Esarhaddon 038 (Q003267)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003267 |
| 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 [0:10] o 1'1'–o 10'10' | [...] submis[sive ...] (5′) ... [...] governor of Babylon, [...] judicious prince, ... [...] reverent king, [...] chosen in the month [...] ... his land [...] |
| Obverse [10:28] o 1''1''–o 18''18'' | [...] ... full, thin [...] ... [...] the god Sîn, they were paying constant attention [... the goddess] Ningal (and) the god Nusku, in the midst of the land. (5′′) [...] will establish good things [... what] is required by the great gods [... the god] Nannar [...] set straight; [...] organization of their rites (10′′) [...] goddesses [... he] fixed [...] ... (15′′) [...] divination [...] their ... [...] let it grow old [...] ... |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | [...] ... [... As]syria [...] he/I fixed [... wi]th my spoken word [...] they imposed upon him and he died. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'–15'6'–15'–r 6'–15'6'–15' | (No translation possible) |
| Reverse [6:23] r 16'16'–r 33'33' | [...] Taharqa [...] ... I took (it) away from him [...] earlier [...] gave (rev. 20′) [...] king of the world, his son, [...] ... lord [...] in ... [... personal] attendants, his wives, ... [...] without number; gold, silver, (precious) stones, property ... [I carried off] to Assyria. (rev. 25′) Herds of oxen, sheep and goats, [...] ... The kings (and) governors [...] I established and [...] my yoke; [...] sattukku (and) ginû offerings [...] (rev. 30′) eight oxen, 370 [...] in tribute (and) paym[ent ...] |
| Reverse [23:24] r 34'34'–r 34'34' | [At] that time, a statue of [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢kan⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 2' | [...]-nu x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x (x) [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x (x) [...] | |
| 5' | [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢GIR₃⸣.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{⸢ki⸣} [...] | |
| 7' | ⸢NUN⸣ mun-tal-ku ⸢iḫ⸣-[...] | |
| 8' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ šaḫ-tu x [...] | |
| 9' | ⸢ina ni⸣-iš IGI.II ina {⸢iti⸣}[...] | |
| 10' | [x (x)]-ši-ir KUR-su [...] | |
| 1'' | [...] x [...]-dan ma-lu raq-qu | |
| 2'' | [...] (x) x-iš-šu x (x) x-šu₂ | |
| 3'' | [...] {⸢d⸣}30 pu-tuq-qu ba-ša₂-a GEŠTU.II-šu₂-un | |
| 4'' | [... {d]}⸢nin⸣-gal {d}nusku qe₂-reb ša₂ KI-tim | |
| 5'' | [...] x x i-šak-ka-nu ⸢dam⸣-qu-tu₂ | |
| 6'' | [... ḫi]-⸢šiḫ⸣-ti DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 7'' | [...] {⸢d⸣}na-an-na-ru | |
| 8'' | [...] ⸢u₂⸣-še-ši-ir | |
| 9'' | [...] ⸢ri⸣-kis par-ṣi-šu₂-un | |
| 10'' | [...] {⸢d⸣}U.DAR.MEŠ | |
| 11'' | [...] x | |
| 12'' | [...] | |
| 13'' | [... u₂]-kin | |
| 14'' | [...] x-u | |
| 15'' | [...] IGI.KAR₂-a | |
| 16'' | [...] x-šu₂-un | |
| 17'' | [...] ⸢lu-šal-bir⸣ | |
| 18'' | [...] x | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...]-x | |
| 2' | [... aš]-⸢šur{ki⸣} | |
| 3' | [...] x ⸢u₂-kin⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] x (x) x ⸢i-na a⸣-mat qi₂-bi-ti-ia | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢e⸣-mi₃-⸢du⸣-šu₂-ma il-li-ku nam-mu-ši-šu₂ | |
| 16' | [...] {⸢m⸣}tar-qu-u₂ | |
| 17' | [...] x e-kim-šu₂ | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢maḫ-ru-ti⸣ | |
| 19' | [...]-qiš | |
| 20' | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣ ŠU₂ ⸢A-šu₂⸣ | |
| 21' | [...] x (x) x-a EN | |
| 22' | ina x x x x x x [... man-za]-⸢az⸣ pa-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 23' | MUNUS.E₂.GAL.ME-šu₂ MUNUS.E₂.GAL.ME-šu₂ x [...] ⸢ina⸣ la mi₃-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 24' | KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR NA₄.MEŠ NIG₂.⸢ŠU⸣ [... a]-⸢na⸣ KUR aš-šur | |
| 25' | sa-kul-lat GU₄.MEŠ US₅.⸢UDU⸣.[ḪI.A ...] x-⸢li⸣ | |
| 26' | LUGAL.MEŠ {lu₂}NAM.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 27' | aš₂-tak-kan-ma ni-⸢ri⸣ [...] | |
| 28' | sat-tuk-ki gi-nu-⸢u₂⸣ x x [...] | |
| 29' | [(...)] | |
| 30' | 8 GU₄.MEŠ 3 ME 70 x [...] | |
| 33' | ina GUN man-⸢da⸣-[at-ti ...] | |
| 34' | [ina] ⸢u₄⸣-me-šu₂-ma ṣa-⸢lam⸣ [...] | |
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