Sennacherib 163 (Q003968)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 163 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003968 |
| 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 1'1'–o 2'2' | the one who brings [his] cult cent[ers] to completion, [makes enemy land(s) submissive] (and) destroys [their] settlem[ents, ...]: |
| Obverse [2:8] o 3'3'–o 8'8' | When [I refur]bis[hed] the image(s) of (the god) Aššur, my l[ord, ... (and) carried out to perfe]ction the rites of Ešar[ra], (5´) just like Sargon (II), king [of Assyria], my [fat]her — my father [...]. Its place [...] my [... (the god) Aš]šur |
| Obverse [8:11] o 9'9'–o 11'11' | (No translation possible) |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | The arrangement (of the inscription) that (is) upon the (paving) slabs of alallu-stone in the temple of the god Aššur upon which the king stands (when) he kisses the ground. |
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' | mu-šak-lil ⸢ma-ḫa⸣-[zi-šu₂ mu-ma-ag-gir KUR na-ki-ri] | |
| 2' | mu-ab-bit da-ad₂-⸢me⸣-[šu-un ...] | |
| 3' | e-nu-ma ṣa-lam AN.ŠAR₂ ⸢EN⸣-[ia ... ud]-⸢di-šu⸣ | |
| 4' | pa-ra-aṣ ⸢e₂-šar₂⸣-[ra u₂-šak]-⸢li⸣-lu | |
| 5' | ki LUGAL-GIN ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR aš-šur{ki} a]-⸢bi⸣-ia | |
| 6' | a-bi lu-u [...] | |
| 7' | a-šar-šu₂ [...] x-pi-ia | |
| 8' | ⸢maš⸣ [... AN].ŠAR₂ | |
| 9' | [...] u | |
| 10' | [...] | |
| 11' | [...]-a | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ši⸣-ik-nu ša UGU {⸢na₄⸣}KUN₄.MEŠ | |
| 2' | ša {na₄}a-lal-lum ša E₂ {d}aš-šur | |
| 3' | ša LUGAL ina muḫ-ḫi i-za-zu-ni | |
| 4' | qaq-qu-ru i-na-aš₂-ši-qu-ni | |
Sources & licences
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