Esarhaddon 013 (Q003242)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003242 |
| 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 [0:4] 11–44 | [Aššur-etel-ilāni-mu]kīn-apli, the senior son of the king, who (resides in) the House of Succession, [... ... is co]mplete, surpassing in intelligence, [...] whose mind has learned ... of all of the experts, [(...); son of Sennacherib, king of the world] (and) king of Assyria; descendant of Sargon (II), king of the world (and) king of A[ssyria] — |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | [... i]n the city Bāṣ[i (Bāzu) ...] |
| Obverse [5:8] 1'1'–3'3' | [... when I bro]ught its construction to an end, [...] I invited [...] into it, and I offered [sumptuous pure] offerings [before] them and I presented (them) with my gifts. |
| Obverse [8:11] 4'4'–6'6' | [Those gods, in] their steadfast [hearts], truly blessed me. [...] ... in that small palace. [May ... l]ast [forever and ever]. May they never leave it (the palace). |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {[m}aš-šur-e-tel-DINGIR.MEŠ]-⸢GIN⸣-IBILA DUMU LUGAL GAL-u ša E₂ ri-⸢du⸣-u-ti | |
| 2 | [... gu]-⸢um⸣-mu-ru šu-tu-ru a-na ṭe₃-e-mi | |
| 3 | [...] x-ni ša₂ gi-mir um-ma-nu-te lit-mu-du ka-⸢ras-su⸣ | |
| 4 | [(...) DUMU {m}{d}30PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN ŠU₂] ⸢MAN KUR aš⸣-šur{ki} DUMU {m}MAN-GIN MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR ⸢aš⸣-[šur{ki]} | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢qe₂⸣-reb {uru}ba-a-⸢ṣi⸣ [...] | |
| 1' | [... u₂]-⸢qat-tu-u ag-mu-ra ši-pir-ša₂⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ina⸣ qer-bi-ša₂ aq-re-ma | |
| 3' | {[udu}SISKUR.MEŠ taš-ri-iḫ-ti eb-bu-u-ti ma-ḫar-šu₂]-⸢un⸣ aq-qi-ma u₂-šam-ḫi-ra kad₃-ra-a-a | |
| 4' | [DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂-tu-nu ina ku-un-ni lib₃-bi]-⸢šu⸣-nu ke-niš ik-tar-ra-bu-ni | |
| 5' | [...] x-te x x qe₂-reb E₂.GAL.TUR.RA ša₂-a-tu | |
| 6' | [... da-riš liš-tab]-ru-u a-a ip-par-ku-u i-da-a-ša₂ | |
| 7' | [...] |
Sources & licences
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