Position in chronology
Sîn-šarru-iškun 13
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) I, Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters (of the world); son of Esarhaddon, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, (5) governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; son of Sennacherib, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, ruler who has no rival; descendant of Sargon (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of…
Source: Novotny, J. & Jeffers, J. 2018–. The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Aššur-etel-ilāni (630–627 BC) and Sîn-šarra-iškun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 5. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap5/Q003874/
Why it matters
Names four generations of Sargonid kings in a single titulary chain, offering a fixed synchronic anchor for the dynasty's self-legitimating genealogy in the final decade before Assyria's collapse.
Transliteration
a-na-ku md30-LUGAL-GAR-un MAN GAL-u MAN dan-nu MAN ŠÚ / MAN KUR aš-šur.KI DUMU maš-šur-DÙ-A MAN GAL-u MAN dan-nu MAN ŠÚ / MAN KUR aš-šur.KI MAN KUR EME.GI₇ u URI.KI MAN kib-rat LÍMMU-ti1 / DUMU maš-šur-PAP-AŠ MAN GAL-u MAN dan-nu MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR aš-šur.KI / GÌR.NÍTA KÁ.DINGIR.KI MAN KUR EME.GI₇ u URI.KI2 / DUMU md30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN GAL-u MAN dan-nu MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR aš-šur.KI3 / NUN la šá-na-an /…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003874.
Attribution
Image: BM 115697 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P428453). source
Translation excerpted from Novotny, J. & Jeffers, J. 2018–. The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Aššur-etel-ilāni (630–627 BC) and Sîn-šarra-iškun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 5. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap5/Q003874/.
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