Sennacherib 142
Obverse | ||
oo | Lacuna | |
o 1'1' | [mbu-du-DINGIR] KUR.⸢É⸣-am-ma-⸢na-a⸣-[a mkam-mu-su-na-ad-bi KUR.ma-ʾa-ba-a-a mda-a-ram-mu KUR.ú-du-um-ma-a-a] | (1') [Būdi-il of] the land Bīt-Ammon, [Kammūsu-nadbi of the land Moab, Aya-rāmu of the land Edom, all of the king]s of the land Amurru, [they brought extensive gifts, four] times (the normal amount), [as their substantial audience gift] before me [and kissed my feet]. |
o 2'2' | [LUGAL].⸢MEŠ⸣ KUR MAR.TU.KI [ka-li-šú-nu IGI.SÁ-e šad-lu-ti ta-mar-ta-šú-nu ka-bit-tu] | |
o 3'3' | [a-di 4]-šú a-na maḫ-ri-ia [iš-šu-nim-ma iš-ši-qu GÌR.II-ia] | |
o 4'4' | [ù] mṣi-id-qa-a LUGAL URU.is-qa-⸢al⸣-[lu-na ša la ik-nu-šú a-na ni-ri-ia] | (4') [Moreover], (as for) Ṣidqâ, the king of the city Ashkel[on who had not bowed down to my yoke, I forcibly removed the gods of] his father’s house, himself, his wife, [his] sons, [his daughters, his brothers, (and other) offspring of his father’s house and took him to Assyria]. |
o 5'5' | [DINGIR.MEŠ] É AD-šú šá-a-šu DAM-su DUMU.⸢MEŠ⸣-[šú DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šú ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šú NUMUN É AD-šú as-su-ḫa-am-ma a-na KUR aš-šur.KI ú-ra-áš-šú] | |
o 6'6' | [mLUGAL]-lu-dà-ri DUMU mru-kib-ti [LUGAL-šú-nu maḫ-ru-ú UGU UN.MEŠ URU.is-qa-al-lu-na áš-kun-ma] | (6') [I set Šarru]-lū-dāri, son of Rūkibtu, [their former king, over the people of the city Ashkelon and imposed upon him the pay]ment of tribute (and) gifts (in recognition) of my overlordship [so that he (now) pulls my yoke]. |
o 7'7' | [na]-⸢dan⸣ GUN kàd-re-e be-lu-ti-ia [e-mid-su-ma i-šá-ṭa ab-šá-a-ni] | |
o 8'8' | [i]-na me-ti-iq ger-ri-ia URU.É-[da-gan-na URU.ia-pu-u URU.ba-na-a-a-bar-qa URU.a-zu-ru] | (8') [I]n the course of my campaign, [I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered] the cities Bīt-[Daganna, Joppa, Banayabarqa, (and) Azuru, the citi]es of Ṣidqâ that [had not submitted] to m[e quickly]. |
o 9'9' | [URU].MEŠ ša mṣi-id-qa-a ša a-na GÌR.II-[ia ár-ḫiš la ik-nu-šú al-me KUR-ud áš-lu-la šal-la-su-un] | |
o 10'10' | [LÚ].GÌR.NÍTA.MEŠ LÚ.NUN.MEŠ ù UN.MEŠ URU.am-qar-⸢ru⸣-[na ša mpa-di-i LUGAL-šú-nu EN a-di-i ù ma-mit šá KUR aš-šur.KI] | (10') (As for) [the g]overnors, the nobles, and the people of the city Ekro[n who] had thrown [Padî, their king who was bound by treaty and oaths to Assyria], into iron [fe]tters and [who had handed him over] to [Hezekiah of the land Judah in a hostile manner], they became frightened on account of the villainous acts they had committed. [They formed a confederation with the kings of Egypt (and) the archers, chariots, (and) horses] of the king of the land Meluḫḫa, forces [without number, and they came to their aid]. |
o 11'11' | [bi]-re-tú AN.BAR id-du-ma a-na m[ḫa-za-qi-a-ú KUR.ia-ú-da-a-a id-di-nu-šú nak-riš] | |
o 12'12' | a-na an-zil-li e-pu-šu ip-làḫ ŠÀ-šú-⸢un⸣ [LUGAL.MEŠ KUR.mu-ṣu-ri LÚ.ERIM.MEŠ GIŠ.PAN GIŠ.GIGIR.MEŠ ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ] | |
o 13'13' | ša LUGAL KUR.me-luḫ-ḫa e-mu-⸢qí⸣ [la ni-bi ik-te-ru-nim-ma il-li-ku re-ṣu-su-un] | |
