Sargon II 123 (Q006603)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Babylon (Bābili) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 123 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006603 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK; British Museum, London, UK; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylon (Bābili) |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap2 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | For the god Marduk, great lord, compassionate god who dwells in Esagila, lord of Babylon, his lord: |
| Obverse [3:10] 44–1010 | Sargon (II), strong king, king of Assyria, king of the world, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, the one who provides for Esagila and Ezida, thought of (re)building the (city) wall Imgur-Enlil. |
| Obverse [10:20] 1111–2020 | He then had bricks made and constructed a quay-wall of baked bricks from a (ritually) pure kiln, (laid) in (both) refined and crude bitumen, along the bank of the Euphrates River, (15) in deep water. He then made the (city) wall Imgur-Enlil and the (city) wall Nēmet-Enlil as secure upon it as the base of a mountain. |
| Obverse [20:25] 2121–2525 | May the god Marduk, great lord, look upon this work of mine (with pleasure) and may he grant (a long) life to Sargon, the prince who provides for him. May his reign be as firm as the foundation of Babylon. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ana {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-i | |
| 2 | DINGIR reme-ni-i | |
| 3 | a-šib e₂-sag-gil₂ EN TIN.TIR{ki} UMUN-šu₂ | |
| 4 | LUGAL-GIN LUGAL dan-nu | |
| 5 | LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} LUGAL ŠU₂ | |
| 6 | GIR₃.NITA₂ TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 7 | LUGAL KUR šu-me-ru u URI{ki} | |
| 8 | za-nin e₂-sag-il₂ | |
| 9 | u₃ e₂-zi-da | |
| 10 | ana DU₃-eš BAD₃ im-gur-{d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 11 | GEŠTU-šu₂ GAL₂-ma u₂-šal-bi-in-ma | |
| 12 | a-gur-ru ki-ru KU₃-tim | |
| 13 | ina kup-ru u₃ ESIR | |
| 14 | ina GU₂ {id₂}pu-rat-ti | |
| 15 | ina qe₂-reb an-za-nun-ze-e | |
| 16 | KAR ib-ni-ma | |
| 17 | BAD₃ im-gur-{d}50 | |
| 18 | u₃ BAD₃ ne₂-met-{d}50 | |
| 19 | ki-ma ši-pik KUR-i | |
| 20 | u₂-šar-šid ṣe-ru-uš-šu₂ | |
| 21 | šip-ri ša₂-a-šu₂ {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 22 | lip-pa-lis-ma a-na LUGAL-GIN | |
| 23 | NUN za-nin-šu₂ liš-ruk TIN | |
| 24 | ki-ma te-me-en TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 25 | li-ku-nu BALA.MEŠ-šu₂ |
Sources & licences
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