Esarhaddon 051 (Q003280)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 051 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003280 |
| 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 iii [0:13] iii 1iii 1–iii 1313 | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column iv [0:8] iv 1iv 1–iv 88 | [the great gods were truly created in Ešarra, the temple of their progenitor], and they grew beautiful in figure. I sumptuously adorned the[ir] features [with red ṣāriru-gold, the creation of Mount Arallu (and) an ore from] its mountain. [I adorned] their necks [and cover]ed their chests [with magnificent ornaments (and) precious jewelry, (iv 5) all that the great lord, the god Marduk, had in mind (and) that the queen, the goddess] Zarpanītu, [wa]nted. They fashioned [images of their great divinity more] artfully [than before (and) greatly adorned them]. They [provided (them) with awe-inspiring vigor] (and) made (them) shine like the sun. |
| Obverse Column iv [8:14] iv 99–iv 1414 | [... for the goddess Tašmētu, the great lady, who lives i]n Eumuša. (iv 10) [... who lives i]n Esabad [... the gods Abšušu (and) Abtagig]i of Egišḫurankia [...] ... who live in Esagil [...] established and gave [...] ... Babyl[on] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| iii | ||
| 1 | x [...] | |
| 2 | x [...] | |
| 3 | x [...] | |
| 4 | x [...] | |
| 5 | ⸢uš⸣-[...] | |
| 6 | ša₂ ⸢u₂⸣-[...] | |
| 7 | ⸢ina⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | ⸢e-ši⸣-[...] | |
| 9 | ⸢ša⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | 2 a-bu-x [...] | |
| 11 | 2 x [...] | |
| 12 | {na₄}x [...] | |
| 13 | x [...] | |
| iv | ||
| 1 | [DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ qe₂-reb e₂-šar₂-ra E₂ za-ri-šu₂-nu ke-niš im-ma-al-du]-⸢ma⸣ iš-⸢mu⸣-ḫu ⸢gat⸣-tu | |
| 2 | [ina ṣa-ri-ri ru-uš-še-e nab-nit a-ra-al-li e-per] ⸢KUR⸣-i-šu₂ u₂-šar-ri-ḫa ⸢nab-nit-su⸣-[un] | |
| 3 | [ti-iq-ni MAḪ.MEŠ šu-kut-tu a-qar-tu₂] ⸢ki⸣-šad-su-un | |
| 4 | [u₂-taq-qin-ma u₂-ma-al]-⸢la⸣-a GABA-su-un | |
| 5 | [mim-mu-u {d}EN GAL-u {d}AMAR.UTU ina lib₃-bi-šu₂ ib-šu-u ub]-la ka-bat-ta-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [ša₂ šar-rat {d]}⸢zar⸣-pa-ni-tum | |
| 7 | [ṣa-al-me DINGIR-ti-šu₂-nu GAL-ti UGU ša₂ u₄-me pa-ni] ⸢nak⸣-liš u₂-ba-aš₂-ši-mu | |
| 8 | [ma-diš u₂-šar-ri-ḫu bal-tu₂ u₂-šag-li]-⸢du⸣ u₂-ša₂-an-bi-ṭu GIM {d}UTU-ši | |
| 9 | [... a-na {d}PAPNUN GAŠAN GAL-ti a-ši]-⸢bat⸣ e₂-umuš-a | |
| 10 | [... a-ši]-⸢bat⸣ e₂-sa-bad | |
| 11 | [... {d}ab-šu₂-šu₂ {d}ab-ta-gi₄]-⸢gi₄⸣ ša e₂-giš-ḫur-an-ki-a | |
| 12 | [...] x ZU a-ši-bu-ut e₂-sag-il₂ | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢GAR⸣-ma SUM.MU | |
| 14 | [...] x x KA₂.⸢DINGIR.RA⸣{ki} | |
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