Esarhaddon 045 (Q003274)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003274 |
| 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 [0:7] i 1i 1–i 77 | [I], Esarhaddon, [knowledgeable], intelligent, expert, cautious, [...] ... who performs the work of [...], foremost one, [who is assiduous towar]ds the shrines [...] ... [...] god(dess) [...] god(dess) [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [0:5] ii 1ii 1–ii 55 | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column iii [0:18] iii 1'1'–iii 18'18' | ... [...] to [...] and [...] hand of the god(dess) [...] (iii 5′) purification priests, [...] lamentation priests, ... [...] praise of [his] hero[ism ...] singers with ly[re(s) ...] all of my troops [...] (iii 10′) ... [...] in the quay ... [...] for one league [...] pu[re] sheep [...] morning repast [...] (iii 15′) the god Nabû, son of [...] ... [...] the god Nergal [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse Column iv [0:5] iv 1'1'–iv 5'5' | [... E]sagi[l ... heaven] and netherworld to [...] I irrigated; I [...] the great [gods] of heaven and netherworld, the people [...] made bow down [to] his [feet], overwhelmed his enemies, ... [...] |
| Obverse Column iv [5:12] iv 6'6'–iv 12'12' | [(As for) the resid]ence of (the god) Aššur, Ešarra, the ancestral house, the place of renewal, [which] together with your city, Babylon, (and) your temple, Esagil, they found [...] and its people were exhausted. May [the foundation]s of [E]ḫursaggalkurkura, the place of my renewal, be as solid as a mountain. May [a]ll of the abundance, plenty, (and) produce of the (four) quarters flow [annual]ly into it like a babbling brook. |
| Obverse Column iv [12:17] iv 13'13'–iv 17'17' | Written on the pedestal of (the statue of) the god Bēl. [Like] its [origi]nal, written and collated. [Tablet (belonging to)] Marduk-šākin-šumi, the young apprentice (scribe). [Written by] Nabû-zēra-ikṣur, scribe, [son of] Ina-tēšî-ēṭir, scribe (and) descendant of Nabû-nāṣir, scribe. |
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 | [a-na-ku {m]}AN.ŠAR₂-⸢ŠEŠ-SUM.NA⸣ | |
| 2 | [mu-du-u] ḫa-as-su it-pe-šu ⸢pit-qu⸣-du | |
| 3 | [...]-⸢ša₂⸣-ti ⸢e⸣-piš šip-ri ⸢ša⸣ [x (x)] ⸢a-ša₂-red⸣ | |
| 4 | [muš-te-eʾ]-u₂ eš-⸢re-e-ti⸣ [...] x | |
| 5 | [...]-⸢u₂-a⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | [...] {d}[...] | |
| 7 | [...] {⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | iš-ta-[...] | |
| 2 | i-na ⸢lib₃⸣-[bi ...] | |
| 3 | si-kip-[ti ...] | |
| 4 | u₂-x [...] | |
| 5 | at-[...] | |
| iii | ||
| 1' | {m}x [...] | |
| 2' | a-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢u₃⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | qa-at {⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 5' | {⸢lu₂⸣}i-šip-⸢pi₂⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}GALA.MEŠ ⸢i⸣-[...] | |
| 7' | ta-nit-ti qar-⸢ra⸣-[du-ti-šu₂ ...] | |
| 8' | {lu₂}NAR.MEŠ ina {giš}⸢ZA₃⸣.[MI₂ ...] | |
| 9' | gim-ri ⸢ERIM.ḪI⸣.A-⸢ia⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | te-e-ra i-⸢ša₂⸣-[...] | |
| 11' | i-na KAR a-[...] | |
| 12' | a-na 1 KASKAL.⸢GID₂⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | as-li eb-⸢bu⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 14' | nap-tan še-e-⸢ri⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | {d}AG ⸢DUMU⸣ [...] | |
| 16' | u₂-⸢šal⸣-[...] | |
| 17' | {d}U.⸢GUR⸣ [...] | |
| 18' | il-[...] | |
| iv | ||
| 1' | [... e₂]-sag-⸢il₂⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... AN-e] u KI-tim a-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] u₂-šam-ki-ra ⸢u₂⸣-[...] | |
| 4' | [DINGIR.MEŠ] ⸢GAL.MEŠ šu⸣-ut AN-e u KI-tim UN.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [a-na GIR₃.II]-šu₂ u₂-šak-ni-šu₂ a-a-bi-šu₂ is-pu-nu at-x [x x] | |
| 6' | [mu]-⸢šab⸣ AN.ŠAR₂ e₂-šar₂-ra E₂ ab-be₂-e a-⸢šar te⸣-diš-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 7' | [ša] ⸢it⸣-ti URU-ka KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} E₂.KUR-ka ⸢e₂⸣-sag-⸢gil₂⸣ | |
| 8' | [x (x)] x e-mu-ru-ma šu-ud-lu-pu UN.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 9' | [e₂]-ḫur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra a-šar te-diš-ti-ia | |
| 10' | [iš]-⸢da-a⸣-šu₂ li-ku-na ki-ma KUR-i | |
| 11' | [gi]-⸢mir⸣ ḪE₂.NUN ṭuḫ-du ḫi-ṣib kib-ra-a-ti | |
| 12' | [šat-ti]-šam-ma ID₂-iš₃ li-šaḫ-bi-ba qe₂-reb-šu₂ | |
| 13' | [i]-⸢na⸣ UGU ki-gal-⸢li ša⸣ {d}EN ša₃-ṭir | |
| 14' | [GIM] ⸢SUMUN⸣-šu₂ AB.SAR-ma ba₃-ri₃ | |
| 15' | [DUB] {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-GAR-MU {lu₂}ŠAMAN₂.LA₂ TUR | |
| 16' | [ŠU.II {m}{d]}⸢MUATI⸣-NUMUN-KAT₃ {lu₂}A.BA | |
| 17' | [A-šu₂ ša₂ {m]}⸢ina-SUḪ₃-ŠUR A.BA A {m}{d}MUATI⸣-PAP-ir A.BA | |
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