Sargon II 048 (Q006529)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Sargon II 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006529 |
| 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 [0:5] 1'1'–5'5' | I named [it Dūr-Šarrukīn. I erected dwelling(s) for the gods Ea], Sîn, Šamaš, A[dad, (and) Ninurta, the great gods], my lords, ins[ide it]. I had images of [their great] divi[ne majesties] skillfully made an[d installed (them) on] (their) etern[al] dais(es). |
| Obverse [5:7] 6'6'–7'7' | [I built inside it (the city) palatial halls using (lit.: “of”) elephant ivory], ebony, boxwood, m[usukkann]u-wood, [cedar, cypress, daprānu-juniper, juniper, and terebinth]. |
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' | ⸢az-ku-ra ni⸣-[bit-su šu-bat {d}e₂-a] | |
| 2' | {d}30 {d}UTU {d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ {[d}MAŠ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ] | |
| 3' | be-li₂-ia i-na ⸢qer⸣-[bi-šu₂ ad-di] | |
| 4' | bu-un-na-ne₂-e ⸢DINGIR⸣-[ti-šu₂-nu GAL-ti] | |
| 5' | nak-liš u₂-še-piš-⸢ma⸣ [u₂-šar-ma-a] | |
| 6' | pa-rak da-ra-a-[te E₂.GAL.MEŠ ZU₂ AM.SI] | |
| 7' | {⸢giš}ESI⸣ {giš}TUG₂ {giš}⸢mu⸣-[suk-kan-<ni> {giš}ere-IGI] |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.