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  • Sargon II 086

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  • Q006567

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  • cylinder
  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Kuyunjik (Nineveh)
  • Royal Inscription

Sargon II 086

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1'1'

[...] x x [...]

(1') [I mustered the numerous troops of (the god) Aššur and crossed the Tigris (and) Euphrates Rivers, as well as in]numerable small [stream]s. [Like the Deluge, I overwhelmed the Chaldeans to their (lit.: its) full extent. In the face of my advance (lit.: “before me”), Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-Baladan)] gathered together [the inhabitants of his cities (lit.: “his inhabited cities”) and the gods dwelling in them], and [brought (them) in]t[o the city Dūr-Yakīn. He strengthened its enclosure walls (and), moving back a distance of ten nindanu from in front of its main wall], he made [a moat two hundred cubits wide]; he [made (the moat)] one and a half nindanu [deep and reached ground water. He cut a channel from the Euphrates River, (thereby) making (its water) flow (in)to it]s [meadowland. He flooded] its fields, where battles (are fought), [and made crossing difficult. Together with his allies (and) his battle troops, he pitched his] royal tent [in a bend of the river (lit.: “between rivers”) lik]e a crane [and assembled his (military) camp].

2'2'

[... ÍD].MEŠ TUR.MEŠ la [mi-na ...]

3'3'

[...] ⸢ú⸣-paḫ-ḫir-ma a-⸢na⸣ [...]

4'4'

[...] ⸢iš⸣-kun-ma 1 1/2 NINDA ú-[šap-pil-ma ...]

5'5'

[... ta-mir]-⸢tuš?⸣ A.GÀR.MEŠ-šú a-šar mit-ḫu-⸢ṣi⸣ [...]

6'6'

[... ki]-⸢ma⸣ MUŠEN.ku-mé-e za-ra-tu LUGAL-⸢ti⸣-[šú ...]

7'7'

[... ú]-⸢šak⸣-bi-is-ma šá-a-šú ga-du LÚ.mun-⸢daḫ?⸣-[ṣe-šu ...]

(7') [At the command of the gods Aššur, Nabû, (and) Marduk, I had a causeway] constructed (lit.: “trodden down”) [across his canals] and [I caught] him, together with [his] fight[ing men, like a flying eagle in a net]. I spread out like malt (spread for drying) [the corpses of his vanguard and of the Aḫlamû, the people of the steppe who go at] his [side], and [I filled] the surroundi[ngs of his city (with them). ... together with the settlements in] their [en]virons, I turned into (ruin) mounds. [I carried off as booty at the same time (both)] the people — young (and) o[ld — who lived in the district and the gods who helped them; I did not allow a (single) person to escape].

8'8'

[... i-de-e]-šu ki-ma ŠE.MUNU₆ áš-ṭe-e-ma i-ta-⸢at⸣ [...]

9'9'

[...] ⸢li⸣-mi-ti-šú-un ti-la-niš ú-še-me UN.MEŠ ṣe-ḫer ⸢ra⸣-[bi ...]1

10'10'

[...] ⸢la⸣ an-ni-šú-nu i-na qer-bi-šú-un ka-mu-ú ṣi-bit-ta-šú-⸢nu⸣ [...]

(10') [(As for) the citizens of (the cities) Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, (and) Borsippa who through n]o fault of their own had been held captive in them, [I put an end to] their imprisonment [and let them see the light (of day). (With regard to) their fields, which long ago, while the land was in disorder], the Sutians had taken away and [appropriated] for their own — [I struck down (those) Sutians, the people of the steppe, with the sword]. I restored [to their former status their territories, (whose boundaries)] had been forgotten (and) fallen into disuse during the troubled period in the land. I (re)-established the freedom (from obligations) [of (the cities) Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Larsa, Kullab, Kissik, (and)] Nēmed-Laguda. [Moreover, I returned their gods that had been carried off as booty to their cult centers and] I rest[ored] their [regular] offerings that had been discontinued.

11'11'

[...] ⸢LÚ⸣.su-ti-i e-ki-mu-ú-ma ra-ma-nu-uš-šú-un [...]

12'12'

[...] ma-⸢šu-ú⸣-ti ša ina di-li-iḫ ma-a-ti ib-baṭ-lu ú-⸢ter⸣ [...]2

13'13'

[...] URU.né-med-dla-gu-da áš-ku-na an-du-ra-ar-[šú-un ...]

14'14'

[... sat]-⸢tuk⸣-ki-šú-nu ba-aṭ-lu-ti ú-ter [...]

15'15'

[... UN.MEŠ KUR].⸢kúm⸣-mu-ḫi ki-šit-ti qa-ti-ia qé-reb-šú ú-šar-me-[ma? ...]

(15') [I restored the land Bīt-Yakīn and reorganized (its administration)]. I settled there [people from the land K]ummuḫu that I had conquered [and I had (them) occupy its (Bīt-Yakīn’s) abandoned regions. I divided up that land into equal parts and assigned (them) to the authority of a eunuch of mine, the governor of B]abylon, and a(nother) eunuch of mine, the [governor of the Gambulu (tribe)].

16'16'

[...] ⸢KÁ?.DINGIR?.RA.KI⸣ ù LÚ.šu-ut SAG-ia LÚ.[GAR.KUR ...]

17'17'

[... e]-⸢ru⸣-um-ma ŠU.II EN ⸢GAL⸣-[i ...]

(17') [Happily, with a joyful heart (and) a radiant face, I] entered [Babylon, the cult center of the Enlil of the gods (Marduk); I grasped hold of] the hands of the gre[at] lord, [the god Marduk, and brought (him) safely along the road to the akītu-house. (With regard to) 154 talents, 26 minas, (and) 10 shekels of red gold, 1,604 talents (and) 20 minas of pure silver], copper [(and) iron in immeasurable quantities ...]

18'18'

[...] ⸢URUDU.ḪI.A⸣ [...]

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1It is quite possible that there is not sufficient room to allow the restoration given in the translation for the end of the line, which is based on text no. 74 vi 60–62 and text no. 113 line 17´.

2ú-⸢ter⸣: See text no. 87 line 9´ and the on-page note to that line.

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.

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