Esarhaddon 109 (Q003338)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 109 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003338 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:12] i 1'1'–i 12'12' | [true] shep[herd], favorite of the lord of lord[s], pious ruler, the one who is loved by the goddess Zarpanītu — the queen, goddess of the entire universe — reverent king who was attentive to their rule and praised their valor, pious slave, humble, submissive, the one who reveres their great divinity — |
| Obverse Column i [12:24] i 13'13'–i 24'24' | You (are the one) who entrusted him with renovating the des[tro]yed shrines, making the cult centers shine, and shepherding all of the people; elevated him to the kingship to organize well the forgotten rites and to avenge the land of Akkad; (and) to appease the heart of your [gre]at divinity (and) to please your spirit, [you] chose him for power. |
| Obverse Column i [24:27] i 25'25'–i 27'27' | [At that time], in the reign of [a king who prec]eded me, bad [omens occurred]. |
| Obverse Column i [27:29] i 28'28'–i 29'29' | [The people of all of the cult cent]ers [...] ... |
| Obverse Column ii [0:14] ii 1'1'–ii 14'14' | ... [...] the[y abandoned their] ri[tes and] ... [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... [... they were inciting] crimin[al acts (and) infringing on] a tab[oo], in ... [...] ... [...] ... [... (and) they] fomented a con[spiracy]. |
| Obverse Column ii [14:23] ii 15'15'–ii 23'23' | [They] put their hands on [the possessions of] Esag[il] and the citizens of [Babylon and] plundered [its goods], gold, silver, [...] from inside [the temple (and) sold (it) at market value] to the land Elam. |
| Obverse Column v [0:13] v 1'1'–v 13'13' | [...] ... [...] ... [...] and [...] ... [the glor]y of [the g]od Marduk, [the great lord], my lord, (and) [the deeds that I had do]ne [...] ... [...] ... [... the wr]iting of my name [...] I depicted and [...] ... [I pl]aced (them) [...]. |
| Obverse Column v [13:15] v 14'14'–v 15'15' | [May the god Marduk, the] great [lord, look with joy upon m]y good [deeds and] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | ⸢SIPA⸣ [ke-e-nu] | |
| 2' | mi-gir EN EN.[EN] | |
| 3' | ma-al-ku na-aʾ-du | |
| 4' | ša AG₂ {d}zar-pa-ni-tum šar-ra-tu | |
| 5' | i-lat ka-la gim-ri | |
| 6' | LUGAL šah-tu | |
| 7' | ša be-lut-su-<nu> | |
| 8' | pu-tuq-qu-ma | |
| 9' | qu-ru-us-su-nu da-al-lu | |
| 10' | re-e-šu mut-nen-nu-u₂ | |
| 11' | aš₂-ru kan-šu | |
| 12' | pa-lih DINGIR-ti-šu₂-nu GAL-ti | |
| 13' | ša a-na ud-du-uš | |
| 14' | eš-re-e-ti ⸢ab-ta⸣-a-ti | |
| 15' | nu-um-mur ma-[ha]-zi | |
| 16' | re-ʾu-u₂-tu kul-lat UN.MEŠ | |
| 17' | tu-ma-al-lu-u₂ qa-tuš-šu | |
| 18' | a-na šu-te-šu-ri pel-lu-de-e | |
| 19' | ma-šu-u₂-ti u₃ tur-ri | |
| 20' | gi-mi-li ⸢KUR⸣-URI{ki} | |
| 21' | ta-aš₂-šu-šu a-na LUGAL-u₂-ti | |
| 22' | a-na nu-uh-hu lib₃-bi DINGIR-ti-ka | |
| 23' | [GAL]-ti šup-šu-uh ka-bat-ti-ka | |
| 24' | [ta-as]-su-qu-šu a-na dan-nu-ti | |
| 25' | [i-nu-šu] ina BALA-e | |
| 26' | [LUGAL mah]-ri-ia | |
| 27' | [it-tab-ša₂-a A₂].MEŠ HUL.MEŠ | |
| 28' | [UN.MEŠ kul-lat ma-ha]-zi | |
| 29' | [...] x | |
| ii | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | par-[ṣi-ši-na] | |
| 3' | u₂-[maš-ši-ra-ma] | |
| 4' | ša₂ BI x [...] | |
| 5' | ni-x [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | man-za-[...] | |
| 8' | hi-⸢ṭi⸣-[tu šur-šu-u₂] | |
| 9' | a-⸢sak⸣-[ku ak-lu] | |
| 10' | ina bi-x [...] | |
| 11' | gur-ru-[...] | |
| 12' | bil-ta [...] | |
| 13' | u₂-šab-[šu-u₂] | |
| 14' | ri-[kil-tu₂] | |
| 15' | a-na [NIG₂.ŠU] | |
| 16' | e₂-sag-[gil₂] | |
| 17' | u DUMU [E{ki]} | |
| 18' | ŠU.II-šu-[nu] | |
| 19' | u₂-bi-[lu-u-ma] | |
| 20' | im-šu-ʾu [NIG₂.ŠU-šu₂] | |
| 21' | KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR [NA₄.MEŠ] | |
| 22' | ša qe₂-reb [E₂.KUR] | |
| 23' | a-na {kur}ELAM.[MA{ki]} | |
| v | ||
| 1' | [...]-x-u₂ | |
| 2' | [...]-su | |
| 3' | [...]-ma | |
| 4' | [...]-x | |
| 5' | [ta-nit]-⸢ti {d⸣}AMAR.UTU | |
| 6' | [EN GAL-e] EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 7' | [ep-šet e-tep]-pu-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 8' | [...] x x | |
| 9' | [...] x | |
| 10' | [... ši]-⸢ṭir⸣ MU-ia | |
| 11' | [...] e-siq-ma | |
| 12' | [...] x (x) x x x x | |
| 13' | [... aš₂]-ku-un | |
| 14' | {[d}AMAR.UTU EN] GAL-u₂ | |
| 15' | [ep-še-ti]-⸢ia⸣ SIG₅.MEŠ | |
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