Esarhaddon 2005 (Q003407)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 2005 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003407 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | To the goddess Bēlet-Ninūa, who resides in Emašm[aš], great queen, her lady: |
| Obverse [1:5] o 22–o 55 | Naqīʾa, wife of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, daughter-in-law of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, commissioned a pectoral of red gold, which was inlaid with precious stone(s) weighing 3 3/4 minas. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | She presented and dedicated (this object) for the preservation of the life of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, her son, and for her own life, for the stability of her reign, (and for) the well-being of her offspring. |
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 | a-na {d}be-let-{uru}NINA{ki} a-ši-bat e₂-maš-⸢maš⸣ | |
| 2 | GAŠAN GAL-tu₂ GAŠAN-ša₂ {f}na-qi₂-ʾa-a MUNUS.E₂.GAL MUNUS.E₂.GAL | |
| 3 | ša {m}{d}30PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR AŠ kal-lat {m}MAN-GI.NA | |
| 4 | LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠAR₂ tu-še-piš-ma GABA KU₃.GI ḪUŠ.A | |
| 5 | ša tam-lit NA₄ ni-siq-ti ša 3 MA.NA 3.I.MEŠ KI.LA₂ | |
| 6 | a-na TI ZI.MEŠ ša {m}AN.ŠAR₂-PAP-AŠ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠAR₂ DUMU-ša₂ | |
| 7 | u₃ ša₂-a-ša₂ ana TI.LA-ša₂ GIN BALA.MEŠ-ša₂ SILIM NUMUN-ša₂ | |
| 8 | GA₂-ma BA-iš₃ | |
Sources & licences
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