Esarhaddon 077 (Q003306)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 077 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003306 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| Coordinates | 36.0992, 43.3275 |
English translation
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| Obverse [0:11] 11–1111 | Esarhaddon, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, the true shepherd who reorganized the confused people (and) made light shine forth for them; to whom the great gods gave as a gift (the ability) to create, build, (and) renew; (5) the one who (re)constructed the temple of the god Aššur, (re)built Esagil and Babylon, completed all of the cult centers, renewed the statues of the great gods, (and) who returned the plundered gods of the lands to their (proper) place from Assyria; who plated Egašankalama, the temple of the goddess Ištar of Arbela, his lady, with silver (zaḫalû) and made (it) shine like daylight — I had lions, screaming anzû-birds, laḫmu-monsters, (and) kurību-genii fashioned from silver and copper and set (them) up in its entry doors. |
| Obverse [11:20] 1212–2020 | The king, who with the help of the gods Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Nabû, Marduk, Ištar of Nineveh, (and) Ištar of Arbela, marched freely from the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea and made all of his enemies [and the] rulers who were unsubmissive to him bow down at his feet; (15) the one who conquered the city Sidon, which is in [the midst of] the sea, (and) the one who leveled all of its dwellings; the one who plundered the city Arzâ, which is in the neighborhood of the Brook of Egypt, (and) who threw Asuḫīli, its king, into fetters along with his counselors (and) brought (them) to Assyria; moreover, (I am) the one who struck with the sword Teušpâ, a Cimmerian, together with his entire army, in the territory of the land Ḫubušnu; the one who treads on the unsubmissive people of Cilicia; |
| Obverse [20:27] 2121–2727 | the one who drove out Nabû-zēr-kitti-līšir, son of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan); [the one who sack]ed Bīt-Dakkūri, which is in Chaldea, an enemy of Babylon; [the one who captu]red Šamaš-ibni, its king, a rogue (and) outlaw — I surrounded, captured, plundered, destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities [Ḫa]ndasu, Magalanu, Alpiyana, Diḫrānu, (25) Qatabuʾ, Padê, (and) Udēru, fortified cities in the district of the land Bāzu, together with small cities in its environs. |
| Obverse [27:36] 2828–3636 | The one who crushed the Parnaki, a dangerous enemy, who live in the city Tīl-Aššurri, which is called Pittānu in the language of the people of the land Meḫrānu; (30) the one who scattered the Mannean people, undisciplined Gutians — (as for) the land Patušarra, a district in the area of the salt desert, which is in the midst of the land of the distant Medes, borders Mount Bikni, (and) upon the soil of whose land none of the kings, my ancestors, had walked, I carried off to Assyria Šidir-parna (and) E-parna, mighty chieftains, who were not submissive to (my) yoke, together with their people (and) their heavy plunder. |
| Obverse [36:39] 3737–3939 | Son of Sennacherib, king of the world (and) king of Assyria, descendant of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad — |
| Obverse [39:44] 4040–4444 | At that time, by means of the prisoners from the lands that I had conquered with the help of the god Aššur, my lord, the arsenal, which was in Kalḫu, that Shalmaneser (III), king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), a ruler who came before me, had built, had no terrace and its site had become too small. |
