Sennacherib 209
| Obverse | ||
| oo | Lacuna | |
| o 1'1' | (1') [...] of gold, two bull-shaped [son-of-Šamaš figures of ...] I opened [a n]ew [gate ... towards the east], and [named it “The Royal] Gate.” | |
| o 2'2' | [mé-eḫ-ret IM.KUR.RA KÁ eš]-⸢šiš⸣ ap-te₉-e-ma ⸢KÁ⸣ [LUGAL-ti MU-šú am-bi] | |
| o 3'3' | [...] ⸢KÁ⸣ x x e-pu-uš-ma ⸢ú?⸣-[rap-piš? ...] | (3') [...] I built (anew) [the ga]te (of) ... and [widened ...] that [gate of the ce]lla had become dilap[idated and ...] of gold, a bull-shaped son-of-Šamaš figure of gold, a scorpion-m[an figure of ..., ...] I widened [the gate of the c]ella and [I named it] “The Gate of the Path of the En[lil-Stars.”] Four bull-shaped son-of-Šamaš figures of reddish bronze ra[ise] up in their hands a sun disk (and) [hold up the roof] above, (while) below, their feet are firmly planted in place on two bronze daises, (one) of a [bronze] fish man [(and one) of a bronze carp man]. On the right and left of the gate, [...] two nāʾeru-figures of silver, two storm demon figures of silver, [...]. |
| o 4'4' | ||
| o 5'5' | [...] ⸢KÙ⸣.GI GU₄ ⸢DUMU dUTU KÙ.GI⸣ GÍR.TAB.LÚ.⸢U₁₈⸣.[LU ...] | |
| o 6'6' | [KÁ pa]-pa-ḫu ú-rap-piš-ma KÁ KASKAL šu-ut dEN.[LÍL az-za-kar MU-šú] | |
| o 7'7' | 4 GU₄ DUMU dUTU ZABAR ḪUŠ.A ⸢e⸣-liš ŠU.II.MEŠ-šú-nu dUTU-ši ⸢na⸣-[šu-ú ú-kal-lu ṣu-lu-lu] | |
| o 8'8' | šap-liš GÌR-šú-nu ina UGU 2 BÁRA.MEŠ ZABAR šá KU₆.LÚ.U₁₈.LU [ZABAR šá SUḪUR.MÁŠ.KU₆ ZABAR] | |
| o 9'9' | ||
| o 10'10' | 2 na-ʾi-i-ri KÙ.BABBAR 2 U₄.GAL-li KÙ.BABBAR [...] | |
| o 11'11' | KISAL-šú eš-šiš ab-ni-ma as-kup-pat KÙ.BABBAR x [...] | (11') I built anew its courtyard and [...] with silver slabs. I paved [(...)] for the processional way of (the god) Aššur, my lord. [I named it] “The Courtyard of [the Row of Pedestals for the Igīgū gods.”] Inside that courtyard, [...] a portab[le] bronze brazier [...] At the lighting of the fire before (the god) Aššur, my lord, [...]. For the (ritual) bath of (the god) Aššur, I [...]. |
| o 12'12' | a-na tal-lak-ti AN.ŠÁR EN-ia ak-si-ir KISAL [si-dir man-za-az dí-gì-gì MU-šú am-bi] | |
| o 13'13' | ||
| o 14'14' | ||
| o 15'15' | ||
| o 16'16' | KÁ ša a-na ṣi-it ⸢dUTU⸣-[ši] a-na UGU [ÍD KÁ bu-ru-mu az-za-kar ni-bit-su] | (16') [I gave] the gate that faces the rising sun, towards [the river, the name “The Gate of the Firmament.” I gave] its entrance gate to the cou[rtyard the name “Th]e Entran[ce of the Igīgū gods.” I gave] the gate that fac[es south the name “The Kamsū-Igīgū Gate.” I gave its] entran[ce] gate [to the courtyard the name “The Gate of the Abundance of the Land.” I gave] the gate that fa[ces north the name “The Gate of the Wagon Star.” I gave its] entrance gate [to the courtyard the name “The Gate of the Dais of Destinies.”] |
| o 17'17' | ||
| Reverse | ||
| r 1r 1 | ||
| r 22 | ||
| r 33 | ||
| r 44 | ||
| r 55 | ṣa-al-me-šu [...] | (r 5) Its images [...] in the gates [...] the gate [...] |
| r 66 | ||
| r 77 | ⸢KÁ⸣ [...] | |
| 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/Q004014/.