Sennacherib 162 (Q003967)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 162 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003967 |
| 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 Column ii [0:5] o ii 1o ii 1–o ii 55 | [... t]o my land [...] ... [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse Column iii [0:4] r iii 1'1'–r iii 4'4' | [... I ...] to (the god) Aššur, king of [the gods, ... for (...)] the securing of my reign, the increasing of [..., ..., ...] the foundation of my throne for [...] days. |
| Reverse Column iii [4:10] r iii 5'5'–r iii 10'10' | May (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, the great god, ... look kindly up[on] my [de]eds. When he looks, may the works that are the desire of ..., as much I ha[ve do]ne, please him and be acceptable to him. May he make the people of the four quarters (of the world) bow down to him so that they pull his yoke. May he make the substantial tribute of the settlements, the abundance of heaven (and) earth, pour into Ešarra, the seat of his great divinty, annually. |
| Reverse Column iii [10:13] r iii 11'11'–r iii 13'13' | May the goddess Mullissu, the queen of Ešarra, the consort of (the god) Aššur, creator of the great gods, have a good word about Sennacherib, king of Assyria, set upon her lips daily before (the god) Aššur. |
| Reverse Column iii [13:16] r iii 14'14'–r iii 16'16' | May (the god) Aššur and the goddess Mullissu discuss [the ... of po]wer, the attainment of very old age, the lengthening of his (Sennacherib’s) days, the securing of his reign, (and) the ... of the throne of his kingship forever and ever. |
| Reverse Column iii [16:29] r iii 17'17'–r iii 29'29' | The length of the sideboard is six and two-thirds cubits, measured by the royal cubit. The frontpiece is three and one-third cubits, measured by the royal cubit. (There are) twelve gold platings on the side of the bed; (iii 20´) six ditto (= gold platings) on the side. (There is) a ... mušḫuššu-dragon on top of the sidewalls. The matress (has) a nalbattu-form that has [...] ... of pa[ppardilû]-stones, (and) ḫašḫur-api (ornaments) of obsidian, carnelian, (and) lapis-lazuli arranged around (it). The lower matress is gold (and) water is ... on (it). The legs are lamassu-figures. Beneath the lamassu-figures a [...] claw(-shaped ornament). (iii 25´) There are eight lamassu-figures on the two rungs of the sid[es]. (There is) one lamassu-figure on each ... [(...)]. Water surrounds lamassu-figures .... The rungs are ... with water. The leg(s) of the be[d] are one and two-thirds cubits, measured by the royal cubit. |
| Reverse Column iii [29:35] r iii 30'30'–r iii 35'35' | 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 surroun[ds] 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 Column iii [35:40] r iii 36'36'–r iii 40'40' | Wording (of the inscription) that was cut off (and) erased from the bed (and) the throne of the god Bēl (Marduk) that were in the temple of (the god) Aššur (and of the inscription) written upon (them) in the name of Ashurbanipal. Simānu (III), twenty-seventh day, eponymy of Awiānu (655), [they were] re[turned [to] Ba[byl]on. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o ii | ||
