Esarhaddon 111 (Q003340)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Babylon · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 111 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003340 |
| 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 [0:11] i 1'1'–i 11'11' | [The people living there] were [answering each other] ye[s (for) no]. They neglected [their goddesses, abandoned] their rites, (and) [embraced] quite different (rites). [They put their] hands on the possessions of [Esagil], the palace of the god[s, an] inaccessible [place, and] they sold the gold, silver, (and) pr[ecious stones at] ma[rket value] to the land E[lam]. |
| Obverse Column i [11:15] i 12'12'–i 15'15' | The [Enlil of] the gods, [the god Marduk], became angry and [plotted evilly] to le[vel the land (and) to de]st[roy its people]. |
| Obverse Column v [0:10] v 1'1'–v 10'10' | [I built (and) co]mpleted [Esagil ... a replica of Ešarra, a like]ness of [the abode of the god Ea, (and) a replica of] Pegasus, (and) [I laid out (its) sq]uare. [For] its roof, [I stretched out] magnificent [cedar beams, grown on Mount Amanus], the pure mountain, (and) [fastened bands of] gold (and) silver on [doors of cypress], whose fragrance [is sweet, and] installed (them) in its gates. |
| Obverse Column v [10:14] v 11'11'–v 14'14' | [(As for) the šēdus, lamassu]s, (and) rābiṣu-demons [of the temple, I repair]ed their dilapidated part(s) (and) I (re)stationed them where their [...] are. |
| Obverse Column vi [0:10] vi 1'1'–vi 10'10' | I gather[ed the bought people who had become slaves (and) who had been distributed among] the (foreign) riff[raff and] counted (them once again) [as Babylonians]. I returned [their looted] possessions, pro[vided] the [naked] with clothing, (and) let them take the road to Babylon. I encouraged them to (re)settle the city, build houses, plant orchards, (and) dig canals. |
| Obverse Column vi [10:15] vi 11'11'–vi 15'15' | I restored their interrupted privileged status. I wrote anew the tablet of their exemptions. |
| Obverse Column vii [0:7] vii 1'1'–vii 7'7' | Let me stride beaming [daily in joy, gladness, happiness, shining face, (and) happy moo]d; (and) let a happy fate, a good fate, (one) for the lengthening of the days of my reign, the protection of the throne of my priestly office, (and) the well-being of my offspring be placed in their (the gods’) mouths. |
| Obverse Column vii [7:12] vii 8'8'–vii 12'12' | May he allow my hands to grasp the righteous scepter that enlarges the land (and) the fierce staff that humbles the unsubmissive; |
| Obverse Column viii [0:3] viii 1'1'–viii 3'3' | May he (the god Marduk) make [his name (and) his descendant(s)] disappear [fr]om the land. May he have no pity on him forever. |
| Obverse Column viii [3:5] viii 4'4'–viii 5'5' | Accession year of Esarhaddon, king of the world, 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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | an-[na (u₃) ul-la a-ha-meš] | |
