Position in chronology
Esarhaddon 056
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [...] ... [...] merciful [god, ... who resides] in Eḫulḫul, [...]: (5') [E]sarhaddon, g[reat] king, [...], pious prince, the one who [...], the one who loves truth, ... [...] ... [...]
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/Q003285/
Why it matters
Attests Esarhaddon's claim to piety through his devotion to Eḫulḫul, the temple of the moon-god Sîn at Harran — a sanctuary whose restoration was central to his dynastic legitimacy.
Transliteration
[...] x [...]1 / (x) x-⸢ú E⸣ x x [...] / [DINGIR?] ⸢re⸣-mé-nu-ú x [...] / [a]-⸢šib⸣ é-ḫúl-ḫúl [...] / [m]⸢AN⸣.ŠÁR-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL ⸢GAL⸣ [...] / x NUN na-aʾ-du muš-[...] / ra-aʾ-im kit-⸢te⸣ x [...] / x (x) x x x [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Esarhaddon, edited by Erle Leichty (RINAP 4, 2011). ORACC text Q003285.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P400398). 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/Q003285/.
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