Esarhaddon 127

Obverse
Lacuna

Lacuna

1'1'

[...] x x [...] x x x x (x) [...]

(1') [...] ... [...] ... [...]

2'2'

[...] ⸢šá?⸣ a-na (x) x.⸢MEŠ⸣-šú la IG x [x x x x]

(2') [... w]ho to his ... not ... [...]

3'3'

[...] x-ti zi-kir MU-šú it-ú-du qí-bit-⸢su⸣ [x x x x]

(3') [...] ... paid attention to the mention of his name, his command [...]

4'4'

[...] ⸢ú⸣-šaḫ-ma-ṭu ma-ḫar [...]

(4') [...] brings quickly before [...]

5'5'

[... la] ⸢ma⸣-gi-ru qí-bi-⸢ti⸣

(5') [... unsub]missive to the comma[nd]

6'6'

[... šu]-⸢a?-ti⸣ ú-šal-pít ú-reb-bu da-ad-⸢mu⸣ [(x)]

(6') [...] destroyed [that] one, making the inhabited world shake

7'7'

[...] ⸢DINGIR⸣ ti-ik-li-šú

(7') [...] the god, his helper,

8'8'

[... i?]-na tukul-ti-šú kit-mu-su ú-sap-pu-ú be*-lut-su1

(8') [... wi]th his help, they knelt, beseeching his lordship

9'9'

[...] x la ⸢i⸣-šu-ṭu ab-šá-ni

(9') [...] did not bear my yoke (lit. “pull my yoke-rope”)

10'10'

[šá? A.ŠÀ.MEŠ? DUMU.MEŠ? KÁ.DINGIR.ME? ù? bár-sipa.KI? it]-⸢ba⸣-lu-ma ú-tar-ru ra-ma-nu-uš2

(10') [who took] away [the fields of the citizens of Babylon and Borsippa], appropriating (them) for himself

11'11'

[...] ⸢qí⸣-bit-su u zi-kir MU-šú la iš-ḫu-ṭu-ma la i-du-ru be-lut-su

(11') [...] did not fear his command or the mention of his name, and was not afraid of his lordship

12'12'

[...] ir-ḫi-iṣ-ma a-bu-ba-niš is-pu-un

(12') [...] inundated and leveled like a flood.

13'13'

[... ḫa-at-tu] ⸢rama⸣-ni-šú im-qut-su-ma na-piš-ta-šú ib-li3

(13') [...] his own [fear] overwhelmed him and his life ended.

14'14'

[... iš]-⸢lu⸣-lam-ma ú-ra-a a-na KUR aš-šur.KI

(14') [... he to]ok as booty and brought to Assyria.

15'15'

[mAN.ŠÁR-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL GAL]-⸢ú⸣ LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL kiš-šá-ti LUGAL KUR aš-šur.KI4

(15') [Esarhaddon, gre]at [king], mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, [king of the four quarters (of the world)], governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, [descendant of the eternal line of Bēl-bāni, son of Adasi], king of Assyria, precious scion of Baltil (Aššur), (one of) royal lineage (and) anci[ent] stock —

16'16'

[LUGAL kib-rat er-bet-ti] GÌR.NÍTA KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI LUGAL KUR šu-me-ri ù URI.⸢KI⸣

17'17'

[li-ip-li-pi da-ru-ú šá mdEN-ba-ni DUMU ma-da-si] LUGAL KUR aš-šur.KI per-ʾu bal-til.KI šu-qu-ru NUMUN LUGAL-ti ki-sít-ti ṣa-⸢a⸣-[ti]

18'18'

[... É d]⸢gu⸣-la bár-sipa.KI šá ina du-un-nu a-gi-i ez-zu-tu i-ni-šú ⸢mu?⸣-[šab?-šu?]

(18') [At that time ... the temple of the goddess G]ula of Borsippa, the s[ite of] which had become weak due to the strength of the (river’s) destructive flooding, [...] I (re-)erected its dilapidated parts and reinforced [its] structure.

19'19'

[...] ma-qit-ta-šú uš-ziz-ma ú-dan-nin rik-si-[šu]

20'20'

[... šip?]-⸢ri⸣ šu-a-⸢ti⸣ ḫa-diš lip-pa-[lis-ma]

(20') May [the goddess Gula, ...], look upon this [wo]rk of mine with pleasure [and]

21'21'

[...] x x [...] x x x MI UR [x x x]

(21') (No translation possible)

22'22'

[...] x ⸢RIK⸣ [x x x]

23'23'

[...] x [...]

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1be*: the sign appears to have been written over another sign (possibly ŠÀ).

2The restoration of the line is based upon text no. 1 (Nineveh A) iii 64–65.

3The restoration of ḫattu follows Borger, Asarh. p. 32 and is based upon such passages as text no. 1 (Nineveh A) iii 74.

4The restoration is based upon text no. 128 lines 4 and 14.

Created by Erle Leichty, Grant Frame, and the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period (RINAP) Project, 2011. Lemmatized by Jamie Novotny, 2010. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q003356/.