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Sargon II 097 (Q006578)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSargon II 097
IDQ006578
Collectionunlocated
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotKuyunjik (Nineveh)
Coordinates36.3587, 43.1519

English translation

By ORACC project rinap/rinap2 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:5] 11–55Sargon (II), [strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, completely] built the temple of the god [Nabû ...] inside the city [Nineveh ...] for the sake of ensuring [his good health (and) prolonging his days].

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1{m}MAN-GIN [...]
2E₂ {d}[...]
3a-na ⸢TI⸣ [...]
4ŠA₃ {uru}[...]
5DU₃-⸢uš⸣ [...]

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