o 14'14' | i-na ta-mir-ti URU.al-ta-qu-ú [el-la-mu-u-a si-id-ru šit-ku-nu ú-šá-ʾa-lu GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ-šú-un] | (14') In the plain of the city Eltekeh, [they sharpened their weapons while drawing up in battleline before me]. With the support of the god Aššur, my lord, [I fought] with th[em and defeated them]. In [the thick of battle, I captured] alive the Egyp[tian] charioteers (and) princes (lit. “the sons of the kings”), [together with the charioteers of the king of the land Meluḫḫa]. |
o 15'15' | i-na ⸢tukul⸣-ti daš-šur EN-ia ⸢it⸣-[ti-šú-un am-da-ḫi-iṣ-ma áš-ta-kan BAD₅.BAD₅-šú-un] | |
o 16'16' | LÚ.EN ⸢GIŠ⸣.GIGIR.MEŠ ù DUMU.MEŠ LUGAL.MEŠ KUR.mu-⸢ṣu⸣-[ra-a-a a-di LÚ.EN GIŠ.GIGIR.MEŠ ša LUGAL KUR.me-luḫ-ḫa] | |
o 17'17' | ||
o 18'18' | URU.al-ta-⸢qu⸣-ú URU.ta-am-na-a al-⸢me⸣ [KUR-ud áš-lu-la šal-la-su-un a-na URU.am-qar-ru-na aq-rib-ma] | (18') I surrounded, [conquered, (and) plundered] the cities Eltekeh (and) Tamnâ. [I approached the city Ekron and I killed] the governor[s] (and) nobles who had com[mitted] crime(s) [and hung their corpses on towers around the city; I counted] the citizens who had com[mitted the criminal acts as booty; (and) I commanded that the rest of them, (those) who were not guilty of crimes] or wrongdoing, [(to) whom no penalty was due, be allowed to go free]. |
o 19'19' | LÚ.GÌR.⸢NÍTA⸣.[MEŠ] LÚ.NUN.MEŠ ša ḫi-iṭ-⸢ṭu ú⸣-[šab-šu-ú a-duk-ma ina di-ma-a-ti si-ḫir-ti URU a-lul pag-ri-šú-un] | |
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | ⸢DUMU.MEŠ⸣ URU e-[piš an-ni ù gíl-la-ti a-na šal-la-ti am-nu si-it-tu-te-šú-nu la ba-bil ḫi-ṭi-ti] | |
r 22 | ù gul-lul-⸢ti⸣ [ša a-ra-an-šú-nu la ib-šu-ú uš-šur-šú-un aq-bi] | |
r 33 | mpa-di-i ⸢LUGAL⸣-[šú-nu ul-tu qé-reb URU.ur-sa-li-im-ma ú-še-ṣa-am-ma] | (r 3) [I brought out] Padî, [their] king, [from the city Jerusalem and placed (him)] on the [lordly] throne [over them, and (then) I imposed upon him payment (in recognition) of my overlordship]. |
r 44 | i-na GIŠ.GU.ZA [be-lu-ti UGU-šú-un ú-še-šib-ma man-da-at-tú be-lu-ti-ia ú-kin ṣe-ru-uš-šú] | |
r 55 | ša mḫa-za-qi-ia-⸢ú⸣ [KUR.ia-ú-da-a-a 46 URU.MEŠ-šú É BÀD.MEŠ dan-nu-ti ù URU.MEŠ TUR.MEŠ ša li-me-ti-šú-nu ša ni-ba la i-šu-ú] | (r 5) (As for) Hezekiah [of the land Judah, I surrounded (and) conquered forty-six of his fortified walled cities and small(er) settlements in their environs, which were without number], by having [ramps] trodden down [and battering rams brought up, the assault of foot soldiers, sapping, breaching, and siege engines. I brought out of them] 200,150 [people, young (and) old, male and female, horses, mules, donkeys, camels, oxen, and sheep and goats], which were without [number, and I counted (them) as booty]. |
r 66 | i-na šuk-bu-us [a-ram-me ù qur-ru-ub šu-pe-e mit-ḫu-uṣ zu-uk GÌR.II pil-ši nik-si ù kal-ba-na-ti al-me ak-šudud] | |
r 77 | 2 ME LIM 1 ME ⸢50⸣ [UN.MEŠ TUR GAL NITA u MUNUS ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ ANŠE.MEŠ ANŠE.GAM.MAL.MEŠ GU₄.MEŠ ù US₅.UDU.ḪI.A] | |
r 88 | šá ⸢la⸣ [ni-bi ul-tu qer-bi-šú-un ú-še-ṣa-am-ma šal-la-tiš am-nu] | |
Lacuna |
Created by A. Kirk Grayson, Jamie Novotny, and the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period (RINAP) Project, 2014. Lemmatized by Jamie Novotny, 2013. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q003947/.