Sargon II 067 (Q006548)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 067 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006548 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; unlocated; 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/scores · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | For the god Aššur, the father of the gods, the great lord, his lord: |
| Obverse [1:6] 22–66 | Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and A[kkad] renovated Eḫursaggalkurkurra (“House, the Great Mountain of the Lands”), the temple of (the god) Aššur, his lord, by plastering the walls of the towers all around the temple. He fashioned towers, friezes, parapets and glazed sikkatu-cones, and placed (them) all around [it (the temple)]. |
| Obverse [6:8] 77–88 | He built (these) in the temple of (the god) Aššur, his lord, for the sake of ensuring his good health, prolonging his days, firmly establishing his reign, (and) overthrowing his enemies. |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | Month Abu (V), eponymy of Nasḫur-Bēl, the governor of the city Sinabu. |
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 | a-na {d}aš-šur AD DINGIR.MEŠ EN GAL-e EN-šu₂ | |
| 2 | {m}MAN-GIN MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} MAN KUR ⸢EME.GI₇ u URI⸣{[ki]} | |
| 3 | e₂-ḫur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra E₂ aš-šur be-li₂-šu₂ | |
| 4 | E₂.GAR₈.MEŠ na-me-ri si-ḫir-ti E₂ gab-bu ina si-i-ri GIBIL-iš₃ | |
| 5 | na-me-ri ne₂-be₂-ḫi sa-me-tu u si₂-ka-a-ti | |
| 6 | šu-ut NA₄ ip-tiq-ma u₂-šal-ma-a si-ḫir-⸢ti⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 7 | a-na TI ZI.MEŠ-šu GID₂ UD.MEŠ-šu₂ GIN BALA.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 8 | sa-kap {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-šu₂ ina E₂ aš-šur EN-šu₂ DU₃-uš | |
| 9 | {iti}NE lim-mu {m}na-as-ḫur-EN {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {uru}si-na-bu |
Sources & licences
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