Sargon II 045 (Q006526)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006526 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| 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] o 1o 1–o 77 | Palace of Sargon (II), appointee of the god Enlil, nešakku-priest of the god Aššur, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; king who ruled the four quarters (of the world), from east to west, and set governors (over them). |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88–o 1111 | At that time, in accordance with my heart’s desire, I built a city on the outskirts of Nineveh, at the foot of Mount Muṣri, and named it Dūr-Šarrukīn. |
| Obverse [11:18] o 1212–o 1818 | I erected dwelling(s) for the gods Ea, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, (and) Ninurta, the great gods, my lords, (15) inside it. I had images of their great divine majesties skillfully made and installed (them) on (their) eternal dais(es). |
| Obverse [18:44] o 1919– | I built inside it (the city) palatial halls using (lit.: “of”) elephant ivory, ebony, boxwood, musukkannu-wood, cedar, cypress, daprānu-juniper, juniper, and terebinth. I then enhanced their gates with a bīt ḫilāni, a replica of a Hittite palace. (25) Through the art of the god Nin[zadim], I had animals of the mountain and sea made from (blocks of) massive mountain stone; I made (them) as secure as a mountain inside them (the palatial halls) and made their entrances as bright as the moon. (30) I roofed them with beams of cedar (and) cypress and installed doors of ebony, boxwood, (and) musukkannu-wood in their gates. (35) I raised its strong walls like a mountain massif, made (them) ten large cubits thick, and constructed their crenellations on top of one hundred and eighty layers of brick. (40) I wrote my name upon tablets of gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, lapis lazuli, (and) alabaster and placed (them) in their foundations. |
| Reverse [18:23] r 4444–r 4848 | May a future prince renovate its dilapidated sections, write his own commemorative inscription, and set (it) with my commemorative inscription. (The god) Aššur will (then) listen to his prayer(s). |
| Reverse [23:26] r 4949–r 5151 | (As for) the one alters the work of my hands (or) effaces my own representation(s), may (the god) Aššur, the great lord, make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the land. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢E₂.GAL⸣ {m}LUGAL-GI.⸢NA⸣ | |
| 2 | GAR {d}⸢BAD⸣ NU.EŠ₃ {d}a-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ dan-nu LUGAL KIŠ LUGAL KUR aš-šur | |
| 4 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ ša₂ ul-tu₂ ṣi-ta-an | |
| 5 | a-di šil-la-an kib-rat | |
| 6 | LIMMU₂-i i-be-lu-u-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 7 | iš-tak-⸢ka⸣-nu {lu₂}GAR-nu-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 8 | i-na u₄-me-šu-ma i-na bi-ib-lat | |
| 9 | ŠA₃-ia i-na re-bit NINA{⸢ki} GIR₃⸣.II | |
| 10 | {kur}mu-uṣ-ri KUR-i URU DU₃-ma | |
| 11 | {uru}BAD₃-{m}LUGAL-GI.NA ⸢az⸣-ku-ra | |
| 12 | ni-bit-su šu-bat {d}e₂-a | |
| 13 | {d}30 {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR {d}MAŠ | |
| 14 | DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia | |
| 15 | i-na qer-bi-šu₂ ad-(x)-⸢di⸣ | |
| 16 | bu-un-na-ne₂-e DINGIR-ti-šu₂-nu | |
| 17 | GAL-ti nak-⸢liš⸣ u₂-še-piš-ma | |
| 18 | u₂-šar-ma-a pa-rak ⸢da⸣-ra-a-te | |
| 19 | E₂.GAL.MEŠ ZU₂ AM.SI {giš}ESI | |
| 20 | {giš}TUG₂ {giš}mu-suk-kan-<ni> {giš}ere-IGI | |
| 21 | {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ {giš}dup-ra-ni {giš}{⸢šim⸣}LI | |
| 22 | u {giš}bu-uṭ-ni ina qer-bi-šu₂ DU₃-ma | |
| 23 | i-na E₂ ḫi-la-ni tam-šil E₂.GAL | |
| 24 | {kur}ḫat-ti us-si-ma KA₂.MEŠ-⸢šin⸣ | |
| 25 | u₂-ma-am KUR-i u ti-amti ina a-⸢ban⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 26 | ⸢KUR-i zaq⸣-ri ina nik-lat {d}⸢nin⸣-[zadim] | |
| 27 | ⸢u₂⸣-[še]-⸢piš⸣-ma i-na qe₂-⸢re⸣-[bi]-ši-na | |
| 28 | ⸢KUR.MEŠ-niš⸣ u₂-šar-šid-ma ne₂-reb-ši-na | |
| 29 | {d}ŠEŠ{ki}ri-iš₃ u₂-šah-⸢li⸣ | |
| 30 | GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {giš}ere-IGI {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ | |
| 31 | UGU-ši-na u₂-ṣal-⸢lil-ma⸣ | |
| 32 | {giš}IG.MEŠ {giš}ESI {giš}TUG₂ | |
| 33 | {giš}mu-suk-kan-ni ina KA₂.MEŠ-ši-na | |
| 34 | u₂-rat-ti BAD₃.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 35 | dan-nu-ti ki-ma ki-iṣ-rat | |
| 36 | u₂-ḫum-me u₂-zaq-qir₆ | |
| 37 | 10 ina 1.KUŠ₃ GAL-ti u₂-ḫab-bir-ma | |
| 38 | UGU 3.UŠ.TA.AM₃ ti-⸢ib-ki⸣ | |
| 39 | gaba-⸢dib⸣-bi-šu₂-nu ak-ṣur | |
| 40 | i-na ṭup-pi KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 41 | URUDU AN.NA A.BAR₂ {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ | |
| 42 | {na₄}GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL ni-bit | |
| 43 | MU-ia aš₂-ṭur-⸢ma⸣ i-na | |
| 44 | uš-še-⸢šin⸣ u₂-kin NUN ⸢EGIR⸣ | |
| 45 | an-⸢ḫu⸣-us-su lu-ud-diš | |
| 46 | {na₄}NA.RU₂.A-šu₂ liš-ṭur-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 47 | it-ti {na₄}NA.RU₂.⸢A-ia⸣ | |
| 48 | liš-kun aš-šur ⸢ŠUD₃⸣-šu₂ i-šem-me | |
| 49 | mu-nak-kir ep-šet ŠU.II-ia | |
| 50 | mu-pa-šiṭ-ṭu si-ma-te-ia aš-šur | |
| 51 | EN GAL-u MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR li-ḫal-liq | |
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