Esarhaddon 010 (Q003239)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003239 |
| 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 [0:5] 11–55 | Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, [w]ho knows how to greatly revere the gods and goddesses, the one who (re)constructed the temple of the god Aššur (and) (re)built Esagil (and) Babylon; son of Sennacherib, king of the world (and) king of Assyria; descendant of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, (and) king of Sumer and Akkad — |
| Obverse [5:8] 66–88 | [...] from former days in the courtyard of Emašmaš [...] its area was too small; moreover, the temple of the god Šamaš [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [8:15] 1'1'–7'7' | ... [...] ... [...] may a future ruler, [whom ...] name to shepherd the land and people, read an inscription written in my name when [those] shri[nes be]come old and (5′) dilapidated, and may he anoint (it) with oil, make an offering, write my name with his name, (and) return (it) to its place. (Then) may the gods Sîn and Šamaš order good things for him monthly, without ceasing. |
| Obverse [15:16] 8'8'–8'8' | U[l]ūlu (VI), twentieth day, eponymy of Abi-rāmu, grand vizier (sukkallu rabû) (677 BC). |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{⸢ki} GIR₃⸣.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} LUGAL KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{ki} | |
| 2 | ⸢ša⸣ pa-laḫ DINGIR.MEŠ u {d}iš-ta-⸢ri⸣ ra-biš mu-du-u₂ | |
| 3 | ba-nu-u₂ E₂ AN.ŠAR₂ e-⸢piš⸣ e₂-sag-il₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 4 | DUMU {m}{d}30PAP.MEŠ-SU LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR aš-⸢šur⸣{ki} DUMU {m}LUGAL-GI.NA ⸢LUGAL ŠU₂⸣ LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 5 | ⸢GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} LUGAL⸣ KUR EME.GI₇ u₃ URI{ki} | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢ul⸣-tu u₄-me pa-ni i-na ki-sal e₂-maš-maš | |
| 7 | [...] x ⸢ṣe-eḫ⸣-rat šu-bat-su ⸢u₃⸣ E₂ {d}UTU | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 1' | x x (x) [...] | |
| 2' | e-x [...] | |
| 3' | NUN ⸢EGIR-u₂⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | a-na SIPA-ut KUR u UN.MEŠ i-⸢nam⸣-bu-u₂ zi-kir-šu₂ ⸢e-nu-ma eš-re⸣-[e-ti ša-ti-na i]-⸢lab-bi⸣-ra-ma | |
| 5' | e-na-ḫa MU.SAR-u₂ ši-⸢ṭir⸣ MU-ia li-mur-ma I₃.GIŠ lip-šu-uš {udu}SISKUR BAL-qi₂ | |
| 6' | šu-mi₃ it-ti MU-šu liš-⸢ṭur⸣ a-na aš₂-ri-šu lu-ter | |
| 7' | {d}30 u {d}UTU ITI-šam ⸢la⸣ na-par-ka-a liq-bu-u₂ dum-qe₂-e-šu | |
| 8' | {⸢iti}KIN⸣.{d}INANNA UD.20.KAM li-⸢mu⸣ {m}AD-ra-mu {lu₂}SUKKAL GAL-u₂ |
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