Sennacherib 151


Obverse
Column i
o i' 1o i 1	[2 ME 68 ina] ⸢AS₄⸣.LUM GAL-ti SAG.KI MURUB₄-tim	(i' 1) I fill[ed in (and) measu]red a terrace [... 268] large aslu-cubits along the inner, shorter side, [(which is) opposite] the zamû-wall of the shrine behind (the temple of) the goddess Ištar, [443] large aslu-cubits along the [other, pa]rallel, inner shorter side, (which is) on the west [behind the zig]gurrat of the temple of the goddess Ištar, (and) [386] large [as]lu-cubits along the lower, [southern] shorter side, [(which is) beside the] Tigris [River].
o i' 22	[mé-eḫ-ret] ⸢za⸣-me-e at-man-ni ku-tal ^diš-tar
o i' 33	[4 ME 43 ina] ⸢AS₄⸣.LUM GAL-ti SAG.KI qab-li-tum
o i' 44	[šá-ni-tum mu]-⸢uḫ⸣-ḫur-ti šá-a-ri a-mur-ri
o i' 55	[ku-tal É ziq]-⸢qur⸣-rat É ^diš-⸢tar⸣
o i' 66	[3 ME 86 ina AS₄].LUM GAL-ti SAG.KI KI.TA [IM.U₁₈.LU]
o i' 77	[ÚS.SA.DU ÍD].IDIGNA tam-la-a ú-mal-[li]
o i' 88	[am-šu-uḫ me-ši]-⸢iḫ⸣-ta áš-šú šip-ri É.⸢GAL⸣-[ia]	(i' 8b) So that the construction of [my] pala[ce might be carried out correctly and] that my handiwork be comp[leted, at that time, the god Aš]šur and the goddess [Ištar revealed to me the presence of whit]e [limestone] in the city [Balāṭāya. ...]
o i' 99	[šu-te-šu-ri ù] ⸢li⸣-pit ŠU.II-ia šul-[lu-me]
o i' 1010	[i-na u₄-me-šu-ma ^daš]-⸢šur⸣ ù ^d[iš-tar]
o i' 1111	[ša NA₄.pi-i-li pe-ṣe]-⸢e⸣ ina URU.[ba-la-ṭa-a-a]
o i' 1212	[...] x [...]1
	Lacuna	Lacuna
Reverse
Column i
r ir i	Lacuna	Lacuna
r i 1'1'	[...] x [...]	(r i 1') [... In total, eight gates (facing) the] rising [sun], towards [the south and east, (and) I gav]e them (these) names.
r i 2'2'	[ŠU.NIGIN 8 KÁ.GAL.MEŠ ^dUTU].⸢È⸣ mé-eḫ-ret [IM.šu-ú-ti]
r i 3'3'	[ù IM.šá-de-e az-ku]-ra ni-bit-si-⸢in⸣
r i 4'4'	[^dIŠKUR šá-ri-ik ḪÉ].GÁL a-na ⸢KUR⸣	(r i 4') [“The God Adad Is the Provider of Pro]sperity to the Land”: [(this is) the] Adad [Gate], which (leads to) the game preserve. “[The God Erra Is the One Who] Cuts Down My Enemies”: [(this is) the Nergal Gate], which (leads to) the city Tarbiṣu. “[The God Igisigsig Is the One Who] Makes Orchards Flourish”: [(this is) the Gate of the Garden]s. In total, three gates [(facing) towards] the north (and) I gave them (these) names.
r i 5'5'	[KÁ.GAL ^d]⸢IŠKUR⸣ ša KUR.am-ba-⸢si⸣
r i 6'6'	[^dèr-ra mu]-⸢šam⸣-qit a-a-bi-⸢ia⸣
r i 7'7'	[KÁ.GAL ^dU.GUR] ša URU.tar-bi-⸢ṣi⸣
r i 8'8'	[^dIGI.SIG₇.SIG₇ mu]-⸢šam⸣-me-eḫ ṣip-pa-a-⸢ti⸣
r i 9'9'	[KÁ.GAL GIŠ.KIRI₆].⸢MEŠ⸣ ŠU.NIGIN 3 KÁ.GAL.MEŠ
r i 10'10'	[ša mé-eḫ-ret] ⸢IM⸣.il-ta-ni at-ta-bi zi-kir-šin
r i 11'11'	[^dé-a mu]-⸢še⸣-šir kùp-pi-ia	(r i 11') “[The God Ea Is the One Who] Properly Directs (Water Flow into) My Cisterns”: [(this is) the M]ašqû [Gate]. “The One Who Brings in [Income from] the Settlements”: (this is) the Quay Gate.
r i 12'12'	[KÁ.GAL ma]-⸢as⸣-qé-e mu-še-ri-bat
r i 13'13'	[mi-šìr-ti] ⸢da⸣-ád-me KÁ.GAL ka-a-ri

1The translation assumes that ú-šap-tu-ú-ni pa-ni-šú “they revealed to me its presence” appeared at the beginning of this line.

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/Q003956/.

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