Sargon II 052 (Q006533)
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 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006533 |
| Collection | unlocated; 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 [0:5] 11–55 | I, Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, built a city in accordance with my heart’s desire and named it Dūr-Šarrukīn. I built inside it a palace that was according to my wishes (and) that had no equal in the four quarters (of the world). |
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 | {m}LUGAL-GI.NA MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 2 | i-na bi-bil ŠA₃-ia₅ URU DU₃-ma | |
| 3 | BAD₃-{m}MAN-GI.NA{ki} MU-šu₂ ab-bi | |
| 4 | E₂.GAL ta-aṣ-ba-ti ša₂ i-na kib-⸢rat⸣ | |
| 5 | LIMMU₂-i NU TUKU GABA.RI-ša₂ qe₂-reb-šu₂ ab-⸢ni⸣ |
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.