Esarhaddon 053 (Q003282)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003282 |
| 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] o 1'1'–o 13'13' | [...] ... [...] the god(dess) Nin[...] ... [... his] important city [... (5′) ...] his ..., the contributions of (his) eter[nal] dais; [I] brought before him [choice oxen], fattened sheep, strings of fish [and birds, the abundance of the apsû] which never lessens, [...] honey, ghee, suitable for his pure sattukku offerings. (10′) I gave [Šamaš]-šuma-ukīn, (my) son, my offspring, as a present to the god Marduk and the goddess Zarpanītu. I presented (them) with tribute, payment, abundant gifts, (and) unceasing contributions as my [gifts], and I looked after Adediḫegal (Edadiḫegal). |
| Obverse [13:17] o 14'14'– | [I placed at their service ramku-priests], pašīšu-priests, ecstatics, those initiated in secret rites, [purification priests], āšipu-priests, lamentation priests, (and) [singers, who have] mas[tered (their) entire] craft. |
| Reverse [2:8] r 33–r 88 | (No translation possible) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] {⸢d}nin⸣-[...] | |
| 3' | [...]-⸢šu₂⸣ lu-u ⸢ra⸣-[...] | |
| 4' | [...] URU tak-bit-⸢ti⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 5' | [...] x-le-e-šu₂ ⸢i⸣-rib pa-rak ⸢da⸣-[ra-a-ti] | |
| 6' | [GU₄.MAḪ-ḫi bit-ru-ti] ⸢šu⸣-uʾ-e ma-ru-ti iz-ḫe-⸢et KU₆⸣ | |
| 7' | [u MUŠEN ḪE₂.GAL₂ ZU.AB] ša₂ la i-šu-u mi-ṭi-tu₂ | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢LAL₃⸣ I₃.NUN.NA si-mat sat-⸢tuk⸣-ki-šu₂ eb-bu-ti | |
| 9' | [u₂-ṭaḫ]-⸢ḫa⸣-a ma-ḫar-šu₂ | |
| 10' | {[m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁]-⸢MU⸣-GI.NA DUMU ṣi-it lib₃-bi-ia a-na {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 11' | ⸢u₃ {d⸣}zar-pa-ni-tum a-na ši-rik-ti aš₂-ruk | |
| 12' | ⸢GUN man⸣-da-at-tu IGI.SA₂-e šad-lu-ti e-rib la ba-ṭa-li | |
| 13' | [kad₃]-⸢ra⸣-a-a u₂-šam-ḫir-ma a-de₂-di-ḫe₂-gal₂ ap-qid | |
| 14' | {[lu₂}ra-am-ki] {⸢lu₂}pa⸣-ši-ši an-gub-be₂-⸢e⸣ na-ṣir pi-⸢riš-ti⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[lu₂}i-šip-pi₂] {⸢lu₂}KA⸣.PIRIG₃ {lu₂}GALA.⸢MEŠ {lu₂⸣}[NAR] | |
| 2 | [ša gi-mir um]-⸢ma-nu-ti ḫa-am⸣-[mu ma-ḫar-šu-un uš-ziz] | |
| 3 | [...]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 4 | [...]-⸢un⸣ | |
| 5 | [...]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 6 | [...]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 7 | [...]-⸢tum⸣ | |
| 8 | [...]-⸢i⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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