Esarhaddon 052 (Q003281)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003281 |
| 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 [0:13] 1'1'–13'13' | [...] ... [...] the gods of Sumer and Akkad [took] the roa[d to Babylon]. Like tired foals which ... [...] together in their assembly ... [...] (5′) splendid [...]. As for me, Esarhaddon, the one who renewed the [great] god[s], they decreed [my fate (and) I made them enter] Ba[bylon] in joy and rejoicing. I doc[ked Maumuša (“Boat of Command”)] at the quay of Babylon. (10′) [They entered] the orchards, groves, canals (and) g[ardens] of Ekarzagina, [a pure place] (where) the craft of the exorcist, “the washing of the mouth,” (and) “[the opening of] the mouth” (are recited) before the stars of heaven: the gods E[a, ...] |
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' | x-⸢tum⸣ x (x) [...] | |
| 2' | DINGIR.MEŠ KUR EME.⸢GI₇⸣ u URI{ki} ḫar-⸢ra⸣-[an KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} iṣ-ba-tu] | |
| 3' | GIM mu-re-e an-ḫu-ti ša₂ ⸢URU⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | ina ukkin-ni-šu₂-nu iš-te-niš ⸢ʾ⸣-[...] | |
| 5' | šit-ra-ḫu [...] | |
| 6' | ia-a-ti {m}aš-šur-PAP.MEŠ-AŠ mu-diš ⸢DINGIR⸣.[MEŠ GAL.MEŠ] | |
| 7' | i-ši-mu [šim-ti] | |
| 8' | ina ul-ṣi u ri-ša₂-a-ti a-na ⸢KA₂⸣.[DINGIR.RA{ki} u₂-še-rib-šu₂-nu-ti] | |
| 9' | ina KAR KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} e-mi₃-[id ma₂-umuš-a] | |
| 10' | ina ṣip-pat {giš}KIRI₆ pal-gi ⸢MU⸣.[SAR-e] | |
| 11' | ša e₂-kar-za-gin₃-na [aš₂-ri el-li] | |
| 12' | ina ši-pir ⸢ABGAL⸣ KA.LUḪ.UD.⸢DA KA.LUḪ.UD.⸢DA KA⸣.[DU₈.UD.DA] KA⸣.[DU₈.UD.DA] | |
| 13' | ⸢ma⸣-ḫar MUL.⸢MEŠ ša₂⸣-ma-mi {d}⸢e₂⸣-[a ...] | |
| 14' | x x [...] x [...] |
Sources & licences
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