Esarhaddon 079 (Q003308)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 079 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003308 |
| 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
By ORACC project rinap/rinap4 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:10] 11–1010 | [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 th]em; [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 Bab]ylon, [completed all of the cult centers, renewed the statues] of the great [go]ds, (and) [who] returned [the plundered gods of the lands to] their (proper) place [from Assyria; who pla]ted [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 sil]ver [and copper and] set (them) up [in its entry doors]. |
| Obverse [10:18] 1111–1818 | The king, who with the help of the gods Aš[šur, Sîn, Šamaš, Nabû, Marduk, Ištar of Nineveh], (and) Ištar of Arbela, marched freely from the Up[per] Sea [to the Lower Sea] and made all of [his] enemies [and the rulers who were unsubmissive to him] bow down at his feet; the one who conquered the city Si[don, which is in the midst of the sea, (and) the one who lev]eled all of its dwellings; (15) the one who plundered the city A[rzâ, 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 wi]th 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 [18:24] 1919–2424 | [the one who drove out Nabû-zēr-kitti-līšir, son of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan)]; the one who sac[ked Bīt-Dakkūri, which is in Chaldea, an enemy of Babylon]; the one who cap[tured Šamaš-ibni, its king, a rogue (and) outlaw — I surrounded, captured, plundered], destroy[ed, devas]tated, (and) burned with fire the cities Ḫa[ndasu, Magalānu, Alpiyana, Diḫrānu, Qatabuʾ, Padê, (and) Udēru, fortified cities in the district of the land Bāzu], together with [smal]l c[ities in its environs]. |
| Obverse [24:33] 2525–3333 | The one who cru[shed the Parnaki, a dangerous enemy], who live [in the lan]d Tīl-Aššurri, [which] is called Pittānu [in the language of the people] of the land Meḫrānu; 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], (30) borders Mount Bikni, (and) upon the soil of [whose land] none o[f 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 [33:36] 1'1'–3'3' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse [36:44] 4'4'–11'11' | [...] that ... [...] bedrooms [... for the pleasure of] Ashurbanipal, the senior son of the king, [who (resides in) the House of Succession, my beloved son, whom the gods Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Bēl, Nabû, Nergal, Ištar of Nineveh, (and) Ištar of Arbela] called to exercise kingship — I greatly enlarged its small ... [...] I built (and) completed [that palace from its foundations to its parapets. I] roofed them [with magnificent cedar beams, grown on Mount Amanus (and) (10′) 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 [44:46] 12'12'–13'13' | [I had a foundation inscription written in my name and written in the name of Ashurbanipal, the senior son of the king], who (resides in) the House of Succession, [my beloved son, and] placed (this inscription) [in it]. |
| Obverse [46:51] 14'14'–18'18' | [... when that palace becomes] old and dilapidated. [...] ... [... and may he] anoint (it) [with oil, make an offering], (and) place (it) [with an inscription written in his name. The god Ninurta, son of the god Enlil], will (then) hear [his prayers]. |
| Obverse [51:52] 19'19'–19'19' | [Month ..., ...th day, eponymy of Nabû-bēlu-uṣur, governor of Dūr-Šar]rukku (672 BC). |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 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-u-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 za-ḫa-la-a u₂-šal]-biš-ma u₂-nam-me-ru GIM u₄-⸢me⸣ | |
