Esarhaddon 1002 (Q003374)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Sippar · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 1002 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003374 |
| 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 [0:9] i' 1i 1–i' 99 | to be as secure as [a great moun]tain [for] far-off [days. ...] cast [bro]nze [...] he oversaw its [sm]elting and examined [... He built from its foundations t]o its parapets, [... all] of its copings [...] ... [...] Cutha, |
| Obverse Column ii [0:9] ii' 1ii 1–ii' 99 | The gods Ea and Asalluḫi, by their exalted wisdom, opened their mouth(s) with “the washing of the mouth” (and) “the opening of the mouth” (rites) and had (them) dwell on their pure pedestal(s) in their lofty cellas for all ti[me]. The one who expanded the cult cent[ers], enlarged the temples of the [great] gods, which from ancient times [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [0:4] iii' 1iii 1–iii' 44 | Through their go[od] deeds, [may] the god Marduk, [the great god, my lord, ...] the foundation of [their royal] thr[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) |
|---|---|---|
| i' | ||
| 1 | [u₂-hum]-meš šur-šu-du | |
| 2 | [ana u₄-me] ṣa-a-ti | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢ZABAR⸣ šip-ki | |
| 4 | [... bu]-šul-šu₂ i-hi-iṭ-ma | |
| 5 | [...] u₂-ṣab-bi | |
| 6 | [ul-tu UŠ₈-šu₂ a]-⸢di⸣ gaba-dib-bi-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [i-pu-uš gi]-⸢mir⸣ pa-as-qi₂-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [...]-⸢ka⸣ ša₂ mah-ra | |
| 9 | [...] GU₂.DU₈.A{⸢ki⸣} | |
| ii' | ||
| 1 | {d}e₂-a u {d}asal-lu₂-hi ina ne₂-me-qi₂-šu₂-nu ṣi-ru-ti | |
| 2 | KA.LUH.U₃.DA KA.LUH.U₃.DA KA.DU₈.U₃.DA KA.DU₈.U₃.DA | |
| 3 | KA-šu₂-nu ip-tu-ma | |
| 4 | ina at-ma-ni-šu₂-nu ṣi-ru-ti u₂-šar-ma-[a] | |
| 5 | ki-gal-la-šu₂-nu el-lu ša₂ du-ur u₄-[me] | |
| 6 | mu-ša₂-an-di-il ma-ha-[zi] | |
| 7 | mu-rap-piš E₂.KUR.MEŠ DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢ra⸣-[bu-u-ti] | |
| 8 | ša₂ ul-tu ul-la [...] | |
| 9 | [...] x x [...] | |
| iii' | ||
| 1 | ina ep-še-e-ti-šu₂-nu dam-[qa-a-ti] | |
| 2 | {d}AMAR.UTU [EN GAL EN-ia] | |
| 3 | ⸢SUHUŠ⸣ {giš}GU.[ZA LUGAL-u-ti-šu₂-nu] | |
| 4 | [x] x [...] | |
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