Sargon II 2008 (Q006650)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tell Haddad (Me-Turan) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 2008 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006650 |
| Collection | Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Tell Haddad (Me-Turan) |
| Coordinates | 34.2256, 45.0950 |
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 Nergal], foremost of the gods, who does not fear (any) battle weapon, [... most pow]erful of the gods, who does not pardon those who are evil, [who dwells in Ešaḫ]ul (“House of the Happy Heart”) that is inside the city Mēturna (Mê-Turnat), the great lord, his lord: |
| Obverse [3:9] 44–99 | [PN, governor of the l]and Na’iri (and) eunuch of Sargon (II), king of Assyria, made (this object) by the craft [of the gods Ninzadim and Ninku]ra [out of a block of lapis-l]azuli hewn from its mountain (quarry) and he set (it) up for the sake of ensuring his good health, [prolonging his days], his happiness, capturing his enemies, [the absence] of relentless illness, [and m]aking his heart joyful. |
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}U.GUR] SAG DINGIR.DINGIR la a-dir {giš}TUKUL ša₂-aš-me | |
| 2 | [... kaš]-kaš DINGIR.DINGIR la ŠU ḪUL.ME | |
| 3 | [a-šib e₂-ša₃]-⸢ḫul₂⸣ ša₂ qe₂-reb {uru}me-tur₇-ni EN GAL EN-šu₂ | |
| 4 | {[m}... GAR] {⸢kur⸣}na-i-ri {lu₂}SAG {lu₂}SAG {m}MAN-GIN MAN KUR AŠ | |
| 5 | [ina tak-kas {na₄}ZA].⸢GIN₃⸣ ḫi-ip KUR-šu₂ ina ši-pir | |
| 6 | {[d}nin-zadim u {d}nin-kur]-ra ⸢DU₃⸣-ma ana TIN ZI.ME-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [GID₂.(DA) UD.MEŠ-šu₂] DUG₃ ŠA₃-šu₂ KUR ḪUL.ME-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [NU/la GAL₂-e] TU.RA la ga-me-lu | |
| 9 | [u₃ šu]-lu-uṣ ŠA₃-šu₂ GIN |
Sources & licences
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