Position in chronology
Sennacherib 047
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [...] ... [... In the uplands of Mount Ammanāna (northern Anti-Lebanon), they (Aššur and Ištar) disclosed to me the location of alabaster, which in the time of the king]s, [my] ancestor[s, was too expensive (even) for the pommel of a sword]. (3'b) [Moreover, breccia], as much as is needed (for making) bur[zigallu-bowls, (a stone) that had never been seen before, revealed itself at Kapridargilâ (“Dargilâ Village”)]. (4'b) [Near Nineveh, in the territory of the city Balāṭāya, b]y [divine] will, [white limestone was discovered in abundance, and (then) I created bull colossi of alabaster…
Source: Grayson, A.K. & Novotny, J. 2012–2014. The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704–681 BC). RINAP 3. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap3/Q003521/
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Transliteration
[...] x x [...] / [ša NA₄.GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL ša i-na tar-ṣi LUGAL].⸢MEŠ⸣-ni ⸢AD⸣.[MEŠ-ia a-na kar-ri nam-ṣa-ri šu-qu-ru i-na sa-pan KUR.am-ma-na-na] / [ú-šap-tu-ni pa-ni-šu ù NA₄.DÚR.MI.NA.BÀN.DA] ⸢ma⸣-la DUG.bur-[zi-gal-li ša la in-nam-ru ma-ti-ma i-na URU.kap-ri-da-ar-gi-la-a]1 / [ú-kal-lim ra-ma-nu-uš i-te-e NINA.KI i-na er-ṣe-et URU.ba-la-ṭa-a-a ki]-i ṭè-⸢em⸣ [DINGIR-ma NA₄.pi-i-lu pe-ṣu-ú a-na…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sennacherib, edited by A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny (RINAP 3, 2012–2014). ORACC text Q003521.
Attribution
Image: Created by A. Kirk Grayson, Jamie Novotny, and the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period (RINAP) Project, 2014. Lemmatized by Jamie Novotny, 2013. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q003521/..
Translation excerpted from Grayson, A.K. & Novotny, J. 2012–2014. The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704–681 BC). RINAP 3. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap3/Q003521/.
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