Esarhaddon 1001 (Q003373)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Sippar · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 1001 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003373 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Sippar |
| Coordinates | 33.0592, 44.2538 |
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 [0:10] i' 1'1'–i' 10'10' | [...] ... [...] ... the sun [...] heart [was ang]ry [...] ... [...] ... [...] I raised and [...] Imgur-Enlil ... [...] ... [...] ... a wall a king [... to be as secure as a great] mountain [for far-off days]. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:4] ii' 1'1'–ii' 4'4' | [...] oath [...] ... to [...] he placed and [...] the people. He built their ... [...] and [...] over [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [4:7] ii' 5'5'–ii' 7'7' | [(As for) E]durgina, the dwelling of the god [Bēl-ṣarbi that is in]side of Baṣ, he took its [...] and bui[lt] (it) anew. [The gods Bēl]-ṣarbi, Nabû and [Marduk, (and) Ni]nsaggirgi and Dumu[zi, the god]s living in [it], they raised up their [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [7:11] ii' 8'8'–ii' 11'11' | [(As for) E]durgina, the dwelling of the god [Bēl-ṣarbi that is in]side of Baṣ, he took its [...] and bui[lt] (it) anew. [The gods Bēl]-ṣarbi, Nabû and [Marduk, (and) Ni]nsaggirgi and Dumu[zi, the god]s living in [it], they raised up their [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] ii' 12'12'–ii' 12'12' | [The gods Ea and] Asalluḫi, by the[ir exalted] wisdom, |
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' | [...] U₂ [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢ti⸣ {d}UTU-ši [...] | |
| 3' | [... e-zi]-iz lib₃-[bi ...] | |
| 4' | [...] u₂-sah-hu-[u₂ ...] | |
| 5' | [...] UD ERIM [...] | |
| 6' | [...] u₂-šaq-qi₂-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢im⸣-gur-{d}EN.LIL₂ x [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢il⸣-lu-u-ni bi-[...] | |
| 9' | [...] x BAD₃ ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 10' | [... u₂-hu]-um-meš [šur-šu-du] | |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | [...] ma-mit [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ŠU₂⸣ BI a-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | u₂-šib-ma UN.MEŠ [...] | |
| 4' | [(x)] x-si-na ib-ni-ma UGU [...] | |
| 5' | [e₂]-dur₂-gi-na šu-bat {d}[LUGAL-GIŠ.ASAL] | |
| 6' | [ša₂] ⸢qe₂⸣-reb |LAM×KUR|RU{[ki]} | |
| 7' | [x (x)]-šu₂ iṣ-bat-ma ana eš-šu-ti ⸢DU₃⸣-[uš] | |
| 8' | {[d}LUGAL]-GIŠ.ASAL {d}AG u {d}[AMAR.UTU] | |
| 9' | {[d]}⸢nin⸣-sag-gir₃-gi u {d}dumu-[zi] | |
| 10' | [DINGIR].MEŠ a-šib lib₃-bi-[šu₂] | |
| 11' | [x (x)]-šu₂-nu u₂-šaq-qu [...] | |
| 12' | {[d}e₂-a u] {d}asal-lu₂-hi ina ne₂-me-qi₂-šu₂-[nu ṣi-ru-ti] | |
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