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Sennacherib 182 (Q003987)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSennacherib 182
IDQ003987
CollectionVorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotQalat Sherqat (Assur)
Coordinates35.4581, 43.2620

English translation

By ORACC project rinap/scores · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:7] 11–77I, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, the one who fashioned image(s) of [(the god) Aššur] and the great gods, built this house [for] my second son Aššur-ilī-muballissu, who was created for the service of (the god) Aššur, and I laid its foundation(s) with limestone, stone from the mountains.

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1ana-ku {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-⸢SU⸣
2MAN KUR aš-šur DU₃-iš₃ ṣa-⸢lam⸣ [AN.ŠAR₂]
3u DINGIR.ME GAL.ME E₂ an-nu-u [a-na]
4{m}AN.ŠAR₂-DINGIR.MU-TI.LA.BI DUMU-ia
5tar-den-nu ša₂ ina GIR₃.II AN.ŠAR₂ ib-ba-nu-u
6DU₃-ma ina pi-i-li
7NA₄ KUR-i UŠ₈-šu₂ ad-di

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