Sennacherib 212 (Q004017)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 212 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004017 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| Coordinates | 36.0992, 43.3275 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap3 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] 11–55 | The Seal of Destinies [by which] (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, seals (the destinies of) the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, the heavens, the netherworld, and man[kind]. |
| Obverse [5:10] 66–1010 | Whatever he seals cannot be changed. Whoever (tries to) change (what he seals), may (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, (and) the goddess Mullissu, together with their children, kill him with their mighty weapons. |
| Obverse [10:12] 1111–1212 | I am Sennacherib, king of [As]syria, the ruler who reveres you. |
| Obverse [12:16] 1313–1616 | Whoever erases (my) [inscr]ibed name (or) alters this Seal of Destinies belonging to you, erase his name (and) his seed from the land. |
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 | {na₄}KIŠIB NAM.MEŠ | |
| 2 | [ša₂] AN.ŠAR₂ MAN DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 3 | {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ {d}a-nun-na-ki | |
| 4 | AN-e KI-tim u LU₂-[tim] | |
| 5 | ina lib₃-bi i-kan-na-ku | |
| 6 | mim-mu-u i-kan-na-ku-u₂ | |
| 7 | la in-ni ša₂ in-nu-u | |
| 8 | AN.ŠAR₂ MAN DINGIR.MEŠ {d}NIN.LIL₂ | |
| 9 | a-di DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ina {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 10 | dan-nu-⸢tu⸣ li-ne₂-ru-šu₂ | |
| 11 | a-na-ku {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU | |
| 12 | MAN KUR [aš]-⸢šur⸣{ki} NUN pa-liḫ-ka | |
| 13 | ša₂ MU [šaṭ]-ru i-pa-aš₂-ši-ṭu | |
| 14 | {na₄}KIŠIB NAM.MEŠ-ka an-nu-u | |
| 15 | u₂-nak-ka-ru MU-šu₂ | |
| 16 | NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR pi-šiṭ |
Sources & licences
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