Sargon II 083 (Q006564)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 083 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006564 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 |
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| Obverse Column i [0:4] i' 1i 1–i' 44 | Not sufficiently preserved to allow translation. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:11] ii' 1ii 1–ii' 1111 | Fear of the brilliance of the gods Aššur, Nabû, (and) Marduk, my lords, overwhelmed him (the king of Meluḫḫa) and he put iron fetters on his (Iāmānī’s) hands and feet. (ii´ 5) He then had him brought in bondage to Assyria, into my presence. I reorganized (the administration of) those cities. I settled there people from the lands in the eastern mountains that I had conquered. (ii´ 10) I set a eunuch of mine as provincial governor over them and imposed the yoke of my lordship upon them. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:15] ii' 1212–ii' 1515 | Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-Baladan), king of Chaldea, who against the will of the gods had c[ome down] to the territory of the land of Sumer and [Ak]kad [and had appropriated for himself] the kingship of Ba[bylon] |
| Obverse Column iii [0:13] iii' 1iii 1–iii' 1313 | [(With regard to) 154] talents, 26 [minas, (and) 10 shekels of red gold], 1,604 talen[ts (and) 20 minas of pure silver, copper, iron], obsidian, [lapis-lazuli, banded agate, (...)] blue turquoise, [green turquoise (...)], (iii´ 5) (and) muššaru-stone [in large quantities], blue-purple wool, [red-purple wool], 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] (iii´ 10) to the deities Marduk, Zarp[anītu, Nabû, Tašmētu], and the (other) gods who dwe[ll in the cult centers of] the land of Sumer and Akkad. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i' | ||
| 1 | [...] x UB | |
| 2 | [...] x-šu₂-nu | |
| 3 | [...]-⸢li⸣-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [...] x x | |
| ii' | ||
| 1 | ⸢pu-ul⸣-ḫi me-⸢lam⸣-me ša ⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂ | |
| 2 | {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU EN.MEŠ-ia is-ḫu-⸢pu⸣-šu₂-ma | |
| 3 | ŠU.II u GIR₃.II bi-re-⸢tu₂⸣ AN.BAR id-di-šu₂-ma | |
| 4 | a-na qe₂-reb KUR aš-šur{ki} a-di maḫ-ri-ia | |
| 5 | u₂-še-bi-la-aš₂-šu₂ ka-meš | |
| 6 | URU.MEŠ ša₂-a-šu₂-nu a-na eš-šu₂-ti aṣ-bat | |
| 7 | UN.MEŠ KUR.⸢KUR⸣ ki-šit-ti qa-ti-ia | |
| 8 | ša qe₂-reb ⸢KUR⸣-i ṣi-it {d}UTU-ši | |
| 9 | i-na lib₃-bi u₂-še-šib | |
| 10 | {lu₂}šu-ut SAG-⸢ia⸣ {lu₂}EN.NAM {lu₂}EN.NAM UGU-šu₂-nu aš₂-kun-ma | |
| 11 | ni-ir be-lu-ti-ia e-mid-su-nu-ti | |
| 12 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-IBILA-SUM.NA LUGAL {kur}kal-di | |
| 13 | ša ki-i la lib₃-bi DINGIR.MEŠ a-na er-⸢ṣe-et⸣ | |
| 14 | KUR EME.GI₇ ⸢u₃ URI⸣{ki} u₂-⸢ri⸣-[dam-ma] | |
| 15 | LUGAL-ut ⸢KA₂⸣.[DINGIR.RA{ki} pa-nu-uš u₂-ter-ru] | |
| iii' | ||
| 1 | 1 ME 54 ⸢GUN⸣ 26 [MA.NA 10 GIN₂ KU₃.GI ḫuš-šu-u₂] | |
| 2 | 1 LIM 6 ME 4 ⸢GUN⸣ 20 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR eb-bu URUDU AN.BAR] | |
| 3 | {na₄}ZU₂.⸢MEŠ⸣ {na₄}[ZA.GIN₃ {na₄}BABBAR.DILI (...)] | |
| 4 | {na₄}AŠ.GI₃.GI₃.MEŠ {na₄}[UGU.AŠ.GI₃.GI₃ (...)] | |
| 5 | {na₄}MUŠ.GIR₂.MEŠ [a-na mu-ʾu-de-e] | |
| 6 | {sig₂}ta-kil-tum {⸢sig₂⸣}[ar-ga-man-nu] | |
| 7 | lu-bul-ti bir-⸢me⸣ [u₃ {(tug₂)}GADA] | |
| 8 | {giš}TUG₂ {giš}EREN {⸢giš⸣}[ŠUR.MIN₃ ka-la ri-iq-qi₂] | |
| 9 | bi-ib-lat {kur}ḫa-ma-a-ni [ša e-ri-su-un ṭa-a-bu] | |
| 10 | a-na {d}AMAR.UTU {d}zar-⸢pa⸣-[ni-tum {d}AG {d}taš-me-tum] | |
| 11 | u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ a-ši-[bu-ut ma-ḫa-zi] | |
| 12 | ⸢KUR⸣ EME.GI₇ u₃ URI{[ki} ul-tu SAG LUGAL-ti-ia] | |
| 13 | [x] x x x [(...) u₂-qa-i-ša₂ qi₂-ša₂-a-ti] | |
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