Esarhaddon 037 (Q003266)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 037 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003266 |
| 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 [0:13] o 1'1'–o 13'13' | [...] he returned [... which she] had entrusted to me [... she] stood at my side ... [...] she brought about [...] and poverty [... (5′) ...] the great gods, as many as there are, [... m]e — Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, gover[nor of Babylon, ... of] the great gods, king of the upper and lo[wer] land(s) — [... in the] womb of (my) mother, who bore me, [... to ex]ercise the lordship of all lands ... [... (10′) ...] they invoked the heart of the god Aššur and ... [...] Kush, which [none] of [my] ancestors [...] they were sending (but) not returning [...] ... a place where no bird flaps [its wings ...] |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | (No translation possible) |
| Reverse [6:12] r 77–r 1212 | I took out ašgigû-stones, like [...]-stone [...] horses whose ... [are ...] gold [...] I brought out and 600 of [his wives ...] N+600 princesses, ... [...] ... [...] ... [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢i-tur⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢tu⸣-tak-ki-la-an-ni-ma [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ta⸣-zi-iz ina i-di-ia a-ma-⸢ta⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] u₃ ma-ku-u₂ tu-ša₂-li-⸢ka⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ma-la ba-šu-u₂ x [...] | |
| 6' | [... ia]-⸢ti⸣ {m}aš-šur-PAP-SUM.NA LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} GIR₃.⸢NITA₂⸣ [KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ...] | |
| 7' | [...] DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.<MEŠ> LUGAL KUR e-li-tum u₃ ⸢šap⸣-[li-tum ...] | |
| 8' | [... ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣.TUR₃ a-ga-ri-in-ni a-lit-ti-⸢ia⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [... ana e]-⸢peš⸣ be-lu-u₂-te ša ka-la KUR.MEŠ ma-x [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢lib₃⸣-bi {d}aš-šur u₂-zak-ki-ru-ma im-x [...] | |
| 11' | [...] {⸢uru⸣}ku-u₂-si ša ma-am-ma-an ina AD.MEŠ-[ia ...] | |
| 12' | [...] x i-šap-pa-ru la i-tu-ur-ra-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...]-tu ⸢a⸣-šar iṣ-ṣu-ru la u₂-na-aš₂-ša₂-⸢šu⸣ [kap-pi-šu₂ ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x] x x x [...] | |
| 2 | [x x] x-⸢ma GIŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [x] x-⸢nu MUNUS⸣ x ⸢BI⸣ x [...] | |
| 4 | [x x] x-⸢bi-ma⸣ x x x x x [...] | |
| 5 | [(x)] x ⸢bi-šu₂ la⸣ x x (x) x E₂.GAL [...] | |
| 6 | [x] x.⸢MEŠ KA⸣ x x x-⸢na⸣ di-x [...] | |
| 7 | {⸢na₄⸣}aš₂-gi₃-gi₃ ⸢u₂-še-ṣa-a GIM {na₄⸣}[...] | |
| 8 | ⸢ANŠE⸣.KUR.RA.⸢MEŠ ša qar⸣-ba-šu₂-nu KU₃.⸢GI⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | ⸢u₂⸣-še-ṣa-am-ma 6 ME MUNUS.E₂⸣.[GAL.MEŠ-šu₂ MUNUS.E₂⸣.[GAL.MEŠ-šu₂ ...] | |
| 10 | [x] x 6 ME EGI₂ MUNUS.[...] | |
| 11 | x x x x x x x [...] | |
| 12 | x x [...] | |
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