Esarhaddon 1011 (Q003383)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 1011 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003383 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap4 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] o 1'1'–o 8'8' | [...] ... [...] ... [...] controlling bridle, [...] dragon, [...], important one, magnificent one, who ... [...], who [...] among the gods ... [...] mighty one, brilliant one, [...] radiant, ... [...] ... ruler [...], |
| Obverse [8:15] o 9'9'–o 15'15' | giver of the scepter [...] ... god [...] and ... [...] the one who ... [...] who renovated [...] ... [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1'1'–r 7'7' | ... [...] on whom a capital punishment was imposed [...] I re[turned] their looted possessions [...] provisions to go out on campaign ... [... I encouraged them] to seize the city and build houses, plant or[chards ...] ... I let them dwell in secur[ity ...] with joyful heart (and) shining countenance [...] |
| Reverse [7:14] r 8'8'–r 14'14' | [...] their privileged status, which ... [...] the people with rejoicing and celebrati[on ...] ... [...] in every direction [...] their [...] more than [... the goddess] Zarpanītu [...] ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x (x) x] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | x x ša₂ x x x x x [...] | |
| 3' | rap-pu la-iṭ-ṭu u₂-šum-⸢gal⸣-[lum ...] | |
| 4' | kab-tu šit-ra-ḫu ša₂ ina ṣi-⸢in⸣-[di ...] | |
| 5' | ⸢ša i-na DINGIR⸣.MEŠ gi-⸢mir⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | gaš-ru šu-pu-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | nam-ri-ir x [...] | |
| 8' | ma-al-ku x [...] | |
| 9' | na-din {giš}⸢GIDRU⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | DINGIR re-⸢me⸣-[...] | |
| 11' | u₃ x [...] | |
| 12' | muš-⸢te⸣-x [...] | |
| 13' | mu-ud-diš [...] | |
| 14' | ⸢a⸣-x x [...] | |
| 15' | x x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | x x x x x x x (x) [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢ša₂⸣ en-du še-er-tu nap-⸢ša₂⸣-a-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | NIG₂.ŠU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu šal-lu-ti ⸢u₂-ter⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | a-na a-lik ger-ri ṣi-di-tu aš₂-⸢te-ri⸣-[...] | |
| 5' | ⸢a⸣-na ṣa-bat URU u e-peš ⸢E₂⸣ za-qap ṣip-[pa-a-ti ...] | |
| 6' | x SAG u₂-šar-bi-su-nu-⸢ti⸣-ma par-⸢ga⸣-[niš ...] | |
| 7' | ina ⸢ul⸣-lu-uṣ lib₃-bi nu-um-mur pa-⸢ni⸣ x [...] | |
| 8' | ⸢ki-din⸣-nu-su-un ša₂ ina qa-⸢ti⸣ x [...] | |
| 9' | ⸢UN.MEŠ⸣ ina ḫi-da-a-te u ri-ša₂-⸢a⸣-[te ...] | |
| 10' | x (x) ⸢kar⸣-ṣi ša₂ pat IGI.II [...] | |
| 11' | [a]-⸢na⸣ ša₂-a-ri er-bet-ti [...] | |
| 12' | [x-(x)]-⸢su⸣-un UGU ša₂ x [...] | |
| 13' | [... {d]}zar-pa-ni-tum [...] | |
| 14' | [...] x ID x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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