Position in chronology
Sargon II 090
Translation — scholar edition
RINAP 2(1) To the goddess Anunītu, his lady: Sargon (II) presented (this) for the sake of his life.
Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period, volume 2 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Why it matters
Dedicatory inscription to Anunītu, a martial aspect of Ištar, attesting Sargon II's cultivation of this relatively rare goddess as a personal divine patron during his reign.
Transliteration
a-na da-nu-ni-tum / GAŠAN-šú mMAN-GIN / ana TI-šú BA-ìš
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sargon II, edited by Grant Frame (RINAP 2, 2021). ORACC text Q006571.
Attribution
Image: BM 134553 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P423254). source
Translation excerpted from Frame, G. 2021. The Royal Inscriptions of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721–705 BC). RINAP 2. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap2/Q006571/.
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