Esarhaddon 1015
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Column i | ||
ii | Lacuna | |
i 1'1' | [...] ⸢LÚ⸣.x x x x x (x) | (i 1') [...] ... [...] creator of the royal crown [... diviner]s [...] ... the oil expert [...] ... difficult ... [who makes] decision(s), filled with radiance, (i 5′) [...] perfect lambs [that] had [no] black spots. He repeated to me [al]l that was in his heart. He did not impart (it) to the wise diviners, (but rather) he wrote (it) on a tablet, put (it) in an envelope, sealed (it), (and) gave (it) to them. He did not sleep all night until the giver of decisions, the lord of lords, the god Šamaš shone. (i 10′) To obtain (correct) decisions, hands were raised (praying). His favorite son prayed to the gods Šamaš and Adad concerning me (and) he made skilled diviners kneel down before them. Until they had assigned a station (and) ... [...] ... distressed ... [...] |
i 2'2' | ||
i 3'3' | ||
i 4'4' | [...] x-šu šup-šu-uq ⸢e⸣-x [KUD]-⸢is⸣ EŠ.BAR ma-li nam-ri-ri | |
i 5'5' | [...] ⸢UDU⸣.SILA₄.MEŠ šuk-lu-lu-⸢ti⸣ [šá la] ⸢i-šu⸣-u ti-rik ṣu-ul-me | |
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i 7'7' | ||
i 8'8' | ||
i 9'9' | ⸢ul⸣ iṣ-lul kal mu-ši a-di ip-pu-ḫa KUD-is ⸢EŠ⸣.BAR EN EN.EN dUTU | |
i 10'10' | ||
i 11'11' | ⸢e⸣-le-nu-u-a DUMU bi-bil lìb-bi-šú ú-ṣal-⸢la⸣ dUTU u dIŠKUR | |
i 12'12' | ||
i 13'13' | [a]-⸢di qa⸣-a-tu ú-ki-in-nu x x x [x] x-⸢ap-ti⸣ | |
i 14'14' | ||
Column ii | ||
iiii | Lacuna | |
ii 1'1' | ina a-⸢ši⸣-[...] | (ii 1') (No translation possible) |
ii 2'2' | ⸢il⸣-[...] | |
ii 3'3' | (blank) [...] | (ii 3') (No translation possible) |
ii 4'4' | x x [...] | |
ii 5'5' | [...] | |
ii 6'6' | [...] | |
ii 7'7' | SAG-x [...] | |
ii 8'8' | a-dan-nu [...] | (ii 8') The appointed time [...] Jupi[ter ...] hyp[soma ...] to ... [...] in heaven and [on earth ...] I/he thought/remembered [...] |
ii 9'9' | dSAG.ME.[NÍG ...] | |
ii 10'10' | a-šar ni-⸢ṣir⸣-[ti ...] | |
ii 11'11' | a-na sa-⸢din⸣ [...] | |
ii 12'12' | ina šá-ma-me u [qaq-qa-ri ...] | |
ii 13'13' | AḪ-su-[us ...] | |
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iiiiii | Broken off | |
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r ivr iv | Broken off | |
Column v | ||
r v 1r v 1 | [...] | (v 1) [...] ... [...] the going of [his] divinity [...] (v 5) order of the god Šamaš [...] encouraging, pro[pitious] omens [...] the month Ayyāru (II) arrived [...] the god Adad released his rains [and ...] the Tigris River flood ro[se ...]. (v 10) The seventh day, the vigil ceremony of the god(dess) [...], in the courtyard of Ešarra, where the creat[ion of ...], before the stars of heaven, the god E[a, ...], through the craft of the sage “the wash[ing of] the mouth” [...]. The eighth day, the day [...] from [...] ... [...] |
r v 22 | [...] | |
