Sargon II 2009 (Q006651)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tell Baradan · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Sargon II 2009 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006651 |
| Collection | Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Tell Baradan |
| Coordinates | 34.2386, 45.0640 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap2 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:16] 1'1'–16'16' | Wh[en ...] the one who fashions li[ving creatures ...], the judicious god who[se command] cannot [be altered], the emminent god Marduk, whose command [...], (5´) who hears petition(s), renders decisions, (and) takes [...], who gives share(s) of the (food) offerings to the gods of [heaven and netherworld], the ruler of the black-headed people, who assigns the scepter of men, [...] (who has) a cunning mind, circumspect, high(est) [among the gods], (who)se supreme lordship induces awe in heaven and netherworld, [...] (10´) the wise, intelligent one, counselor of the Igīgū gods, the merciful god, whom to look [...], Sargon, king of Assyria, king of the world, the prince, [his (Marduk’s)] prot[égé], the pious vizier who rev[eres] his (Marduk’s) divine majesty, the governor (appointed) by the god Enlil, the king [...], the prince who reveres him, the (city) wall of Sirara, which had been built from earlier days and ... [...] in order to build this wall that Sargon, king of Assyria, king of the world, had desired [...], Nabû-bēlu-kaʾʾin, the governor of the city Arrapḫa [...] t[o ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | e-⸢nu⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 2' | pa-ti-iq ⸢nab⸣-[ni-ti ...] | |
| 3' | DINGIR muš-ta-lum ša₂ la ⸢i⸣-[nen-nu-u₂ qi₂-bi-su] | |
| 4' | {d}AMAR.UTU ti-iz-qa-ru ša₂ qi₂-bi-su [...] | |
| 5' | še-mu-u₂ tes₂-li-ti pa-ri-is EŠ.BAR ṣa-bi-ti [x x (x x x)] | |
| 6' | na-din is-qu NIDBA.MEŠ a-na DINGIR.MEŠ šu-ut [AN-e u KI-tim] | |
| 7' | ma-lik ṣal-mat SAG.DU mu-ki-⸢in⸣ GIDRU {lu₂}MEŠ [x x (x x x)] | |
| 8' | kar-aš₂ nik-la-a-ti a-ḫi-iz rid-di ša₂-⸢qu⸣-u₂ [DINGIR.MEŠ] | |
| 9' | ina AN-e u KI-tim šup-lu-ḫa-at EN-lu-u₂-su ⸢šur⸣-ba-ti [x x (x x x)] | |
| 10' | IGI.GAL₂ it-peš ma-lik {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ DINGIR reme₂-nu-u₂ ša₂ nap-lu-su [x x (x x x)] | |
| 11' | LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} LUGAL ŠU₂ NUN-u₂ ti-ri-iṣ [ŠU.(II)-šu₂] | |
| 12' | suk₃-ka-lu mut-{in}nin-nu-u₂ pa-[liḫ₂] DINGIR-u₂-ti-šu₂ ṣir-ti GIR₃.NITA₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x (x x x)] | |
| 13' | NUN-u₂ pa-liḫ₂-šu₂ BAD₃ ⸢sirara₂⸣{ki} ša₂ ul-<tu₂> u₄-me pa-ni ep-šu-mu IL-šu₂ x [x x (x x x)] | |
| 14' | a-na e-peš BAD₃ šu-a-ti ša₂ LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} LUGAL ŠU₂ ŠA₃-šu₂ [...] | |
| 15' | u₂-⸢ba-lam {m}{d}MUATI-EN-GI.NA {lu₂⸣}GAR KUR {uru}ar₂-rap-ḫe x [...] | |
| 16' | ⸢a-na⸣ [...] |
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