Sargon II 020 (Q006501)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006501 |
| 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 [0:7] 11–77 | O most honored of ladies, exalted goddess Ningal, 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, intercede for him in the presence of the god Sîn, your beloved husband. (5) Say good thing(s) about him for the [firm] establishment of his reign. May he (Sîn) determine as his fate good health (and) a long life (lit.: “distant days”). May his (Sargon’s) descendants rule every inhabited region forever. |
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 | ka-⸢bit⸣-ti be-le-e-ti ⸢ša₂⸣-qu-tu {d}nin-gal | |
| 2 | a-na {m}MAN-GIN MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-⸢šur⸣{ki} ⸢GIR₃.NITA₂⸣ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 3 | MAN KUR ⸢EME.GI₇ u₃⸣ URI{⸢ki⸣} ba-nu-⸢u₂⸣ ku-mi-i-ki | |
| 4 | i-na ma-ḫar {d}30 ḫa-ʾi-ri na-⸢ra-me-ka⸣ ab-bu-su | |
| 5 | a-mat MUNUS.⸢SIG₅⸣-šu₂ ti-iz-⸢ka⸣-ri ⸢ša₂⸣ [ku]-⸢un⸣-ni BALA-šu₂ | |
| 6 | ba-laṭ na-piš-ti UD.MEŠ SU₃.MEŠ li-⸢ši-im⸣ ši-ma-tuš | |
| 7 | li-pu-šu₂ a-na ar-kat₃ u₄-me li-be-lu ⸢kal⸣ da-ad-me |
Sources & licences
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