| 2' | e-[tap-pa-lu] | |
| 3' | i-me-ša₂ {d}[iš-tar-šin] | |
| 4' | par-ṣi-ši-⸢na⸣ [e-zi-ba-ma] | |
| 5' | ša₂-na-ti-[ma ir-ka-ba] | |
| 6' | a-na NIG₂.⸢GA⸣ [e₂-sag-gil₂] | |
| 7' | E₂.GAL DINGIR.[MEŠ a-šar] | |
| 8' | la a-ri ŠU.II-⸢su⸣-[nu u₂-bi-lu-ma] | |
| 9' | KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR ⸢ni⸣-[siq-ti NA₄.MEŠ] | |
| 10' | a-na {kur}⸢ELAM⸣.[MA{ki]} | |
| 11' | ip-šu-ru ⸢ma⸣-[hi-riš] | |
| 12' | i-gug-ma {[d}EN.LIL₂.LA₅] | |
| 13' | DINGIR.MEŠ {⸢d⸣}[AMAR.UTU] | |
| 14' | [a]-⸢na⸣ sa-⸢pan⸣ [KUR] | |
| 15' | ⸢hul-lu⸣-[qu UN.MEŠ-ša₂] | |
| v | ||
| 1' | [e₂-šar₂-ra me₂]-⸢eh-ret⸣ | |
| 2' | [šu-bat {d}e₂-a tam-šil] {⸢mul⸣}AŠ.IKU | |
| 3' | [ar-ṣip u₂]-šak-lil | |
| 4' | [u₂-kin] ⸢mit⸣-har-tu | |
| 5' | [GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {giš]}⸢ere⸣-<ni> MAH.MEŠ | |
| 6' | [tar-bit {kur}ha-ma-ni] KUR-i KU₃ | |
| 7' | [u₂-šat-ri-ṣa ta]-⸢ra⸣-an-šu₂ | |
| 8' | {[giš}IG.MEŠ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃] ša ere₁₄-si-na | |
| 9' | [DUG₃.GA me-ser] ⸢KU₃⸣.GI KU₃.BABBAR | |
| 10' | [u₂-rak-kis-ma u₂]-rat-ta-a KA₂.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 11' | {[d}ALAD.MEŠ {d]}⸢LAMMA⸣.MEŠ MAŠKIM.MEŠ | |
| 12' | [šu-ut E₂.KUR] ⸢an⸣-hu-su-nu | |
| 13' | [u₂-pa-aš₂-ši]-ih a-šar | |
| 14' | [...]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂-nu uš-ziz-su-nu-ti | |
| vi | ||
| 1' | ⸢u₃ bir⸣-[ti zu-uʾ-u₂-zu] | |
| 2' | u₂-pah-hi-⸢ir⸣-[ma a-na KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki.}MEŠ] | |
| 3' | am-nu NIG₂.ŠU.⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂-nu šal-lu-te] | |
| 4' | u₂-ter mi-⸢ra⸣-[nu-ti] | |
| 5' | lu-bu-uš-tu ⸢u₂⸣-[la-bi-iš] | |
| 6' | har-ra-an KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA⸣{ki} | |
| 7' | u₂-ša₂-aš₂-kin še-pu-uš-šu₂-⸢un⸣ | |
| 8' | a-na a-šab URU e-peš E₂ | |
| 9' | za-qa-ap ṣip-pa-a-te he-re-e | |
| 10' | pat-ta-a-te u₂-šar-hi-su-nu-ti | |
| 11' | lib-bu ki-din-nu-su-nu | |
| 12' | ba-ṭil-tu a-na KI-ša₂ | |
| 13' | u₂-ter ṭup-pi | |
| 14' | za-ku-ti-šu₂-nu eš-šiš | |
| 15' | aš₂-ṭu-ur | |
| vii | ||
| 1' | [pa-ni ṭu-ub ka-bat]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 2' | [u₄-me-šam-ma] ⸢nam⸣-riš lut-tal-lak | |
| 3' | ⸢šim⸣-tu ṭa-ab-tu | |
| 4' | šim-tu da-mi₃-iq-tu | |
| 5' | ša ur-ruk u₄-me | |
| 6' | BALA.MEŠ-ia na-ṣir {giš}GU.ZA | |
| 7' | ša₂-an-gu-ti-ia ša-lam NUMUN-ia | |
| 8' | liš-ša₂-kin ina KA-šu-un {giš}GIDRU | |
| 9' | i-šir-tu mu-rap-pi-šat KUR | |
| 10' | ši-bir-ri ez-zu mu-šak-niš | |
| 11' | la ma-gi-ri li-šat-me-hu | |
| 12' | rit-tu-u₂-a | |
| viii | ||
| 1' | [MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ i]-⸢na ma-at ZAH₂⸣-šu₂ | |
| 2' | ⸢a⸣-na u₄-me ṣa-a-ti | |
| 3' | ⸢a-a ir⸣-šu-šu re-e-mu | |
| 4' | MU.SAG.LUGAL.LA MU.SAG.LUGAL.LA MU.SAG.LUGAL.LA {m}aš-šur-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA | |
| 5' | LUGAL kiš-ša₂-ti LUGAL KUR-aš-šur{[ki]} | |
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