Sargon II 018 (Q006499)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006499 |
| 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 [0:9] 11–99 | O god Sîn, the holy god, who renders decisions (and) reveals (ominous) signs, with regard to 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, duly look at him with your steadfast heart and (5) direct your just countenance upon him. Grant him a long life (lit.: “distant days”) of physical well-being. Determine as his fate years of happiness. Make his reign last as long as heaven and netherworld. Establish his throne firmly over the four quarters (of the world). |
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}EN.ZU DINGIR KU₃ KUD-is EŠ.BAR mu-šak-lim | |
| 2 | ṣa-ad-di a-na {m}MAN-GIN MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ | |
| 3 | KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} MAN KUR EME.GI₇ u₃ URI{ki} ba-nu-u₂ | |
| 4 | ku-me-ka ina ku-un lib₃-bi-ka ki-niš IGI.BAR-su-ma | |
| 5 | bu-un-ni-ka ša₂ me-ša₂-ri šu-ut-ri-ṣa e-li-šu₂ | |
| 6 | šu-ut-lim-šu₂ UD.MEŠ DUG₃.GA UZU.MEŠ ru-qu-ti | |
| 7 | MU.AN.NA.MEŠ ḫu-ud lib₃-bi ši-i-me ši-ma-tuš | |
| 8 | it-ti AN-e u KI-tim šu-ri-ik BALA-šu₂ | |
| 9 | UGU kib-rat LIMMU₂-i ki-in {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂ |
Sources & licences
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