Esarhaddon 2006 (Q003408)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Esarhaddon 2006 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003408 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | To the queen, the goddess Mullissu, who resides in Ešarra, great queen, her lady: |
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | Zakūtu, wife of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria, daughter-in-law of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, mother of Esarhaddon, king of the world (and) king of Assyria, commissioned a gold ... that was inlaid with obsidian, [...]-stone, carnelian, pappardilû-stone, papparminu-stone, [...]-stone, (and) lapis lazuli weighing 1 1/2 minas. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | She presented [and dedicated] (this object) for the preservation of (the life of) Esar[haddon, her son], and for her own life, for the lengthening of [her days], 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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | ana ⸢šar⸣-rat {d}NIN.LIL₂ a-ši-bat e₂-šar₂-ra GAŠAN GAL-tu₂ GAŠAN-ša₂ | |
| 2 | {f}za-ku-tu₂ MUNUS.E₂.GAL MUNUS.E₂.GAL ša {m}{d}EN.ZU-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-eri-ba | |
| 3 | MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} kal-lat {m}LUGAL-GIN MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ | |
| 4 | AMA {m}AŠ-ŠEŠ-AŠ MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ-ma tu-še-piš-ma | |
| 5 | al-gu-MES KU₃.GI ša tam-lit {na₄}ZU₂ {na₄}[x x (x)] | |
| 6 | {na₄}GUG {na₄}BABBAR.DILI {na₄}BABBAR.MIN₅ {⸢na₄⸣}[x x (x)] | |
| 7 | 1 1/2 MA.NA ZA.GIN₃ KI.LA₂ a-na TI.LA {m}aš-šur-[PAP-AŠ DUMU-ša₂] | |
| 8 | u₃ ša₂-a-ša₂ ana TI.LA-ša₂ GID₂.DA [UD.MEŠ-ša₂] | |
| 9 | GIN BALA.MEŠ-ša₂ SILIM NUMUN-ša₂ GA₂-[ma BA-iš₃] | |
Sources & licences
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