Sennacherib 193 (Q003998)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 193 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003998 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | [For (the god) Aššur, king of the god]s, the father who engendered the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, [...], the one who decrees fates, lord of the lands, ..., [who resides in Eḫursaggalkurk]urra, which is inside Ešarra, the great lord, his lord: |
| Obverse [3:7] 44–77 | [Sennacherib], great [king], strong king, king of the world king of Assyria, ..., [..., the one who fashioned] image(s) of the deities Aššur, Šerūa, ..., [...], Ištar of Bīt-Kidmuri, Bēlet-ilī, [Kaka], Ḫaya, Kusu, Lumḫa, Dunga, Egal[kiba], and the (other) great gods: |
| Obverse [7:15] 88–1515 | For his life, the lengthening of his days, the securing of his reign, (and) the well-being of [his offspring], ... for [ete]rnity ... [...] (10) ... bronze ... [...] ... dais he cast <through the crafts>manship of the god Ninagal and [...]. ... temple of the god Dagān [...] ... the Dais of Destinies, the path of (the god) Aššur, [...] lord, [...] ... [...] ... [...]. |
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 | [ana AN.ŠAR₂ MAN DINGIR].MEŠ AD ba-nu-u {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ u {d}GEŠ₂.U | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢mu⸣-šim NAM.⸢MEŠ⸣ EN KUR.KUR x x x | |
| 3 | [a-šib e₂-ḫur-sag-gal-kur]-⸢kur⸣-ra ša₂ qe₂-reb ⸢e₂-šar₂-ra⸣ EN GAL EN-šu₂ | |
| 4 | {[m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN] ⸢GAL⸣ MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur x x x x x x | |
| 5 | [... DU₃-iš₃] ṣa-lam AN.ŠAR₂ {d}še-ru-⸢u-a⸣ x x x | |
| 6 | [...] {d}15 ša E₂-kid-mu-ri DINGIR.MAḪ {d}[ka₃-ka₃] | |
| 7 | {[d]}⸢ḫa⸣-ia₃ {d}ku₃-su₃ {d}lumḫa {d}dunga₂ {d}e₂-gal-[ki-ba] | |
| 8 | u DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ana TI-šu₂ ⸢GID₂⸣ UD.ME-šu₂ GIN BALA-šu₂ SILIM [NUMUN-šu₂] | |
| 9 | x x x te-ret-ti ana [UD.ME] ṣa-a-ti x x [x x] | |
| 10 | x x ZABAR x x [...] x x x [x (x)]-ti | |
| 11 | x BARA₂ <ina ši>-pir {d}nin-a₂-gal ip-tiq-ma x [...] | |
| 12 | x [x x] x x x E₂ {d}da-gan-ni [...] | |
| 13 | x x x x x BARA₂ NAM.MEŠ ma-lak AN.ŠAR₂ EN [...] | |
| 14 | [(x)] x x x rit-ti [...] | |
| 15 | [...] [...] |
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