Names

  • Sargon II 1006

Numbers

  • Q006636

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Details

  • prismatic cylinder
  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Nimrud (Kalhu)
  • Royal Inscription

Sargon II 1006

Obverse
Lacuna

Lacuna

1'1'

x [...]

(1') Not sufficiently preserved to allow translation.

2'2'

NI? [...] / x [...]

3'3'

ŠI x [...]

4'4'

a-na x [...]

(4') to/for [...]

5'5'

i-li-iṣ-ma [...]

(5') he rejoiced an[d ...]

6'6'

UGU ku-ru-ma-ti [x x x x x x (x x)] x BU? ŠÚ x [...]

(6') over the food allocation [...] ... [...]

7'7'

iḫ-du lìb-ba-šú [x x x x (x)] im-mir-ma [...]

(7') he was happy [... his face] shone an[d ...]

8'8'

E MI? DI PA x [x x x x (x)] ik-ru-ba IA [...]1

(8') ... [...] he prayed [...]

9'9'

ba-laṭ ZI-tim [x x x x (x)] ku-un-nu BALA-e MI/UL [...]

(9') to ensure (my) good health [...] to firmly establish (my) reign [...]

10'10'

i-da-a-a a-la-[ku x x x (x)] i?-zu-zi ina li-i-ti? [...]

(10') to g[o] at my side [... {to st]and} in trium[ph ...]

11'11'

mu-ud-di- É? [x x x x (x)] x x NIN x x [...]

(11') one who renovates [this] temple [...] ... [...]

12'12'

šá a-na kul-lu-me [x x (x)] KI? i-šak-ka-nu?/na? [...]

(12') who to show [...] he/th[ey] will establ[ish ...]

13'13'

dan-nu šu-BU-[x x (x)]-BU-UB a-a-bi AN x [...]

(13') strong ... [...] ... enemy ... [...]

14'14'

lil-li-ik-ma [(x) u₄?]-um ga-ru-šú i-na ID x [...]

(14') may he go and [wh]en his foes in ... [...]

15'15'

lik-mi-[(ma)] um-man-šú šá E x [...]

(15') may he bind [(and)] his army that ... [...]

16'16'

ú-ša-ab-ba-ru [...]

(16') he/th[ey] will shatter [...]

17'17'

NI x x IA [...]

(17') ... [...]

Lacuna

Lacuna

1IA or i-a/za.


Created by Grant Frame and the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period (RINAP) Project, 2019. Adapted for RINAP Online by Joshua Jeffers and Jamie Novotny and lemmatized by Giulia Lentini, Nathan Morello, and Jamie Novotny, 2019, for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation-funded OIMEA Project at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0.