Sargon II 017 (Q006498)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006498 |
| 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 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap2 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] 11–88 | O god Ninšiku (Ea), the lord of wisdom who fashions absolutely everything, make your springs open up for Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, the one who constructed your cella. (5) Send forth (water from) his wells (and) provide water in great abundance for his meadowland(s). Determine as his fate wide intelligence (and) broad understanding. Bring his undertaking(s) to completion so that he might attain his desire. |
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 | {d}nin-ši-ku₃ EN ne₂-me-qi₂ pa-ti-qu | |
| 2 | kal gim-ri a-na {m}MAN-GIN MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 3 | GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} MAN KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{ki} | |
| 4 | ba-nu-u ku-me-ka nag-bi-ka šu-up-ta-a | |
| 5 | šu-bi-la kup₃-pi-šu₂ ma-a-mi ḫi-iṣ-bi u ṭuḫ-di | |
| 6 | šum-ki-ra ta-mir-tuš uz-nu DAGAL-tu₂ ḫa-si-su | |
| 7 | pal-ka-a ši-i-mi ši-ma-tuš | |
| 8 | e-piš-tuš šul-li-ma lik-šu-da ni-iz-mat-su |
Sources & licences
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