Esarhaddon 127 (Q003356)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Borsippa · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 127 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003356 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Borsippa |
| Coordinates | 32.3907, 44.3448 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap4 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [... w]ho to his ... not ... [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] ... paid attention to the mention of his name, his command [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [...] brings quickly before [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [... unsub]missive to the comma[nd] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...] destroyed [that] one, making the inhabited world shake |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [...] the god, his helper, |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [... wi]th his help, they knelt, beseeching his lordship |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [...] did not bear my yoke (lit. “pull my yoke-rope”) |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [who took] away [the fields of the citizens of Babylon and Borsippa], appropriating (them) for himself |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | [...] did not fear his command or the mention of his name, and was not afraid of his lordship |
| Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12' | [...] inundated and leveled like a flood. |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | [...] his own [fear] overwhelmed him and his life ended. |
| Obverse [13:14] 14'14'–14'14' | [... he to]ok as booty and brought to Assyria. |
| Obverse [14:17] 15'15'–17'17' | [Esarhaddon, gre]at [king], mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, [king of the four quarters (of the world)], governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, [descendant of the eternal line of Bēl-bāni, son of Adasi], king of Assyria, precious scion of Baltil (Aššur), (one of) royal lineage (and) anci[ent] stock — |
| Obverse [17:19] 18'18'–19'19' | [At that time ... the temple of the goddess G]ula of Borsippa, the s[ite of] which had become weak due to the strength of the (river’s) destructive flooding, [...] I (re-)erected its dilapidated parts and reinforced [its] structure. |
| Obverse [19:20] 20'20'–20'20' | May [the goddess Gula, ...], look upon this [wo]rk of mine with pleasure [and] |
| Obverse [20:23] 21'21'–23'23' | (No translation possible) |
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 [...] x x x x (x) [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ a-na (x) x.⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ la IG x [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [...] x-ti zi-kir MU-šu₂ it-u₂-du qi₂-bit-⸢su⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢u₂⸣-šah-ma-ṭu ma-har [...] | |
| 5' | [... la] ⸢ma⸣-gi-ru qi₂-bi-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 6' | [... šu]-⸢a-ti⸣ u₂-šal-pit₂ u₂-reb-bu da-ad-⸢mu⸣ [(x)] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢DINGIR⸣ ti-ik-li-šu₂ | |
| 8' | [... i]-na tukul-ti-šu₂ kit-mu-su u₂-sap-pu-u₂ be-lut-su | |
| 9' | [...] x la ⸢i⸣-šu-ṭu ab-ša₂-ni | |
| 10' | [ša₂ A.ŠA₃.MEŠ DUMU.MEŠ KA₂.DINGIR.ME u₃ bar₂-sipa{ki} it]-⸢ba⸣-lu-ma u₂-tar-ru ra-ma-nu-uš | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢qi₂⸣-bit-su u zi-kir MU-šu₂ la iš-hu-ṭu-ma la i-du-ru be-lut-su | |
| 12' | [...] ir-hi-iṣ-ma a-bu-ba-niš is-pu-un | |
| 13' | [... ha-at-tu] ⸢rama⸣-ni-šu₂ im-qut-su-ma na-piš-ta-šu₂ ib-li | |
| 14' | [... iš]-⸢lu⸣-lam-ma u₂-ra-a a-na KUR-aš-šur{ki} | |
| 15' | {[m}AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL GAL]-⸢u₂⸣ LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL kiš-ša₂-ti LUGAL KUR-aš-šur{ki} | |
| 16' | [LUGAL kib-rat er-bet-ti] GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} LUGAL KUR-šu-me-ri u₃ URI{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 17' | [li-ip-li-pi da-ru-u₂ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-ba-ni DUMU {m}a-da-si] LUGAL KUR-aš-šur{ki} per-ʾu bal-til{ki} šu-qu-ru NUMUN LUGAL-ti ki-sit₂-ti ṣa-⸢a⸣-[ti] | |
| 18' | [... E₂ {d]}⸢gu⸣-la bar₂-sipa{ki} ša₂ ina du-un-nu a-gi-i ez-zu-tu i-ni-šu₂ ⸢mu⸣-[šab-šu] | |
| 19' | [...] ma-qit-ta-šu₂ uš-ziz-ma u₂-dan-nin rik-si-[šu] | |
| 20' | [... šip]-⸢ri⸣ šu-a-⸢ti⸣ ha-diš lip-pa-[lis-ma] | |
| 21' | [...] x x [...] x x x MI UR [x x x] | |
| 22' | [...] x ⸢RIK⸣ [x x x] | |
| 23' | [...] x [...] |
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