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Sargon II 108 (Q006589)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tell Tayinat (Unqi) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 108 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006589 |
| Collection | Hatay Arkeoloji Müzesi, Antakya; Turkey; Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Tell Tayinat (Unqi) |
| Coordinates | 36.2475, 36.3764 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-H2, 2026-10-18), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| Frgm._B_i | ||
| 1' | x x x x IB x | |
| 2' | a-li-kut x {d}iš-tar | who goes to Ištar(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | x-ka-a-at x | |
| 4' | sa-a-hi-ru x {d}IMIN.BI | ... the Sebetti,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | a-li-kut ma-har DINGIR.MEŠ ša a-šar ša₂-aš₂-mi | Who goes before the gods of the world, |
| 6' | i-di LUGAL mi-ig-ri-šu₂-nu i-za-zu-ma | They stand by the king's side. |
| 7' | i-šak-ka-nu li-i-tu DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ mut-tab-bi-lu-ut | They place (them) on the throne of the great gods. |
| 8' | AN-e KI-tim ša ti-bi-šu-nu tu-qu-un-tu₂ u₃ ša₂-aš₂-mu | (As for) the heavens (and) the netherworld, whose borders are hostile, and whose waters are pure, |
| 9' | na-šu-u₂ e-ni na-bu-u₂ šu-um LUGAL | He is the king, he is the man. |
| 10' | ša i-na e-peš KA-šu₂-nu el-li KUR UGU KUR | Whoever in the course of their campaign raises a claim against the land, |
| 11' | i-šak-ka-nu-ma u₂-šar-bu-u₂ UGU mal-ki | They place (them) in your presence and (then) they make the rulers of the land bow down. |
| Frgm._C | ||
| 1' | x x x | |
| 2' | za-ku-ut bal-til{KI} u {URU}har-ra-na ša ul-tu UD.MEŠ ru-qu-u₂-ti | The exempt status of Baltil and Harran, which since distant days |
| 3' | im-ma-šu₂-ma ki-din-nu-su-un ba-ṭil-ta u₂-ter aš₂-ru-uš-ša₂ | Moreover, I restored their privileged status (and) restored its sanctuaries. |
| 4' | x x | |
| Frgm._D | ||
| 1' | x x x | |
| 2' | x ina {URU}qar-qa-ri u₂-pah-hir-ma x | [... i]n Qarqa[ri] he received and |
| 3' | x uš-bal-kit it-ti-ia {URU}ar-pad-da {URU}ṣi-mir-ra x | he carried off with me. Arpad, Ṣimirra |
| 4' | x {URU}di-maš-qa x {URU}sa-mi-ri-i-na x | [... Damascus, ... Sami]rina(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | x ina qe₂-reb {KUR}a-ma-te E₂ x x | [... in] the land of Amatu, the house(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | x x {d}aš-šur MAN DINGIR.MEŠ x aš₂-šu₂ x | [... Ašši]r, king of the gods, because |
| 7' | x ka-šad {KUR}a-ma-te sa-kap {m}{d}ia-u₂-bi-iʾ-di x | [... to conquer] the land Amatu, to defeat Iaubidi ... |
| 8' | x KUR a-mur-re-e DAGAL-ti am-hur u₂-ma-ʾe-er-ma x x | [I received ... of a wide] Amurru mountain, (and) I made (it) bigger. |
| 9' | x a-duk-ma x | I killed and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10' | x x x | |
| Frgm._E | ||
| 1' | x x x | |
| 2' | ina qe₂-reb {KUR}ha-mat-ti u₂-še-šib-šu₂-nu-ti GUN ma-da-tu | I settled them in the land Ḫatti. I received tribute from them. |
| 3' | za-bal ku-du-u-ri a-lak KASKAL ki-i ša MAN.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-ia | I will go on a campaign just as the kings, my ancestors, did. |
| 4' | a-na {m}ir-hu-le-na {KUR}a-ma-ta-a-a e-mid-du | I brought it to Irḫulena of the land Amat. |
| Frgm._B_iv | ||
| 1' | mu-nak-kir ep-še-te-ia SIG₅ | Who alters my good deeds |
| 2' | mu-pa-šiṭ ši-ṭir MU-ia | Who breaks my name, |
| 3' | DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ma-la | the great gods as many as |
| 4' | x x x ina {NA₄}NA.RU₂.A | [... i]n a stele(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | an-ne₂-e MU-šu₂-nu na-bu-u | This is their name. |
| 6' | li-ru-ru-šu-ma MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ | May they curse him and his name (and) his seed |
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