Esarhaddon 087 (Q003316)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 087 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003316 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] 11–55 | [...] ... [... the one] who raised the downfallen, avenger of ... [...] capable [...], the one who provides pleasant protection over the people am I; son of Sennach[erib, great king], mighty [king], king of the world, king of Assyria; descendant of Sargon (II), king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of S[umer and Akkad]; descendant of Bēl-bāni, son of Adasi, king of Assyria, [ancient] stock — |
| Obverse [5:14] 66–1414 | [...] the former Tebiltu canal that Ashurnasirpal (II), a ruler who came be[fore me], had dug from the (Upper) Zab over the plain of Kalḫu [...] — that canal, not turning ... [...] ... (clogged up with) loose earth, ..., path, track ... [... (10) ...] was filled with sediment deposits and (thus) became level with the ground. ... [...] became [...] and turned into an abandoned plot. All of the fruit and aromatics, as many as [there are, ...] ... its tall beams ... [...] ... was devastated and ... furrow ... upon it [...] not true ... [...]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [...] x BU [(x)] ŠU ina LID [(x)] ḪI aš-šur BE [...] | |
| 2 | [... mu]-šat-bu-u ma-aq-ti mu-⸢ter⸣ gi-⸢mil⸣ x x ⸢LI⸣ MU UR ŠU [...] | |
| 3 | [...] le-ʾu ša₂-kin ṣu-lu-li DUG₃.GA UGU UN.MEŠ ana-ku-ma A {m}{d}30PAP.[MEŠ-SU LUGAL GAL-u] | |
| 4 | [LUGAL] dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur A {m}LUGAL-GIN LUGAL KUR aš-šur GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR{ki} MAN KUR ⸢EME⸣.[GI₇] | |
| 5 | [u ak-ka-de]-e li-ip-li-pi {m}EN-ba-ni A {m}a-da-si MAN KUR aš-šur ki-sit₂-ti [ṣa-a-ti] | |
| 6 | [x] x TI {id₂}te-bil-ti maḫ-ri-tu ša {m}{d}AŠ-ŠEŠ-A NUN a-lik pa-[ni-ia] | |
| 7 | [ul]-tu qe₂-reb {id₂}za-ban UGU ta-mir-ti {uru}kal-ḫi u₂-šaḫ-ru-u-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | [x x] ša ID₂ šu₂-a-tu i-na la ta-ri RI DI E LU₂ [x] LI x ŠA₂ ḪI [...] | |
| 9 | [x x] x ḪI ši-iḫ-ḫa-ti IM ⸢RU⸣ AN kib-si me-te-qi₂ x x x x [...] | |
| 10 | [x x] x-ma ši-kin SAḪAR.ḪI.A im-la-ma im-ma-ni qaq-qa-riš GIŠ.LI.MEŠ [x] ḪAR [...] | |
| 11 | [x x] ⸢il⸣-li-⸢ku⸣-ma ⸢e⸣-ma-a ki-šub-⸢bi⸣-iš₃ ka-la GURUN.MEŠ u ŠIM.ḪI.A ma-la [ba-šu-u₂] | |
| 12 | [x x] x-ḫi-ru i-mi-x giš-maḫ-ḫi-ša₂ ṣi-ru-ti IG x x RU MA ŠA₂ LI SI [...] | |
| 13 | [...] BI ir-ra-ḫi-iṣ-ma ši-ir-ʾu-u₂ sa AB KI IR ṣe-ru-uš-ša₂ x x [...] | |
| 14 | [(...)] x la kit-ta [x x] x A [x] ŠE [...] |
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