Position in chronology
Sennacherib 045
Translation — scholar edition
RINAP 3(1') a dangerous enemy. [I ruined the land Ellipi and destroyed its settlements. Moreover, Lulî], the king of the city Sidon, [became frightened of doing battle with me], fl[ed] like a fish [to Yadnana (Cyprus), which is in the midst of the sea, and took refuge (there). In that same land, he disappeared] on account of the awesome terror of the w[eapon of the god Aššur, my lord]. I p[laced Tu-Baʾlu on] his [roy]al [throne and imposed upon him payment (in recognition) of my overlordship]. (6') [I rui]ned [the] wi[de district of the ... land Judah (and) ...]
Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period, volume 3 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
⸢LÚ⸣.KÚR ak-⸢ṣi⸣ [KUR.el-li-pi ú-šal-pit-ma ú-ab-bit da-ád-me-šá ù mlu-li-i] / LUGAL URU.ṣi-du-un-⸢ni⸣ [e-du-ra ta-ḫa-zi a-na KUR.ia-ad-na-na ša qé-reb tam-tim] / ki-ma nu-ú-ni ip-[par-šid-ma i-ḫu-uz mar-qí-tum i-na KUR-tim-ma šá-a-tu]1 / i-na ra-šub-⸢bat GIŠ⸣.[TUKUL daš-šur EN-ia e-mid šad-da-šú mtu-ba-aʾ-lu i-na GIŠ.GU.ZA] / [LUGAL]-⸢ti⸣-šú ⸢ú⸣-[še-šib-ma man-da-at-tu be-lu-ti-ia ú-kin ṣe-ru-uš-šu] / [ú-šal]-⸢pit rap⸣-[šu na-gu-ú KUR.ia-ú-di ...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sennacherib, edited by A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny (RINAP 3, 2012–2014). ORACC text Q003519.
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/Q003519/..
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/Q003519/.
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