Esarhaddon 130 (Q003359)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nippur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 130 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003359 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| Coordinates | 32.1269, 45.2308 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap4 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | [For the god Enlil], king of the gods, valiant, who drives out the enemies in battle, [...] the sublime, who walks at the side of the king — his favorite — the one who conquers the enem[ies ...] ... — which is in Nippur (Duranki) — great lord, [his lord]: |
| Obverse [3:5] 44–55 | [Esarhadd]on, great 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, selected by the steadfast heart of the god En[lil]; |
| Obverse [5:7] 66–77 | [who from] his childhood [trus]ted in the gods Aššur, Enlil, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Marduk, Nabû, Nergal, and the (other) great gods, [his] lords, (who) allowed him to attain his desire; (the one who) recognized their power, |
| Obverse [7:9] 88–99 | (the one) over [whom] (the gods) extended their eternal protection [in order to appease] their divine [he]art(s) and set their mind(s) at rest; |
| Obverse [8:16] 99–1616 | [(the one who) by the might of the gods Aššur], Enlil, Bēl (Marduk), and the Son-of-Bēl (Nabû), the gods, his helpers, ruled over all lands and (10) made [all ru]lers submissive to him; [the one who (re)constructed the temple of the god Aš]šur, renovated Ekur, (re)built Esagil and Babylon, [completed] the sanctuaries and cult centers, (and) (re)confirmed (their) sattukku offerings; [the king during the days of] whose [reign] the great lord, the god Marduk, became reconcil[ed] to Babylon (and again) took up [his] residence [in Esagil], his [palace]; (the one who) made [the god Great-Anu] enter [into his city Dēr and his temple Edim]galkalama (“House, Great Bond of the Land”) and had (him) sit upon (his) [eternal] dai[s; ...] |
| Obverse [16:18] 1'1'–2'2' | [...] ... [...] and [make] his name (and) his descendant(s) [disappear] from [every land]! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [ana {d}EN.LIL₂] LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ qar-du ša₂ sa-kip nak-ri tam-ha-ra ša₂ it-tak-[...] | |
| 2 | [...] ṣi-i-ru a-lik i-di LUGAL mi-ig-ri-šu₂ ka-šid ⸢a-a⸣-[bi ...] | |
| 3 | [...]-si-sa₂ ša₂ qe₂-reb DUR.AN{ki} EN GAL-i [EN-šu₂] | |
| 4 | {[m}AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM].⸢NA⸣ LUGAL GAL-u₂ LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR-aš-šur{ki} LUGAL kib-rat er-bet-[ti] | |
| 5 | [GIR₃.NITA₂] TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR-šu-me-ri u URI{ki} i-tu-ut kun lib₃-bi {d}EN.[LIL₂] | |
| 6 | [ša₂ ul-tu] ṣe-eh-ri-šu₂ ana AN.ŠAR₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}30 {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR {d}AMAR.UTU {d}AG {d}U.GUR u DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-[šu₂] | |
| 7 | [it-tak]-lu-ma ni-iz-mat-su u₂-šak-šid-uš i-mu-ru da-na-an-šu₂-un | |
| 8 | [a-na nu-uh-hu] ⸢lib₃⸣-bi DINGIR-ti-šu₂-nu u nu-up-pu-uš ka-bat-ti-šu₂-nu GIŠ.MI-šu₂-nu da-ru-u₂ it-ru-ṣu UGU-[šu₂] | |
| 9 | [ina e-muq AN.ŠAR₂] {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}EN u DUMU {d}EN DINGIR.MEŠ ti-ik-li-šu₂ kul-lat KUR.KUR i-be₂-lu-ma | |
| 10 | [gi-mir ma]-li-ku u₂-šak-ni-šu še-pu-uš-šu | |
| 11 | [ba-nu-u E₂ AN].ŠAR₂ mu-ud-diš e₂-kur e-piš e₂-sag-il₂ u TIN.TIR{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 12 | [mu-šak]-⸢lil⸣ eš-re-e-ti u ma-ha-zu mu-kin sat-tuk-[ku] | |
| 13 | [LUGAL ša₂ ina UD.MEŠ BALA]-šu₂ EN GAL-u₂ {d}AMAR.UTU a-na TIN.TIR{ki} sa-li-mu ir-šu-[u] | |
| 14 | [ina e₂-sag-il₂ E₂.GAL]-šu₂ ir-mu-u₂ šu-bat-[su] | |
| 15 | {[d}a-num-GAL-u₂ ana URU-šu₂ BAD₃{ki} u E₂-šu₂ e₂-dim]-gal-kalam-ma u₂-še-rib-u₂-ma u₂-še-ši-bu pa-rak [da-ra-a-ti] | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢qe₂⸣-reb [...] | |
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-ma MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ ina [nap-har KUR.KUR li-hal-liq] |
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