Sargon II 046 (Q006527)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006527 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | Palace of Sargon (II), appointee of the god Enlil, nešakku-priest of the god Aššur, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; (5) king who ruled the four quarters (of the world), from east to west, and set governors (over them). |
| Obverse [8:13] o 99–o 1313 | In accordance with my heart’s desire, I built a city at the foot of Mount Muṣri and named it Dūr-Šarrukīn. |
| Obverse [13:22] o 1414– | I erected dwelling(s) for the gods Ea, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, and Ninurta inside it. The god Ninšiku (Ea), the creator of everything, fashioned images of their great divine majesties and they occupied (their) daises. |
| Reverse [1:16] r 2222–r 3636 | I built inside it (the city) palatial halls using (lit.: “of”) elephant ivory, ebony, boxwood, musukkannu-wood, cedar, cypress, daprānu-juniper, (25) juniper, and terebinth. I then fashioned a bīt ḫilāni, a replica of a Hittite palace, in front of their gates (30) and roofed them with beams of cedar (and) cypress. I wrote my name upon tablet(s) of gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, lapis lazuli, (and) alabaster and placed (them) in their foundations. |
| Reverse [16:20] r 3737–r 4040 | (As for) the one who 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)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | E₂.GAL {m}LUGAL-GI.NA | |
| 2 | GAR {d}EN.LIL₂ NU.EŠ₃ | |
| 3 | {d}a-šur LUGAL dan-nu | |
| 4 | LUGAL KIŠ LUGAL KUR aš-šur | |
| 5 | LUGAL ša₂ ul-tu₂ ṣi-tan | |
| 6 | a-di šil-la-an | |
| 7 | kib-rat LIMMU₂-i | |
| 8 | i-be-lu-ma iš-tak-ka-nu | |
| 9 | {lu₂}GAR-nu-ti i-na | |
| 10 | bi-bil ŠA₃-ia GIR₃.II | |
| 11 | {kur}mu-uṣ-ri KUR-i | |
| 12 | URU DU₃-ma {uru}BAD₃-MAN-GIN | |
| 13 | az-ku-ra ni-bit-su | |
| 14 | šu-bat {d}e₂-a {d}30 | |
| 15 | {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR u {d}MAŠ | |
| 16 | i-na qer-bi-šu₂ ad-di | |
| 17 | bu-un-na-ne₂-e | |
| 18 | DINGIR-ti-šu₂-nu GAL-te | |
| 19 | {d}nin-ši-ku₃ ba-an | |
| 20 | mim-ma u₂-lid-ma | |
| r | ||
| 21 | ir-mu-u pa-rak-ki | |
| 22 | E₂.GAL.MEŠ ZU₂ AM.SI | |
| 23 | {giš}ESI {giš}TUG₂ {giš}MES.MA₂.KAN.<NA> | |
| 24 | {giš}ere-IGI {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ {giš}dap₂-ra-ni | |
| 25 | {giš}LI u {giš}bu-uṭ-ni | |
| 26 | i-na qer-bi-šu₂ DU₃-ma | |
| 27 | E₂ ḫi-la-an-ni | |
| 28 | tam-šil E₂.GAL {kur}ḫat-ti | |
| 29 | me-eḫ-ret KA₂.MEŠ-šin | |
| 30 | ap-tiq-ma GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ | |
| 31 | {giš}ere-IGI {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ u₂-kin | |
| 32 | ṣe-ru-uš-šin ina DUB KU₃.GI | |
| 33 | KU₃.BABBAR URUDU AN.NA A.BAR₂ {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ | |
| 34 | {na₄}GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL ni-bit | |
| 35 | MU-ia aš₂-ṭur-ma | |
| 36 | ina uš-še-šin u₂-kin | |
| 37 | mu-nak-kir ep-šet | |
| 38 | ŠU.II-ia mu-pa-šiṭ-ṭu | |
| 39 | si-ma-te-ia aš-šur EN GAL | |
| 40 | MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR li-ḫal-liq | |
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