Position in chronology
Esarhaddon 046
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [The palace] of Esarha[ddon, great king, migh]ty [king], king of the world, [king of Assyria, descen]dant of Sennach[erib, great king, migh]ty [king], king of the world, [king of Assyria, ...] ... [...] (r 1') [...] which/that ... [... of]fi[cial ...] ... which/that [...]
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/Q003275/
Why it matters
Survives only in fragments, yet adds one manuscript witness to the corpus of Esarhaddon's royal titulary, helping scholars reconstruct how this king broadcast his legitimacy across the Assyrian heartland.
Transliteration
[É].⸢GAL šá⸣ mAN.ŠÁR-⸢ŠEŠ⸣-[SUM.NA LUGAL GAL-ú] / [LUGAL dan]-nu LUGAL ŠÚ [LUGAL KUR aš-šur.KI] / [lip]-⸢lip⸣ md⸢30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ⸣-[SU LUGAL GAL-ú] / [LUGAL dan]-nu LUGAL ŠÚ [LUGAL KUR aš-šur.KI] / [...] x x x x BE [...] / [...] ⸢šá⸣ x x x [...] / [...] ⸢LÚ.SAG⸣ [...] / [...]-ri ⸢šá⸣ [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Esarhaddon, edited by Erle Leichty (RINAP 4, 2011). ORACC text Q003275.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P238702). 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/Q003275/.
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