| 9 | [UR.MAḪ.MEŠ an-ze-e na-ʾi-i-ri {d}laḫ₃-me] {d}ku-ri-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 10 | [ša KU₃].⸢BABBAR⸣ [u URUDU u₂-še-piš-ma ne₂-reb KA₂.MEŠ]-⸢ša₂⸣ ul-⸢ziz⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢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⸣ | |
| 12 | ul-tu tam-tim ⸢e⸣-[li-ti a-di tam-tim šap-li-ti] ⸢i⸣-ša₂-riš it-<tal>-lak-u-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 13 | kul-lat na-ki-re-⸢e⸣-[šu₂ u ma-al-ki la kan-šu-ti-šu₂ u₂]-⸢šak⸣-ni-šu₂ še-pu-uš-šu₂ | |
| 14 | ka-šid {uru}⸢ṣi⸣-[du-nu ša₂ ina MURUB₄ tam-tim na-du-u₂ sa-pi]-in gi-mir da-ad₂-me-šu | |
| 15 | ša₂-lil {uru}⸢ar⸣-[za-a ša i-te-e na-ḫal {kur}mu-uṣ-ri] ⸢ša⸣ {m}a-su-ḫi-li LUGAL-šu | |
| 16 | a-di ⸢ma⸣-[li-ke-e-šu₂ bi-re-e-ti id-du-u a]-na KUR aš-šur{ki} u₂-ra-a | |
| 17 | u₃ {m}[te-uš-pa-a {kur}gi-mir-a-a ina KI-tim] {kur}ḫu-bu-uš-nu | |
| 18 | a-di [gi-mir um-ma-ni-šu₂ u₂-ra-as-si-bu i]-⸢na⸣ {giš}TUKUL | |
| 19 | ka-⸢bi⸣-[is UN.MEŠ {kur}ḫi-lak-ki la kan-šu-ti ṭa-rid {m}{d}AG-NUMUN-ZI-SI.SA₂ DUMU {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-A-SUM.NA] | |
| 20 | na-⸢bi⸣-[iʾ {kur}E₂-da-ku-ri ša qe₂-reb {kur}kal-di a-a-bi KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki]} | |
| 21 | ka-⸢mu⸣-[u₂ {m}{d}ša₂-maš-ib-ni LUGAL-šu is-ḫap-pu ḫab-bi-lu] | |
| 22 | {uru}ḫa-[an-da-su {uru}ma-ga-la-nu {uru}al-pi-ia-na {uru}di-iḫ-ra-nu] | |
| 23 | {uru}[qa-ta-bu-uʾ {uru}pa-de-e {uru}u₂-de-ri URU.MEŠ dan-nu-ti ša na-ge-e {kur}ba-az-zi] | |
| 24 | a-di ⸢URU⸣.[MEŠ ṣe]-eḫ-[ru-ti ša li-me-ti-šu₂ al-me ak-šu-ud aš₂-lu-la šal-lat-su-un] | |
| 25 | ap-pu-[ul aq]-qur ina {d}⸢GIŠ.BAR aq-mu da⸣-[aʾ-iš {kur}par-na-ki {lu₂}KUR₂ ak-ṣu] | |
| 26 | a-ši-bu-[ti] {⸢kur⸣}DU₆-a-šur-ri [ša ina pi-i UN.MEŠ] | |
| 27 | {kur}mi-ḫi-ir-⸢a⸣-nu {kur}pi-it-ta-nu i-nam-⸢bu⸣-[u zi-kir-šu₂] | |
| 28 | mu-sap-pi-iḫ UN.MEŠ {kur}man-na-a-a gu-tu-⸢u₂⸣ [la sa-an-qu] | |
| 29 | {kur}pa-tu-uš-ar-ra na-gu-u₂ ša i-te-e E₂.⸢MUN⸣ E₂.⸢MUN⸣ [ša qe₂-reb {kur}ma-da-a-a ru-qu-ti] | |
| 30 | ša pa-a-ṭi {kur}bi-ik-ni ša i-[na LUGAL.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-ia] | |
| 31 | mam₂-ma la ik-bu-su KI-⸢tim⸣ [ma-a-ti-šu₂-un] | |
| 32 | {m}ši-dir-pa-ar-ni {m}e-pa-⸢ar⸣-ni {[lu₂}EN.URU.MEŠ {[lu₂}EN.URU.MEŠ dan-nu-ti] | |
| 33 | ⸢ša la kit-nu-uš a-na ni-ri⸣ [ša₂-a-šu₂-nu a-di UN.MEŠ-šu₂-nu] | |
| 1' | [...] lib₃-bi | |
| 2' | [...]-x-e-ma | |
| 3' | [...] LU PA A x [...] LU AZ ZU TA | |
| 4' | [...] x A šu-a-tu₂ [...] E₂.KI.NA₂.MEŠ E₂.KI.NA₂.MEŠ | |
| 5' | [a-na mul-ta-ʾu-u₂-ti] {m}aš-šur-DU₃-A DUMU LUGAL GAL | |
| 6' | [ša₂ E₂ ri-du-ti DUMU na-ram-ia ša aš-šur {d}30 {d}UTU {d}EN {d}AG {d}U.GUR {d}15 ša NINA{ki} {d}15 ša {uru}LIMMU₂-DINGIR MU-šu₂] ⸢iz⸣-ku-ru a-na e-peš LUGAL-ti | |
| 7' | [...] x-šu₂ ṣe-eḫ-ru-te ma-gal uš-rab-bi | |
| 8' | [E₂.GAL šu-a-tu ul-tu UŠ₈-ša₂ a-di GABA.DIB-ša₂] ⸢ar⸣-ṣip u₂-šak-lil | |
| 9' | [GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {giš}EREN.MEŠ MAḪ.MEŠ tar-bit {kur}ḫa-ma-nim u₂]-⸢šat⸣-ri-ṣa e-li-šin | |
| 10' | {[giš}IG.MEŠ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ ša e-re-si DUG₃.GA u₂-rat-ta]-a KA₂.MEŠ-⸢šin⸣ | |
| 11' | [a-na tab-rat kiš-šat UN.MEŠ lu-le-e] uš-mal-⸢li⸣ | |
| 12' | [MU.SAR ši-ṭir MU-ia u₃ ši-ṭir MU {m}aš-šur-DU₃-IBILA DUMU MAN GAL] ⸢ša⸣ E₂ ri-⸢du⸣-ti | |
| 13' | [DUMU na-ram-ia u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ṭir-ma ina qe₂-reb-ša₂] aš₂-kun | |
| 14' | [... e-nu-ma E₂.GAL ša₂-a-tu i-lab]-⸢bi⸣-ru-ma in-na-ḫu | |
| 15' | [...] šu-šib | |
| 16' | [... I₃.GIŠ] ŠEŠ₂ | |
| 17' | {[udu}SISKUR BAL-qi₂ it-ti MU.SAR-e ši-ṭir MU-šu₂] liš-kun | |
| 18' | {[d}nin-urta DUMU {d}EN.LIL₂ ik-ri-bi-šu i]-⸢šem⸣-me | |
| 19' | [ITI.x x x UD.x x.KAM₂ lim-mu {m}{d}MUATI-EN-PAP {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR BAD₃]-⸢LUGAL⸣-uk-ka |
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