r v 33 | ⸢LÚ⸣.[...] | |
r v 44 | a-lak DINGIR-ti-[šú ...] | |
r v 55 | ||
r v 66 | ||
r v 77 | ik-šu-dam-ma ITI.⸢GU₄⸣ [...] | |
r v 88 | ||
r v 99 | ||
r v 1010 | ||
r v 1111 | ina KISAL é-šár-ra a-šar ⸢nab⸣-[nit ...] | |
r v 1212 | ||
r v 1313 | ina ši-pir ABGAL ⸢KA.LUḪ⸣.[Ù.DA ...] | |
r v 1414 | UD.8.KÁM u₄-⸢mu⸣ [...] | |
r v 1515 | ul-⸢tu⸣ [...] | |
r v 1616 | x [...] | |
Lacuna | ||
Column vi | ||
r vi 1r vi 1 | [x x] x x x ⸢dAMAR.UTU⸣ dx x x x x x x x x x x x x | (vi 1) [...] ... the god Marduk, the god(dess) ... [... the goddess Z]arpanītu they seated (them) on a peaceful seat in Kaḫilisu. [...] ... may they make his kingship firm (and) make his reign endure; may [the god] Anu (and the goddess) Antu forever pronounce for him a blessing of long days; (vi 5) may [the god En]lil (and) the goddess Mullissu decree as his destiny a good destiny (and) a destiny of long (life); may [the god] Ea (and) the goddess Bēlet-ilī grant him progeny and expand his offspring; may [the god] Sîn (and) the god Šamaš, together, give him favorable sign(s) monthly, without ceasing; may [the god ...] ... abundance, establish constant plenty (and) prosperity in his land; [...] ... [...] old age, the attainment of (extreme) old age [...] ...; [...] his favorable ...; (and) [...] from his enemies. |
r vi 22 | [d]⸢zar-pa-ni-tum⸣ ina ká-ḫi-⸢li-sù ú-še-ši-bu šu-bat né-eḫ-tú⸣ | |
r vi 33 | [x] x DINGIR ⸢ina ke⸣-nu LUGAL-su ⸢li-kín⸣-[nu] ⸢li⸣-šal-bi-ru BALA.MEŠ-šú | |
r vi 44 | [d]⸢a-num⸣ an-tum ik-rib u₄-me SÙ.MEŠ ⸢lik⸣-[tar]-⸢ra⸣-bu-šú a-na da-ra-a-⸢tim⸣ | |
r vi 55 | [dEN].⸢LÍL⸣ dNIN.LÍL šim-tú ṭa-ab-tú ši-⸢mat la⸣-ba-ri li-šim ši-mat-su | |
r vi 66 | [d]⸢é⸣-a DINGIR.MAḪ šu-mu li-šar-šu-⸢šu⸣-ma li-rap-pi-šú NUMUN-šú | |
r vi 77 | [d]⸢30 dUTU GISKIM MUNUS⸣.SIG₅ ITI-šam la ⸢na⸣-par-ka-a li-tap-pi-lu a-ḫa-⸢meš⸣ | |
r vi 88 | [x x] x x ⸢ḪÉ⸣.GÁL ḪÉ.NUN ⸢ṭuḫ⸣-du ka-a-a-an liš-tab-ri ina ⸢KUR⸣-šú | |
r vi 99 | [...] x x (traces) ⸢la⸣-ba-ri ka-šad lit-tu-⸢ti⸣ [...] x ra-im-šú | |
r vi 1010 | [...] x-si SIG₅.MEŠ-šú | |
r vi 1111 | [...] x TA LÚ.KÚR.MEŠ-šú | |
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1ú-maš-še-⸢ram⸣-[ma] “he released [and]”: Reading based on collation; RINAP 4 has ú-maš-ša-⸢ram⸣-[ma].
Created by Erle Leichty, Jamie Novotny, and the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period (RINAP) Project, 2011, 2017. Lemmatized by Jamie Novotny, 2010, and updated by him, 2017, for the Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), a corpus-building initiative funded by LMU Munich and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (through the establishment of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair for Ancient History of the Near and Middle East) and based at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q003387/.