| 1 | [... a]-na KUR-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢ša₂⸣-a-ni | |
| 3 | [...]-x-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [...] x | |
| 5 | [...] x | |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | a-na ⸢AN.ŠAR₂ MAN⸣ [DINGIR.MEŠ ... a-na (...)] | |
| 3' | GIN BALA-ia₂ šum-⸢dul x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | SUḪUŠ {giš}GU.ZA-ia₂ a-na ⸢u₄-me⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | AN.ŠAR₂ MAN DINGIR.MEŠ EN GAL x [(x) ep]-⸢še⸣-ti-⸢ia₂ lip-pa⸣-[lis] | |
| 6' | dam-qiš ina nap-⸢lu-si-šu₂⸣ ep-še-te bi-bil₂ x [(x)] | |
| 7' | ma-la i-tep-⸢pu-šu₂⸣ UGU-šu₂ li-ṭib-ma lim-ma-ḫir pa-nu-uš-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 8' | UN.MEŠ ⸢kib-rat⸣ er-ba-ʾi li-šak-ni-ša₂-šu₂-ma li-šu₂-ṭa ab-ša₂-an-šu₂ | |
| 9' | ⸢bi-lat⸣ da-ad₂-me ka-bit-tu₂ nu-ḫu-uš AN-e KI-tim | |
| 10' | ⸢ina e₂⸣-šar₂-ra šu-bat DINGIR-ti-šu GAL-ti li-ša₂-az-nin šat-ti-šam | |
| 11' | {d}NIN.LIL₂ šar-rat e₂-šar₂-ra ḫi-rat AN.ŠAR₂ ba-nit DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 12' | ša₂ {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} u₄-me-šam | |
| 13' | ⸢a-mat MUNUS⸣.SIG₅-šu₂ ina IGI AN.ŠAR₂ liš-ša₂-kin šap-tu-uš-ša₂ | |
| 14' | [x x] ⸢kiš-šu-ti⸣ še-be-e lit-tu-ti GID₂ UD.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 15' | ⸢GIN BALA-šu₂⸣ x x AŠ.TI MAN-ti-šu₂ | |
| 16' | AN.ŠAR₂ {d}⸢NIN.LIL₂ lit-tas-qa⸣-ru a-na du-u-⸢ri a-na da-a-ri⸣ | |
| 17' | 6 KUŠ₃.MEŠ 2/3 KUŠ₃ ina 1.KUŠ₃ GID₂ a-ma-ru | |
| 18' | 3 KUŠ₃ 3-su KUŠ₃ ina 1.KUŠ₃ LUGAL pu-u-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 19' | 12 na-al-ba-a-te KU₃.GI šid-⸢du ša⸣ {giš}⸢NA₂⸣ | |
| 20' | 6 DAGAL-šu₂ SAG.DU a-ma-ra-a-te MUŠ.⸢ḪUŠ⸣ dir te sa x | |
| 21' | še-ʾi-i-tu na-al-ba-na-a-⸢te⸣ x [x x] x.MEŠ {na₄}⸢BABBAR⸣.[DILI] | |
| 22' | {giš}ḪAŠḪUR a-bi {na₄}ZU₂ {na₄}⸢GUG {na₄⸣}ZA.GIN₃ i-lab-⸢bu⸣-[ni] | |
| 23' | še-ʾi-i-tu šap-li-tu KU₃.GI A.MEŠ ina muḫ-ḫi kab-⸢bu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 24' | kab-la-a-te {munus}{d}LAMMA.MEŠ KI.TA {munus}{d}LAMMA.MEŠ ⸢ṣu-pur⸣ [x (x)] | |
| 25' | 8 {munus}{d}LAMMA.MEŠ ina UGU 2 gi-se-e ša₂ šid-[di] | |
| 26' | 1-a-a {⸢munus⸣}{d}LAMMA.MEŠ ina UGU x [(x)].⸢TA.AM₃⸣ | |
| 27' | {munus}{d}LAMMA.MEŠ A.MEŠ i-lab-bu-⸢ni⸣ x x | |
| 28' | gi-sa-a-ni A.MEŠ ⸢kab⸣-bu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 29' | 1 KUŠ₃ 2/3 ina 1.KUŠ₃ ⸢LUGAL⸣ kab-⸢lu ša₂⸣ {giš}⸢NA₂⸣ | |
| 30' | 3 KUŠ₃.MEŠ 3-su KUŠ₃ ina 1.KUŠ₃ LUGAL GID₂.DA {giš}⸢GU⸣.[ZA] | |
| 31' | 1 KUŠ₃ 2/3 KUŠ₃ DAGAL-šu₂ {munus}{d}LAMMA.MEŠ A.MEŠ i-lab-bu-[ni] | |
| 32' | 4 {munus}{d}LAMMA.MEŠ ina UGU 2 gi-se-e ša šid-⸢di⸣ | |
| 33' | 2 ina pu-u-te PAP {giš}GU.ZA | |
| 34' | 1 KUŠ₃ 2/3 KUŠ₃ GID₂.DA {giš}kit-tur-ri 2/3 KUŠ₃ mu-lu-u | |
| 35' | 2/3 KUŠ₃ DAGAL-šu₂ ku-up-te a-di MUŠ.⸢ḪUŠ⸣ | |
| 36' | da-ba-bu ša₂ ina UGU {giš}NA₂ ša₂ ina UGU {giš}GU.ZA ša {d}EN | |
| 37' | ša₂ ina E₂ AN.ŠAR₂ kar-rat-u-ni pa-aš₂-šu-ṭu-u-ni | |
| 38' | MU ša₂ {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A ina muḫ-ḫi ša₃-ṭir-u-ni | |
| 39' | {iti}SIG₄ UD.27.KAM₂ lim-mu {m}a-u₂-ia-nu [a]-⸢na KA₂⸣.[DINGIR].⸢RA⸣{ki} | |
| 40' | [...] u₂-[ter-(ru)] | |
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