Sargon II 2009
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1'1' | e-⸢nu?⸣-[ma? ...] | (1') Wh[en ...] the one who fashions li[ving creatures ...], the judicious god who[se command] cannot [be altered], the emminent god Marduk, whose command [...], (5´) who hears petition(s), renders decisions, (and) takes [...], who gives share(s) of the (food) offerings to the gods of [heaven and netherworld], the ruler of the black-headed people, who assigns the scepter of men, [...] (who has) a cunning mind, circumspect, high(est) [among the gods], (who)se supreme lordship induces awe in heaven and netherworld, [...] (10´) the wise, intelligent one, counselor of the Igīgū gods, the merciful god, whom to look [...], Sargon, king of Assyria, king of the world, the prince, [his (Marduk’s)] prot[égé], the pious vizier who rev[eres] his (Marduk’s) divine majesty, the governor (appointed) by the god Enlil, the king [...], the prince who reveres him, the (city) wall of Sirara, which had been built from earlier days and ... [...] in order to build this wall that Sargon, king of Assyria, king of the world, had desired [...], Nabû-bēlu-kaʾʾin, the governor of the city Arrapḫa [...] t[o ...] |
2'2' | pa-ti-iq ⸢nab?⸣-[ni-ti? ...] | |
3'3' | ||
4'4' | dAMAR.UTU ti-iz-qa-ru šá qí-bi-su [...] | |
5'5' | ||
6'6' | na-din is-qu NIDBA.MEŠ a-na DINGIR.MEŠ šu-ut [AN-e u KI-tim] | |
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8'8' | ||
9'9' | ina AN-e u KI-tim šup-lu-ḫa-at EN-lu-ú-su ⸢šur⸣-ba-ti [x x (x x x)] | |
10'10' | IGI.GÁL it-peš ma-lik dí-gì-gì DINGIR réme-nu-ú šá nap-lu-su [x x (x x x)] | |
11'11' | LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL KUR aš-šur.KI LUGAL ŠÚ NUN-ú ti-ri-iṣ [ŠU.(II)-šú] | |
12'12' | sùk-ka-lu? mut-innin-nu-ú pa-[líḫ] DINGIR-ú-ti-šú ṣir-ti GÌR.NÍTA dEN.LÍL ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x (x x x)]1 | |
13'13' | NUN-ú pa-líḫ-šú BÀD ⸢sírara⸣.KI šá ul-<tú> u₄-me pa-ni ep-šu-mu IL?-šú x [x x (x x x)]2 | |
14'14' | a-na e-peš BÀD šu-a-ti šá LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL KUR aš-šur.KI LUGAL ŠÚ ŠÀ-šú [...] | |
15'15' | ú-⸢ba?-lam? mdMUATI-EN-GI.NA LÚ⸣.GAR KUR URU.ár-rap-ḫe x [...] | |
16'16' | ⸢a-na?⸣ [...] | |
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1Note the unusual gloss in preceding the sign nin in mutninnû/mutnennû.
2Bricks with an inscription of Ashurbanipal were found at Tell Haddad stating that the king had enlarged part of the temple Ešaḫula for the god Nergal, “the lord of Sirara” (Frame, RIMB 2 p. 229 B.6.32.22). For the use of -mu for the enclitic particle -ma, see the commentary to text no. 125.
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.