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Esarhaddon 014 (Q003243)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationEsarhaddon 014
IDQ003243
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotKuyunjik (Nineveh)
Coordinates36.3587, 43.1519

English translation

By ORACC project rinap/rinap4 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:8] 1'1'–8'8'[...] ... [...] its [site] had become too small and not ... [...] ... my wish [...] a small [palac]e for [my] pri[ncely] residence [... (5′) ... I built (and) completed (it) from] its foundations to [its] para[pets ...] ... he returned ... [...] ... days ... [...] ... [...]

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1'[...]-te x [...]
2'[... šu-bat]-⸢su⸣ ṣu-uḫ-ḫu-rat-ma la x [...]
3'[...] x bi-ib-lat lib-bi-ia [...]
4'[... E₂].⸢GAL⸣.TUR.RA a-na mu-šab ru-⸢bu⸣-[ti-ia ...]
5'[... ul-tu] ⸢uš⸣-še-ša₂ a-di gaba-⸢dib⸣-[bi-ša₂ ar-ṣip u₂-šak-lil ...]
6'[...] x KUR i-⸢tur⸣ ni-⸢il⸣-[...]
7'[...] x-ku UD.MEŠ ma-[...]
8'[...] ⸢RI ša₂⸣ x [...]

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