Sargon II 042 (Q006523)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006523 |
| Collection | Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | Palace of Sargon, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters (of the world), favorite of the great gods; |
| Obverse [3:19] 44–1919 | the 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 Western Sea, as far as Egypt and the land Musku, the wide land Amurru, the land Ḫatti (Syria) in its entirety, all of the land Gutium, the distant Medes (who live) on the border of Mount Bikni, the lands Ellipi (and) (10) Rāši on the border of the land Elam, all the Arameans who live beside the Tigris, Surappu, (and) Uqnû Rivers, as far as the cities Dunni-Šamaš, Bubê, (and) Tīl-Ḫumba on the border of the land Elam, the land Karduniaš (Babylonia) from one end to the other (lit.: “above and below”), (15) all of Chaldea, as much as there is (of it), (and) the land Bīt-Yakīn, which is on the shore of the sea, as far as the border of Dilmun; (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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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 1 | E₂.GAL {m}LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL GAL-u₂ LUGAL dan-nu | |
| 2 | LUGAL kiš-ša₂-ti LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 3 | LUGAL KUR EME.GI₇ u₃ ak-ka-de-e LUGAL kib-rat LIMMU₂-i | |
| 4 | mi-gir DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ LUGAL ša i-na tu-kul-ti | |
| 5 | {d}a-šur {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU iš-tu {kur}ia-ad-na-na | |
| 6 | ša MURUB₄ tam-tim ša₂-lam {d}UTU-ši a-di {kur}mu-ṣu-ri | |
| 7 | u₃ {kur}mu-us-ki KUR MAR.TU{ki} DAGAL-tum {kur}ḫa-at-ti | |
| 8 | a-na si-ḫir-ti-ša₂ nap-ḫar {kur}gu-ti-um{ki} {kur}ma-da-a-a | |
| 9 | ru-qu-u₂-ti ša pa-aṭ {kur}bi-ik-ni {kur}el-li-pi | |
| 10 | {kur}ra-a-ši ša pa-aṭ {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} na-gab {lu₂}a-ri-me | |
| 11 | a-ši-ib a-aḫ {id₂}IDIGNA {id₂}su-rap-pi | |
| 12 | {id₂}uq-ne₂-e a-di {uru}dun-ni-{d}ša₂-maš | |
| 13 | {uru}bu-be₂-e {uru}DU₆-{d}ḫum-ba ša mi-ṣir | |
| 14 | {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} {kur}⸢kar⸣-{d}du-⸢ni⸣-aš₂ e-liš ⸢u₃⸣ šap-liš | |
| 15 | gi-mir {kur}kal-di ma-la ba-šu-u₂ {kur}E₂-{m}ia-ki-ni | |
| 16 | ša GU₂ {id₂}mar-⸢ra⸣-ti a-di pa-aṭ NI.TUK{ki} | |
| 17 | mit-ḫa-riš i-bi₂-lu-ma {lu₂}šu-ut SAG.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 18 | {lu₂}EN.NAM.MEŠ {lu₂}EN.NAM.MEŠ UGU-šu₂-nu iš-tak-⸢ka⸣-nu-u₂-ma | |
| 19 | ni-ir be-lu-ti-šu₂ e-mi₃-su-nu-ti |
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