Esarhaddon 041 (Q003270)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 041 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003270 |
| 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 [0:11] 1'1'–11'11' | [...] to perform th[at] work [...] their eternal [protec]tion ... [...] evil [year]s, [...] day(s) [... plot]ting murder, not [... (5′) ...] in confusion [...] their ... [...] and they dyed red ... [...] ... gods to ... [... to ex]ercise my kingship [... E]sarhaddon, who trusts him, [...] their exal[ted divinity ...] ... [...] |
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' | [...] ⸢a-na e-peš šip-ri šu₂-a⸣-[tu₂ ...] | |
| 2' | [... GIŠ].⸢MI⸣.MEŠ-šu₂-nu da-ru-u x [...] | |
| 3' | [... MU.AN.NA].MEŠ lem-ne₂-e-ti u₄-⸢mu⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢ka⸣-ṣir ner-ti ⸢la⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] i-na ⸢i⸣-ši-ti [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x-⸢ta⸣-šu₂-nu-ma iṣ-ru-pu u₂-[...] | |
| 7' | [...] x-el DINGIR.MEŠ a-na ⸢e⸣-[...] | |
| 8' | [... a-na e]-⸢peš⸣ LUGAL-u₂-ti-⸢ia⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [... {m]}⸢AN.ŠAR₂⸣-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA ta-kil-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [... DINGIR]-ti-šu₂-nu ṣir-[ti ...] | |
| 11' | [...] x x x [...] |
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)
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