Esarhaddon 018 (Q003247)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Esarhaddon 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003247 |
| 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 [0:12] 1'1'–12'12' | [...] ope[ned ...; whom [she selected] and rais[ed for kingship; ... king of the four quart]ers, favor[ite of the great gods, ...]; the one who is assiduous towards the sh[rines of their great divinity; ... (5′) ...] ... the god Ea, king of the ap[sû, ...] shrines; who [...; who re]turned [the plundered gods of the lands to their places] and seated [(them) on (their) eternal daises; ...; who (re)confirmed [sattukku- (and) gi]nû-offerings [in them; ...] their [...] the great gods [... (10′) ... made] (them) enter (and) sit [...; who ...] all of the people under my protection, as many as th[ere are; ... without cea]sing; who observ[es the days of the god (and) the eššēšu-festival ...] |
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' | [...] ⸢ip-tu⸣-[u ...] | |
| 2' | [... tu-ut]-⸢tu⸣-šu₂-ma ta-⸢aš₂⸣-[šu₂-šu₂ a-na LUGAL-ti ...] | |
| 3' | [... LUGAL kib-rat] ⸢LIMMU₂⸣-tim mi-[gir DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ...] | |
| 4' | [...] muš-te-eʾ-u₂ ⸢aš₂⸣-[rat DINGIR-ti-šu₂-nu GAL-ti ...] | |
| 5' | [...]-⸢zi⸣ {d}e₂-a LUGAL ZU.[AB ...] | |
| 6' | [... eš]-re-⸢e⸣-ti mu-[...] | |
| 7' | [(...) ša DINGIR.MEŠ KUR.KUR šal-lu-u-ti a-na aš₂-ri-šu₂-nu u₂]-⸢ter⸣-ru-ma u₂-šar-ma-[a pa-rak da-ra-a-ti ...] | |
| 8' | [... SA₂.DUG₄ gi]-⸢nu⸣-u u₂-kin-⸢nu⸣ [qe₂-reb-šin ...] | |
| 9' | [...] x-šu₂-nu DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [... u₂-še]-⸢ri⸣-bu u₂-še-ši-⸢bu⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [... ša] ⸢DU₃⸣ ERIM.MEŠ ki-din-ni ma-la ⸢ba⸣-[šu₂-u ...] | |
| 12' | [... la ip]-⸢par-ku-u₂⸣ i-na-aṣ-⸢ṣa⸣-[ru u₄-mu DINGIR eš-še-e-šu ...] |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.