| Obverse [44:55] 4545–5555 | As for me, Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, pious prince, to whom the prince, the god Ninšiku (Ea), gave (wisdom) equal to that of the sage Adapa, that terrace was on my mind and I (text: “he”) thought about it. I incorporated unused land as an addition (and) raised the terrace with massive stone blocks from the mountains. (50) I raised its walls by 120 brick courses, built palatial halls for my royal residence upon it, (and) built (and) completed (it) from its foundations to its parapets. I roofed them with magnificent cedar beams, grown on Mount Amanus, (and) installed doors of cypress, whose fragrance is sweet, in their gates. I filled (it) with splendor (making it) an object of wonder for all of the people. |
| Obverse [55:57] 5656–5757 | I made foundation inscriptions, had the might of the god Aššur, my lord, (and) the deeds that I had done written on them, and placed (these inscriptions) in them (the foundations). |
| Obverse [57:62] 5858–6262 | In the future, in far-off days, may a future ruler, one of the kings, my descendants, renovate its dilapidated section(s). (60) May he read a foundation inscription written in my name, make an offering, anoint (it) with oil, write my name with his name, (and) return (it) to its place. The god Ninurta, son of the god Enlil, will (then) hear his prayers. |
| Obverse [62:63] 63A63A–63A63A | Abu (V), fifth day, eponymy of Nabû-bēlu-uṣur, governor of the city Dūr-Šarrukku (672 BC). |
| Obverse [63:65] 63B63B–64B64B | Ayyāru (II), eighteenth day, eponymy of Nabû-bēlu-uṣur, governor of the city Dūr-Šarrukku (672 BC), when the treaty concerning Ashurbanipal, the senior son of the king, who (resides in) the House of Succession, was made. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 1 | {m}aš-šur-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL GAL-u₂ LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL kiš-ša₂-ti LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 2 | GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} LUGAL KUR šu-me-ri u₃ URI{ki} | |
| 3 | RE.E₂.UM ki-i-nu ša UN.MEŠ dal-ḫa-a-ti u₂-taq-qi-nu u₂-še-ṣi-ši-na-ti nu-u₂-ru | |
| 4 | ša DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ba-nu-u₂ e-pe-šu₂ ud-du-šu iš-ru-ku ši-rik-tuš | |
| 5 | ba-nu-u₂ E₂ AN.ŠAR₂ e-piš e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 6 | mu-šak-lil ma-ḫa-zi ka-li-šu₂-nu mu-ud-diš ṣa-lam DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 7 | ša₂ DINGIR.MEŠ KUR.KUR šal-lu-tu ul-tu qe₂-reb KUR aš-šur{ki} a-na aš₂-ri-šu₂-nu u₂-ter-ru | |
| 8 | e₂-gašan-kalam-ma E₂ {d}iš-tar {uru}LIMMU₂-DINGIR be-el-ti-šu₂ | |
| 9 | za-ḫa-la-a u₂-šal-biš-ma u₂-nam-⸢me⸣-ru ki-ma u₄-me | |
| 10 | UR.MAḪ.MEŠ an-ze-e na-ʾi-i-ri {d}laḫ₃-me {d}ku-ri-bi | |
| 11 | ša KU₃.BABBAR u URUDU u₂-še-piš-ma ne₂-reb KA₂.MEŠ-ša₂ ul-ziz | |
| 12 | LUGAL ša₂ ina tu-kul-ti AN.ŠAR₂ {d}30 {d}UTU {d}AG {d}AMAR.UTU {d}15 ša NINA{ki} {d}15 ša {uru}LIMMU₂-DINGIR | |
| 13 | ul-tu tam-tim e-li-ti a-di tam-tim šap-li-ti i-ša₂-riš it-tal-lak-u₂-ma | |
| 14 | kul-lat na-ki-re-e-šu₂ [u ma]-al-ki la kan-šu-ti-šu₂ u₂-šak-ni-ša₂ še-pu-uš-šu | |
| 15 | ka-šid {uru}ṣi-du-nu ša₂ ina [MURUB₄] tam-tim na-du-u₂ sa-pi-in gi-mir da-ad₂-me-šu | |
| 16 | ša₂-lil {uru}ar-za-a ša i-te-e na-ḫal {kur}mu-uṣ-ri ša {m}a-su-ḫi-li LUGAL-šu | |
| 17 | a-di ma-li-ke-e-šu₂ bi-re-e-ti id-du-u a-na KUR aš-šur{ki} u₂-ra-a | |
| 18 | u₃ {m}te-uš-pa-a {kur}gi-mir-a-a ina KI-tim {kur}ḫu-bu-uš-nu | |
| 19 | a-di gi-mir um-ma-ni-šu₂ u₂-ra-as-si-bu i-na {giš}TUKUL | |
| 20 | ka-bi-is UN.MEŠ {kur}ḫi-lak-ki la kan-šu-ti | |
| 21 | ṭa-rid {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-ZI-SI.SA₂ DUMU {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-A-SUM.NA | |
