Esarhaddon 1015 (Q003387)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 1015 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003387 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse Column i [0:14] i 1'1'–i 14'14' | [...] ... [...] creator of the royal crown [... diviner]s [...] ... the oil expert [...] ... difficult ... [who makes] decision(s), filled with radiance, (i 5′) [...] perfect lambs [that] had [no] black spots. He repeated to me [al]l that was in his heart. He did not impart (it) to the wise diviners, (but rather) he wrote (it) on a tablet, put (it) in an envelope, sealed (it), (and) gave (it) to them. He did not sleep all night until the giver of decisions, the lord of lords, the god Šamaš shone. (i 10′) To obtain (correct) decisions, hands were raised (praying). His favorite son prayed to the gods Šamaš and Adad concerning me (and) he made skilled diviners kneel down before them. Until they had assigned a station (and) ... [...] ... distressed ... [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [0:2] ii 1'1'–ii 2'2' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column ii [2:7] ii 3'3'–ii 7'7' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column ii [7:13] ii 8'8'–ii 13'13' | The appointed time [...] Jupi[ter ...] hyp[soma ...] to ... [...] in heaven and [on earth ...] I/he thought/remembered [...] |
| Reverse Column v [0:16] r v 1r v 1–r v 1616 | [...] ... [...] the going of [his] divinity [...] (v 5) order of the god Šamaš [...] encouraging, pro[pitious] omens [...] the month Ayyāru (II) arrived [...] the god Adad released his rains [and ...] the Tigris River flood ro[se ...]. (v 10) The seventh day, the vigil ceremony of the god(dess) [...], in the courtyard of Ešarra, where the creat[ion of ...], before the stars of heaven, the god E[a, ...], through the craft of the sage “the wash[ing of] the mouth” [...]. The eighth day, the day [...] from [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse Column vi [0:11] r vi 1r vi 1–r vi 1111 | [...] ... the god Marduk, the god(dess) ... [... the goddess Z]arpanītu they seated (them) on a peaceful seat in Kaḫilisu. [...] ... may they make his kingship firm (and) make his reign endure; may [the god] Anu (and the goddess) Antu forever pronounce for him a blessing of long days; (vi 5) may [the god En]lil (and) the goddess Mullissu decree as his destiny a good destiny (and) a destiny of long (life); may [the god] Ea (and) the goddess Bēlet-ilī grant him progeny and expand his offspring; may [the god] Sîn (and) the god Šamaš, together, give him favorable sign(s) monthly, without ceasing; may [the god ...] ... abundance, establish constant plenty (and) prosperity in his land; [...] ... [...] old age, the attainment of (extreme) old age [...] ...; [...] his favorable ...; (and) [...] from his enemies. |
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' | [...] {⸢lu₂⸣}x x x x x (x) | |
| 2' | [...] x x x [...] ⸢ba⸣-nu-u a-ge-e MAN-ti (x) | |
| 3' | [...] DUMU.MEŠ {⸢lu₂⸣}[ḪAL ...]-lu-lu ABGAL šam-ni | |
| 4' | [...] x-šu šup-šu-uq ⸢e⸣-x [KUD]-⸢is⸣ EŠ.BAR ma-li nam-ri-ri | |
