Sennacherib 164 (Q003969)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 164 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003969 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap3 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] 11–66 | [At] that time, the private room ... of the palace of Baltil (Aššur), the seat of the kings, my ancestors, from distant days, of Tiglath-pileser (I), son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I), king of Assyria, became dilapidated. Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, renovated its dilapidated section(s). That private room ... (and) its construction was inexpert (and thus) I tore down that cella. |
| Obverse [6:11] 77–1111 | I had a large private room constructed anew to be my lordly seat [(and)] through the craft of well-trained master builders I built (and) completed (it) from its foundations to its battlements. I roofed it with magnificent beams of cedar grown on Mount Amanus. I fastened (metal bands) on facing doors of white cedar [and] I installed (them) in its gate. |
| Obverse [11:14] 1212–1414 | I invited inside it (the god) Aššur, the great lord, (and) the gods and god[desses] living in Baltil (Aššur), (and then) I made splend[id] offerings before them (of) enormous wild bul[ls] (and) fattened sheep. |
| Obverse [14:17] 1515–1717 | By the exalted command of the god [Aš]šur, the great lord, the father of the gods, the one who decrees fates, inside the palace ... may I attain [ol]d age, which without ...., (and) be sated with happi[ness]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [ina] u₄-me-⸢šu₂⸣-ma kum₂-⸢mu⸣ x [x] ⸢E₂.GAL {uru}bal⸣-til{⸢ki} šu⸣-bat ⸢LUGAL.MEŠ⸣ | |
| 2 | ⸢AD⸣.MEŠ-ia ⸢ša ul-tu u₄-me ṣa⸣-a-te ša₂ {m}⸢tukul-ti⸣-A-e₂-šar₂-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}aš-šur-SAG-i-ši MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} e-⸢na⸣-aḫ-[(ma)] | |
| 4 | {m}aš-šur-PAP-IBILA MAN KUR aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} DUMU {m}tukul-ti-{⸢d⸣}MAŠ MAN KUR aš-⸢šur{ki⸣} | |
| 5 | an-ḫu-⸢sa ud⸣-diš kum₂-mu ša₂-a-⸢tu a⸣-na x x x x x x | |
| 6 | ul nu-uk-ku-lat e-piš-tuš ki-iṣ-⸢ṣu ša₂-a⸣-tu₂ aq-⸢qur⸣-[(ma)] | |
| 7 | ⸢kum₂⸣-mu ra-ba-a a-na šu-bat be-lu-ti-ia eš-šiš u₂-⸢še-piš⸣-[(ma)] | |
| 8 | ina ši-pir {lu₂}ŠITIM.GAL-le-e en-qu-ti ul-tu₂ ⸢uš-ši⸣-šu₂ | |
| 9 | ⸢a⸣-di na-bur-ri-šu₂ ar-ṣip u₂-šak-⸢lil₂⸣ gu-⸢šur.MEŠ ere⸣-ni | |
| 10 | ⸢ṣi⸣-ru-ti ⸢tar-bit⸣ {kur}ḫa-ma-nim u₂-šat-ri-ṣa ta-ra-an-šu₂ | |
| 11 | {giš}IG.MEŠ li-ia-a-ri ⸢šu-ta⸣-ḫa-te ⸢u₂-ra-kis⸣-[ma] | |
| 12 | u₂-rat-ta-a KA₂-šu₂ aš-šur EN GAL-u₂ DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢u₃⸣ {[d]}⸢IŠ⸣.[TAR.MEŠ] | |
| 13 | a-ši-bu-ut bal-til{ki} ina qer-bi-šu₂ aq-re ri-⸢i⸣-[me] | |
| 14 | bit-ru-te šu-ʾe-e ma-ru-ti {udu}⸢SISKUR⸣.MEŠ taš-ri-⸢iḫ⸣-[te] | |
| 15 | ⸢ma⸣-ḫar-šu₂-nu aq-qi₂ ina qi₂-bi-ti ṣir-te ⸢ša {d⸣}[aš]-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 16 | ⸢EN⸣ GAL-e a-bu DINGIR.MEŠ mu-⸢šim⸣ ši-ma-te qe₂-reb E₂.⸢GAL⸣ x x [(x)] | |
| 17 | [lit]-⸢tu⸣-tu lu-ul-⸢lik ša₂⸣ la x [x] x ⸢lu⸣-uš-ba-a ⸢bu-ʾa⸣-[(a)-ri] |
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