| 22 | [na-bi]-iʾ {kur}E₂-da-ku-ri ša qe₂-reb {kur}kal-di a-a-bi KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 23 | [ka-mu]-u₂ {m}{d}ša₂-maš-ib-ni LUGAL-šu is-ḫap-pu ḫab-bi-lu | |
| 24 | {[uru}ḫa]-an-da-su {uru}ma-ga-la-nu {uru}al-pi-ia-na {uru}di-iḫ-ra-nu | |
| 25 | {uru}qa-ta-bu-uʾ {uru}pa-de-e {uru}u₂-de-ri URU.MEŠ dan-nu-ti | |
| 26 | ša na-ge-e {kur}ba-az-zi a-di URU.MEŠ ṣe-ḫe-ru-ti ša li-me-ti-šu₂ | |
| 27 | al-me ak-šu-ud aš₂-lu-la šal-lat-su-un ap-pul aq-qur ina GIŠ.BAR aq-mu | |
| 28 | da-aʾ-iš {kur}par-na-ki {lu₂}KUR₂ ak-ṣu a-ši-bu-ti {kur}DU₆-a-šur-ri | |
| 29 | ša ina pi-i UN.MEŠ {kur}mi-ḫi-ir-a-nu {kur}pi-it-ta-nu i-nam-bu-u zi-kir-šu₂ | |
| 30 | mu-sap-pi-iḫ UN.MEŠ {kur}man-na-a-a gu-tu-u₂ la sa-an-qu | |
| 31 | {kur}pa-tu-uš-ar-ra na-gu-u₂ ša i-te-e E₂.MUN E₂.MUN | |
| 32 | ša qe₂-reb {kur}ma-da-a-a ru-qu-ti ša pa-a-ṭi {kur}bi-ik-ni | |
| 33 | ša i-na LUGAL.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-ia mam₂-ma la ik-bu-su KI-tim ma-a-ti-šu₂-un | |
| 34 | {m}ši-dir-pa-ar-ni {m}e-pa-ar-ni {lu₂}EN.URU.MEŠ {lu₂}EN.URU.MEŠ dan-nu-ti | |
| 35 | ša la kit-nu-uš a-na ni-ri ša₂-a-šu₂-nu a-di UN.MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 36 | šal-lat-su-nu ka-bit-tu aš₂-lu-la a-na qe₂-reb KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 37 | DUMU {m}{d}EN.ZU-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-eri-ba LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 38 | DUMU {m}LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 39 | GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} LUGAL KUR šu-me-ri u URI{ki} | |
| 40 | ina u₄-me-šu-ma ina UN.MEŠ ki-šit-ti KUR.KUR | |
| 41 | ša ina tu-kul-ti AN.ŠAR₂ EN-ia ik-šu-da qa-ta-a-a | |
| 42 | E₂.GAL ma-šar-ti ša₂ qe₂-reb {uru}kal-ḫa ša {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN KUR aš-šur | |
| 43 | DUMU {m}aš-šur-PAP-ir-A NUN a-lik pa-ni-ia e-pu-šu₂ | |
| 44 | tam-lu-ša₂ ul ib-ši-ma ṣu-uḫ-ḫu-rat šu-bat-sa | |
| 45 | ia-a-ti {m}aš-šur-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} NUN na-aʾ-du | |
| 46 | šin-na-at ABGAL a-da-pa₃ ša₂ iš-ru-ku ru-bu-u {d}nin-ši-ku₃ | |
| 47 | ša tam-le-e šu-a-tu ina uz-ni-ia ib-ši-ma uš-ta-bi-la ka-bat-su | |
| 48 | qaq-qa-ru ki-šub-ba-a ki-ma a-tar-tim-ma lu aṣ-ba-ta | |
| 49 | i-na eš-qi₂ NA₄ KUR-e tam-la-a uš-mal-li | |
| 50 | i-na 1 ME 20 ti-ib-ki ul-la-a re-eš-e-šu | |
| 51 | E₂.GAL.MEŠ a-na mu-šab LUGAL-u-ti-ia ab-ta-ni qe₂-reb-šu | |
| 52 | ul-tu uš-ši-šu a-di gaba-dib-e-šu ar-ṣip u₂-šak-lil | |
| 53 | GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {giš}EREN MAḪ.MEŠ tar-bit {kur}ḫa-ma-ni u₂-šat-ri-ṣa e-li-šin | |
| 54 | {giš}IG.MEŠ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ ša i-ri-si-in DUG₃.GA u₂-rat-ta-a KA₂.MEŠ-šin | |
| 55 | a-na tab-rat kiš-šat UN.MEŠ lu-le-e uš-mal-li | |
| 56 | MU.SAR.MEŠ e-pu-uš-ma da-na-an AN.ŠAR₂ EN-ia | |
| 57 | ep-še-et e-tep-pu-šu ṣe-ru-uš-šu u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ṭir-ma ina qe₂-reb-šu₂-un aš₂-kun | |
| 58 | i-na ar₂-kat₃ u₄-me i-na u₄-me ṣa-a-ti | |
| 59 | NUN EGIR-u₂ ina LUGAL.MEŠ DUMU.MEŠ-ia an-ḫu-su lu-ud-diš | |
| 60 | MU.SAR ši-ṭir šu-mi₃-ia li-mur-ma {udu}SISKUR BAL-qi₂ I₃.MEŠ ŠEŠ₂ | |
| 61 | šu-mi₃ it-ti šu-me-šu liš-ṭur a-na aš₂-ri-šu lu-ter | |
| 62 | {d}nin-urta IBILA {d}EN.LIL₂ ik-ri-bi-šu₂ i-šem-me | |
| 63A | {iti}NE.NE.GAR UD.5.KAM li-mu {m}{d}AG-be-li₂-u₂-ṣur {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {uru}BAD₃-LUGAL-uk-ka | |
| 63B | {iti}GU₄ UD.18.KAM li-mu {m}{d}AG-be-li₂-u₂-ṣur {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {uru}BAD₃-LUGAL-uk-ka | |
| 64B | a-de-e ina UGU {m}aš-šur-DU₃-A DUMU LUGAL GAL-u₂ ša E₂ ri-du-te šak-nu |
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