Esarhaddon 040 (Q003269)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003269 |
| 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 Column i [0:10] i' 1i 1–i' 1010 | [...] his ally [...] I trusted [...] ... [...] ... in his city (5) [... Abdi]-Milkūti, king of S[id]on, [... were] fixed (and) they were listening [...] Sidon [...] he heard [the mention of] my [na]me [...] overwhelmed him [...] ... [...] ... |
| Obverse Column ii [0:13] ii' 1ii 1–ii' 1313 | ... [...] herald [...] my heart became angry [...] against Abdi-Mi[lkūti ...] (5) not fearing the lord of lord[s ...], who like a bear [...] the lordship of the god Aššur, my lord, [...] to the god Aššur, my lord, [...] the king of Sidon [...] the god Aššur, m[y] lord, ... [...] to appease [his] divine heart [...] awesome [sheen ... I] sent [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i' | ||
| 1 | [...] {⸢lu₂⸣}tuk-lat-⸢su⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] x ⸢at-ta⸣-kil | |
| 3 | [...]-⸢lak⸣ | |
| 4 | [...] x DUMU ⸢URU-uš⸣-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [... {m}ab-di]-⸢mil⸣-ku-ut-ti MAN {uru}⸢ṣi-du-ni⸣ | |
| 6 | [... i-šak]-⸢ka⸣-nu-ma i-⸢šem-ma⸣-a GEŠTU.II-šu-un | |
| 7 | [...] {⸢uru⸣}ṣi-du-un-ni | |
| 8 | [... zi-kir šu]-⸢mi₃⸣-ia iš-me-ma | |
| 9 | [...] is-ḫup-šu-⸢u₂⸣-ma | |
| 10 | [...] x [x (x) x] x | |
| ii' | ||
| 1 | x x ⸢LI⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢na⸣-gi-ru [...] | |
| 3 | lib₃-bi i-⸢gug⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | UGU {m}ab-di-⸢mil⸣-[ku-ut-ti ...] | |
| 5 | la a-dir EN EN.⸢EN⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | ⸢ša₂ ki⸣-ma da-be₂-e [...] | |
| 7 | be-⸢lut⸣ aš-⸢šur EN-ia⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | a-na {d}aš-šur EN-⸢ia⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | LUGAL {uru}ṣi-du-⸢un⸣-[ni ...] | |
| 10 | {d}aš-šur be-li ⸢u₂⸣-[...] | |
| 11 | ⸢a⸣-na ⸢nu⸣-uḫ lib₃-bi DINGIR-ti-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 12 | [me]-⸢lam⸣-me ra-šub-ba-[at ...] | |
| 13 | [u₂]-⸢ma-ʾe⸣-er [...] | |
Sources & licences
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