Sargon II 114 (Q006595)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Arslantepe (Melidu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 114 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006595 |
| Collection | unlocated |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:1] 1'1'–1'1' | [Together with his allies (and) his battle troops], he pitc[hed] his [roy]al [tent in a bend of the river (lit.: “between rivers”) like a cran]e [and assembled his military camp]. |
| Obverse [1:5] 2'2'–5'5' | [At the command of the gods Aššur, Nabû, (and) Marduk, I had a causeway constructed (lit.: “trodden down”) across his canals and I caught him, toge]ther with [his] fig[hting men, like a flying eagle in a net. I spr]ead out l[ike m]alt (spread for drying) [the corpses of his vanguard and of the Aḫlamû, the people of the steppe who go at] his [side], an[d I filled the surroundings of his city (with them). The city Dūr-Yakīn — his treasure house — (and) the cities Iqbi-Bēl, Kapru, Bīt-Zabidāya], Šāt-iddina, Zarāte, Raqqatu, E[kuššu, Ḫursaggalla, Dūr-Bēl-āliya, Dūr-Enlil, Bīt-Qiblāte, Nēmed-Sîn, Limītu, (and) Mād-akālša, (a total of) fifteen fortified cities, together with the se]ttlements in their environs, I [turned] into (ruin) mounds. [I carried off as booty at the same time (both) the people — young (and) old — who lived in the district and the gods who helped them; I did not allow a (single) person to escape]. |
| Obverse [5:9] 6'6'–9'9' | [(As for) the citizens of (the cities) Sippar], Nippur, B[abylo]n, (and) Borsippa who [through no fault of their own had been held captive in them (the fifteen cities), I put an end to their imprisonment and let them see the light (of day). (With regard to) their fields, which long ago, while] the land [was in disord]er, the Sutians had taken aw[ay and appropriated for their own, I struck down (those) Sutians, the people of the steppe, with the sword]. I (re)assigned to t[hem (the citizens) their territories, (whose boundaries) had been forgotten (and)] fallen into disuse [during the troub]led period in the land. [I (re)-established the freedom (from obligations) of (the cities) Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Larsa, Kullab, Kissik, (and) Nēmed-Laguda. Moreover], I returned [their gods that had been carried off as booty] to their cult centers and [I restored their] regular offeri[ngs that had been discontinued]. |
| Obverse [9:11] 10'10'–11'11' | [I restored the land Bīt-Yakīn and reorganized (its administration). I settled] th[ere people from the land Ku]mmuḫu that I had conquered, [and I had (them) occupy its (Bīt-Yakīn’s) abandoned regions. I divided up that land into equal parts and assigned (them) to the authority of a eunuch of mine, the] governor of Babylon, and a(nother) e[unuch of mine, the governor of the Gambulu (tribe)]. |
| Obverse [11:14] 12'12'–14'14' | Happily, [with a joyful heart (and) a radian]t face, I entered [Babylon, the cult center of the Enlil of the gods (Marduk); I grasped hold of the hands of the great lord, the god Marduk, and brought (him) safely along the road to the akītu-house. (With regard to) 154 talents, 26 minas, (and) 10 shekels of red gold, 1,604 talents (and) 20 minas of pure silver, copper], (and) iron in im[measurable] quantities, [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [... ki-ma ku-me₂]-⸢e{mušen⸣} [za-ra-tu₂] ⸢LUGAL⸣-ti-šu₂ iš-⸢kun⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 2' | [... ša₂-a-šu₂ ga]-⸢du⸣ {lu₂}mun-[daḫ-ṣe-šu ...] | |
| 3' | [... i-de-e]-šu ⸢ki⸣-[ma] ⸢ŠE.MUNU₆⸣ [aš₂]-ṭe-e-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... {uru]}ša₂-at-SUM.NA {uru}za-ra-a-te {uru}raq-qa-tum {uru}⸢e⸣-[ku-uš-šu₂ ...] | |
| 5' | [... a-di] ⸢URU⸣.MEŠ ša li-me-⸢ti⸣-šu₂-un ti-la-niš ⸢u₂⸣-[še-me ...] | |
| 6' | [... ZIMBIR]{⸢ki⸣} NIBRU{ki} ⸢KA₂⸣.[DINGIR].⸢RA⸣{ki} bar₂-sipa{ki} ša [i-na la an-ni-šu₂-nu ...] | |
| 7' | [... i-na i-ši]-⸢ti⸣ ma-a-ti {lu₂}su-ti-i e-ki-⸢mu⸣-[u₂-ma ...] | |
| 8' | [... ša i-na di]-⸢li⸣-iḫ-ti KUR ib-baṭ-lu u₂-šad-gil pa-nu-⸢uš⸣-[šu₂-un ...] | |
| 9' | [... DINGIR.MEŠ-šu₂-nu šal-lu-ti] ⸢a⸣-na ma-ḫa-zi-šu₂-nu u₂-ter-ma sat-tuk-[ki-šu₂-nu ...] | |
| 10' | [... UN.MEŠ {kur]}⸢kum₂⸣-mu-ḫi ki-šit-ti qa-ti-ia qe₂-[reb-šu₂ u₂-šar-me ...] | |
| 11' | [... {lu₂}šu-ut SAG-ia {lu₂]}GAR KUR KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} u₃ {lu₂}⸢šu⸣-[ut SAG-ia ...] | |
| 12' | [... nu-um]-⸢mur pa-ni⸣ ḫa-diš e-ru-um-ma [...] | |
| 13' | [...] par-zil-lu ša ni-ba ⸢la⸣ [i-šu-u₂ ...] | |
| 14' | [...] x x x [...] |
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