Sargon II 1006 (Q006636)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 1006 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006636 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| Coordinates | 36.0992, 43.3275 |
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] 1'1'–3'3' | Not sufficiently preserved to allow translation. |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | to/for [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | he rejoiced an[d ...] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | over the food allocation [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | he was happy [... his face] shone an[d ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | ... [...] he prayed [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | to ensure (my) good health [...] to firmly establish (my) reign [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | to g[o] at my side [... {to st]and} in trium[ph ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | one who renovates [this] temple [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12' | who to show [...] he/th[ey] will establ[ish ...] |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | strong ... [...] ... enemy ... [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] 14'14'–14'14' | may he go and [wh]en his foes in ... [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] 15'15'–15'15' | may he bind [(and)] his army that ... [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] 16'16'–16'16' | he/th[ey] will shatter [...] |
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' | x [...] | |
| 2' | NI [...] x [...] | |
| 3' | ŠI x [...] | |
| 4' | a-na x [...] | |
| 5' | i-li-iṣ-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | UGU ku-ru-ma-ti [x x x x x x (x x)] x ⸢BU ŠU₂⸣ x [...] | |
| 7' | iḫ-du lib₃-ba-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x x (x)] im-mir-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | E MI DI PA x [x x x x (x)] ik-ru-ba ⸢IA⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | ba-laṭ ZI-tim [x x x x (x)] ⸢ku⸣-un-nu BALA-e ⸢MI/UL⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | i-da-a-a a-⸢la⸣-[ku x x x (x)] ⸢i⸣-zu-zi ina li-⸢i-ti⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | mu-ud-di-iš ⸢E₂⸣ [x x x x (x)] x x NIN x x [...] | |
| 12' | ša₂ a-na kul-lu-me [x x (x)] ⸢KI⸣ i-šak-ka-⸢nu/na⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | dan-nu šu-BU-[x x (x)]-BU-UB a-a-bi AN x [...] | |
| 14' | lil-li-ik-ma [(x) u₄]-um ga-ru-šu₂ i-na ID x [...] | |
| 15' | lik-mi-[(ma)] um-man-šu₂ ša₂ E x [...] | |
| 16' | u₂-ša-ab-ba-⸢ru⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | NI x x IA [...] |
Sources & licences
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