Esarhaddon 1019 (Q003391)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 1019 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003391 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1–6o 1–6–o 1–6o 1–6 | (Not preserved) |
| Obverse [1:4] o 77–o 99 | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse [4:12] o 1010–o 1717 | [...] ... and the[re was] no one who could find him [...] his [troops], who march at [his] side, [...] ... [they] star[ted out] towa[rd Me]mphis, their city; [... in the] city gates, its streets and [its] squares [... I] captured them and killed them with the sword [...]. (15) Jostled, I ... [...] thoroughbred(s) and the ... of chariots. [I heaped] their corpses upon each other in the city square [...]; I made piles with their heads [...]. |
| Obverse [12:20] o 1818–o 2525 | After I had prayed to the gods Aššur, Marduk, Šamaš, [...] and the great gods of heaven and netherworld, as m[any as there are, ...] and after they had granted my [heart’s] desire [...] I ... [...] into his plundered palace [...] his wives, his sons, and [his] daughters [... whose] skin, like his, was as black as pitch, [... the plunder] of his palace: eight thousand talents of silver, ore from [its] moun[tain, ... ta]lents of red gold, precio[us] stones, [...], |
| Reverse [0:17] r 26r 26–r 4242 | [eve]ry kind of thing, vast amou[nts] of goods, [...] ... hundred and twenty large gold headdresses from the heads of [...] on which [were set] golden vipers and golden serpents [...] two pieces of ašgigû-stone, a creation of the mountain[s, ... (30) whose] weight was five talents each, [...] fifty thousand strong horses, broken [to the yoke, ...] sixty thousand fattened choice oxen (destined for) [his] prince[ly] banquets, [...] countless [...], sheep with tails of oxen, [...] and innumerable choice linen robes, fest[ive] garments, [... (35) ut]ensils of silver, gold, bronze, ebony, leather, ... [... everything] that there is, which ... [...] for his kingship [...] ..., livi[ng] creatures, [...] whose body was red and white, ... [...] ... [...] which have [the ...] of a stag and which no one [... which] cannot be fo[und i]n city or land [...] ... [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 7 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 8 | [...] x DU MI ⸢LI⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | [...] x x x RU is-su-x [...] | |
| 10 | [...] x-ma a-mir-šu₂ la ⸢ib⸣-[ši ...] | |
| 11 | [... ERIM].⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ a-li-ku i-di-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 12 | [...] x a-⸢na⸣ {[uru}mi]-⸢in⸣-pi URU-šu₂-nu pa-ni-šu₂-nu iš-⸢tak⸣-[nu ...] | |
| 13 | [ina] ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL.MEŠ URU su-qa-ti-šu₂ u₃ re-ba-ti-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 14 | ⸢ak⸣-mi-šu₂-nu-ti-ma i-na {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ a-nar-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 15 | i-tam-kip-ma mur-ni-is-qu u₃ ṭi-bi-iḫ {giš}GIGIR.MEŠ a-MES x [...] | |
| 16 | i-na SILA.DAGAL.LA URU ša₂-lam-ti-šu₂-nu UGU a-ḫa-meš [...] | |
| 17 | i-na SAG.DU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu {uru}AN.ZA.GAR₃.MEŠ e-pu-⸢uš⸣ [...] | |
| 18 | EGIR AN.ŠAR₂ {d}AMAR.UTU {d}UTU [...] | |
| 19 | u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ša₂ AN-e u KI-tim ⸢ma⸣-[la ba-šu-u₂ ...] | |
| 20 | u₂-ṣal-lu-ma u₂-šam-ṣu-in-ni ma-la ⸢lib₃⸣-[bi-ia ...] | |
| 21 | a-na E₂.GAL-šu₂ maš-ši-iʾ-ti u₂-x [...] | |
| 22 | DAM.MEŠ-šu₂ DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ DUMU.MUNUS.⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 23 | [ša₂] ⸢ki⸣-ma ša₂-šu₂-ma GIM ESIR ṣal-mu UZU.MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu ...] | |
| 24 | [šal]-⸢lat⸣ E₂.GAL-šu₂ 8 LIM GUN KU₃.BABBAR SAḪAR.ḪI.A šad-[di-šu₂ ...] | |
| 25 | [...] ⸢GUN KU₃.GI ru⸣-uš-šu₂-⸢u₂⸣ NA₄.MEŠ a-qar-⸢tu₂⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 26 | ⸢mim⸣-ma ⸢šum-šu₂⸣ bu-še-⸢e⸣ šad-lu-[ti ...] | |
| 27 | x ⸢ME⸣ 20 SAGŠU KU₃.GI GAL.MEŠ ša₂ SAG [...] | |
| 28 | ša₂ ba-aš-mu ⸢KU₃⸣.GI u₃ MUŠ.MEŠ KU₃.GI ina ⸢muḫ⸣-[ḫi šak-nu ...] | |
| 29 | 2.TA ši-bir-ti {na₄}aš-gi₃-gi₃.MEŠ nab-nit KUR-[e ...] | |
| 30 | ša₂ 5.TA.AM₃ GUN.MEŠ šu-qul-⸢ta⸣-[šu-nu ...] | |
| 31 | 50 LIM ANŠE.⸢KUR⸣.RA.MEŠ dan-nu-ti ṣi-mit-⸢ti⸣ [ni-ri ...] | |
| 32 | 60šu LIM GU₄.MAḪ.MEŠ kab-ru-ti nap-tan NUN-[u₂-ti-šu₂ ...] | |
| 33 | ⸢la⸣ mi-na UDU.NITA₂.⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ KUN GU₄.MEŠ šak-[nu ...] | |
| 34 | u₃ GADA.MAḪ.MEŠ ⸢la ni⸣-bi ṣu-bat ba-[al-ti ...] | |
| 35 | [u₂]-⸢nu-ut KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.GI⸣ ZABAR {giš}ESI u₃ KUŠ NI [...] | |
| 36 | [ma-la šu]-⸢mu na⸣-bu-u₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ a-na LUGAL-ti-šu₂ u₂-[...] | |
| 37 | [...].⸢MEŠ šik-na-at na-piš⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 38 | [...] SA₅ u BABBAR SU-šu₂ E₂ ⸢RU⸣ [...] | |
| 39 | [...] SU MA GAL A RI x [...] | |
| 40 | [...] ⸢lu⸣-lim-mu ša₂-kin-ma mam₂-ma ul [...] | |
| 41 | [... i]-na URU u KUR la ⸢in-nam⸣-[ma-ru ...] | |
| 42 | [...] x x x x [...] | |
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