Sargon II 106 (Q006587)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Acharneh (Tunip) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 106 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006587 |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Acharneh (Tunip) |
| Coordinates | 35.2833, 36.4000 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap2 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] ii 2'2'–ii 2'2' | [...] for water [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] ii 3'3'–ii 3'3' | [...] they made his/its [...] scarce |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] ii 4'4'–ii 4'4' | [...] the neighborhood of his city |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] ii 5'5'–ii 5'5' | [... fo]r horses to show their mettle |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] ii 7'7'–ii 7'7' | [... a] major [defeat on th]em |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] ii 8'8'–ii 8'8' | [(...) they blo]cked up the river [with their corpses]. |
| Obverse Column ii [8:12] ii 9'9'–ii 12'12' | They burned [...], (turning them) into [ash]es, established [devastation in the land] Hamath, a[nd ...]. They brought him (Ilu/Iaū-biʾdī), together with [his] family, [int]o my city Aššur. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:18] ii 13'13'–ii 18'18' | [Because the god Aššur who goes] at my side cont[inually an]swered [...] I obtained victory [... I was able to achieve] whatever I wanted. I blessed [the god Aššur], my lord. [I imposed upon him ...] the ṣibtu-tax on oxen and sheep and g[oats (...) and] established as [his] regular offerings. |
| Obverse Column ii [18:19] ii 19'19'–ii 19'19' | [(...)] I altered [the]ir [... and] |
| Obverse Column ii [19:21] ii 20'20'– | [(...)] on their lips. |
| Obverse Column iii [1:2] iii 2'2'–iii 2'2' | [...] my [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [2:8] iii 3'3'–iii 8'8' | [that I (had carried out while) a]cting [with the suppo]rt of the god Aššur, [my] lo[rd, ...], and everything [that I had] done [in the land Hamath], I inscribed u[pon it/them. I erected] one (stele)] in the land Hamath, one in [...], [one] in the city Ḫatar[ikka (...)], [one] in the city KURʾua, (and) one in [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [8:9] iii 9'9'–iii 9'9' | One who comes after ... [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [9:13] iii 10'10'–iii 13'13' | May a future [prince look at my] stel[e and] read my [inscr]ibed name. [May he (then) pr]aise [the name of the god Aššur, anoint (this stele) with] oi[l], (and) offer [a sac]rifice. The god Aššur [will (then) listen to his prayers]. |
| Obverse Column iii [13:16] iii 14'14'–iii 16'16' | [(As for) the one who] alte[rs my stele, (or) er]ases [my] inscr[ibed name ...] |
| Obverse Column iv [0:5] iv 1'1'–iv 5'5' | Too poorly preserved to allow translation. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| ii | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] a-na A.⸢MEŠ⸣ [x (x)] | |
| 3' | [...]-šu₂ u₂-qi₂-ru-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢i⸣-te-e URU-šu | |
| 5' | [... a]-⸢na⸣ šit-mur ANŠE.KUR.RA.⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 6' | [...]-ti {lu₂}e-qa-x | |
| 7' | [... di-ik-ta]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu ma-at-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 8' | [... is]-⸢ki⸣-ru ID₂ | |
| 9' | [... di-tal]-⸢li⸣-iš iq-mu-u₂-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 10' | [x x (x) i-na {kur]}a-ma-at-te iš-ku-nu-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 11' | [...] x ša₂-a-šu₂ ga-du kim-ti-[šu₂] | |
| 12' | [a-na qe₂]-⸢reb⸣ URU-ia aš-šur{ki} ⸢ub-lu⸣-[ni] | |
| 13' | [...] i-da-a-a i-⸢tap-pa-lu⸣ | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢er⸣-nit-ti ak-šu-du x [(x)] | |
| 15' | [... am-ṣu]-⸢u₂⸣ ma-la lib₃-bi-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 16' | [a-na {d}aš-šur] ⸢EN⸣-ia ak-ru-ub-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 17' | [...] x ṣi-bit GU₄.MEŠ u ṣe-(x)-e-[ni] | |
| 18' | [...] x u₂-kin sat-tuk-ku-⸢uš⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 19' | [...-šu]-⸢nu⸣ u₂-nak-ki-ir-[ma] | |
| 20' | [(...)] šap-tuš-šu-⸢un⸣ | |
| iii | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-ni-ia [...] | |
| 3' | [ša₂ ina tukul]-ti {d}aš-šur ⸢EN⸣-[ia ...] | |
| 4' | [at-ta]-la-ku u₃ mim-mu-u₂ [ina {kur}ḫa-am-ma-te] | |
| 5' | [e-tep]-pu-šu₂ aš₂-ṭu-ra ⸢ṣe⸣-[ru-uš-šu₂-(un)] | |
| 6' | 1-en] ⸢ina⸣ {kur}ḫa-am-ma-te 1-en ina [...] | |
| 7' | 1-en] ⸢i⸣-na {⸢uru⸣}ḫa-ta-⸢ri⸣-[ka (...)] | |
| 8' | 1-en] ⸢ina⸣ {uru}KUR-ʾu-a 1-en ina [...] | |
| 9' | [ul-ziz] a-lik ar-ki RU RI x [...] | |
| 10' | [NUN] EGIR-u₂ {na₄}NA.RU₂.[A-a li-mur-ma] | |
| 11' | [ši]-⸢ṭir⸣ MU-ia lil-ta-⸢si⸣ [zik-ri {d}aš-šur] | |
| 12' | [lit]-⸢ta⸣-ʾi-id-ma I₃.[GIŠ lip-šu-uš] | |
| 13' | {[udu]}⸢SISKUR⸣ liq-qi₂ {d}⸢aš⸣-šur [...] | |
| 14' | [mu]-nak-⸢kir⸣ {[na₄}NA.RU₂.A-ia] | |
| 15' | [mu-pa]-šiṭ ⸢ši-ṭir⸣ [MU-ia (...)] | |
| 16' | [...] x [...] | |
| iv | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] BU IZ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] KID E [...] | |
| 4' | [...] e-peš [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x x DU x [...] | |
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