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Sargon II 006 (Q006487)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006487 |
| Collection | unlocated |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) |
| Coordinates | 36.5100, 43.2283 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-H2, 2026-10-18), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | x na-as-qu-te UGU ID₂.MEŠ-šu₂ TI₈{MUŠEN}-niš u₂-šap-riš-ma iš-ku-nu tah-ta-a-šu₂ ša₂-a-šu a-di ki-ṣir LUGAL-ti-šu₂ ni-i-tu₂ al-me-šu-ma ki-ma as-li | [I had a ... našqūtu-flood] on his rivers (and) eagles sent to him, and he (the god Marduk) sent (him) to you. I counted him as king until the end of his reign, and (then) I went down like a mountain. |
| 2' | i-na pa-na GIR₃.II-šu u₂-nap-pi-ṣa {LU₂}qu-ra-di-šu ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ṣi-mit-ti ni-ri-šu i-na uṣ-ṣi u₂-šaq-qir u₃ ša₂-a-šu₂ i-na zi-qit mul-mul-li rit-ta-šu₂ ap-ṭur-ma | In front of his feet, I cut off his royal bodyguards (and) his noble horses with a knife. Further, I opened his hand in the opening of the mulmullu-vessel and |
| 3' | ki-ma šik-ke-e hal-la-la-niš KA₂.GAL URU-šu e-ru-ub {LU₂}pu-qud-da-a-a ki-tar-šu₂ {LU₂}mar-ša₂-na-a-a a-di {LU₂}su-te-e ša it-ti-šu₂ i-na pa-an KA₂.GAL u₂-nak-kis | The Puquddeans entered his city gate like a half-pipe. The Maršaneans, together with the Sutians, who were with him, cut off his access to the city gate. |
| 4' | i-mat mu-ti as-lu-ha UN.MEŠ-šu kul₂-tar LUGAL-ti-šu {GIŠ}ša₂ GIŠ.MI KU₃.GI LUGAL-ti-šu₂ {GIŠ}GIDRU KU₃.GI {GIŠ}NA₂ KU₃.GI {GIŠ}ne₂-med-du KU₃.GI u₂-de-e KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR | (As for) the one who removes my inscription, removes his people, (and) destroys his royal inscription with a gold throne, a golden bed, ‘gold scepter’, gold nēmeddu-wood, gold, gold nails, silver, |
| 5' | GIŠ KUR gan-ga-ni-šu til-li u₂-nu-ut ME₃ e-kim-šu kul-lat UN.MEŠ-šu₂ a-ši-bu-ut da-ad₂-me si-hir-ti KUR-šu₂ ša TA pa-an {GIŠ}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia u₂-še-x | (As for) the wood of the land of Ganganīšu, the tilli (and) the weapons that had become old, I ... the entirety of his people, the dwellings of the scattered settlements of his land, which I had ... from my weapons. |
| 6' | u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bi-ta pa-ši-ru a-di su-gul-lat GU₄.MEŠ ANŠE.GAM.MAL.MEŠ ANŠE.MEŠ ṣe-e-ni ša x | [I s]et (them) open, together with the herds of oxen, camels, [horses, and sheep and goats ...] |
| 7' | šu-a-tu um-ma-nat {d}aš-šur gap-ša₂-a-ti 3 u₄-me mu-ši-tu šal-lat la ni-bi iš-lul-lam-ma x | That one, the daughter-in-law of the god Aššar, cried out a lament for three days, a supplication without equal, and ... |
| 8' | 90 LIM 5 ME 80 UN.MEŠ 2 LIM 80 ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ 7 ME ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ 6 LIM 54 ANŠE.A.AB.BA.MEŠ x++40 UDU.NITA₂.MEŠ | 980 people, 280 horses, 700 mules, 654 seahs, [x+]40 sheep, |
| 9' | ša um-ma-ni iš-lu-la ina qe₂-reb uš-man-ni-ia am-hur aš₂-šu la a-ṣe-e URU-šu u la na-par-ka-a x i-ta-at URU-šu₂ ak-ṣur-ma GIM ŠAH er-re-ti | (As for) the one who carried off the army, I received (it) in the midst of my army. Because I did not see his city and did not send (him) to me, I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered his city like a wild bull. |
| 10' | ina qe₂-reb URU-šu šup-šu-qiš e-si-ir-šu {GIŠ}KIRI₆.MEŠ-šu₂ ak-šiṭ {GIŠ}GIŠIMMAR.MEŠ-šu₂ ak-kis a-na A.MEŠ dan-nu-ti ša ha-ri-ṣi URU-šu₂ x | [In]side his city, I surrounded (and) [demolished] its orchards. I cut down its meadows, [...ed (them) for] the strong [waters] of the haruspex of his city. |
| 11' | GAL-ti a-ram-mu UGU-šu ak-bu-us-ma UGU BAD₃-šu u₂-šaq-qi u₃ šu-u₂ hat-tu₂ ra-ma-ni-šu₂ im-qut-su-ma x | (As for) the great one, my lord, I imposed upon him a heavy punishment and imposed (it) upon his city wall. Further, he fell upon him with a terrible curse and . |
| 12' | iš-hu-ut-ma {GIŠ}GIDRU {GIŠ}GU.ZA id-di-ma ina pa-an {LU₂}A KIN-ia u₂-na-šiq₂ qaq-qa-ru BAD₃.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ u₃ ker-he-e-šu₂ a-na na-pa-li x | He fashioned a scepter (and) a chair and brought (them) into the presence of my messenger. The area of the great fortified walls and its moat to the quay |
| 13' | aq-bi-šu-ma im-gu-ra qi₂-bi-ti re-e-ma ar-ši-šu-ma KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR NA₄.MEŠ ni-siq-ti KUŠ AM.SI x | I spoke to him and he accepted my prayer. I approached him and gold, silver, precious stones, ivory, . |
| 14' | ša₂ ul-tu₂ u₄-me pa-ni is-ki-lu a-li-kut mah-ri AD.MEŠ-šu 1 LIM ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ 8 ME ANŠE x x | [who] since [the days of the past had e]ntired [his] ancestors, 1,000 horses, 800 h[orses ...] |
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