Esarhaddon 110 (Q003339)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Babylon · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 110 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003339 |
| Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
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 [0:6] i' 1'1'–i' 6'6' | I placed [at their service the former ramku-priests, pašīšu-priests, (and) ecstatics], those initiated [in secret rites. I set] before them [purification priests], āšipu-priests, [lamentation priests], (and) singers, [who] have mastered (their) [entire cr]aft. |
| Obverse Column i [6:10] i' 7'7'– | [I built anew E]t[emenanki], |
| Obverse Column ii [0:12] ii' 1'1'–ii' 12'12' | [May the god Marduk and the goddess Zarpanītu, the gods, my helpers], look with joy upon my good deeds and bless my kingship in their steadfast heart(s). [Let] the seed of my priestly office endure (along) with the foundations of Esagil (and) Babylon; let my [kingship] be sustaining [to the] people forever like the plant of life [so that I may shepherd their populace in truth] and justice; [...] ... |
| Obverse Column iii [0:6] iii' 1'1'–iii' 6'6' | [...] basalt. The glory of the great [lord, my] l[ord], (and) the deeds I [had done] ... [...] |
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' | [mah-ru-te] ⸢na⸣-[ṣir] | |
| 2' | [pi-riš-te ma-har-šu₂-nu] ⸢uš-ziz⸣ | |
| 3' | {[lu₂}i-šip-pi₂] {⸢lu₂}KA.PIRIG.MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4' | {[lu₂}GALA.MEŠ] {⸢lu₂⸣}NAR.ME | |
| 5' | [ša₂ gi-mir] ⸢um⸣-ma-nu-⸢ti ha-am⸣-mu | |
| 6' | [uš-ziz] ma-⸢har⸣-šu₂-⸢un⸣ | |
| 7' | [e₂]-⸢te⸣-[me-en-an-ki] | |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | ⸢ep-še-ti-ia dam⸣-qa-a-ti | |
| 2' | ⸢ha⸣-diš lip-⸢pal-su-ma⸣ | |
| 3' | ina ku-⸢un ŠA₃⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 4' | ⸢lik-tar-ra-bu LUGAL⸣-u₂-ti | |
| 5' | NUMUN SANGA-ti-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 6' | ⸢it-ti te₃-me-en⸣ | |
| 7' | ⸢ša e₂-sag-il₂ KA₂⸣.DINGIR.⸢RA{ki⸣} | |
| 8' | ⸢li-ku⸣-un a-⸢na⸣ u₄-⸢me⸣ ṣa-a-ti | |
| 9' | [LUGAL-u₂]-⸢ti⸣ GIM ⸢U₂⸣ TI.⸢LA⸣ | |
| 10' | [UGU UZU.MEŠ] UN.ME ⸢li-ṭib⸣-ma | |
| 11' | [ina kit-te] u ⸢mi-ša₂-ri⸣ | |
| 12' | [...] x x | |
| iii' | ||
| 1' | [x x] x [(x)] | |
| 2' | {⸢na₄⸣}ṣa-⸢lam-ti⸣ | |
| 3' | ⸢ta⸣-nit-⸢ti⸣ [EN] | |
| 4' | GAL-e ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 5' | ⸢ep-šet e⸣-[tep-pu-šu] | |
| 6' | x x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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