Position in chronology
Sargon II 054
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) I, Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, built a city and named it Dūr-Šarrukīn. For the sake of my life (and for) the firm establishment of my reign, I built inside it an abode for the gods Sîn (and) Šamaš.
Source: Frame, G. 2021. The Royal Inscriptions of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721–705 BC). RINAP 2. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap2/Q006535/
Why it matters
Records Sargon II's founding of Dūr-Šarrukīn and the explicit theological rationale — divine favor securing his reign — behind building temples to Sîn and Šamaš within the new capital.
Transliteration
mMAN-GIN MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR AŠ / URU DÙ-ma BÀD-MAN-GIN / MU-šú ab-bi šu-bat d30 / dUTU ana TI-a GIN BALA-a / qé-reb-šú lu ab-ni
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sargon II, edited by Grant Frame (RINAP 2, 2021). ORACC text Q006535.
Attribution
Image: BM 090450 + BM 090451 (British Museum, London, UK) — from uncertain (mod. uncertain) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P428049). source
Translation excerpted from Frame, G. 2021. The Royal Inscriptions of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721–705 BC). RINAP 2. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap2/Q006535/.
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