Sennacherib 161 (Q003966)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 161 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003966 |
| 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 [0:20] o 1o 1–o 2020 | [To (the god) Aššur], the king of the gods, the father of the gods, the lofty one, the creator, the great god, [the one who molds] the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, the one who holds the lead-rope of the [great] heavens, (the) deep-hearted (one) who deliberates (only) with himself, the assiduous one, [the regu]lator, the one who decrees fates, the splendid one, the perfect one, (5) [the l]eader of absolutely everything, controller of the gods of heaven (and) netherworld; the exalted force that makes devastation come like the Deluge to the land where there is negligence (and) [har]dship, who makes a destructive flood sweep over all four quarters (of the world) — which are unsubmissive to his governor (Sennacherib) — so that (10) tribute and payment is imposed upon them (and) so that they carry their (work) baskets daily, without interruption; the lord of everything who holds the lead-rope of heaven and netherworld, the one who dwells in Eḫursagkurkur<ra> — the awe-inspiring shrine, exalted sanctuary, (and) holy dwelling place — the awesome radiance (and) awe-inspiring luminosity that (15) has mercy on their governor(s), his great [..., who] quickly accepts [supplicat]ions (and) prayers addressed to him, [who] makes his angry weapons rage [against] the unyielding, [...] the road to joy, [...] ... weapons [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [The leg(s) of the b]ed are [one and] two-thirds cubits, measured by the royal cubit. |
| Reverse [2:8] r 3'3'–r 8'8' | The length of the thr[one] is [three and] one-thirds cubits, measured by the royal cubit. Its width is [one and] two-thirds cubits. Water surrounds lamassu-figures. There are four lamassu-figures on the two rungs of the sides; two ditto (= lamassu-figure) on the frontpiece. The entire throne: The length of the kitturru is one and two-thirds cubits. (Its) height is two-thirds of a cubit. The width of the kuptu, as far as the mušḫuššu-dragon, is two-thirds of a cubit. |
| Reverse [8:11] r 9'9'–r 11'11' | Wording (of the inscription) that (is) on the bed (and) the throne at the footend. It is a single (text). That of the chest was not copied. |
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 | [a-na AN.ŠAR₂] LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ AD DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂-qu-<u> ba-nu-u ⸢DINGIR GAL⸣ | |
| 2 | [ša₂-pi-ik] {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ u {d}a-nun-na-ki ta-me-eḫ ṣe-rat AN-e | |
| 3 | [GAL.MEŠ] ŠA₃ ru-qu ma-lik ra-ma-ni-šu₂ muš-te-eʾ-u | |
| 4 | [pa]-⸢qi₂⸣-du mu-šim NAM.MEŠ šar-ḫu git₂-ma-lu | |
| 5 | [mu]-⸢ma⸣-ʾe-er kul-lat gim-ri sa-niq DINGIR.⸢MEŠ⸣ šu-ut AN KI | |
| 6 | ⸢e⸣-mu-qi₂ MAḪ.MEŠ ša₂ a-na KUR a-šar e-ta-gu | |
| 7 | [ma]-⸢ru⸣-uš-tu šak-na-at šu-us-pu-nu a-bu-biš | |
| 8 | ⸢ša⸣ kul-lat kib-rat LIMMU₂-tim la ma-gir šak-kan-ki-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [a]-⸢bu⸣-bu na-as₂-pan-ti UGU-šu₂-nu u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ba-ʾu-u-ma | |
| 10 | GUN u man-da-tu im-mi₃-du ṣe-ru-uš-⸢šun⸣ | |
| 11 | u₄-me-šam la na-par-ka-a e-zab-bi-lu tup-šik-⸢šun⸣ | |
| 12 | EN gim-ri mu-kil ṣer-ret AN-e u KI-tim a-šib e₂-ḫur-sag-kur-kur-<ra> | |
| 13 | ki-iṣ-ṣu raš-bu at-ma-nu ṣi-i-ru šub-⸢tu₂⸣ KU₃-tu₂ | |
| 14 | ⸢ša-lu⸣-ma-ta nam-ri-ir-ri ša₂ a-na GIR₃.NITA₂-⸢šu₂-un⸣ | |
| 15 | [x (x) x]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ GAL-te re-e-mu i-raš-šu-u | |
| 16 | [ša su-up]-⸢pi⸣ u te-me-qi₂ ur-ru-ḫi-iš i-laq-qu-u un-ni-nu-uš | |
| 17 | [ša ina UGU] ⸢aš₂⸣-ṭu-⸢te⸣ u₂-šam-ra-ru {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂ ez-zu-te | |
| 18 | [...] u₂-ru-uḫ ri-ša₂-a-ti | |
| 19 | [...] (x) x UZ {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ [...] | |
| 20 | [...] il la x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | 1 ⸢KUŠ₃ 2/3 KUŠ₃ ina 1.KUŠ₃ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [kab-lu] | |
| 2' | [ša₂] {⸢giš⸣}NA₂ | |
| 3' | 3 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣.MEŠ 3-su KUŠ₃ ina 1.KUŠ₃ LUGAL GID₂.DA ⸢ša₂ {giš⸣}[GU.ZA] | |
| 4' | 1 KUŠ₃ 2/3 KUŠ₃ DAGAL-šu₂ {munus}{d}LAMMA.MEŠ A.MEŠ i-lab-bu-ni | |
| 5' | 4 {munus}{d}LAMMA.MEŠ ina UGU 2 gi-se-e ša₂ šid-di 2 ina pu-u-te | |
| 6' | PAP {giš}GU.ZA | |
| 7' | 1 KUŠ₃ 2/3 KUŠ₃ GID₂.DA {giš}kit-tur-ri 2/3 KUŠ₃ mu-lu-u | |
| 8' | 2/3 KUŠ₃ DAGAL-šu₂ ku-up-te a-di MUŠ.ḪUŠ | |
| 9' | da-ba-bu ša ina UGU {giš}NA₂ ša ina UGU {giš}GU.ZA | |
| 10' | ša še-pa-a-te 1-ma šu-u | |
| 11' | ša {giš}NA₅ la ša₃-ṭir | |
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