Esarhaddon 136 (Q003365)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Uruk · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 136 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003365 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Uruk |
| Coordinates | 31.3245, 45.6388 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap4 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | For the goddess Nanāya, queen of Uruk, great lady, his lady: |
| Obverse [1:10] 22–1010 | Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; who is assiduous toward the sanctuaries of the great gods; the one who (re)constructed the temple of the god Aššur, (re)built Esagil and Babylon, renovated Eanna, completed the sanctuaries of all of the cult centers, (and) constantly established appropriate procedures in them; the one who conquered from the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea (and) the one who made all rulers submissive to him; son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria; descendant of Sargon (II), king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, (and) king of the land of Sumer and Akkad — |
| Obverse [10:17] 1111–1717 | Eḫiliana (“House, Luxuriance of Heaven”), the cella of the goddess Nanāya, my lady, which Nazi-Maruttaš, king of Babylon, had built, (and which) Erība-Marduk, king of Babylon, had shored up, became old and dilapidated. I sought its (original) emplacement (and) repaired its dilapidated parts with baked bricks from a (ritually) pure kiln. I grasped the hands of the goddess Nanāya, my lady, brought (her) inside, (and) caused (her) to take up residence (there) forever. |
| Obverse [17:20] 1818–2020 | When the goddess Nanāya looks upon this work with pleasure, may a good word for me — Esarhaddon, king of Assyria (and) king of Babylon — be set upon her lips before the god Nabû, my lord! |
| Obverse [20:23] 2121–2323 | (But as for) the one who erases my inscribed name by some crafty device, destroys my (royal) inscription, or changes its position, may the goddess Nanāya glare at him angrily and make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-na {d}na-na-a šar-rat UNUG{ki} GAŠAN GAL-ti GAŠAN-šu₂ | |
| 2 | {m}AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA MAN KUR-aš-šur GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 3 | MAN KUR-šu-me-ri u URI{ki} muš-te-eʾ-u aš₂-rat DINGIR.ME GAL.ME | |
| 4 | ba-nu-u E₂ AN.ŠAR₂ e-piš e₂-sag-il₂ u KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 5 | mu-ud-diš e₂-an-na mu-šak-lil₂ eš-ret kul-lat ma-ha-zi | |
| 6 | ša ina qer-bi-ši-na iš-tak-ka-nu si-ma-a-ti | |
| 7 | ka-šid ul-tu tam-tim e-li-ti a-di tam-tim šap-li-ti | |
| 8 | ša gi-mir ma-li-ki u₂-šak-ni-šu še-pu-uš-šu | |
| 9 | DUMU {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR-aš-šur DUMU {m}MAN-GIN MAN KUR-aš-šur{ki} | |
| 10 | GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} MAN KUR-šu-me-ri u URI{ki} | |
| 11 | e₂-hi-li-an-na E₂ pa-pah {d}na-na-a GAŠAN-ia | |
| 12 | ša {m}na-zi-muru₂-taš MAN KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} i-pu-šu | |
| 13 | {m}eri-ba-mar-duk MAN KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} u₂-ke-eš-šu-u | |
| 14 | la-ba-riš il-lik-ma ma-qit-ti ir-ši | |
| 15 | aš₂-ra-ti-šu₂ aš₂-te-ʾe ina a-gur-ri UDUN KU₃-tim | |
| 16 | ma-qit-ta-šu₂ ak-šir₃ ŠU.II {d}na-na-a GAŠAN-ia | |
| 17 | aṣ-bat-ma a-na qer-bi-šu₂ u₂-še-rib šu-bat da-rat u₂-šar-me | |
| 18 | ši-pir ša₂-a-šu₂ {d}na-na-a ha-diš ina nap-lu-si-ša₂ | |
| 19 | ia-a-ti {m}AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA MAN KUR-aš-šur MAN KA₂.DIŠ{ki} | |
| 20 | a-mat MUNUS.SIG₅-ia ina ma-har {d}MUATI EN-ia₂ liš-ša₂-kin šap-tuš-ša₂ | |
| 21 | ša šu-mi₃ šaṭ-ru ina ši-pir ni-kil-ti i-pa-aš₂-ši-ṭu | |
| 22 | MU.SAR-u-a i-ab-bat lu-u a-šar-šu₂ u₂-nak-ka-ru | |
| 23 | {d}na-na-a ag-giš lik-kil-me-šu₂-ma MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ lu-hal-liq |
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