Sennacherib 1015 (Q004071)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sennacherib 1015 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004071 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap3 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] o 1'1'–o 7'7' | [... the god Aššur, my lord, encouraged] me and [I marched] to the land Ju[dah. In] the course of my campaign, [I received] a payment from the kin[gs of ... With the str]ength of (the god) Aššur, my lord, [I ...] the district [of ...-Y]aū (Hezekiah) of the land Judah like [... (5´) ...] the city Azaqâ, a place upon which he relied, which (is situated) between my ... and the land Judah, [...] is situated upon a mountain peak. Like the blade(s) of daggers, without number, they rise up high into the heavens [...] were well fortified and rival high mountains. Looking upon (them), like [...] from the heavens [...] |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | [... by having r]amps [trodden down], mighty battering rams brought up, and the assault of foot soldiers, [my] wa[rriors ... When] they saw the [...] of my [ho]rses and heard the clangor of the vast troops of (the god) Aššur, th[ey] became frightened [... I surround]ed, conquered, plundered, destroyed, devastated, (and) [burned with fire]. |
| Obverse [10:16] o 11'11'–o 16'16' | [...] a royal city of the land Philistia that ...-Yaū (Hezekiah) had taken away (and) fortified, and (then) [...] ... like a bush [...] it was surrounded by tall towers and was exceedingly difficult [...] the palace was secured before them like a mountain and rose [...] was dark, the sun did not illuminate it. Its waters were forever in darkness and its outflow [...] its [mo]uth had been hacked out with axes, the moat adjacent to it was deep, and ... [...]. |
| Obverse [16:21] o 17'17'–o 21'21' | [...] he had [his] battle-seasoned [troops] garrisoned inside it. He girt his weapons in orde[r to ...]. I made all the troops of the land Amurru carry earth and [...] against them. On the seventh try, ... its great walls [I smashed] like a [like] a [potter’s] vessel. [...] I b[rought] out of it [... oxen, and shee]p and goats, [and I counted (them) as] boo[ty. ...] ... [...] |
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' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ŠID [...] | |
| 3' | [... {d}aš-šur be-li₂ u₂-tak-kil]-⸢an⸣-ni-ma a-na {kur}ia-[u-di lu al-lik ina] me-ti-iq KASKAL.II-ia man-da-at-tu ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣.[MEŠ ... am-ḫur (...)] | |
| 4' | [... ina da]-⸢na⸣-ni ša₂ AN.ŠAR₂ EN-ia na-gu-u [ša₂ {m}x-x]-⸢ia⸣-a-u {kur}ia-u-da-a-a GIM x [...] | |
| 5' | [...]-x {uru}a-za-qa-a E₂ tuk-la-te-šu₂ ša₂ ina ⸢bi-rit⸣ [(x)]-x-ri-ia u {kur}ia-u-di x [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ṣe-er ŠU.SI KUR-e ša₂-kin GIM zi-qip GIR₂.AN.⸢BAR.MEŠ⸣ la ni-bi ana AN-e ša₂-qu-u SUR [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢dun⸣-nu-nu-ma šit-nu-nu KUR-e zaq-ru-ti a-na ni-[ṭil] IGI.II.MEŠ ki-i ša₂ ul-tu AN-e [...] | |
| 8' | [... ina šuk-bu-us a]-⸢ra⸣-am-me qur-ru-bu šu-pe-e da-an-nu-tu₂ u [i]-⸢na⸣ mit-ḫu-uṣ zu-ki GIR₃.II ⸢qu⸣-[ra-di-ia x x (x)] | |
| 9' | [... ANŠE].⸢KUR⸣.RA.MEŠ-ia e-mu-ru-ma ri-gim um-ma-nat ⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂ gap-ša₂-te iš-mu-ma ip-laḫ₃ ⸢lib₃⸣-[ba-šu₂-un x x (x)] | |
| 10' | [... al]-⸢me⸣ KUR-ud aš₂-lu-la šal-lat-su ap-pul aq-qur [ina {d}GIŠ.BAR aq-mu] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢URU LUGAL-ti⸣ ša {kur}pi-liš-ta-a-⸢a ša₂ {m⸣}x-x-[x]-⸢ia⸣-a-u e-ki-mu u₂-dan-ni-nu-šu₂-ma [...] | |
| 12' | [...] x x x x x x x x GIM {giš}gap-ni [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢di-ma⸣-a-ti GAL.MEŠ šu-tas-ḫu-ur-⸢ma⸣ šum-ru-ṣa-at [...] | |
| 14' | [...] x E₂.GAL GIM KUR-e pa-nu-uš-šu₂-⸢un⸣ ed-let-ma ša₂-qa-at [...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢e⸣-kel la na-pi-iḫ-šu₂ {d}UTU-šu₂ A.MEŠ-šu₂ ina e-⸢ṭu⸣-ti šit-ku-nu-ma mu-ṣa-šu₂ [...] | |
| 16' | [... pi]-i-ša₂ ina qul-mi₃-i na-kis ḫa-ri-ṣu i-te-⸢ša₂⸣ ša₂-pil-ma ka-x [...] | |
| 17' | [...] ⸢le⸣-ʾu-u-te ME₃ u₂-še-rib qe₂-reb-šu₂ {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-ra-kis a-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢um⸣-ma-na-at KUR MAR.TU{ki} DU₃-šu₂-un ⸢SAḪAR.ḪI⸣.A u₂-ša₂-az-bil₂-šu-nu-ti-ma [...] | |
| 19' | [...] x ṣe-ru-uš-šu₂-un ina 7-šu x [x] ⸢du-ri⸣-šu₂ GAL.MEŠ GIM kar-⸢pat⸣ [pa-ḫa-ri] | |
| 20' | [u₂-par-ri-ir ... GU₄.MEŠ u ṣe]-⸢e⸣-ni ul-tu₂ qer-bi-šu₂ ⸢u₂⸣-[še-ṣa-am-ma] ⸢šal-la⸣-[tiš am-nu] | |
| 21' | [...] x x x x (x) x x x x [...] | |
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