Unidentified Suhu 1012 (Q006238)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Persepolis · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Unidentified Suhu 1012 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006238 |
| Museum no. | A 23364 |
| Collection | Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Persepolis |
| Coordinates | 29.9353, 52.8894 |
English translation
By ORACC project suhu · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | [...] its/his [...] and its/his ... I appropriated from the temple of the god ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | [...] I laid [before] the statue of the goddess Ištar, and the Lady [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | [...] the land of Sūḫu I named. That scepter in the town Ḫazī [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | [...] ... with regard to that scepter, its ... and its base were loose [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | [...] ..., the governor, and Abdi-ili [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | [... became af]raid and gave their daughters and tribute [to me ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | [...] afflicted with a serious [di]sease. ... Anyone in the future who [...] that scepter upon [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | [... car]ries and gives (it) to a mighty king, ... may he name [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | [... (But with regard to anyone) who] erases [my name] and inscribes his own name, the god Šamaš, the god [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | [...] may they look upon him [angrily] and tear out his foundation! His seed [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | [... the mention of] his name and one who would libate water for him may they make disappear from the land of Sūḫu! [(...)]. |
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 | [...] x MEŠ-šu₂ u x x-⸢šu₂⸣ TA E₂ {d}x ⸢u₂-na-kir⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢ALAM⸣ ša₂ {d}15 NA₂-ma {⸢d⸣}GAŠAN [...] | |
| 3 | [...] {kur}su-hi MU {giš}NIG₂.GIDRU UR₅-tu₂ ina {uru}ha-zi-i [...] | |
| 4 | [...]-šu₂ {giš}NIG₂.GIDRU UR₅-tu₂ GIŠ.ŠU x-su u BAD₄-su ra-ma-a x [...] | |
| 5 | [...] x x x {m}x-x-su {lu₂}GAR.UŠ₄ u {m}ab-di-DINGIR [...] | |
| 6 | [... ip]-la-hu-ma DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šu₂-nu u₃ man-da-at-tu₂ ⸢SUM⸣.MEŠ (x) [...] | |
| 7 | [... si]-⸢im⸣-mu ⸢GAL⸣ SA₅ man-nu ar-ku-u₂ ša₂ {giš}NIG₂.GIDRU UR₅-tu₂ ina UGU [...] | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢IL₂⸣-ma ana LUGAL KALA.GA SUM-nu TI.SI liz-ku-ur ⸢MU⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | [... ša₂ šu-mi₃] ⸢u₂-pa-aš⸣-ši-ṭu-ma MU-šu₂ SAR {d}UTU {⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 10 | [... ez-zi-iš] lik-kil-mu-šu₂-ma SUHUŠ-su ZI-hu NUMUN-šu₂ [...] | |
| 11 | [... zi-kir] MU-šu₂ u naq A.MEŠ-šu₂ ina {kur}su-hi ZAH₂.⸢MEŠ⸣ [(...)] |
Sources & licences
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