Esarhaddon 101 (Q003330)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 101 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003330 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap4 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:9] r 1'1'–r 9'9' | [...] ... [...]. I am mighty, I am almighty, I am lordly, I [am] proud, [I am strong], I am [important], I am glorious, (and) [I have no] equ[al] among all the kings. [Ch]osen by the gods Aššur, Nabû, (and) Marduk; called by the god Sîn, favorite of the god [Anu, (rev. 5′) beloved] of the queen — the goddess Ištar, goddess of every[thing] — (and) the merciless [weapon] that makes the ene[my] land tremble, [am I. A king, expe]rt in battle and war, the one who slaughters the set[tlements of his enemies, the one who kills] his [foe]s, the one who dissolves [his] ad[versaries, [the one who makes the unsub]missive [bow down, (and) the one who rules over] all of the peo[ple] of the world — |
| Reverse [9:13] r 10'10'–r 13'13' | [The gods Aššur, Šamaš, Nabû, and Marduk], my lofty lords, [whose word cannot be changed, decreed] as [my destiny] an [un]rivaled [kingship. ...] truth ... [...] ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢dan-na-ku⸣ dan-dan-⸢na⸣-ku e-tel-la-ku ⸢šit-ra-ḫa⸣-[ku geš-ra-ku] | |
| 3' | ⸢kab-ta⸣-ku šur-ru-ḫa-ku ina gi-⸢mir LUGAL⸣.MEŠ ša₂-⸢ni-na⸣ [ul i-ša₂-ku] | |
| 4' | [ni]-⸢šit⸣ AN.ŠAR₂ {d}MUATI {d}⸢ŠU₂ ni-bit {d⸣}30 ⸢mi-gir⸣ {d}[a-nim] | |
| 5' | [na]-⸢ram šar-ra-ti {d}iš-tar⸣ i-lat kal ⸢gim⸣-[ri] | |
| 6' | {[giš}TUKUL] ⸢la⸣ pa-⸢du-u₂ mu-<<u₂>>-rib⸣ KUR nu-kur₂-⸢ti⸣ [a-na-ku-ma] | |
| 7' | [LUGAL le]-⸢ʾe-um⸣ qab-li u ⸢ta-ḫa-zi⸣ ša-giš da-[ad₂-me na-ki-re-šu₂] | |
| 8' | [ne₂-er a-a]-⸢bi-šu₂ muš-ḫar-mi₃-ṭu ga⸣-[re-e-šu₂] | |
| 9' | [mu-šak-niš la] ⸢kan⸣-šu-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ ša₂ nap-ḫar kiš-šat ⸢UN⸣.[MEŠ i-pe-lu] | |
| 10' | [AN.ŠAR₂ {d}UTU {d}MUATI u {d}ŠU₂] ⸢EN⸣.MEŠ-⸢ia MAḪ.MEŠ⸣ [ša la in-nen-nu-u] | |
| 11' | [qi₂-bit-su-un LUGAL-u-ut] ša₂-na-an a-[na šim-ti-ia i-ši-mu] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢kit⸣-tu x [...] | |
| 13' | [...] x x [...] | |
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