Sargon II 064 (Q006545)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 064 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006545 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap2 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:5] 1'1'–5'5' | [... (As for) the citizens of (the cities) Sippar], N[ippur, Babylon, and Borsippa who through no fault of their own had been held captive in it (Dūr-Yakīn), I put an end to their imprisonment and let them see the light (of day). (With regard to) their fields, which long ag]o, whi[le the land was in disorder, the Sutians had taken away and appropriated for their own], I stru[ck down (those) Sutians, the people] of the steppe, with the sword. [I (re)assigned to them (the citizens) their territories, (whose boundaries) had been forgotten (and) fallen into disuse during the troubled period in the land. I (re)-established the freedom (from obligations) of (the cities) U]r, Uruk, Eridu, Larsa, Kullaba, K[issik, (and) Nēmed-Laguda. Moreover, I returned] their [god]s that had been carried off as booty to [their] cult centers [and I restored their regular offerings that had been discontinued]. |
| Obverse [5:7] 6'6'–7'7' | I restored [the land Bīt-Y]akīn and re[organized (its administration). I settled there people from the land Kummuḫu that I had conquered and I had (them) occupy its (Bīt-Yakīn’s) abandoned regions]. I divided up [th]at [land] into equal parts and [assigned (them)] to the auth[ority] of a [eunuch of mine, the governor of Babylon, and a(nother) eunuch of mine, the governor of the Gambulu (tribe)]. |
| Obverse [7:12] 8'8'–12'12' | [Happily], with [a joyful heart (and) a radiant face, I entered Babylo]n, the cult center of the Enlil of the gods (Marduk); [I grasped hold of the hands of the great lord, the god Marduk, and brought (him) safely along the road to the akītu-house. (With regard to) 154 talen]ts, 26 minas, (and) 10 shekels of red gold, 1,804 talen[ts (and) 20 minas of pure silver, copper, (and) iron in immeasurable quantities, (10´) obsidian], lapis-lazuli, banded agate, blue turquoise, [green turquoise, ... of banded agate (and) muššaru-stone in large quantities, (...) blue-purple wool], red-purple [woo]l, garments with multi-colored trim and [linen garments, boxwood, cedar, cypress, (and) every kind of aromatic, the products of Mount Amanus, whose scent(s) are pleasant — from the beginning of my reign until (my) third year, I presented (these things) as gifts to the deities Bēl, Zarpanīt]u, Nabû, Tašmētu, and the (other) gods [who dwell in the cult centers of the land of Sumer and Akkad]. |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | [Upēri, king of Dilmun, wh]o(se) [lair is situated] at a distance of thirty leagues in the middle of the [Eastern] Se[a, like (that of) a fish, heard of the might of the gods Aššur, Nabû, (and) Marduk and brought me his gift]. |
| Obverse [13:17] 14'14'–17'17' | [Moreover, seven kings of the land Y]āʾ, a region of the land Yad[nana (Cyprus) — whose abode(s) are situated far away, at a distance of seven days (journey) in the middle of the Western Sea (15´) (and) the name of whose land, from the dist]ant [past] until now, [none] o[f the kings, my ancestors, neither in Assyria nor in the land Karduniaš (Babylonia), had ever heard — heard from afar, in the middle of the sea, of the deeds] I had been doi[ng in Chaldea] and the land Ḫatti (Syria). [Their hearts then pounded and fear fell upon them. They brought before me in Babylon gold, silver, (and) utensils of ebony] (and) boxwood, product(s) of [their] lan[d, and they kissed my feet]. |
| Obverse [17:18] 18'18'–18'18' | [... the inhabitan]ts of (the city) Baltil (Aššur) to [...] |
| Obverse [18:19] 19'19'–19'19' | [...] inside [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] 20'20'–20'20' | [...] ... he gran[ted me ...] |
