Sîn-šarru-iškun 03
| Obverse | ||
| 11 | [... LUGAL] ŠÚ LUGAL ⸢KUR⸣ AN.⸢ŠÁR.KI?⸣ [...] | (1) [I, Sîn-šarra-iškun, ... king of] the world, king of Assyria, [... of the god Marduk (and) the goddess Zarp]anītu, beloved of the god Nabû (and) the goddess Tašmētu, [...; son of Ashurbanipal, ..., king of Assyria], king of the land of Sumer [and] Akkad; son of Esarhaddon, ... [...; son of Sennacherib, ...; descendant of Sargon (II), ..., governor of B]abylon, king of the land of Sumer and [Akkad]: |
| 22 | [... dAMAR.UTU dzar]-⸢pa-ni⸣-tum na-ram dAG d⸢taš-me-tum⸣ (traces) [...] | |
| 33 | [... LUGAL KUR AN.ŠÁR].⸢KI?⸣ LUGAL ⸢KUR EME.GI₇⸣ [u] ⸢URI.KI DUMU? mAN?.ŠÁR?⸣-(traces) [...] | |
| 44 | [... GÌR.NÍTA] ⸢KÁ?.DINGIR?.RA?.KI? LUGAL⸣ KUR ⸢EME.GI₇ u?⸣ [URI.KI] | |
| 55 | [...] ⸢ša⸣ x ŠÚ x ⸢ú⸣-še-ṣu-u a-na re-še-⸢e⸣-[ti] | (5) [...] ... whom they (the gods) made pre-emine[nt, ...] ..., they held [my] for[m] in high esteem [...] ... for king[ship ...]. |
| 66 | [...] x-niš SAG.DU ú-šá-qí-ru nab-⸢ni⸣-[ti] | |
| 77 | [...] x (x) ŠÚ ⸢a⸣-na ⸢LUGAL⸣-[u-ti] | |
| 88 | [...] (traces) [...] | (8) [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... [...], the sage of the gods, [...] in the midst of the ch[aos ...] ... [...] |
| 99 | [...] (traces) [...] | |
| 1010 | [...] x-nu-šú (traces) [...] | |
| 1111 | [...] ABGAL DINGIR.MEŠ [...] | |
| 1212 | [...] x ⸢ina? lìb?-bi?⸣ e-⸢šá⸣-[a?-ti? ...]1 | |
| 1313 | [...] x x x x (x) [...] | |
| Lacuna | ||
| 1'1' | [...] (x) [...] | (1') [...] ... [...] ... happiness ... [...] ... my side ... my enemies [...] happiness, good health, (and) a [bright] spiri[t ...]. |
| 2'2' | [...] x x x x [...] | |
| 3'3' | ||
| 4'4' | [...] (x) x x a-lik it-bal Á.II-a-a LÚ.KÚR.MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ x x x [...] | |
| 5'5' | [...] ḫu-ud ⸢lìb⸣-bi ina ṭu-ub ⸢UZU.MEŠ?⸣ [na-mar] ⸢ka-bat-ti⸣ [...] | |
| 6'6' | [NUN EGIR-ú ina LUGAL.MEŠ-ni DUMU].⸢MEŠ-ia e-nu⸣-ma tam-lu-u ⸢šu⸣-a-⸢tú in?-na?⸣-[ḫu-ma il-la-ku] ⸢la?-ba?-riš?⸣ [an-ḫu-us-su lu-ud-diš] | (6') [May a future ruler, one of the kings], my [descendant]s, [renovate its dilapidated section(s)] when tha[t] terrace be[co]m[es dilapidated and] old. [M]ay he find [an inscribed object bearing my name] and (then) anoin[t (it)] with o[i]l, [make an offering, (and) place (it) wi]th an inscribed object bea[ring his name. The deities Aššur, Mullissu, Marduk, Zarpanīt]u, Nabû, (and) Tašmētu [will (then) hear his prayers]. |
| 7'7' | [MU.SAR-u ši-ṭir MU-ia] ⸢li⸣-mur-⸢ma Ì.GIŠ⸣ lip-šu-⸢uš⸣ [UDU.SISKUR BAL-qí it]-⸢ti MU.SAR-e ši⸣-[ṭir MU-šú liš-kun] | |
| 8'8' | [AN.ŠÁR dNIN.LÍL dAMAR.UTU dzar-pa-ni]-⸢tum? dAG⸣ dtaš-me-⸢tum⸣ [ik-ri-bi-šú i-šem-mu-ú] | |
| 9'9' | [šá MU.SAR-u ši-ṭir MU]-⸢ia ú-nak⸣-ka-ru ši-pir ŠU.⸢II-ia⸣ [...] x x A? MU?-ia [...] | (9') [(As for) the one who] removes [an inscribed object bearing m]y [name, ...] m[y] handiwork, [...] my ..., (10´) may [the deities ...] not be pres[ent] for his prayers and not heed his supplications. May they curse him an[g]rily and [make his name (and) seed disappear from the land]. |
| 10'10' | [...] (x) ⸢a-na ni⸣-iš ŠU.II-⸢šú a⸣-a ⸢iz⸣-zi-⸢zu-ma a-a iš-mu-u su-up-pi-šú ag-giš⸣ li-ru-ru-šú-ma [MU-šú NUMUN-šú ina KUR li-ḫal-li-qu] | |
| Date | Date | |
| 11'11' | [... lim-mu m]⸢d⸣30-MAN-PAP ⸢LÚ.EN.NAM⸣ [URU?].⸢ḫi⸣-[in-da-na] | (11') [..., ... day, eponymy of] Sîn-šarru-uṣur, governor of [the city] Ḫi[ndānu]. |
1⸢ina? lìb?-bi?⸣ e-⸢šá⸣-[a?-ti?] “the midst of the ch[aos]”: The phrase ina libbi ešâti, which is tentatively suggested here, is not otherwise attested in extant Neo-Assyrian inscriptions. However, compare, for example, ina e-šá-a-ti u saḫ-ma-šá-a-ti (“because of chaos and disruption”) in Grayson and Novotny, RINAP 3/2 p. 148 Sennacherib 168 line 26. If interpreted correctly, then this would be a direct reference to the chaos that ensued in 627 when Sîn-šarra-iškun came to the throne. Moreover, it not implausible that Ssi 1 (Cylinder C) lines 3´–5´ and 10´–11´ also refer to the violence that ensued in the Assyrian heartland at that time. With this in mind, the foes and adversaries that Sîn-šarra-iškun’s inscriptions regularly state as being killed and cut down by the gods (for example, Ssi 10 [Cylinder A] line 16) might refer to his rivals for the Assyrian throne, the “brothers” (maššû) among whom his patron deities had singled him out to be the king of Assyria, and Sîn-šuma-līšir, the chief eunuch of Aššur-etel-ilāni.
Created by Jamie Novotny and Joshua Jeffers, 2015-22. Lemmatized by Jamie Novotny, 2018, 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. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q003864/.