Sennacherib 231 (Q004036)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tikrit · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 231 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004036 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Tikrit |
| Coordinates | 34.5818, 43.6989 |
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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [Palace of Sennacherib, great king], strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, [king of the four quarters (of the world), favorite of the] great [god]s, wise prince, [circumspect] rul[er, shepherd of the peop]le, (and) leader of a widespre[ad] population, [I]: |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [The god Aššur, father of the gods], looked steadfastly upon me [among all of the ru]lers and [made] my [we]apons [greater] than (those of) a[ll who sit on (royal) daises]. He gave me a ju[st] scepter [that widens borders (and) he put in my hand] a merciless [ro]d to fell ene[mies]. |
| Obverse [6:11] o 77–o 1111 | [I]n a pitched battle, I overwhelmed like the Deluge Marduk-apla-iddi[na (II) (Merodach-baladan), the king of] Karduniaš (Babylonia), all of the Chaldeans [and Arameans, together with the troops of the land Elam, his allies. He (Marduk-apla-iddina II) fled alone] to [the Sealand, and (then) he dug up the gods of the (full) extent of his land, together with the b]ones of his fo[re]fathers [from (their) tomb(s), ...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [I had inscribed] on [it all the mighty victories that I achi]eved [over my enemies with the support of the god Aššur, my lord, and I deposited (it) in its foundation(s)] for ever after. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | At any time (in the future), [may one of the kings, my descendants, whom the god Aššur] nam[es for shepherding the land and] people, [renovate its dilapidated section(s) when that ...] becomes old and [dilapidated. May he find] an inscribed object bearing my name, [anoint (it) with oil, make an offering], (and) return (it) [t]o its place. The god Aššur [will (then) hear his] pray[ers]. |
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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| o | ||
| 1 | [E₂.GAL {m}{d}EN.ZU-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-eri-ba LUGAL GAL] LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur{[ki]} | |
| 2 | [LUGAL kib-rat LIMMU₂-tim mi-gir DINGIR].⸢MEŠ⸣ GAL.MEŠ lu-li-mu er-šu₂ ma-al-[ku] | |
| 3 | [pit-qu-du RE.E₂.UM ba-ḫu-la]-a-ti mut-tar-ru-u₂ UN.MEŠ rap-ša₂-⸢a⸣-[ti a-na-ku] | |
| 4 | {[d}aš-šur AD DINGIR.MEŠ i-na kul-lat ma]-li-ki ke-⸢niš⸣ IGI.BAR-ni-ma UGU ⸢gi⸣-[mir] | |
| 5 | [a-šib pa-rak-ki u₂-šar-ba-a {giš]}⸢TUKUL⸣.MEŠ-ia id-di-⸢nam⸣ {giš}GIDRU i-⸢šar⸣-[tu] | |
| 6 | [mu-rap-pi-šat mi-iṣ-ri ši-bir]-⸢ru⸣ la pa-du-u₂ a-na ⸢šum-qut za⸣-[ʾi-ri] | |
| 7 | [u₂-šat-me-eḫ rit-tu-u₂-a i]-⸢na⸣ ta-ḫa-az EDIN {⸢m}{d}AMAR.UTU-IBILA-SUM⸣.[NA] | |
| 8 | [LUGAL {kur]}⸢kar₂-{d}dun-ia₂-aš₃⸣ na-⸢gab⸣ {lu₂}kal-du [u₃] | |
| 9 | {[lu₂}a-ra-me a-di ERIM.ḪI.A ELAM.MA{ki} re-ṣi-šu₂] ⸢a-bu⸣-biš as-pu-un šu-u₂ a-⸢na⸣ [KUR] | |
| 10 | [tam-tim e-diš ip-par-šid-ma DINGIR.MEŠ ma-rak KUR-šu₂ it-ti GIR₃].⸢PAD.DU⸣.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢maḫ⸣-[ru-ti] | |
| 11 | [ul-tu qe₂-reb KI.MAḪ iḫ-pi-ir-ma ...] [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [UGU na-ki-re-e-a aš₂-tak]-ka-nu ⸢ṣe-ru⸣-[uš-šu₂ u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ṭir-ma] | |
| 2' | [i-na uš-ši-šu e-zib] ⸢aḫ⸣-ra-taš ma-te-ma [i-na LUGAL.MEŠ DUMU.MEŠ-ia] | |
| 3' | [ša {d}aš-šur a-na RE.E₂.UM-ut KUR u₃] ⸢UN⸣.MEŠ i-nam-bu-u₂ [zi-kir-šu₂] | |
| 4' | [e-nu-ma x (x) ša₂-a-tu] i-lab-bi-ru-ma [en-na-ḫu] | |
| 5' | [an-ḫu-us-su lu-ud-diš] MU.SAR-e ši-ṭir šu-me-⸢ia⸣ [li-mur-ma] | |
| 6' | [I₃.GIŠ lip-šu-uš {udu}SISKUR₂ liq-qi₂ a]-⸢na⸣ aš₂-ri-šu₂ lu-ter {d}aš-šur ik-⸢ri⸣-[bi-šu₂ i-šem-me] | |
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