Esarhaddon 042

~675 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·Q003271

Translation · reference

High confidence

(1') [...] ... [...] entrusted ... [to me ... (Lower) Eg]ypt, Upper Eg[ypt ...] ... he establish[ed ... (5′) ...] where I trod, the border of [... Kardun]iaš ([Babylon]ia) ... [...] ... [...] which (is) in the midst [of ...]

Source: Leichty, E. 2011. The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (680–669 BC). RINAP 4. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap4/Q003271/

Why it matters

Claims dominion over both Egypt and Babylonia (Karduniaš) in a single inscription, placing Esarhaddon among the rare Assyrian kings to assert rule from the Nile to the Persian Gulf.

Transliteration

[...] x x x x x (x) [...] / [...] x-tim ú-mal-⸢la⸣-[a ŠU.II-u-a ...] / [... KUR.mu]-⸢uṣ⸣-ri KUR.pa-tu-⸢ri⸣-[si ...] / [...] x-ri iš-tak-ka-[an ...] / [...] ⸢ak⸣-bu-su mi-⸢ṣir⸣ [...] / [... KUR.kar-ddun]-⸢ía⸣-àš šá sa-ta-[...] / [...]-⸢ik⸣-ti ⸢AD?⸣-[...] / [...]-a šá ⸢qé⸣-[reb? ...]

Scholarly note

Royal inscription of Esarhaddon, edited by Erle Leichty (RINAP 4, 2011). ORACC text Q003271.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P400449). source
Translation excerpted from Leichty, E. 2011. The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon, King of Assyria (680–669 BC). RINAP 4. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap4/Q003271/.

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