Sargon II Babylonian 1 (Q006323)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Babylon · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II Babylonian 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006323 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon6 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | For the god Marduk, great lord, compassionate god who dwells in Esagil, lord of Babylon, his lord: |
| Obverse [3:10] 44–1010 | Sargon (II), mighty king, king of Assyria, king of the world, viceroy of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, thought of (re)building the (city) wall Imgur-Enlil. |
| Obverse [10:20] 1111–2020 | He had bricks made and constructed a quay-wall of baked bricks fired in a (ritually) pure kiln, (laid) in (both) refined and crude bitumen, along the bank of the Euphrates River, in deep water. He founded the (city) wall Imgur-Enlil and the (city) wall Nēmetti-Enlil (as secure) upon it as a mountain range. |
| Obverse [20:25] 2121–2525 | May the god Marduk, great lord, look upon this work (with pleasure) and may he bestow a (long) life on Sargon, the prince who provides for him! May his reign be as firm as the foundation of Babylon! |
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 | ana {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-i | |
| 2 | DINGIR reme-ni-i | |
| 3 | a-šib e₂-sag-gil₂ EN TIN.TIR{ki} UMUN-šu₂ | |
| 4 | LUGAL-GIN LUGAL dan-nu | |
| 5 | LUGAL KUR-aš-šur{ki} LUGAL ŠU₂ | |
| 6 | GIR₃.NITA₂ TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 7 | LUGAL KUR-šu-me-ru u URI{ki} | |
| 8 | za-nin e₂-sag-il₂ | |
| 9 | u₃ e₂-zi-da | |
| 10 | ana DU₃-eš BAD₃ im-gur-{d}en-lil₂ | |
| 11 | GEŠTU-šu₂ GAL₂-ma u₂-šal-bi-in-ma | |
| 12 | a-gur-ru ki-ru KU₃-tim | |
| 13 | ina kup-ru u₃ ESIR | |
| 14 | ina GU₂ {id₂}pu-rat-ti | |
| 15 | ina qe₂-reb an-za-nun-ze-e | |
| 16 | KAR ib-ni-ma | |
| 17 | BAD₃ im-gur-{d}50 | |
| 18 | u₃ BAD₃ ne₂-met-{d}50 | |
| 19 | ki-ma ši-pik KUR-i | |
| 20 | u₂-šar-šid ṣe-ru-uš-šu₂ | |
| 21 | šip-ri ša₂-a-šu₂ {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 22 | lip-pa-lis-ma a-na LUGAL-GIN | |
| 23 | NUN za-nin-šu₂ liš-ruk TIN | |
| 24 | ki-ma te-me-en TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 25 | li-ku-nu BALA.MEŠ-šu₂ |
Sources & licences
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