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Sargon II 010 (Q006491)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSargon II 010
IDQ006491
Collectionunlocated
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotKhorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin)
Coordinates36.5100, 43.2283

English translation

By ORACC project rinap/scores · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:4] 11–44Palace of Sargon (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad;
Obverse [4:23] 55–2323the king who with the support of the gods Aššur, Nabû, (and) Marduk ruled all together from the land Yadnana (Cyprus), which is in the middle of the sea, as far as the border(s) of Egypt (and) the land Musku, the wide land Amurru, the land Ḫatti (Syria) in its entirety, (10) all of (the land) Gutium, the distant Medes (who live) on the border of Mount Bikni, the lands Ellipi (and) Rāši on the border of the land Elam, all the Arameans who live beside the Tigris, Surappu, (and) Uqnû Rivers, all the Sutians, the people of the steppe (15) of the land Yadburu, as many as there are, from the city Tīl-Ḫumba which is on the border of Elam, the land Karduniaš (Babylonia) from one end to the other (lit.: “above and below”), all of Chaldea, (and) the land Bīt-Yakīn, which is on the shore of the sea, as far as the border of Dilmun; (20) (who) set eunuchs of his as provincial governors over them, and imposed the yoke of his lordship upon them.

Transliteration (ATF)

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LineATFMachine English (draft)
1E₂.GAL {m}LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL GAL-u
2LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL kiš-ša₂-tim
3LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki}
4LUGAL KUR šu-me-ri u₃ URI{ki}
5LUGAL ša i-na tu-kul-ti
6{d}aš-šur {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU
7iš-tu {kur}ia-ad-na-na ša₂ MURUB₄ tam-tim
8a-di pa-aṭ {kur}mu-ṣu-ri {kur}mu-uš-ki
9KUR MAR.TU{ki} DAGAL-tim {kur}ḫat-ti ana si-ḫir-ti-ša₂
10nap-ḫar gu-ti-um{ki} {kur}ma-da-a-a ru-qu-te
11ša₂ pa-aṭ {kur}bi-ik-ni {kur}el-li-pi₂ {kur}ra-a-še
12ša₂ pa-aṭ {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} na-gab {lu₂}a-ri-me
13a-šib a-ḫi {id₂}IDIGNA {id₂}su-rap-pi
14{id₂}uq-ne₂-e gi-mir {lu₂}su-te-e ṣa-ab EDIN
15ša₂ {kur}ia-ad-bu-ri mal ⸢ba⸣-šu-u ul-tu₂
16{uru}DU₆-{d}ḫum-ba ša₂ mi-ṣir ELAM.MA{ki}
17{kur}kar₂-dun-ia₂-aš₂ e-liš u₃ šap-liš
18gi-mir {kur}kal-di {kur}E₂-{m}ia-kin₇ ša₂ GU₂
19{id₂}mar-ra-te a-di pa-aṭ NI.TUK{ki}
20mit-ḫa-riš i-be-lu-ma {lu₂}šu-ut SAG.MEŠ-šu₂
21a-na {lu₂}EN.NAM-u₂-ti {lu₂}EN.NAM-u₂-ti UGU-šu₂-nu
22iš-tak-ka-nu-u₂-ma ni-ir
23be-lu-ti-šu e-mid-su-nu-ti

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