Esarhaddon 1003 (Q003375)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tell Abu Habbah (Sippar-Yahrurum) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 1003 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003375 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Tell Abu Habbah (Sippar-Yahrurum) |
| 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 1'1'–i 9'9' | ... [...] the one who distributes [shares] to the ... people, [...], the one who opens canals, (and) the one who makes the pasturage (and) watering places flourish; whose countenance is excellent, the awe-inspiring god, the bearer of the furious mace, the one who conquered the enemy, overthrew e[vil], ... [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [0:5] ii 1'1'–ii 5'5' | [...] ..., anci[ent] stock, sublime ruler, governor of Babylon, tr[ue] prince, the one to whom the god En[lil] has stretched out his hand, rever[ent] servant, |
| Obverse Column iii [0:6] iii 1'1'–iii 6'6' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column v [0:9] v 1'1'–v 9'9' | [May] one of the kings, [my] descendants, [who] comes forth to rule the land, [read an inscripti]on written in my name when this [temple] becomes old and when he renovates its [dilapid]ated section(s), [and] may he anoint (it) with oil, make an offering, write [my name w]ith his name, (and) return (it) [to] its [place. May he respect] (my) inscrip[tions ...] |
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' | x [...] | |
| 2' | mu-za-⸢ʾi-iz⸣ [is-qa-a-ti] | |
| 3' | a-na UN.MEŠ x x [x x] | |
| 4' | mu-pat-tu-u₂ ID₂.MEŠ | |
| 5' | mu-šam-me-eḫ ri-ʾi-i-tu₂ maš-qi₂-tu₂ | |
| 6' | ša₂ šu-tu-rat nab-nit-su | |
| 7' | DINGIR raš-bu na-aš₂ {giš}KU.AN ez-zu | |
| 8' | ka-šid a-a-bi mu-šam-qit ⸢ḪUL⸣ | |
| 9' | [(x)] x (x) x x x [...] | |
| ii | ||
| 1' | [...] x (x) x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x ki-sit₂-tu₂ ṣa-a-[tu₂] | |
| 3' | ⸢ENSI₂⸣ ṣi-i-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 4' | GIR₃.NITA₂ TIN.TIR{ki} NUN ke-[e-nu] | |
| 5' | ti-ri-iṣ qa-at {d}EN.[LIL₂] | |
| 6' | re-e-⸢šu⸣ ša₂-⸢aḫ⸣-[tu₂] | |
| iii | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢TE ME⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [(x)] x-a GAR ⸢MA⸣ x [...] | |
| 3' | [x]-⸢šu⸣-un maš-⸢kan⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x-a LUGAL LUGAL [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x at-⸢ta⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x [...] | |
| v | ||
| 1' | [i]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL.MEŠ ⸢DUMU.MEŠ-ia⸣ | |
| 2' | [ša₂] E₁₁-ma u₂-⸢ma⸣-a-ru ma-a-tu₂ | |
| 3' | [E₂] ⸢šu⸣-a-tu₂ i-la-ab-bi-ru-ma | |
| 4' | [an]-⸢ḫu⸣-us-su u₂-da-šu₂ | |
| 5' | [MU.SAR]-⸢ru⸣-u₂ ši-ṭir šu-mi₃-ia | |
| 6' | [li-mu-ur]-⸢ma⸣ I₃.GIŠ lip-šu-uš {udu}SISKUR liq-qi₂ | |
| 7' | [šu-mi₃] ⸢it⸣-ti MU-šu₂ liš-ṭur | |
| 8' | [ana aš₂-ri]-⸢šu₂⸣ lu-ter ep-še-tu-u₂-a | |
| 9' | [lit-ta-ʾi-id] ⸢MU.SAR⸣-[ru-u₂ (...)] | |
Sources & licences
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