Position in chronology
Esarhaddon 1004
Translation · reference
High confidence(i' 1') [...] ... [... ki]ng ... [...] I sett[led ...] in a peaceful dwelling [...] ... mountain, my lord ... [...] ... road ... property of/that ... [...] ... of Esagil and Babylon [...]. (i' 7') [...] ... I brought them in [...] ... [...] ... [my] gifts [...] he received [...] ... (and) he [... i]n the land they made [...] disappear [...]. (i' 12') [...] ... [...]
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/Q003376/
Why it matters
Attests Esarhaddon's restoration of Esagil and resettlement of Babylon — his politically charged reversal of his father Sennacherib's destruction of the city, here cast in the idiom of pious royal benefaction.
Transliteration
[...] x x [...]1 / [...] ⸢LUGAL?⸣ TA x ⸢É⸣ x [...] / [...] ⸢šu⸣-bat ne-eḫ-te ú-še-[šib ...] / [...]-i KUR be-li e-⸢ti?⸣-[...] / [...] x ME KASKAL x-(x)-ti NÍG.ŠU ša? ú-x-[...] / [...] x.MEŠ šu-ut é-sag-gíl u KÁ.DINGIR.RA.⸢KI⸣ [...] / [...] x-⸢nu⸣ KÙ ú-še-rib-šú-nu-⸢ti⸣ [...] / [...] x A TI LU KIŠ ME IB RI x x [...] / [...] x-il am-ra kàd-ra-a-[a ...] / [...] ⸢UM?⸣ ṢI? im-ḫur ⸢ú⸣-[...] / [... i]-⸢na KUR⸣ ú-ḫal-li-qu ⸢KAL⸣ [...] / [...] x ZU ⸢MA?⸣ x [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Esarhaddon, edited by Erle Leichty (RINAP 4, 2011). ORACC text Q003376.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P424528). 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/Q003376/.
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