| Obverse [20:21] 21'21'–21'21' | [... the god Aššur, the] great [lord], king of the gods [...] |
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) |
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| 1' | [... DUMU.MEŠ ZIMBIR]{⸢ki} NIBRU⸣{[ki} KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} u bar₂-sipa{ki} ša i-na la an-ni-šu₂-nu i-na qer-bi-šu₂ ka-mu-u₂ ṣi-bit-ta-šu₂-nu a-bu-ut-ma u₂-kal-lim-šu₂-nu-ti nu-ru] | |
| 2' | [A.ŠA₃.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ša ul-tu u₄-me ul]-⸢lu⸣-ti i-⸢na⸣ [i-ši-ti ma-a-ti {lu₂}su-ti-i e-ki-mu-u₂-ma ra-ma-nu-uš-šu₂-un u₂-ter-ru] | |
| 3' | {[lu₂}su-ti-i ERIM].⸢MEŠ EDIN i-na {giš}TUKUL u₂-šam⸣-[qit ki-sur-ri-šu₂-nu ma-šu-u₂-ti ša ina di-li-iḫ KUR ib-baṭ-lu u₂-šad-gi-la pa-nu-uš-šu₂-un] | |
| 4' | [ša] ⸢URI₂⸣{ki} UNUG{ki} eridu{ki} ARARMA{ki} kul-aba₄{ki} ⸢ki⸣-[sik{ki} {uru}ne₂-med-{d}la-gu-da aš₂-ku-na an-du-ra-ar-šu₂-un] | |
| 5' | [u₃ DINGIR].⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂-nu šal-lu-ti a-na ma-ḫa-zi-[šu₂-nu u₂-ter-ma sat-tuk-ki-šu₂-nu ba-aṭ-lu-u₂-ti u₂-ter aš₂-ru-uš-šu₂-un] | |
| 6' | {[kur}E₂-{m]}⸢ia⸣-ki-⸢ni⸣ u₂-ter-ma a-na eš-šu-⸢ti⸣ [aṣ-bat UN.MEŠ {kur}kum₂-mu-ḫi ki-šit-ti qa-ti-ia qe₂-reb-šu₂ u₂-šar-me-ma u₂-še-ši-ba ni-du-us-su] | |
| 7' | [(x) KUR šu]-a-tu₂ ⸢mal-ma-liš a-zu-uz-ma⸣ i-na ⸢ŠU⸣.[II] {⸢lu₂⸣}[šu-ut SAG-ia {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} u₃ {lu₂}šu-ut SAG-ia {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}gam-bu-li am-nu] | |
| 8' | [a-na KA₂.DINGIR].⸢RA⸣{ki} ma-ḫa-zi {d}EN.LIL₂.LA₂ DINGIR.MEŠ i-na [e-le-eṣ lib-bi nu-um-mur pa-ni ḫa-diš e-ru-um-ma ŠU.II EN GAL-i {d}AMAR.UTU aṣ-bat-ma u₂-šal-li-ma u₂-ru-uḫ E₂ a₂-ki-ti] | |
| 9' | 1 ME 54 ⸢GUN⸣ 26 MA.NA 10 GIN₂ KU₃.GI ḫuš-šu-u₂ 1 LIM 8 ⸢ME⸣ 4 ⸢GUN⸣ 20 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR eb-bu URUDU.ḪI.A par-zil-la ša ni-ba la i-šu-u₂] | |
| 10' | {[na₄}ZU₂] {⸢na₄⸣}ZA.GIN₃.MEŠ {na₄}BABBAR.DILI.MEŠ {na₄}AŠ.GI₃.GI₃.⸢MEŠ⸣ {[na₄}UGU.AŠ.GI₃.GI₃ di-gi-li {na₄}BABBAR.DILI {na₄}MUŠ.GIR₂ a-na mu-ʾu-de-e (...)] | |
| 11' | {[sig₂}ta-kil-tu₂] {⸢sig₂⸣}ar-ga-man-nu lu-bul-ti bir-me u₃ {[tug₂}GADA {giš}TUG₂ {giš}EREN {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ ka-la ri-iq-qi₂ bi-ib-lat {kur}ḫa-ma-a-ni ša e-ri-su-un ṭa-a-bu] | |
| 12' | [a-na {d}EN {d}zar-pa-ni]-⸢tum⸣ {d}AG {d}taš-me-tum u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ [a-ši-bu-ut ma-ḫa-zi KUR šu-me-ri u₃ URI{ki} ul-tu SAG LUGAL-ti-ia a-di MU.3.KAM₂ u₂-qa-i-ša₂ qi₂-ša₂-a-ti] | |
| 13' | {[m}u₂-pe-e-ri LUGAL dil-mun{ki]} ⸢ša⸣ ma-lak 30 KASKAL.GID₂ ina MURUB₄ tam-[tim ni-pi-iḫ {d}UTU-ši ki-ma nu-u₂-ni šit-ku-nu nar-ba-ṣu da-na-an {d}aš-šur {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU iš-me-ma u₂-ša₂-bi-la kad₃-ra-a-šu₂] | |
| 14' | [u₃ 7 LUGAL.MEŠ-ni ša {kur]}⸢ia⸣-aʾ na-ge-e ša {kur}ia-ad-[na-na ša ma-lak 7 u₄-me i-na MURUB₄ tam-tim e-reb {d}UTU-ši šit-ku-nu-ma ne₂-es-sa-at šu-bat-su-un] | |
| 15' | [ša ul-tu u₄-me ru]-⸢qu⸣-ti a-di <i>-{d}nanna i-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL.MEŠ-ni AD.MEŠ-ia ša KUR aš-šur{ki} u {kur}kar-{d}du-ni-aš₂ ma-nam-ma la iš-mu-u₂ zi-kir KUR-šu₂-un] | |
| 16' | [ep-šet i-na qe₂-reb {kur}kal-di] ⸢u₃⸣ {kur}ḫat-ti ⸢e⸣-tep-pu-⸢šu⸣ [i-na MURUB₄ tam-tim ru-qiš iš-mu-ma lib-bu-šu₂-un it-ru-ku-ma im-qut-su-nu-ti ḫat-tu] | |
| 17' | [KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR u₂-nu-ut {giš}ESI] {giš}TUG₂ ne₂-⸢peš⸣-ti ⸢KUR⸣-[šu₂-un a-na qe₂-reb KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} a-di maḫ-ri-ia u₂-bi-lu-nim-ma u₂-na-aš₂-ši-qu GIR₃.II-ia] | |
| 18' | [... a-ši-bu]-tu bal-til{ki} a-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | [...]-ni i-na qer-bi-[...] | |
| 20' | [...] x x x iš-ru-[ka ...] | |
| 21' | [... {d}aš-šur EN] ⸢GAL⸣ LUGAL DINGIR.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] |
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