Esarhaddon 1016 (Q003388)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 1016 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003388 |
| 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' | ... [...] ... [...] perfect [lambs] that had no [black] spo[ts ...] I did not impart (it) to the [wise] diviners, [(but rather) I wrote (it) on a tablet, put (it) in an envelope], (5′) sealed (it), (and) gave (it) to them. I did not sl[eep all night ... I] waited for the shining lord of lor[ds, the god Šamaš, ... To ob]tain (correct) decisions, han[ds were raised (praying) ... I pray]ed to Šamaš and Adad (and) [made] skilled [diviners kneel down before them]. |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1r 1–r 77 | Until they had assigned a station (and) inspected ... [...] I was reverent with supplicating lips [...]. The Igīgū gods took counsel and decid[ed ...] encouraging, propitious [omen]s [... (rev. 5) ...] ... the gods Šamaš and Adad ... [...] ... will rule the land ... [...] ... [...] |
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' | ⸢ZAG⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢UB⸣ ŠE ⸢TU₂⸣ [...] x x [... {udu}SILA₄.MEŠ] | |
| 3' | ⸢šuk⸣-lu-lu-te ⸢ša₂⸣ la i-šu-u ⸢ti-rik⸣ [ṣu-ul-me ...] | |
| 4' | ⸢ul⸣ u₂-pat-ti ša₂ DUMU.MEŠ {lu₂}ḪAL.⸢MEŠ⸣ [pal-ka-a ḫa-si-sun₂ ina ṭup-pi aš₂-ṭur e-ri-im] | |
| 5' | ⸢ab-ri⸣-<im> a-din-šu₂-nu-ti ul aṣ-[lul kal mu-ši ...] | |
| 6' | [u₂]-⸢qa⸣-aʾ-a nam-ru EN EN.⸢EN⸣ {[d}UTU ...] | |
| 7' | [a-na] ⸢šu⸣-te-šur de-e-ni ni-iš qa-⸢ti⸣ [na-ši-ma ...] | |
| 8' | [u₂-ṣal]-⸢li⸣ {d}UTU u {d}IŠKUR en-qu-u-⸢te⸣ [DUMU.MEŠ {lu₂}ḪAL u₂-šak-me-sa ša₂-pal-šu₂-un] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢a⸣-di qa-tu u₂-kin-nu ib-ru-u₂ x [...] | |
| 2 | šu-te-mu-qu šap-ta-a-a pal-ḫa-⸢ku⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | ⸢im⸣-tal-li-ku {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ ip-ru-⸢su⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | [UZU].⸢MEŠ⸣ ti-kil-ti šal-mu-u-te [...] | |
| 5 | [x x] x-ni {d}UTU u {d}IŠKUR ⸢šu⸣-[...] | |
| 6 | [...] x-⸢ka⸣ i-be-el KUR x [...] | |
| 7 | [...] x (x) x x [...] | |
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