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Sargon II 057 (Q006538)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSargon II 057
IDQ006538
CollectionLouvre Museum, Paris, France
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotKhorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin)
Coordinates36.5100, 43.2283

English translation

By ORACC project rinap/rinap2 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:2] Frgm._A 11–Frgm._A 22No translation possible.
Obverse [2:4] Frgm._B 11–Frgm._B 22[...] ... [... the city] Ḫarḫar ... [...]
Obverse [4:6] Frgm._C 11–Frgm._C 22[...] the god Aššur, strong king [...] land Hamath [...]
Obverse [6:8] Frgm._D 11–Frgm._D 22Palace of [Sargon (II) ...] favorite of the [great] god[s ...]
Obverse [8:10] Frgm._E 11–Frgm._E 22[...] my [...] ... [...]
Obverse [10:12] Frgm._F 11–Frgm._F 22[...] inside [...] upon [...]
Obverse [12:14] Frgm._G 11–Frgm._G 22No translation possible.
Obverse [14:16] Frgm._H 11–Frgm._H 22[...] ... [...] the land Ma... [...]
Obverse [16:17] Frgm._I 11–Frgm._I 11No translation possible.
Obverse [17:18] Frgm._J 11–Frgm._J 11[...] Sarg[on ...]
Obverse [18:20] Frgm._K 11–Frgm._K 22[...] head [...] ... [(...)]
Obverse [20:21] Frgm._L 11–Frgm._L 11No translation possible.
Obverse [21:22] Frgm._M 11–Frgm._M 11[...] king [...]

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
Frgm._A
1[...] x [(x)] x x [...]
2[...] x [(x)] x [...]
Frgm._B
1[...] IM ḪA x ⸢AŠ₂⸣ MA [...]
2[... {uru]}⸢ḫar-ḫar⸣ mu-si-[...]
Frgm._C
1[...] {⸢d⸣}a-⸢šur MAN dan-nu⸣ [...]
2[...] (x) {kur}⸢a⸣-ma-at-ti [...]
Frgm._D
1E₂.⸢GAL⸣ {m}[LUGAL-GIN ...]
2mi-gir DINGIR.[MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ...]
Frgm._E
1[...]-⸢ti⸣-ia [...]
2[...] x E SI [...]
Frgm._F
1[...] i-na qer-bi x [...]
2[...] ḪA UGU [...]
Frgm._G
1[...] x ⸢AB⸣ x [...]
2[...] x SI ⸢IḪ⸣ [...]
Frgm._H
1[...] SA A x [...]
2[...] {kur}ma-x [...]
Frgm._I
1[...] x ⸢UŠ⸣ [...]
Frgm._J
1[...] {⸢m}LUGAL-GIN⸣ [...]
Frgm._K
1[...] re-eš [(...)]
2[...] x ⸢IM/ʾu⸣ [(...)]
Frgm._L
1[...] ⸢ḪI⸣ [...]
Frgm._M
1[...] x LUGAL x [...]

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