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Sargon II 107 (Q006588)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tell Ahmar (Til Barsip) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSargon II 107
IDQ006588
CollectionNational Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotTell Ahmar (Til Barsip)
Coordinates36.6750, 38.1192

English translation

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

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:1] 1'1'–1'1'[... granted me a reign without eq]ua[l and] exalted [my] good [reputation] t[o the heights].
Obverse [1:5] 2'2'–5'5'[I continually acted] as provider [for (the cities) Sippar, Nippu]r, Babylon, (and) Borsippa [(and) I made restitution for] the wrongful damage [suffered by the people of privileged status], as many as there were (of them). I [then] restor[ed the exemption (from obligations) of (the city) Baltil (Aššur) and] the city Ḫarrān, which had f[allen into oblivion] in the distant past, [and their privileged position that had laps]ed.
Obverse [5:9] 6'6'–9'9'[...] temple of the god Adad that [...] inside the city [...] Ashurnasirpal, a prince who preced[ed me ...] ... [...]

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'[... ša₂]-⸢na⸣-[an ...]
2'[...] ⸢dam-qu u₂-še-ṣu⸣-u a-⸢na⸣ [...]
3'[...] ⸢NIBRU⸣{ki} ⸢KA₂.DINGIR bar₂-sipa za-nin-us-su⸣-[un ...]
4'[...] (x) mal ba-šu₂-u ḫi-bil-ta-[šu₂-nu ...]
5'[...] {⸢uru⸣}KASKAL ša₂ ul-tu₂ ⸢u₄⸣-me ⸢ul-lu⸣-ti ⸢im⸣-[ma-šu-ma ...]
6'[... ba-ṭi]-⸢il⸣-ta u₂-ter aš₂-[ru-uš-ša₂ ...]
7'[...] ⸢E₂ {d⸣}IŠKUR ša qe₂-reb {⸢uru⸣}[...]
8'[...] x {m}⸢aš-šur-PAP⸣-A ⸢NUN⸣ a-⸢lik⸣ pa-[ni-ia ...]
9'[...] [...]

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