Esarhaddon 009 (Q003238)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003238 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 [0:17] i' 1'1'–i' 17'17' | [...] regu[lar ...] baked bricks [...] ... tribute and [...] precious stones without number (i′ 5′) [...] ... they blackened [...] the seed of his father’s house, descendants of earlier kings, ditto; [... of] his house, third-men, charioteers, ..., [... re]in-[holders], archers, shield bearers, ditto; [...] ..., incantation priests, dream interpreters, (i′ 10′ ) [...] veterinarians, Egyptian scribes, [...], snake-charmers, together with their helpers, ditto; [...], kāṣiru-craftsmen, singers, bakers, [...], brewers, (together with) their supply managers, ditto; [... clothes] menders, hunters, leather workers, ditto; (i′ 15′) [...] wheelwrights, shipwrights [...] of their ..., ditto; [...] iron-[smiths, (ditto)], |
| Obverse Column ii [0:11] ii' 1'1'–ii' 11'11' | [...] ...-an: P[N; over the city] Mukīn-palê-kussīšû: A[...; over] the c[ity] Maḫri-gārê-šarri: Ṣa[...]; over the city Aššur-māssu-urappiš: Ṣi-Ḫur[u ...]; (ii′ 5′) over the city Aššur-nāsiḫ-gallî: Puṭi-[...]; over the city Limmer-iššâk-Aššur: Šulmu-[...]; over the city Kār-Bānīte: Sîn-napišti-[...]; over the cities Bīt-Marduk, Ša-Aššur-tāru, (and) [...]; Urdu-Nanāya, my marshal, to [...]; (ii′ 10′) Uarbīsi in the city [...]; Kiṣir-Ištar in the city Ša-emūq-Aššur [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:22] ii' 12'12'–ii' 22'22' | Sattukku (and) ginû offerings for the god Aššur and the [great] gods [...] 6 talents, 19 minas of gold, 300 [...], 1,586 bolts of woven linen, [...]+7 homers [... (ii′ 15′) ...]+24 ebony, 199 leather [...]+40 stallions, 24 [...], 30,418 sheep, 10+[...] 19,323 homers, (measured by) 1 seah, of malt, [...] my lordly tribute, year[ly ...] the message of the god Aššur, [my] lord, [...] boat [...] ... [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢ka-a-a⸣-[nu] | |
| 2' | [...] x a-gur₂-ri | |
| 3' | [...].⸢AM₃⸣ GUN ⸢u₃⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢NA₄⸣.MEŠ ni-siq-te ina la mi₃-ni x (x) | |
| 5' | [...] x NIG₂.ŠU pa-an a-šir-te u₂-ša₂-⸢aṣ-li-mu⸣ | |
| 6' | [...] (x) x ⸢NUMUN⸣ E₂ AD-šu₂ DUMU.MEŠ MAN maḫ-⸢ru-te KI⸣.MIN | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢E₂-šu₂⸣ {lu₂}3.U₅.MEŠ {lu₂}{giš}GIGIR.MEŠ {lu₂}{giš}GIGIR.MEŠ ⸢u₂-rad⸣ | |
| 8' | [... mu-kil a-pa]-⸢a⸣-ti {lu₂}ERIM.MEŠ {giš}PAN {giš}a-rit ⸢KI.MIN⸣ | |
| 9' | [...].⸢GAL⸣.MEŠ {⸢lu₂⸣}MAŠ.MAŠ.MEŠ {lu₂}ḫar-ṭi-⸢bi⸣.[MEŠ] | |
| 10' | [... {lu₂]}⸢mu⸣-na-i-ši {lu₂}A.BA {⸢kur}mu-ṣur-a-a⸣ | |
| 11' | [...] {⸢lu₂⸣}MUŠ.LAḪ₄.MEŠ a-di {lu₂}GAL.TUKU.MEŠ-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ KI.MIN | |
| 12' | [...] {⸢lu₂⸣}KA.ṢIR.MEŠ {lu₂}NAR.MEŠ {lu₂}NIG₂.MEŠ | |
| 13' | [...] x {lu₂}LUNGA₃.MEŠ {lu₂}NIG₂.GA.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ⸢KI.MIN⸣ | |
| 14' | [... {lu₂}TUG₂].⸢KAL.MEŠ {lu₂⸣}ŠU.KU₆.MEŠ {lu₂}AŠGAB.MEŠ KI.MIN | |
| 15' | [... {lu₂]}NAGAR mu-ger-ri {lu₂}NAGAR {giš}MA₂.MEŠ | |
| 16' | [...] ša₂ šip-ṭa-ni-šu₂-nu KI.⸢MIN⸣ | |
| 17' | [... SIMUG].MEŠ AN.BAR [(KI.MIN)] | |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | [...] x-⸢an⸣ {⸢m⸣}x-[...] | |
| 2' | [UGU {uru]}⸢mu-kin⸣-BALA-AŠ.TE-i-šu₂ {m}⸢a⸣-[...] | |
| 3' | [UGU] {⸢uru}maḫ-ri⸣-ga-re-e-MAN {m}⸢ṣa⸣-[...] | |
| 4' | ⸢UGU⸣ {uru}aš-šur-KUR-su-DAGAL.MEŠ {m}ṣi-⸢ḫu-ru⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | ⸢UGU⸣ {uru}aš-šur-na-⸢siḫ₂⸣-GAL₅.LA₂ {m}pu-⸢ṭi-{d⸣}[x ...] | |
| 6' | ⸢UGU⸣ {uru}li-mer-⸢ENSI₂⸣-aš-šur {m}⸢SILIM-mu⸣-[...] | |
| 7' | ⸢UGU⸣ {uru}KAR-{d}⸢ba⸣-ni-te {m}{d}30⸢ZI⸣-[...] | |
| 8' | ⸢UGU⸣ {uru}E₂-{d}AMAR.UTU {uru}ša₂-aš-šur-⸢ta-ru {uru⸣}[...] | |
| 9' | {⸢m}ARAD⸣-{d}na-⸢na⸣-a {lu₂}mu-šar-kis-ia a-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | {m}⸢u₂⸣-ar-bi-is ina {⸢uru⸣}[...] | |
| 11' | {m}ki-ṣir-{d}15 ina {uru}ša₂-⸢e⸣-muq-aš-šur [...] | |
| 12' | ⸢SA₂⸣.DUG₄ gi-nu-⸢u⸣ a-na {⸢d⸣}aš-⸢šur⸣ u DINGIR.MEŠ [GAL.MEŠ ...] | |
| 13' | 6 GUN 19 MA.NA KU₃.GI 3 ME [...] | |
| 14' | 1 LIM 5 ME 86 TUG₂ SIG₂ GADA x+7 ANŠE [...] | |
| 15' | x x 24 {giš}ESI 1 ME 99 {kuš}[...] | |
| 16' | [x (x)] x 40 ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ NITA₂ 24 [...] | |
| 17' | 30 LIM 4 ME 18 UDU.NITA₂.MEŠ 10+x [...] | |
| 18' | 19 LIM 3 ME 23 ANŠE 1 {še}⸢MUNU₄⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | [man]-⸢da⸣-at-tu₂ be-lu-te-ia₂ ⸢šat-ti⸣-[šam-ma ...] | |
| 20' | [...] x ⸢ši⸣-pir-ti {d}aš-⸢šur EN⸣-[ia ...] | |
| 21' | [...] x {giš}MA₂ [...] | |
| 22' | [...] x x (x) [...] | |
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