Sennacherib 214 (Q004019)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tell Sherif Khan (Tarbisu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 214 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004019 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Tell Sherif Khan (Tarbisu) |
| Coordinates | 36.4088, 43.0773 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap3 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:2] 11–22 | For the god Nergal, his lord: I, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, built Egallammes, which is in the city Tarbiṣu, from its foundations to its crenellations for my life, the well-being of my offspring, the overthrow of my enemies, the success of the harvest of Assyria, (and) the well-being of Assyria. [I deposited] (my) clay cones (therein). |
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) |
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| 1 | ⸢a-na⸣ {d}U.GUR EN-šu₂ {m}{d}EN.ZU-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-eri-ba MAN ⸢KUR aš-šur{ki} e₂-gal-lam-mes ša₂ qe₂-reb⸣ {uru}tar-bi-ṣi TA UŠ₈-šu₂ a-di ⸢gaba-dib-bi-šu₂⸣ | |
| 2 | ⸢a-na⸣ TI.LA-ia ša₂-lam NUMUN-ia sa₂-kap {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-ia ⸢SI.SA₂ BURU₁₄ ša₂ KUR aš-šur{ki} ša₂-lam⸣ KUR aš-šur{ki} DU₃-uš si₂-ka₄-a-⸢te⸣ [aš₂-kun] |
Sources & licences
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