Sargon II 112 (Q006593)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Arslantepe (Melidu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 112 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006593 |
| Collection | Malatya Archaeological Museum, Malatya, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Arslantepe (Melidu) |
| Coordinates | 38.3612, 38.3822 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap2 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] 1'1'–2'2' | No translation possible. |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] ... people of the house of his father [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [...] ... in Assyria [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [...] ... with the land Ḫilakku ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [... that (man) (Ambaris) ... wrote to ...] Mitâ, king of the land Musku, about taking away terr[itory of mine ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [... I brought in bondage] to [Assyria Ambaris ...], with one hundred of his chariot(s) [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [...] I set [a eunuch of mine as provincial govern]or over them and [considered them] as people [of Assyria ...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [... I (then) restored to their former status the cities Ḫa]rrua (and) Ušnanis, fortresses of the land Que (Cilicia) that [he had annexed by force] i[n the distant past ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [...] ... [to (whom) I handed over] lordship of their wide lands [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | [... he repeatedly sent to Mitâ, kin]g of the land Musku, (messages) hostile to [Assyria. ...] |
| Obverse [11:14] 12'12'–14'14' | No translation possible. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] [...] | |
| 2' | [...] [...] | |
| 3' | [...] (x) x x ⸢UN.MEŠ E₂ AD⸣-šu₂ x [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x x ina ⸢qe₂⸣-reb KUR ⸢aš-šur⸣{ki} x [...] | |
| 5' | [...] KUR (x) x x x x ⸢it⸣-ti {kur}ḫi-lak-ki x x (x) [...] | |
| 6' | [...] (x) x x x {kur}mu-⸢us⸣-ki ša e-⸢ke⸣-mu mi-[ṣir-ia ...] | |
| 7' | [...] it-ti 1 ME {giš}GIGIR-šu₂ a-na KUR [aš-šur{ki} ...] | |
| 8' | [... {lu₂}EN].⸢NAM {lu₂}EN].⸢NAM UGU⸣-šu₂-nu aš₂-⸢kun-ma⸣ it-ti UN.MEŠ [...] | |
| 9' | [... {uru}ḫa]-⸢ar-ru⸣-a {uru}⸢uš⸣-na-ni-is {uru}ḪAL.ṢU.MEŠ {kur}qu-e ša₂ ⸢ul⸣-[tu ...] | |
| 10' | [...] (x) x x x x x x KUR.MEŠ-šu₂-nu rap-ša₂-a-te [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣ {kur}mu-us-ki ze-ra-a-tu₂ ⸢KUR⸣ [aš-šur{ki} ...] | |
| 12' | [...] [...] | |
| 13' | [...] [...] | |
| 14' | [...] [...] |
Sources & licences
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