Esarhaddon 1013 (Q003385)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 1013 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003385 |
| 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 [0:7] 1'1'–7'7' | [...] ... [...] before me the lordship of Assyria ... [...] his/its [...] was [...] ... did not exist and he was not mindful [...] king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babyl[on, ... (5′) ... th]at he established in all of the cult centers [...] my [...], the one who (re)built the akītu-house [...] (erasure) [...]. |
| Obverse [7:15] 8'8'–15'15' | [... it] was [on my mind] and [I] thought [about it ... lik]e a mountain, I built (and) completed [... (10′) ...] ... one [...] I built (its) brickwork and [...] of/which a king [...] made (them) work hard and in addition to ... [...] my [...] and as many of the gods (and) goddesses as ... [...] I carved ... [...] and strength[ened ...] magnificent cedar [beams], grown on Mount [Amanus ...] ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] u₂-x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢el⸣-la-mu-u-a be-lut KUR aš-⸢šur{ki⸣} x [...] | |
| 3' | [...]-šu₂ ul ib-ši-ma ul iḫ-su-sa [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-⸢šur⸣{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.[RA{ki} ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢ša⸣ ina kul-lat ma-ḫa-zi iš-tak-⸢ka⸣-[nu ...] | |
| 6' | [...] x-ia e-piš E₂ a₂-ki-ti [...] | |
| 7' | [...] [...] | |
| 8' | [... ina uz-ni-ia ib]-ši-ma uš-ta-bi-⸢la⸣ [ka-bat-ti ...] | |
| 9' | [... ki]-⸢ma⸣ šad-di-i ar-ṣip u₂-šak-⸢lil⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...]-⸢ni⸣ 1en pit-qu ap-tiq-ma ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [... u₂]-ša₂-ni-ḫu-ma UGU ša₂ ia-aʾ-⸢a⸣-[...] | |
| 12' | [...]-ia u DINGIR.MEŠ {d}INANNA.MEŠ ma-la it-[...] | |
| 13' | [...] x e-siq-ma u₂-dan-[nin ...] | |
| 14' | [... GIŠ.UR₃.MEŠ {giš]}⸢ere-ni MAḪ⸣.MEŠ tar-bit {kur}⸢ḫa⸣-[ma-nim ...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢u₂-šat⸣-[...] |
Sources & licences
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