Esarhaddon 007 (Q003236)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003236 |
| Collection | Wiener Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna, Austria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap4 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:2] i' 1'1'–i' 2'2' | [and its army; I put] to the sword [Išpakāia], a Scythian, [an ally who could not save himself]. |
| Obverse Column i [2:10] i' 3'3'–i' 10'10' | [I plundered the land Bīt-Dakkūri, which is in Chaldea, an] enemy of Babylon. [I captured Šamaš-ibni, its king, a rogue] (and) outlaw, (i′ 5′) [who did not respect the oath of the lord of lords, who took away fields of the citizens] of Babylon [and Borsippa by force and turned (them) over to] himself. [Because I know the fear of the gods Bēl and Nabû, I returned those fields and entrusted (them) to the citizens of Baby]lon [and Borsippa. I placed Nabû-šallim, son of Ba]lāssu, [on his throne and he (now) pulls] my [yo]ke. |
| Obverse Column i [10:14] i' 11'11'–i' 14'14' | [(As for) Bēl-iqīša, son of Bunnannū, a Gambu]lian [whose] residence [is] located [twelve leagues distance in water and swamps, by the command of the god Aššur, my lord, unprovoked fear] fell upon him and [of] his own [free will he took] tri[bute and payment], |
| Obverse Column ii [0:10] ii' 1'1'–ii' 10'10' | who [...] to the land [...]; they did not listen [...]. The people of Assyria, who [had committed] sin(s), [...] robbers, thieves, murde[rers, ...] (ii′ 5′) (those people) who did not fear the oath of his lord, [...] overseers, leaders, [soldiers, ...] or those who ... at the feet ... [...]. They stole ... [...] ... to his land [...] ... to take re[venge ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i' | ||
| 1' | [u₃ ERIM.ḪI.A-šu₂ {m}iš-pa-ka-a-a {uru]}⸢as-gu⸣-za-⸢a-a⸣ | |
| 2' | [kit-ru la mu-še-zi-bi-šu₂ a-na-ar] ina {giš}TUKUL | |
| 3' | [aš₂-lul {kur}E₂-{m}dak-ku-ri ša₂ qe₂-reb {kur}kal-di a]-⸢a⸣-ab KA₂.DINGIR{ki} | |
| 4' | [ak-mu {m}{d}ša₂-maš-ib-ni LUGAL-šu is-ḫap-pu] ḫab-bi-lum | |
| 5' | [la pa-li-ḫu zik-ri EN EN.EN ša₂ A.ŠA₃.MEŠ DUMU].⸢ME⸣ KA₂.DINGIR{ki} | |
| 6' | [u₃ bar₂-sipa{ki} ina pa-rik-te it-ba-lu-u-ma u₂-ter-ru] ⸢ra⸣-ma-nu-uš | |
| 7' | [aš₂-šu₂ ana-ku pu-luḫ-ti {d}EN u {d}AG i-du]-u₂ | |
| 8' | [A.ŠA₃.MEŠ ša₂-ti-na u₂-ter-ma pa-an DUMU.MEŠ KA₂.DINGIR].RA{ki} | |
| 9' | [u bar₂-sipa{ki} u₂-šad-gil₂ {m}{d}MUATI-šal-lim DUMU {m}ba]-la-si | |
| 10' | [ina {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂ u₂-še-šib-ma i-ša₂-ṭa ab-ša₂]-a-ni | |
| 11' | {[m}EN-BA-ša₂ DUMU {m}bu-na-ni {lu₂}gam-bu]-la-a-a | |
| 12' | [ša ina 12 KASKAL.GID₂ qaq-qa-ru ina A.MEŠ u₃ GI.AMBAR.MEŠ] ⸢šit⸣-ku-na šub-tu₂ | |
| 13' | [ina qi₂-bit {d}aš-šur EN-ia ḫat-tu ra-ma-ni-šu₂ im]-qut-su-ma | |
| 14' | [ki-i ṭe₃-me]-⸢šu₂⸣-ma ⸢bil⸣-[tu₂] | |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | ⸢ša⸣ a-⸢na {kur⸣}[...] | |
| 2' | la iš-mu-u₂ [...] | |
| 3' | UN.MEŠ KUR aš-šur{ki} ša₂ ḫi-iṭ-⸢ṭu⸣ [iḫ-ṭu-u ...] | |
| 4' | ḫab-ba-tum šar-ra-qu a-mir [da-mi ...] | |
| 5' | la pa-li-ḫu zik-ri EN-šu₂ [...] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}ak-li {lu₂}ša₂-pi-ri {⸢lu₂⸣}[re-du-u ...] | |
| 7' | lu-u ša₂ ina GIR₃.II SAR-ti ⸢il⸣-[...] | |
| 8' | iš-ri-qu ⸢SAR⸣-[...] | |
| 9' | a-na KUR-šu₂ u₂-[...] | |
| 10' | x (x) ⸢tur-ru gi⸣-[mil-li ...] | |
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