ningal, Šamaš, Aya, Kippat-māti, (30) Anu, Antu, Adad, Šala, Ea, D[amqina, (...)], Bēlet-ilī, (and) Ninurta — these are the gods who [g]o behind (the god) Aš[šur]. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 3232–r 3232 | The victorious weapon is placed in the chariot of (the god) Aššur. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 3333–r 3333 | Tiāmat with the creatures (created) inside her. |
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)
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| o | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR aš-[šur]{⸢ki⸣} e-piš ṣa-lam AN.ŠAR₂ u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 2 | ⸢E₂⸣ a-ki-it EDIN ša₂ ⸢EZEN⸣ [qe₂-re-ti] ⸢ša₂ ul⸣-tu UD.MEŠ SU₃.MEŠ im-ma-šu-u | |
| 3 | [ina] ⸢bi-ri⸣ qi₂-bit {d}UTU u {d}[IŠKUR DU₃-uš e₂-(a)-ab]-⸢ba⸣-ug₅-ga E₂ ka-mu-u ⸢tam-tim⸣ MU-šu₂ am-bi | |
| 4 | MU E₂ pa-pa-ḫi-šu₂ e₂-dub₃-⸢dub₃-ab⸣-[ba E₂ mu-ri]-⸢ib⸣ ki-ṣir tam-tim ni-bit-su az-kur | |
| 5 | ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL ZABAR HUŠ.A ša₂ ma-la a-ga-⸢sa⸣-[lak-ki ina] ši-pir {d}SIMUG | |
| 6 | [u] nik-lat NI₂-ia u₂-še-piš-ma ṣa-lam [AN.ŠAR₂ ša₂ a-na ŠA₃ ti-amat] ṣal-ti DU-ku | |
| 7 | {⸢giš}PAN⸣ ki-i ša₂ na-šu-u₂ ina {giš}GIGIR ša₂ ra-ak-bu a-bu-⸢bu⸣ [ša₂ ṣa]-⸢an⸣-du | |
| 8 | {d}MAR.TU ša₂ a-na mu-kil ap-pa-a-ti it-ti-šu₂ rak-bu a-⸢na⸣ [UGU] ⸢pi⸣-i ša₂ {d}UTU u {d}IŠKUR | |
| 9 | ina bi-ri ⸢iq-bu⸣-nim-ma ṣe-er KA₂.GAL ša₂-a-šu₂ e-ṣir DINGIR.[MEŠ ma-la] ina IGI-šu₂ DU-ku | |
| 10 | u₃ EGIR-šu₂ DU-ku ša₂ ru-ku-bu rak-bu ša₂ ina GIR₃.II-šu₂-<nu> DU-ku ⸢man⸣-[zal-ta-šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ ki-i ša₂ ina IGI AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 11 | si-id-ru u EGIR AN.ŠAR₂ si-id-ru ti-amat <EN> nab-⸢nit⸣ [qer-bi]-⸢šu₂⸣ ša₂ AN.ŠAR₂ MAN DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 12 | a-na lib₃-bi-šu₂ ṣal-ti il-la-ku a-na ⸢UGU pi⸣-i ša₂ {d}UTU u {d}IŠKUR ṣe-er KA₂.GAL ša₂-a-šu₂ e-ṣir | |
| 13 | si-it-ti DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂ ina GIR₃.II-šu₂-nu il-la-ku ina UGU pi-i ⸢ša₂⸣ {d}UTU u {d}IŠKUR | |
| 14 | ⸢KIMIN⸣ a-di la-a AN.ŠAR₂ ti-amat i-kam-mu-u u₂-ma-ma-a-nu ša₂ ti-amat i-na-aš₂-ša₂-a | |
| 15 | [x (x) x].⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ i-nam-di-nu ki-i an-⸢ni⸣-i ina GIR₃.II-šu₂-nu i-du-ul-lu | |
| r | ||
| 16 | [x x] x [x (x)] ⸢ša₂⸣ it-te-šu₂-nu la eṣ-[ru a-na] ⸢UGU pi⸣-i ša₂ {d}UTU u {d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ la e-⸢ṣir⸣ | |
| 17 | [a]-⸢na KA₂.GAL šu⸣-a-ti aš₂-ṭu-ru-⸢ma⸣ [...] KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.GI ⸢ZABAR⸣ še-er-⸢ḫiš⸣ | |
| 18 | ⸢ul-ziz⸣ u₂-nu-ut KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.GI ⸢ZABAR⸣ [ḪUŠ.A] ⸢ḫe⸣-pu-u ul-tu UGU 1 LIM ⸢GUN⸣ | |
| 19 | a-di 1 GIN₂ šub-šu-lim-ma a-ḫa-meš ṣa-ba-tu mu-nak-kil nik-la-te-šu₂-nu | |
| 20 | ṣa-bit pit₂-qi₂-šu₂-nu a-le-ʾe-e a-na-ku šum-ma ša₂ bu-šul ša₂ ZABAR ša₂-a-šu₂ | |
| 21 | ⸢a⸣-na qip-ti la ta-šak-kan at-mi LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ AN.ŠAR₂ DINGIR ba-ni-ia | |
| 22 | ⸢šum⸣-ma a-šar mal₂-ṭa-ru an-nu-u₂ šaṭ-ru u maš-kan₂ ṣa-lam AN.ŠAR₂ u ṣa-lam DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 23 | ma-la it-ti-šu₂ a-na ŠA₃ ti-amat ṣal-ti il-la-ku eṣ-ru la pit₂-qa šu-u₂ | |
| 24 | la a-na-ku u₂-šab-ši-lu a-na it-ḫu-ra-nu-ti aš₂-šu₂ li-iḫ-ḫa-kim | |
| 25 | AN.NA ina lib₃-bi uš-ša₂-am-id ina ŠA₃ an-nim-ma ḫi-kim ki-i pit₂-qa šu-u ana-ku u₂-šab-ši-lu | |
| 26 | ṣa-lam AN.ŠAR₂ ša₂ a-na ŠA₃ ti-amat ṣal-ti DU-ku ṣa-lam {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 27 | {d}šar₂-ur₄ {d}šar₂-gaz {d}ka₃-ka₃ {d}nusku {d}⸢DI.KU₅⸣ {d}tišpak {d}MAŠ ša₂ BAD₃ | |
| 28 | {d}ku₃-su₃ {d}ḫa-ia₃ {d}7.BI an-nu-ti DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂ ina IGI AN.ŠAR₂ il-la-ku | |
| 29 | {d}NIN.LIL₂ {d}še-ru-uʾ₃-a {d}30 {d}NIN.GAL {d}UTU {d}a-a {d}GUR₂-KUR | |
| 30 | {d}a-num an-tum {d}IŠKUR {d}ša-la {d}e₂-a {d}⸢dam⸣-[ki-na (...)] | |
| 31 | {d}be-let-DINGIR.MEŠ {d}MAŠ an-nu-ti DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂ EGIR AN.[ŠAR₂ DU]-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 32 | {⸢giš⸣}TUKUL ka-ši-du ina {giš}GIGIR AN.ŠAR₂ šak-nu | |
| 33 | ⸢ti⸣-amat a-di nab-nit qer-bi-šu₂ | |
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