Esarhaddon 043 (Q003272)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003272 |
| 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] o 1o 1–o 1111 | [I], Esarha[ddon, str]ong [king], king of the world, king of Assyria, [the one who reveres] the great gods (and) [pa]cifies the mood [of] (5) the gods Anu and Aššur, [be]loved of the god Marduk (and) the goddess Zarpanītu, [who is assid]uous towards the shrines of the god Nabû and the goddess Tašmētu, [the one who (re)con]structed the temple of the god Aššur (and re)built Esagil and Babylon, (10) whom the god Aššur, the father of the gods, called by name to the kingship of Assyria and the governorship of Sumer and Akkad — |
| Obverse [11:16] o 1212–o 1616 | The goddess Ištar, [...], gave me [a royal destiny] as [a gift] (while I was still) in the womb of my mother. To refur[bish] the gods [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:17] r 1'1'–r 17'17' | god [(...)] ... [...] I erected [...] to ma[ke ...] on my neck [...] (rev. 5′) will restore the rites [...] may all of the great gods be present for my entreaties and expressions of humility, and let them receive my prayers. Every year (rev. 10′) let me walk before them in safety. Decree as my fate a life of long days, years of good health and happiness, a destiny of longevity, secure reign, (and) healthy offspring. |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 1b.e. 1–b.e. 1b.e. 1 | That which is (written) on the (symbols of) the gods that (are around) the neck of the king. |
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 | [a-na]-⸢ku {m}AN.ŠAR₂-PAP⸣-[AŠ] | |
| 2 | [MAN dan]-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-⸢šur{ki⸣} | |
| 3 | [pa]-⸢liḫ⸣ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.[MEŠ] | |
| 4 | [mu]-⸢šap⸣-ši-iḫ ka-bat-[ti] | |
| 5 | {⸢d}a⸣-nim u AN.⸢ŠAR₂⸣ | |
| 6 | [na]-⸢ram⸣ {d}AMAR.UTU {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | |
| 7 | [muš]-⸢te⸣-eʾ-u aš₂-rat {d}⸢AG⸣ u {d}PAPNUN | |
| 8 | [ba]-nu-u E₂ AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 9 | ⸢e-piš⸣ e₂-sag-il₂ u KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 10 | ša₂ AN.ŠAR₂ AD DINGIR.⸢DINGIR⸣ a-⸢na⸣ LUGAL-ut ⸢KUR⸣ aš-šur{ki} | |
| 11 | GIR₃.NITA₂-ut KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{⸢ki} im⸣-bu-u | |
| 12 | ni-bit MU-ia {d}⸢INANNA⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | ina ŠA₃.TUR₃ AMA-⸢ia⸣ [ši-mat MAN-ti] | |
| 14 | ⸢iš⸣-ru-ka a-na [ši-rik-ti] | |
| 15 | ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ ⸢ud-du⸣-[uš ...] | |
| 16 | [(x)] x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢DINGIR⸣ [(x)] x ⸢NU⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ul-zi-iz [...] | |
| 3' | a-⸢na⸣ e-pe-[ši ...] | |
| 4' | ina GU₂-ia [...] | |
| 5' | u₂-šal-la-mu ⸢par-ṣi⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ina nap-⸢ḫa-ri⸣-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 7' | a-na ni-iš₃ ŠU.II-ia u la-ban ap-pi-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 8' | li-zi-zu-nim-ma lim-ḫu-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 9' | tes₂-le-ti šat-ti-šam-ma | |
| 10' | ma-ḫar-šu₂-nu šal-meš lu-ut-tal-lak | |
| 11' | TI.LA UD.MEŠ GID₂.DA.MEŠ | |
| 12' | MU.AN.NA.MEŠ ṭu-ub UZU.MEŠ | |
| 13' | ⸢u₃⸣ ḫu-ud lib₃-bi | |
| 14' | ⸢ši⸣-mat la-ba-a-ri | |
| 15' | ⸢kun⸣-nu BALA.MEŠ-e | |
| 16' | ⸢ša₂⸣-lam NUMUN | |
| 17' | ⸢ši⸣-i-ma ši-ma-⸢ti⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | ša ina UGU DINGIR.MEŠ-⸢ni⸣ ša ⸢GU₂ LUGAL⸣ | |
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