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Esarhaddon 082 (Q003311)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationEsarhaddon 082
IDQ003311
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotNimrud (Kalhu)
Coordinates36.0992, 43.3275

English translation

By ORACC project rinap/rinap4 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:6] 11–66The palace of Esarhaddon, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad — (with regard to) the armory, which is in Kalḫu, that Shalmaneser (III), king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), a ruler who came before me, had built, I incorporated unused land as an addition (to it), raised the terrace with massive stones from the mountains, (and) built palatial halls for my lordly pleasure on it — son of Sennacher[ib], king of the world (and) king of Assyria, descendant of Sargon (II), king of the world (and) king of Assyria.

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1KUR {m}aš-šur-PAP-AŠ MAN GAL MAN dan-⸢nu⸣ MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR{ki} MAN KUR EME.GI₇
2u URI{ki} KUR ma-šar-te ša₂ qe₂-reb {uru}kal₃-ḫa ša₂ {m}{d}sal₂-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN KUR aš-šur
3A {m}aš-šur-PAP-<<UŠ>>-A NUN a-lik pa-ni-ia e-pu-šu₂ qaq-qa-⸢ru ki⸣-šub-ba-a
4ki-ma a-tar-tim-ma lu aṣ-ba-ta ina eš-qi NA₄ KUR-e ⸢tam⸣-la-⸢a⸣ uš-mal-li
5E₂.GAL.MEŠ a-na mul-ta-u-⸢te⸣ be-lu-ti-⸢ia⸣ ab-ta-ni ṣe-ru-uš-šu₂
6A {m}{d}30PAP.MEŠ-⸢SU⸣ MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ A {m}⸢MAN⸣-GIN MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur-ma

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