Esarhaddon 1006 (Q003378)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 1006 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003378 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/scores · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:17] i 1'1'–i 17'17' | [...] ... of Enlil, prudent ruler, [...] ... and they were constantly blessing [...] ..., true shepherd, [... whose] ... they made pleasing to the people, (i 5′) governor of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, beloved of the god Marduk (and) the goddess Zarpanīt[u, intel]ligent, learned, ... [...] ... of the god Nabû, [...], valiant [young] man, foremost of all rulers, (10′) ... hero of all rulers, [whom] the goddess Ištar of Arbela entrusted to rule the lands; king of all of the four quarters, favorite of the great gods, the sun of all of the people, whose deeds are pleasing to all of the gods, (i 15′) [who knows how] to greatly revere the great gods (and) is respectful of their divinity; [...] ... |
| Obverse Column ii [0:11] ii 1'1'–ii 11'11' | ... [...] ... [...] il[ku-service ...] which is in [...] (ii 5′) its site [...] ground [...] the temple ... [...] I bui[lt (and) completed] from [its] foundations [to its parapets. ...] (ii 10′) written in [my name ...] ... [...] |
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] x {d}EN.LIL₂ mal-ku ⸢pit-qu-du⸣ [(x)] | |
| 2' | [x (x)]-⸢u₂⸣-ma ik-tar-ra-bu x [x (x)] | |
| 3' | x-du-šu₂ SIPA ke-e-nu [x x (x)] | |
| 4' | [(x)] x UZU UN.MEŠ u₂-ṭab-bu x x x | |
| 5' | ⸢GIR₃⸣.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} MAN ⸢EME⸣.<GI₇> u ⸢URI⸣{ki} | |
| 6' | na-⸢ram⸣ {d}AMAR.UTU {d}⸢zar⸣-pa-⸢ni-tum⸣ | |
| 7' | [ḫa]-⸢as⸣-su mu-du-u IB [x (x)] x [x] | |
| 8' | [x] x-ti {d}⸢AG⸣ [(x)] x [...] | |
| 9' | [eṭ]-lum qar-du ⸢a⸣-[ša₂]-⸢red kal mal⸣-ki | |
| 10' | x GAL-tu x x x ⸢e⸣-tel kal mal-ki | |
| 11' | [ša] {⸢d}15 LIMMU₂-DINGIR be-lut KUR.KUR tu-ma-al-lu-u | |
| 12' | qa-tu-šu LUGAL kul-lat kib-rat LIMMU₂-tim | |
| 13' | mi-gir DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ {d}šam-šu kiš-šat UN.MEŠ | |
| 14' | ⸢ša⸣ ep-še-⸢tu⸣-šu₂ UGU ka-la DINGIR.MEŠ ṭa-a-bu | |
| 15' | [ša pu]-⸢luḫ⸣-ti DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ra-biš | |
| 16' | [i-du]-⸢u₂⸣ pu-tuq-qu DINGIR-su-un | |
| 17' | [...] x x x x x x | |
| ii | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | al-x [...] | |
| 3' | il-⸢ku⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | ša₂ qe₂-reb [...] | |
| 5' | šu-bat-su [...] | |
| 6' | qaq-qa-ru [...] | |
| 7' | E₂ ba-x [...] | |
| 8' | TA UŠ₈-[šu₂ a-di gaba-dib-bi-šu₂] | |
| 9' | ar-⸢ṣip⸣ [u₂-šak-lil ...] | |
| 10' | ši-ṭir [MU-ia ...] | |
| 11' | x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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