Esarhaddon 042 (Q003271)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003271 |
| 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 [0:8] 1'1'–8'8' | [...] ... [...] entrusted ... [to me ... (Lower) Eg]ypt, Upper Eg[ypt ...] ... he establish[ed ... (5′) ...] where I trod, the border of [... Kardun]iaš ([Babylon]ia) ... [...] ... [...] which (is) in the midst [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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] x x x x x (x) [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x-tim u₂-mal-⸢la⸣-[a ŠU.II-u-a ...] | |
| 3' | [... {kur}mu]-⸢uṣ⸣-ri {kur}pa-tu-⸢ri⸣-[si ...] | |
| 4' | [...] x-ri iš-tak-ka-[an ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢ak⸣-bu-su mi-⸢ṣir⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [... {kur}kar-{d}dun]-⸢ia₂⸣-aš₃ ša₂ sa-ta-[...] | |
| 7' | [...]-⸢ik⸣-ti ⸢AD⸣-[...] | |
| 8' | [...]-a ša₂ ⸢qe₂⸣-[reb ...] |
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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