Sargon II 096 (Q006577)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 096 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006577 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, 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 [0:5] 11–55 | Sargon (II), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, completely built the temple of the lord, the god Nabû, (located) inside the city of Nineveh from its foundations to its crenellations for the sake of ensuring his good health (and) and prolonging his life. |
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 | {m}MAN-GIN MAN KAL MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ | |
| 2 | E₂ EN {d}MUATI ŠA₃ {uru}NINA{ki} | |
| 3 | ana TI ZI.MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂ TI-šu₂ | |
| 4 | TA UŠ₈-šu₂ EN gaba-dib-bi-šu₂ | |
| 5 | DU₃-uš u₂-šak-lil |
Sources & licences
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