Sargon II 047 (Q006528)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006528 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | Palace of Sargon (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent for (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 [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | At that time, I built a city on the outskirts of Nineveh, at the foot of Mount Muṣri, (10) and named it Dūr-Šarrukīn. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | I erected dwelling(s) for the gods Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, (and) Ninurta, the great gods, inside it. |
| Obverse [13:22] o 1414– | I built inside it palatial halls using (lit.: “of”) elephant ivory, ebony, (15) boxwood, musukkannu-wood, cedar, cypress, (and) da[pr]ānu-juniper. I then wrote my name upon tablet(s) of gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, lapis lazuli, (and) alabaster and placed (them) in its foundations. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 2222–r 2525 | 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 prayers. |
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}MAN-GIN | |
| 2 | GAR {d}BAD ENSI₂ aš-šur | |
| 3 | MAN KAL MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ | |
| 4 | MAN ša₂ TA ṣi-ta-an | |
| 5 | a-di šil-la-an kib-rat LIMMU₂ | |
| 6 | i-be-lu-ma iš-tak-ka-nu | |
| 7 | {lu₂}GAR-nu-te ina u₄-me-šu₂-ma | |
| 8 | ina re-bit NINA{ki} GIR₃.II | |
| 9 | {kur}mu-uṣ-ri KUR-i | |
| 10 | URU DU₃-ma {uru}BAD₃-MAN-GIN | |
| 11 | MU-šu ab-bi šu-bat {d}30 | |
| 12 | {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR {d}MAŠ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 13 | ina qer-bi-šu ad-di | |
| 14 | E₂.GAL.MEŠ ZU₂ AM.SI {giš}ESI | |
| 15 | {giš}TUG₂ {giš}mu-suk-ka-ni | |
| r | ||
| 16 | {⸢giš⸣}ere-⸢IGI⸣ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ {⸢giš}dup-ra⸣-ni | |
| 17 | ina ⸢qer⸣-bi-šu DU₃-ma | |
| 18 | ina DUB KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR URUDU | |
| 19 | AN.NA A.BAR₂ {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ | |
| 20 | {na₄}GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL ni-bit MU-ia | |
| 21 | SAR-ma ina UŠ₈-šu₂ u₂-kin | |
| 22 | NUN EGIR an-ḫu-su lu-diš | |
| 23 | {na₄}NA.RU₂.A-šu₂ SAR-ma | |
| 24 | KI {⸢na₄⸣}NA.RU₂.A-ia₂ liš-kun | |
| 25 | aš-šur ⸢ik⸣-ri-bi-šu₂ ŠE.GA | |
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