Sargon II 091 (Q006572)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 091 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006572 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [... to change/remove] his [reign], scepter, (and) [his royal] thr[one ...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [... s]hore of the sea [...] did not have [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [...] … he [made hi]m side with him; he put his [trust ...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [...] their [...] clothed in death and the breast [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...] all the evil Chaldeans [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [...] he extended [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [...] he strengthened his [fortress]es. He had [...] with (great) difficulty [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [... who (…)] ruled [evil]ly [(...)] and [...] the lordship of the land and p[eople ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [...] the roads are very difficult and [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | [...] he fixed [its foundations in the dep]th of the water [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12' | [... as] the base of a mighty mountain [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | [...] ... soldiers [...] |
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' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [... BALA].MEŠ-šu₂ {giš}GIDRU {giš}⸢GU⸣.[ZA LUGAL-ti-šu x x] NUMUN UR x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢GU₂⸣ {id₂}mar-ra-ti [x x x x x] la i-ša₂-[a ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢BU⸣ RI a-na i-di-šu₂ ⸢u₂⸣-[ter-(x)]-⸢šu⸣ [(x)] it-ta-[kil ...] | |
| 5' | [...] x-šu₂-nu mu-tum ḫi-it-⸢lu-pu⸣-ma i-rat [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x gi-mir {lu₂}kal-di lem-ni x [...] | |
| 7' | [...] x u₂-rap-pi-⸢iš⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... ḫal-ṣa]-⸢ni⸣-šu₂ u₂-dan-nin mar-ṣi-iš u₂-ša₂-x [...] | |
| 9' | [... ša (...) lem-ni]-iš i-be-lu-ma be-lut KUR u₃ ⸢UN⸣.[MEŠ ...] | |
| 10' | [...] ger-ri šup-šu-qa-ma NI [...] | |
| 11' | [...] x-ti A.MEŠ ir-tu-šu₂ A x [...] | |
| 12' | [... ki-ma] ⸢šu-pu-uk⸣ KUR-i dan-ni [...] | |
| 13' | [...] x x ERIM.ḪI.A x [...] |
Sources & licences
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