Esarhaddon 059 (Q003288)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003288 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/scores · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:18] i 1i 1–i 1818 | [Es]arhaddon, [ki]ng of the world, king of Assyria, pious [pr]ince, [be]loved of the god Aššur and the goddess Mullissu, upon whom you placed your protection and whom you safeguarded for kingship, all of whose enemies you killed and (i 10) whose wish you caused (him) to attain, upon whose father’s throne you placed in greatness, and whom [yo]u entrusted with the lordship of the lands; son of Sennacherib, king of the world (and) king of Assyria; descendant of Sargon (II), king of the world (and) king of Assyria — |
| Obverse Column i [18:27] i 1919– | The former temple of the god Aššur that Shalmaneser (I), son of Adad-nārārī (I), king of Assyria, a ruler who came before me, had built, [became] dilapidated: [Five] hundred and eighty-six years passed and (ii 1) (then) it became dilapidated. |
| Obverse Column ii [1:12] ii 22–ii 1212 | I did not change the location of that temple and I laid its foundations on gold, silver, precious stones, aromatics, (and) ḫašūru-resin, and I secured i[ts] brickwork. (ii 10) I built (and) completed (it), (and) greatly made (it) an object of wonder for the people. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:22] ii 1313–ii 2222 | I built (it) for my life, the prolongation of my days, the securing of my reign, the well-being of my seed, the safeguarding of the throne [of] my priestly office, the overthrowing of my enemies, the prospering of the harvest of Assyria, (and) the well-being of As[syria]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | {[m}AN].ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA | |
| 2 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ KIŠ LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 3 | ⸢NUN⸣ na-aʾ-du | |
| 4 | ⸢na⸣-ram AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}NIN.LIL₂ | |
| 5 | ša₂ ṣu-lu-ul-ku-nu | |
| 6 | UGU-šu₂ taš-ku-nu-ma | |
| 7 | tan-ṣu-ru-šu₂ ana LUGAL-ti | |
| 8 | gi-mir za-ma-ni-šu₂ | |
| 9 | ta-na-ru-ma | |
| 10 | ⸢tu⸣-šak-ši-du ni-iz-ma-su | |
| 11 | ina {giš}GU.ZA AD-šu₂ | |
| 12 | ra-biš tu-še-ši-bu-šu₂-ma | |
| 13 | be-lu-ut KUR.KUR | |
| 14 | ⸢tu⸣-šad-gi-lu pa-nu-uš-šu₂ | |
| 15 | DUMU {m}{d}30PAP.MEŠ-SU | |
| 16 | LUGAL KIŠ LUGAL KUR aš-šur | |
| 17 | DUMU LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL KIŠ | |
| 18 | LUGAL KUR aš-šur-ma | |
| 19 | E₂ AN.ŠAR₂ maḫ-ru-u₂ | |
| 20 | ša₂ {m}sal₂-ma-nu-a-ša₂-re-di | |
| 21 | A {m}10ERIM.TAḪ₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur | |
| 22 | NUN a-lik IGI-ia e-pu-šu₂ | |
| 23 | [e]-na-aḫ-ma | |
| 24 | 9 UŠ 46 MU.AN.NA.MEŠ | |
| 25 | il-li-ik-ma | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | e-na-aḫ-ma | |
| 2 | E₂ šu₂-a-tu₂ | |
| 3 | a-šar maš-kan₂-šu₂ | |
| 4 | ul u₂-ša₂-an-ni-ma | |
| 5 | ṣe-er KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 6 | NA₄.MEŠ ni-siq-ti | |
| 7 | ŠIM.MEŠ I₃.GIŠ ḪA.ŠUR | |
| 8 | uš-ši-šu₂ ad-di-ma | |
| 9 | u₂-kin lib-na-as-⸢su⸣ | |
| 10 | ar-ṣip u₂-šak-lil | |
| 11 | a-na tab-rat UN.MEŠ | |
| 12 | ma-aʾ-diš u₂-ša₂-lik | |
| 13 | a-na TI.LA-ia | |
| 14 | GID₂ UD.MEŠ-ia | |
| 15 | GIN BALA.MEŠ-ia | |
| 16 | ša₂-lam NUMUN-ia | |
| 17 | na-ṣir {giš}GU.[ZA] | |
| 18 | ša₂-an-gu-ti-ia | |
| 19 | sa-kip KUR₂.MEŠ-ia | |
| 20 | SI.SA₂ BURU₁₄ KUR aš-šur | |
| 21 | ša₂-lam KUR aš-[šur] | |
| 22 | e-pu-uš | |
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