Position in chronology
SAA 03 033. The Sin of Sargon
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 3(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... I am Sennach]erib, the [circumspect] kin[g ......] who revered the gods of heaven and the go[ds of Assyria ......] (2) [In] my intense prayers and righteous[ness I daily spoke with my heart], saying: "Who [can comprehend] any of the deeds [of the gods]? Let me introduce into myself reverence for [their godhead], seize the shaft [of their (yoke), .......], frequent [their holy places], and l[et me ......]." (7) While thus [reverently] pondering [in my heart] over the deeds of the gods, the death of Sargon, [my father, who was slain in the enemy country] and…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 3 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
[md30—PAB]—⸢MEŠ—SU ma⸣-al-⸢ku⸣ [pit-qu-du x x x x x x x x] / pa-liḫ DINGIR-MEŠ šá AN-e u ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ šá KUR—aš-šur.KI a-na-ku i-na] / šu-te-mu-qí-ia u ki-nu-[ti-ia ú-mi-šam it-ti ŠÀ-bi-ia ad-(da-na)-bu-ub] / um-ma man-nu mim-ma ep-še-e-⸢ti⸣ [DINGIR-MEŠ i-ḫa-ak-kim DINGIR-ut-su-nu] / pa-la-ḫu a-ḫa-zu si-ir-du-⸢ú⸣-[šu-nu x x x x x áš-ra-a-ti-šu-nu] / ši-te-ʾu-ú lu-še-rib-an-ni-⸢ma lu?⸣-[x x x x x…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian court poetry or literary text, edited by Alasdair Livingstone (SAA 3, 1989). ORACC text P336604.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336604). source
Translation excerpted from Livingstone, A. 1989. Court Poetry and Literary Miscellanea. SAA 3. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa03/P336604/.
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