Sargon II 081 (Q006562)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 081 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006562 |
| Collection | unlocated |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap2 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | [... I prayed] to the god Marduk, lord ... [... Marduk], my lord, listened to my supplications; the Tēša [(and) the Tuʾ(mū)na (tribes) ... I deported ...] their people, together with their property [and (...) I (re)settled (them) in the land Ḫatti (Syria)]. |
| Obverse [3:10] 44–1010 | [In] my [second] regnal year, Iaū-biʾdī (Ilu-biʾdī) [of the land Hamath, who had no right to the throne, who was not worthy to (live in) a palace, (and) who] had not been fated [to shepherd] the people, [...] came down [...] and with common soldiers, [..., shi]eld (and) spe[a]r [bearers], he abandoned [(...)] and [... i]n the city Qarqar, whi[ch] (is) on the bank [of the Orontes River, ... he assembl]ed [the troops of the wide land Amurru] and [transgressed against] the oath (sworn) by the great gods [... He incited the (wide) land Amurru, from] its upper end to its lower end, [to rebel] against me, [made them act in unison, and prepared for battle (...)]. |
| Obverse [10:15] 1111–1515 | [He (Iaū-biʾdī) sought] evil, [(things that were) not good (...), f]or Assyria (and) its people, [and] held (them) in contempt. [He (assembled)] the cities Ar[pad, (...), Ṣimirra, ...]tu, Damascus, (and) Samaria, [(and) made (them) side with him] (...). He killed [the citi]zens of Assyria who were present in [the land Hamath ...] altogether and [left no one alive (...)]. |
| Obverse [15:20] 1616–2020 | [(...) I raised my hands (in supplication)] to the god Sîn, king of the gods (and) lord of the lands, [... who vanquishes] (my) enemies (and) destroys (my) foes, my lord, [and] I prayed (to him) [in order to be able to conquer] the land Hamath, overthrow [Iaū-biʾdī, (and) ... the] wide [land] Amurru. [...] Because of his people |
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 | [...] ⸢a⸣-na {d}AMAR.UTU EN x (x) ŠA₂ UŠ x x x | |
| 2 | [... {d}AMAR.UTU] ⸢be⸣-li₂ su-up-⸢pi⸣-ia iš-me₂-e-ma {lu₂}te-sa-a-a | |
| 3 | {[lu₂}tu-uʾ-na-a-a ...] x UN.MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-di mar-ši-ti-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | [as-su-ḫa-am-ma (...) i-na {kur}ḫa-at-ti u₂-še-šib i-na 2-i] BALA-ia {m}{d}ia-u₂-bi-iʾ-di | |
| 5 | {[kur}a-ma-ta-a-a la EN {giš}GU.ZA la ši-nin-ti E₂.GAL ša₂ ina SIPA-ut] UN.MEŠ ši-mat-su la ši-mat | |
| 6 | [... u₂]-ri-⸢dam⸣-ma it-ti {lu₂}ERIM.MEŠ ḫup-ši | |
| 7 | [... na-aš₂ {giš}ka]-⸢ba⸣-bu {giš}az-⸢ma⸣-[ru]-u₂ u₂-maš-šir-ma | |
| 8 | [... i]-⸢na⸣ {uru}qar-qa-ri ⸢ša⸣ i-na GU₂ | |
| 9 | {[id₂}a-ra-an-te ... {lu₂}ERIM.MEŠ KUR MAR.TU{ki} DAGAL-tim u₂-paḫ]-⸢ḫir⸣-ma ma-mit DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 10 | [... KUR MAR.TU{ki} (DAGAL-tu) ul-tu] ⸢SAG⸣.MEŠ-ša₂ a-di še-⸢pi⸣-te-ša₂ it-ti-ia | |
| 11 | [uš-bal-kit-ma pa-a e-da u₂-ša₂-aš₂-kin-ma ik-ṣu-ra ME₃ (...) a]-na KUR aš-šur{ki} UN.[MEŠ]-ša₂ ḪUL-tu | |
| 12 | [la DUG₃.GA-tu₂ u₂-ba-ʾi-i-ma (...)] ⸢il⸣-qa-a še-ṭu-u₂-tu₂ {⸢uru}ar₂⸣-[pad-da] | |
| 13 | {[(uru}...) {uru}ṣi-mir-ra {(uru}...) {uru}x-(x-x-x)]-tu {uru}di-maš-qu {uru}sa-mir-i-⸢na⸣ | |
| 14 | [(u₂-paḫ-ḫir-ma) a-na i-di-šu₂ u₂-ter-ra (...)] ⸢DUMU⸣.MEŠ KUR aš-šur{ki} ša i-na qe₂-reb | |
| 15 | {[kur}a-ma-at-ti ...] ba-šu-u₂ ki-i 1-en id-duk-ma | |
| 16 | [na-piš-tu₂ ul e-zib ...] ⸢a⸣-na {d}EN.ZU LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ be-el KUR.KUR | |
| 17 | [...] ⸢na⸣-ki-ri mu-ḫal-liq za-ma-ni EN-ia | |
| 18 | [(...) ŠU.II-a-a aš₂-ši-ma aš₂-šu₂ ka-šad] {kur}a-ma-at-ti sa-kap | |
| 19 | {[m}{d}ia-u₂-bi-iʾ-di ... KUR] MAR.TU{ki} ⸢DAGAL⸣-tim am-ḫur-ma | |
| 20 | [...]-u₂ aš₂-šu UN.MEŠ-šu₂ |
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