Position in chronology
Sîn-šarru-iškun 02
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [...] firmly established; [...] cultic rites (and) kidudû-rites [... cons]tantly shepherded the people; [whom the light of heaven, the god Sîn], crow[ned] with the crown of lordship; [whose hand] the god Mardu[k, ..., made grasp a just scepter] (and) a true [s]taff for shepherding a widespread population; [magnanim]ous, discerning, who [...] for the good health of the people; (5´) [who comprehen]ds reason, who learned deliberation; the one to whom [the god Ea, ...], taught his wisdom; (6') pious [r]uler, capable governor, true shepherd, exalted vice-regent, [...]; the one who, with the…
Source: Novotny, J. & Jeffers, J. 2018–. The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Aššur-etel-ilāni (630–627 BC) and Sîn-šarra-iškun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 5. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap5/Q003863/
Why it matters
Preserves the legitimating titulary of a late Sargonid king — likely Sîn-šarru-iškun — showing Sîn, Marduk, and Ea each conferring distinct attributes of rule within decades of Assyria's fall.
Transliteration
[...] ⸢ú-kin par⸣-ṣe ki-du-de-⸢e⸣ x [...] / [... ir]-⸢te-ʾu-u⸣ ba-ʾu-la-ti AGA EN-u-ti x ⸢e-pi-ru⸣-[uš na-an-nàr AN-e d30] / [GIŠ.GIDRU i-šar-tú] ⸢uš⸣-pa-ru ke-e-nu ⸢a⸣-na SIPA-u-ti UN.MEŠ DAGAL.MEŠ dAMAR.⸢UTU⸣ [... ú-šat-me-ḫu rit-tu-uš-šú] / [lìb-bu] ⸢rap⸣-šú ka-raš ta-⸢šim⸣-ti ša a-na ṭu-ub UZU UN.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] / [a-ḫi]-⸢iz⸣ ṭè-e-me la-mid ši-tul-ti ša né-me-qí-šú ú-šá-ḫi-zu-⸢šú⸣ [dé-a ...] /…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003863.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P394644). source
Translation excerpted from Novotny, J. & Jeffers, J. 2018–. The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Aššur-etel-ilāni (630–627 BC) and Sîn-šarra-iškun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 5. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap5/Q003863/.
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