Sargon II 2002 (Q006644)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 2002 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006644 |
| Collection | Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq; Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA; unlocated |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Khorsabad (Dur-Šarrukin) |
| Coordinates | 36.5100, 43.2283 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/scores · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] 11–77 | Sîn-aḫu-uṣur, grand vizier (and) favorite (brother) of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, favorite of the great gods, completely constructed this house from its foundations to its crenellations. (5) He invited the great gods who dwell in Assyria and in this city (to come) inside it, and he offered before them pure sacrifices. In their steadfast, pure hearts they continually blessed Sargon and spoke that which is good concerning Sîn-aḫu-uṣur, his favorite brother. |
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 | {m}{d}EN.ZU-ŠEŠ-u₂-ṣur {lu₂}SUKKAL.MAḪ ta-lim {m}MAN-GIN MAN kiš-šat | |
| 2 | MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} MAN KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{ki} | |
| 3 | ⸢mi⸣-gir DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ E₂ ša₂-a-šu₂ TA UŠ₈-šu₂ EN gaba-dib-bi-šu₂ | |
| 4 | ir-ṣi-ip u₂-šak-lil DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ a-ši-bu-ut | |
| 5 | KUR aš-šur{ki} u₃ URU ša₂-a-šu₂ ina qer-bi-šu₂ iq-re-ma {udu}SISKUR.MEŠ | |
| 6 | KU₃.MEŠ ma-ḫar-šu₂-un iq-qi₂ ina ku-un lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu KU₃ {m}MAN-GIN | |
| 7 | ik-tar-ra-bu-ma ša₂ {m}{d}30-PAP-PAP ŠEŠ ta-lim-me-šu₂ iq-bu-u ša₂ ṭa-bu-uš |
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