Esarhaddon 047 (Q003276)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Esarhaddon 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003276 |
| 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' | foremost [so]n of [Sennacherib, king of the world (and) king of Assyria; gra]ndson of Sarg[on (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, gover]nor of Babylon, k[ing of Sumer and Akkad; des]cendant of the eternal line [of Bēl-bāni, king of Assyria, (5′) an]cient stock, [whose place of ultimate origin is Baltil (Aššur), gov]ernor of Babylon, [... wh]o holds the nose-rop[es of ... shep]herd of the black-headed [people ...] |
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' | ⸢IBILA a-ša₂-re-du ša₂⸣ {m}{[d}30ŠEŠ.MEŠ-SU MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 2' | ⸢DUMU⸣ DUMU {m}LUGAL-⸢GI⸣.[NA MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 3' | ⸢GIR₃⸣.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ⸢MAN⸣ [KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{ki]} | |
| 4' | [li]-ip-li-ip da-⸢ru⸣-[u ša₂ {m}EN-ba-ni MAN KUR aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 5' | ⸢ki⸣-sit₂-ti ṣa-a-ti [ša₂ du-rug-šu₂ bal-til{ki]} | |
| 6' | ⸢GIR₃⸣.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} [...] | |
| 7' | ⸢ta⸣-me-eḫ ṣer-⸢re⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 8' | [RE.E₂].⸢UM⸣ ṣal-mat SAG.[DU ...] | |
| 9' | [...]-i IGI [...] | |
| 10' | [...] 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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.