Sargon II 087 (Q006568)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 087 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006568 |
| 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 [0:2] 1'1'–2'2' | Too poorly preserved to allow translation. |
| Obverse [2:4] 3'3'–4'4' | [...] I filled [the surroundings of his city (with them). ... I did not allo]w a (single) person to escape. |
| Obverse [4:9] 5'5'–9'9' | [(As for) the citizens of (the cities) Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, (and) Borsippa who through no fault of their own had been held captive in them, I put an end to their imprisonment and let t]hem [see] the light (of day). [(With regard to) their fields, which long ago, while the land was in disorder, the Sutians had taken away and] appropriated [for their own — I struck down (those) Sutians, the people of the steppe, with the sword. I restor]ed to their former status [their territories, (whose boundaries) had been forgotten (and) fallen into disuse during the troubled period in the land. I (re)-established the fr]eedom (from obligations) [of (the cities) Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Larsa, Kullaba, Kissik, (and) Nēmed-Laguda. Moreover, I returned their gods that had been carried off as booty to their cult centers and I rest]ored [their regular offerings that had been discontinued]. |
| Obverse [9:11] 10'10'–11'11' | [I restored the land Bīt-Yakīn and reorganized (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 that land into equal parts and] assigned (them) [to the authority of a eunuch of mine, the governor of Babylon, and a(nother) eunuch of mine], the governor of the Gambulu (tribe). |
| Obverse [11:16] 12'12'–16'16' | [Happily, with a joyful heart (and) a radiant face, I entered Babylon, 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 talents, 26 minas, (and) 10 shekels of red gold, 1,604 talents (and) 20 minas of pure silver, copper (and) iron in] immeasurable quantities, [obsidian, lapis-lazuli, banded agate, blue turquoise, green turquoise, ... of banded agate (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, wh]ose scent(s) are pleasant — [from the beginning of my reign until (my) third year], I presented (these things) as gifts [to the deities Bēl, Zarpanītu, Nabû, Tašmētu, and the (other) gods who dwell in the cult centers of the land of Sumer and Akkad]. |
| Obverse [16:17] 17'17'–17'17' | [Upēri, king of Dilmun, who(se) lair is situated (at a distance of) thirty leagues in the middle of the Eastern Sea, like (that of) a fish], heard [of the might of the gods Aššur, Nabû, (and)] Marduk and brought me his audience gift. |
| Obverse [17:21] 18'18'–21'21' | [Moreover, seven kings of the land Yāʾ, a region of the land Yadnana (Cyprus) — who]se abode(s) [are situated far] away, [at a distance of seven days (journey) in the middle of the Western Sea (and)] the name of [who]se land, [from the distant past until now, none of the kings, my ancestors, neither in Assyria nor in the land Karduniaš (Babylonia), had ever hea]rd — [heard from afar, in the middle of the sea, of the deeds I had been doing in Chaldea and the land Ḫatti (Syria). Their hearts then pounded and] fear [fell upon the]m. [They brought before me in Babylon gold, silver, (and) utensils of ebony (and) boxwood, product(s) of their land, and they kisse]d my feet. |
| Obverse [21:23] 22'22'–23'23' | Not sufficiently preserved to allow translation. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] x x [(x)] | |
| 2' | [...] x ⸢LI I⸣ x [(x)] | |
| 3' | [... i-ta-at URU-šu₂] ⸢u₂⸣-mal-⸢li⸣ | |
| 4' | [... la e-zi]-⸢ba⸣ mul-taḫ-ṭu | |
| 5' | [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-un ka-mu-u₂ ṣi-bit-ta-šu₂-nu a-bu-ut-ma u₂-kal-lim]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu-ti nu-ru | |
| 6' | [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 | |
| 7' | {[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]-⸢ter⸣ aš₂-ru-uš-šu₂-un | |
| 8' | [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 | |
| 9' | [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 | |
| 10' | {[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 | |
| 11' | [KUR šu-a-tu mal-ma-liš a-zu-uz-ma ina 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 | |
| 12' | [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-te | |
| 13' | 1 ME 54 GUN 26 MA.NA 10 GIN₂ KU₃.GI ḫuš-šu-u₂ 1 LIM 6 ME 4 GUN 20 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR eb-bu URUDU.ḪI.A par-zil-la ša] ⸢ni⸣-ba la i-šu-u₂ | |
| 14' | {[na₄}ZU₂ {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ {na₄}BABBAR.DILI {na₄}AŠ.GI₃.GI₃ {na₄}UGU.AŠ.GI₃.GI₃ di-gi-li {na₄}BABBAR.DILI {na₄}MUŠ.GIR₂ a-na] mu-ʾu-de-e | |
| 15' | {[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 | |
| 16' | [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.⸢KAM⸣ u₂-qa-i-ša₂ a-na qi₂-ša₂-a-ti | |
| 17' | {[m}u₂-pe-e-ri LUGAL dil-mun{ki} ša 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 iš-ša₂-a ta-mar-tuš | |
| 18' | [u₃ 7 LUGAL.MEŠ-ni ša {kur}ia-aʾ na-gi-i 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 | |
| 19' | [ša ul-tu u₄-me ru-qu-ti a-di i-{d}nanna a-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 | |
| 20' | [ep-šet i-na qe₂-reb {kur}kal-di u {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-tum | |
| 21' | [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 | |
| 22' | [...] x ⸢IN⸣ | |
| 23' | [...] x |
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