Position in chronology
Esarhaddon 1011
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [...] ... [...] ... [...] controlling bridle, [...] dragon, [...], important one, magnificent one, who ... [...], who [...] among the gods ... [...] mighty one, brilliant one, [...] radiant, ... [...] ... ruler [...], (9') giver of the scepter [...] ... god [...] and ... [...] the one who ... [...] who renovated [...] ... [...] ... [...] (r 1') ... [...] on whom a capital punishment was imposed [...] I re[turned] their looted possessions [...] provisions to go out on campaign ... [... I encouraged them] to seize the city and build houses, plant or[chards ...] ... I let them dwell in…
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/Q003383/
Why it matters
Preserves Esarhaddon's self-presentation as divinely sanctioned restorer — reversing capital sentences, returning plunder, and resettling displaced populations — within a hymnic frame that fuses royal law and divine mythology.
Transliteration
[x (x) x] x x x [...] / x x šá x x x x x [...] / rap-pu la-iṭ-ṭu ú-šum-⸢gal⸣-[lum ...] / kab-tu šit-ra-ḫu šá ina ṣi-⸢in⸣-[di ...] / ⸢ša i-na DINGIR⸣.MEŠ gi-⸢mir?⸣ [...] / gaš-ru šu-pu-⸢ú⸣ [...] / nam-ri-ir x [...] / ma-al-ku x [...] / na-din GIŠ.⸢GIDRU?⸣ [...] / DINGIR re-⸢me⸣-[...] / ù x [...] / muš-⸢te⸣-x [...] / mu-ud-diš [...] / ⸢a⸣-x x [...] / x x [...] / x x x x x x x (x) [...] / ⸢šá⸣ en-du…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Esarhaddon, edited by Erle Leichty (RINAP 4, 2011). ORACC text Q003383.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P394575). 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/Q003383/.
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