Sennacherib 031

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Column i
ii Lacuna

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i 1'1'

[...] x [x (x)]

(i 1') [...] ... [... who lo]ves justice, [renders as]­sis­tance, [goes to the aid of the w]eak, (i 5´) (and) [strives after] good deeds, [perfect man, viri]le warrior, [foremost of all rul]ers, [the bridle that controls the in]submissive, (and) [the one who strikes en]emies [with lightning]:

i 2'2'

[... ra]-⸢ʾi⸣-im mi-šá-ri

i 3'3'

[e-piš ú]-⸢sa⸣-a-ti

i 4'4'

[a-lik tap-pu-ut a]-⸢ki-i⸣

i 5'5'

[sa-ḫi-ru] ⸢dam-qa-a-ti⸣

i 6'6'

[eṭ-lum gít-ma-lum zi-ka]-⸢ru qar-du⸣

i 7'7'

[a-šá-red kal ma]-⸢al-ki⸣

i 8'8'

[rap-pu la-ʾi-iṭ la] ma-gi-⸢ri⸣

i 9'9'

[mu-šab-ri-qu za]-⸢ma-a-ni⸣

i 10'10'

[daš-šur KUR-ú GAL-ú] ⸢LUGAL⸣-[ut]

(i 10') [The god Aššur, the great mountain, granted to] me [unriv]alled sovereig[nty] and [...] ... [...]

i 11'11'

[la šá]-⸢na-an⸣

i 12'12'

[ú-šat-li-ma-an]-⸢ni-ma⸣

i 13'13'

[...] x [...]

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Column ii
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ii 1'1'

É [BÀD.MEŠ-ni dan-nu-ti al-me KUR-ud]

(ii 1') [I surrounded (and) conquered ... their] for[tified] wa[lled cities. I brought] out of th[em] people, hor[ses, mules], donkeys, ox[en, and sheep and goats, and I counted (them) as booty]. (ii 5´) Moreover, I destroyed, devas[tated, (and) turned into ruins their small(er)] settlements, [which were without number. I burned] with fi[re] pavilions (and) [tents, their abodes, and reduced (them) to ashes].

ii 2'2'

UN.MEŠ ⸢ANŠE⸣.[KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ]

ii 3'3'

ANŠE.MEŠ ⸢GU₄⸣.[MEŠ ù ṣe-e-ni]

ii 4'4'

⸢ul⸣-tu qer-[bi-šú-un ú-še-ṣa-am-ma šal-la-tiš am-nu]

ii 5'5'

ù URU.MEŠ-[šú-nu TUR.MEŠ ša ni-ba la i-šu-ú]

ii 6'6'

ap-pul ⸢aq⸣-[qur ú-še-me kar-meš]

ii 7'7'

É ⸢EDIN⸣ [kul-ta-ri mu-šá-bi-šú-nu]

ii 8'8'

i-na dGIŠ.[BAR aq-mu-ma di-tal-liš]1

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1Based on parallels, the translation assumes that the now-missing ii´ 9´ would have begun with ú-še-mi or ú-še-me “I reduced (them).”

Created by A. Kirk Grayson, Jamie Novotny, and the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period (RINAP) Project, 2012. Lemmatized by Jamie Novotny, 2011. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q003505/.