| 5' | [...] {⸢udu⸣}SILA₄.MEŠ šuk-lu-lu-⸢ti⸣ [ša₂ la] ⸢i-šu⸣-u ti-rik ṣu-ul-me | |
| 6' | [mim]-⸢mu⸣-u₂ ina lib₃-bi-šu₂ ba-šu-⸢u₂ u₂⸣-ša₂-an-⸢ni-an-ni⸣ | |
| 7' | ⸢ul⸣ u₂-pat-ti ša DUMU.MEŠ {lu₂}⸢ḪAL pal⸣-ka-a ḫa-si-sun₂ | |
| 8' | i-na ṭup-pi iš-ṭur e-ri-im ib-⸢ri⸣-im id-din-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 9' | ⸢ul⸣ iṣ-lul kal mu-ši a-di ip-pu-ḫa KUD-is ⸢EŠ⸣.BAR EN EN.EN {d}UTU | |
| 10' | ⸢a⸣-na šu-te-šur de-e-ni ni-iš qa-⸢ti⸣ na-ši-ma | |
| 11' | ⸢e⸣-le-nu-u-a DUMU bi-bil lib₃-bi-šu₂ u₂-ṣal-⸢la⸣ {d}UTU u {d}IŠKUR | |
| 12' | ⸢en⸣-qu-u₂-ti DUMU.MEŠ {lu₂}ḪAL u₂-šak-me-⸢sa⸣ ša₂-pal-šu₂-un | |
| 13' | [a]-⸢di qa⸣-a-tu u₂-ki-in-nu x x x [x] x-⸢ap-ti⸣ | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ uš-šu-uš [...] | |
| ii | ||
| 1' | ina a-⸢ši⸣-[...] | |
| 2' | ⸢il⸣-[...] | |
| 3' | [...] | |
| 4' | x x [...] | |
| 5' | [...] | |
| 6' | [...] | |
| 7' | SAG-x [...] | |
| 8' | a-dan-nu [...] | |
| 9' | {d}SAG.ME.[NIG₂ ...] | |
| 10' | a-šar ni-⸢ṣir⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 11' | a-na sa-⸢din⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | ina ša₂-ma-me u [qaq-qa-ri ...] | |
| 13' | AḪ-su-[us ...] | |
| r v | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | {⸢lu₂⸣}[...] | |
| 4 | a-lak DINGIR-ti-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 5 | ṭe₃-⸢em⸣ {d}⸢UTU⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | ⸢UZU⸣.MEŠ ta-kil-ti ⸢šal⸣-[mu-te ...] | |
| 7 | ik-šu-dam-ma {iti}⸢GU₄⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | {d}IŠKUR ŠEG₃.MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-maš-še-⸢ram⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 9 | {id₂}IDIGNA ILLU-ša₂ iš-[ša-a ...] | |
| 10 | UD.7.KAM₂ nu-bat-tu ša {⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 11 | ina KISAL e₂-šar₂-ra a-šar ⸢nab⸣-[nit ...] | |
| 12 | ma-ḫar MUL.MEŠ ša₂-ma-me {d}e₂-[a ...] | |
| 13 | ina ši-pir ABGAL ⸢KA.LUḪ⸣.[U₃.DA ⸢KA.LUḪ⸣.[U₃.DA ...] | |
| 14 | UD.8.KAM₂ u₄-⸢mu⸣ [...] | |
| 15 | ul-⸢tu⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | x [...] | |
| r vi | ||
| 1 | [x x] x x x {⸢d}AMAR.UTU⸣ {d}x x x x x x x x x x x x x | |
| 2 | {[d]}⸢zar-pa-ni-tum⸣ ina ka₂-ḫi-⸢li-su₃ u₂-še-ši-bu šu-bat ne₂-eḫ-tu₂⸣ | |
| 3 | [x] x DINGIR ⸢ina ke⸣-nu LUGAL-su ⸢li-kin₂⸣-[nu] ⸢li⸣-šal-bi-ru BALA.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4 | {[d]}⸢a-num⸣ an-tum ik-rib u₄-me SU₃.MEŠ ⸢lik⸣-[tar]-⸢ra⸣-bu-šu₂ a-na da-ra-a-⸢tim⸣ | |
| 5 | {[d}EN].⸢LIL₂⸣ {d}NIN.LIL₂ šim-tu₂ ṭa-ab-tu₂ ši-⸢mat la⸣-ba-ri li-šim ši-mat-su | |
| 6 | {[d]}⸢e₂⸣-a DINGIR.MAḪ šu-mu li-šar-šu-⸢šu⸣-ma li-rap-pi-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ | |
| 7 | {[d]}30 {d}UTU GISKIM MUNUS⸣.SIG₅ ITI-šam la ⸢na⸣-par-ka-a li-tap-pi-lu a-ḫa-⸢meš⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x] x x ⸢ḪE₂⸣.GAL₂ ḪE₂.NUN ⸢ṭuḫ⸣-du ka-a-a-an liš-tab-ri ina ⸢KUR⸣-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [...] x x ⸢la⸣-ba-ri ka-šad lit-tu-⸢ti⸣ [...] x ra-im-šu₂ | |
| 10 | [...] x-si SIG₅.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 11 | [...] x TA {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
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