Esarhaddon 117 (Q003346)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 117 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003346 |
| 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 [0:4] 1'1'–4'4' | [...] ... [... p]ious [ruler], beloved of the goddess [Zarpanītu, ..., rever]ent [king] who is at[tentive to] their rule, [..., p]ious [slave], humbl[e, ...] — |
| Obverse [4:7] 5'5'–7'7' | [You (are the one) who entrusted to h]im [with ... renovating] the destroyed [s]hrines ... [... to or]ganize well the [forgotten] rites [... to app]ease the heart of [your] great divinity [...]. |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | In the reign of a king who preceded [me, ...]. |
| Obverse [8:12] 9'9'–12'12' | [The people of a]ll of the cult centers, al[l of ...] who dwell within [it ...] ... no one [...] ... [...] |
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) x [...] | |
| 2' | [... ma-al-ku na]-⸢a⸣-du na-ram {⸢d⸣}[zar-pa-ni-tum ...] | |
| 3' | [... LUGAL šah]-⸢tu⸣ ša₂ be-lut-su-nu ⸢pu⸣-[tuq-qu-ma ...] | |
| 4' | [... re-e-šu] ⸢mut⸣-nen-nu-u₂ aš₂-⸢ru⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... a-na ud-du-uš] ⸢eš⸣-re-e-ti ab-ta-a-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [... a-na šu]-te-šur pel-lu-⸢de⸣-[e ma-šu-u₂-ti ...] | |
| 7' | [... a-na nu]-⸢uh-hu⸣ lib₃-bi DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-[ti ...] | |
| 8' | [(...) tu-ma-al-lu-u₂ qa-tu]-uš-šu₂ i-na BALA-e LUGAL mah-⸢ri⸣-[ia ...] | |
| 9' | [... UN.MEŠ] ⸢kul⸣-lat ma-ha-zi gi-⸢mir⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] a-ši-bu-ut qer-⸢bi⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 11' | [...] x x man-nu ⸢ul⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [...] x MA NI [...] |
Sources & licences
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