Sennacherib 209 (Q004014)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 209 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004014 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [...] of gold, two bull-shaped [son-of-Šamaš figures of ...] I opened [a n]ew [gate ... towards the east], and [named it “The Royal] Gate.” |
| Obverse [2:10] o 3'3'–o 10'10' | [...] I built (anew) [the ga]te (of) ... and [widened ...] that [gate of the ce]lla had become dilap[idated and ...] of gold, a bull-shaped son-of-Šamaš figure of gold, a scorpion-m[an figure of ..., ...] I widened [the gate of the c]ella and [I named it] “The Gate of the Path of the En[lil-Stars.”] Four bull-shaped son-of-Šamaš figures of reddish bronze ra[ise] up in their hands a sun disk (and) [hold up the roof] above, (while) below, their feet are firmly planted in place on two bronze daises, (one) of a [bronze] fish man [(and one) of a bronze carp man]. On the right and left of the gate, [...] two nāʾeru-figures of silver, two storm demon figures of silver, [...]. |
| Obverse [10:15] o 11'11'–o 15'15' | I built anew its courtyard and [...] with silver slabs. I paved [(...)] for the processional way of (the god) Aššur, my lord. [I named it] “The Courtyard of [the Row of Pedestals for the Igīgū gods.”] Inside that courtyard, [...] a portab[le] bronze brazier [...] At the lighting of the fire before (the god) Aššur, my lord, [...]. For the (ritual) bath of (the god) Aššur, I [...]. |
| Obverse [15:22] o 16'16'– | [I gave] the gate that faces the rising sun, towards [the river, the name “The Gate of the Firmament.” I gave] its entrance gate to the cou[rtyard the name “Th]e Entran[ce of the Igīgū gods.” I gave] the gate that fac[es south the name “The Kamsū-Igīgū Gate.” I gave its] entran[ce] gate [to the courtyard the name “The Gate of the Abundance of the Land.” I gave] the gate that fa[ces north the name “The Gate of the Wagon Star.” I gave its] entrance gate [to the courtyard the name “The Gate of the Dais of Destinies.”] |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | Its images [...] in the gates [...] the gate [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢KU₃.GI⸣ 2 ⸢GU₄⸣ [DUMU {d}UTU ...] | |
| 2' | [me₂-eḫ-ret {im}KUR.RA KA₂ eš]-⸢šiš⸣ ap-te₉-e-ma ⸢KA₂⸣ [LUGAL-ti MU-šu₂ am-bi] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢KA₂⸣ x x e-pu-uš-ma ⸢u₂⸣-[rap-piš ...] | |
| 4' | [KA₂ pa]-⸢pa-ḫu⸣ šu-⸢a⸣-tu e-⸢na⸣-[aḫ-ma ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢KU₃⸣.GI GU₄ ⸢DUMU {d}UTU KU₃.GI⸣ GIR₂.TAB.LU₂.⸢U₁₈⸣.[LU ...] | |
| 6' | [KA₂ pa]-pa-ḫu u₂-rap-piš-ma KA₂ KASKAL šu-ut {d}EN.[LIL₂ az-za-kar MU-šu₂] | |
| 7' | 4 GU₄ DUMU {d}UTU ZABAR ḪUŠ.A ⸢e⸣-liš ŠU.II.MEŠ-šu₂-nu {d}UTU-ši ⸢na⸣-[šu-u₂ u₂-kal-lu ṣu-lu-lu] | |
| 8' | šap-liš GIR₃-šu₂-nu ina UGU 2 BARA₂.MEŠ ZABAR ša₂ KU₆.LU₂.U₁₈.LU [ZABAR ša₂ SUḪUR.MAŠ₂{ku₆} ZABAR] | |
| 9' | šur-šu-du gis-gal-la ZAG u GUB₃ ša KA₂ [...] | |
| 10' | 2 na-ʾi-i-ri KU₃.BABBAR 2 U₄.GAL-li KU₃.BABBAR [...] | |
| 11' | KISAL-šu₂ eš-šiš ab-ni-ma as-kup-pat KU₃.BABBAR x [...] | |
| 12' | a-na tal-lak-ti AN.ŠAR₂ EN-ia ak-si-ir KISAL [si-dir man-za-az {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ MU-šu₂ am-bi] | |
| 13' | i-na MURUB₄ KISAL ša₂-a-šu₂ KI.NE ZABAR mut-tal-⸢li⸣-[ka ...] | |
| 14' | a-na na-pa-aḫ {d}GIŠ.BAR ma-ḫar AN.⸢ŠAR₂⸣ EN-ia u₂-[...] | |
| 15' | ša₂ rim-⸢ki⸣ AN.ŠAR₂ at-ta-[...] | |
| 16' | KA₂ ša a-na ṣi-it {⸢d}UTU⸣-[ši] a-na UGU [ID₂ KA₂ bu-ru-mu az-za-kar ni-bit-su] | |
| 17' | KA₂ ne₂-re-bi-šu₂ a-na ⸢KISAL ne₂-reb⸣ {[d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ MU-šu₂ az-kur] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | KA₂ ša a-⸢na⸣ {[im}U₁₈.LU KA₂ kan-su {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ MU-šu₂ am-bi] | |
| 2 | KA₂ ne₂-re-[bi-šu₂ a-na KISAL KA₂ ḫi-ṣib KUR MU-šu₂ az-kur] | |
| 3 | KA₂ ša a-na {[im}SI.SA₂ KA₂ {mul}MAR.GID₂.DA MU-šu₂ am-bi] | |
| 4 | KA₂ ne₂-re-bi-[šu₂ a-na KISAL KA₂ BARA₂ NAM.MEŠ MU-šu₂ az-kur] | |
| 5 | ṣa-al-me-šu [...] | |
| 6 | ina KA₂.⸢MEŠ⸣ x [...] | |
| 7 | ⸢KA₂⸣ [...] | |
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