Esarhaddon 030 (Q003259)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 030 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003259 |
| 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] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | [...] ... [...] when they were coming [to] Nineveh [...] when they were clothing him in [linen (and) garments with multicolored trim, putting] gold rings [on his hands (and) ...] his [...], (then) he (no longer) said ‘woe!’ and (no longer) utter[ed cries of mourning]. |
| Obverse [4:13] o 5'5'–o 13'13' | He (Nabû-zēr-kitti-līšir) trusted [in his own strength] and [mustered] his army (and) camp, besieged [Ningal-iddin, a servant who] was loyal to me, and cut off [his escape route. I mustered] my [army] and took the direct r[oute] to the Sealand. [Nabû-zēr-kitti-līšir, son of] Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), the rebel, the traitor, [heard of the approach of my army] and fled like a fox to the land Elam. (10′) [Because] he failed to keep [the oath of the god Aššur], his lord, they killed him with the sword in the midst of the land Elam. [Naʾid-Marduk] saw [what] they had done to his brother in Elam and he came [to Assyria], before me, and kissed my feet. I made [the domain of his brother] subject [to hi]m and imposed my lordly tribute on him. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 14'14'–o 16'16' | [(As for) Bēl-iqīša, whose residence] is located [twelve leagues] distance in the midst of swamps (and) canebrakes, [the awe-inspiring terror of] my [lordship] overwhelmed him and unprovoked fear fell upon him. He came before me [to serv]e (me) and (now) he kisses [my] feet. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 17'17'–o 18'18' | [(The people of) the city Arzâ], whose king Asuḫīli threw off [my] yoke, [I threw th]em [into fetters] and [brought] (them) to Assyria. |
| Obverse [18:20] o 19'19'–o 20'20' | [I struck with the sword Teušpâ, a Cimmerian], with [his] entire army, [in] the (territory of) the land Ḫubušnu, (and) [I imposed upon him] a heavy [tribute]. |
| Reverse [0:12] r 1'1'–r 12'12' | [...] ... [... Baʾalu, king of Ty]re, who dwells [in the midst of the sea, ... who truste]d in [...] and who threw off [my] yo[ke, ...] the god Aššur, king of the gods, and the splendor of my lordship (rev. 5′) [...] kneeling and beseeched [my] lord[ship ... ...] heavy [tribu]te, his daughters with (their) dowri[es, ...] all of his [annu]al [giving] which he had stopped, [...] (and) he kissed my feet. [...] I took away from him cities of his (that were on) on dry land [... I] established and I returned to Assyrian territory [...] I assigned to Bādi-[...] ... |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [... a-na] ⸢NINA⸣{ki} il-⸢lak-u₂⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 3' | [lu-bul-ti GUN₃ GADA] ⸢u₂⸣-lab-ba-šu₂-uš ḪAR KU₃.⸢GI u₂⸣-[rak-ka-su rit-ti-šu₂] | |
| 4' | [...]-šu₂ u₈-a ul iq-bi-ma ul iṣ-⸢ru-uḫ⸣ [si-pit-tu] | |
| 5' | [a-na e-muq ra-ma-ni-šu₂ it]-⸢ta⸣-kil-ma um-man-šu₂ KARAŠ-su ⸢id⸣-[ke-e-ma] | |
| 6' | [a-na {m}{d}nin-gal-SUM.NA ARAD da]-⸢gil₂⸣ pa-ni-ia ni-i-tu il-me-šu₂-ma iṣ-ba-ta [mu-ṣa-a-šu₂] | |
| 7' | [ad-ke-e-ma ERIM.ḪI].⸢A⸣-ia uš-te-šir-ma a-na KUR tam-tim aṣ-ṣa-bat ⸢KASKAL⸣.[II] | |
| 8' | {[m}{d}AG-NUMUN-ZI-SI.SA₂ DUMU {m}{d]}AMAR.UTU-A-SUM.NA ba-ra-nu-u na-bal-kat₃-ta-nu | |
| 9' | [a-lak ERIM.ḪI.A-ia] ⸢iš⸣-me-ma a-na {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} še-la-biš in-na-bit | |
| 10' | [aš₂-šu₂ ma-mit {d}aš-šur] ⸢EN⸣-šu₂ la iṣ-ṣur-u-ma qe₂-reb {kur}e-lam-ti i-na-ru-šu₂ ina {giš}TUKUL | |
| 11' | {[m}na-ʾi-id-{d}AMAR.UTU ša₂ a]-⸢na ŠEŠ⸣-šu₂ qe₂-reb {kur}e-lam-ti e-pu-šu₂ e-mur-ma | |
| 12' | [a-na KUR aš-šur]{⸢ki⸣} a-di maḫ-ri-ia il-lik-am-ma u₂-na-šiq GIR₃.II-ia | |
| 13' | [ri-du-ut ŠEŠ-šu₂ a-na pa]-⸢ni⸣-šu₂ u₂-šad-gil₂-ma man-da-ti EN-ti-ia e-mid-su | |
| 14' | {[m}EN-BA-ša₂ ša ina 12 ⸢KASKAL⸣.GID₂ qaq-qa-ru qe₂-reb a-gam-me GI.AMBAR.MEŠ šit-ku-nu šub-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 15' | [pu-ul-ḫi me-lam-me EN-ti]-⸢ia is⸣-ḫu-pu-šu₂-ma ḫat-tu ra-ma-ni-šu₂ in-qut-⸢su⸣-[ma] | |
| 16' | [aš₂-šu₂ e-peš] ⸢ARAD⸣-ti a-di maḫ-ri-ia il-lik-am-ma u₂-na-šaq GIR₃.⸢II⸣-[ia] | |
| 17' | {[uru}ar-za-a] ⸢ša {m⸣}a-su-ḫi-li LUGAL-šu is-lu-u ni-ri-[ia] | |
| 18' | [ina bi-re-ti ad-di-šu₂]-nu-ti-ma a-na KUR aš-šur{ki} ⸢u₂⸣-[ra-a] | |
| 19' | {[m}te-uš-pa {kur}gi-mir-a-a ina] {⸢kur⸣}ḫu-bu-uš-na a-di gi-⸢mir ERIM⸣.[ḪI.A-šu₂] | |
| 20' | [u₂-ra-as-si-ib ina {giš}TUKUL man-da]-⸢tu⸣ ka-bit-tu [e-mid-su] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [... {m}ba-ʾa-lu LUGAL {uru}ṣur]-⸢ri a-šib⸣ [MURUB₄ tam-tim ...] | |
| 3' | [... it-tak]-⸢lu⸣-ma is-lu-u ⸢ni⸣-[ri-ia ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂ MAN ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ u nam-ri-ri EN-ti-⸢ia⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | [...] x ⸢ka⸣-mis-ma u₂-ṣal-la-a ⸢EN⸣-[u-ti] | |
| 6' | [... man-da]-⸢tu⸣ ka-bit₂-ti ⸢DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šu₂ it-ti nu-dun⸣-[ne₂-e] | |
| 7' | [... na-dan šat]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ ma-la u₂-šab-ṭi-lu | |
| 8' | [...] u₂-na-aš₂-šiq GIR₃.II-ia | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢URU⸣.MEŠ-šu₂ šu-ut na-ba-li e-⸢kim⸣-šu₂-ma | |
| 10' | [... aš₂]-⸢kun⸣-ma ana mi-ṣir ⸢KUR⸣ aš-šur{ki} GUR | |
| 11' | [...] IGI {m}⸢ba-di⸣-x ⸢u₂-šad-gil₂⸣ | |
| 12' | [...] x-ni-šu₂ | |
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