Esarhaddon 049 (Q003278)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 049 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003278 |
| 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 [0:12] 1'1'–12'12' | [...] the goddess Tašmētu, the god(dess) [... great] queen [...] whom [she selected] and raised for [kingship ... king of the fo]ur [quarters], favorite of the [great] gods, [... (5′) ... the one who (re)bui]lt Esagil and Babylon, [..., who] made (them) dwell on (their) eternal daises, [...], who (re)confirmed the [satt]ukku (and) ginû offerings in them, [... who does not fai]l [to make offerings (and) fulfill rites], who observes the days of the god (and) the eššē[šu-festival, ...] made take up [his] weapons [to overthrow the enemies of] Assyria, [... (10′) ...], who had [...] (and) who found no riv[al ..., who marched freely from the rising] sun to the setting [sun and ...] before him ... [...] |
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' | [...] {⸢d⸣}PAPNUN {⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 2' | [...] šar-ra-⸢tu⸣ [GAL-tu ...] | |
| 3' | [... tu-ut-tu]-⸢šu₂⸣-ma ta-aš₂-šu₂-šu₂ ⸢a-na⸣ [LUGAL-ti ...] | |
| 4' | [... LUGAL kib-rat LIMMU₂]-tim mi-gir DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣.[MEŠ ...] | |
| 5' | [... e]-⸢piš⸣ e₂-sag-il₂ u KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA{ki⸣} [...] | |
| 6' | [... u₂]-⸢šar⸣-mu-u pa-rak da-ra-a-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [... SA₂].⸢DUG₄⸣ gi-nu-u u₂-kin-nu qe₂-reb-⸢šin⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... la ip-par-ku]-⸢u⸣ i-na-ṣa-ru u₄-mu DINGIR eš-še-[e-šu ...] | |
| 9' | [... a-na šum-qut a-a-bi KUR] aš-šur{ki} u₂-šat-bu-u {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢i⸣-šu-u la ut-tu-u ša₂-ni-[na ...] | |
| 11' | [... ša₂ ul-tu ṣi-it {d]}⸢UTU⸣-ši a-di e-reb {⸢d⸣}[UTU-ši i-ša₂-riš it-tal-la-ku-ma ...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢pa⸣-ni-⸢šu te⸣-x [...] |
Sources & licences
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