Kalḫu, Part 2

88 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap4/Q003317/]

Two bricks from Kalḫu contain a proprietary inscription of Esarhaddon that is identical to a text inscribed on slabs from Nineveh (text no. 22). This text is commonly referred to as Nineveh M (Nin. M).

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Sources:

(1) BM 090248 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/sources/P427876/] (1848–11–04, 0030) (2) BM 090249 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/sources/P427877/] (1848–11–04, 0029)

Commentary

The bricks are inscribed on the face. The texts were collated by C.B.F. Walker. No score for this inscription is provided on the CD-ROM since there is only variant: in line 1, ex. 2 has KUR for É.GAL.

Bibliography

1851 Layard, ICC pl. 83 (C) (exs. 1–2, copy)

1922 BM Guide p. 73 nos. 294–295 (exs. 1–2, study)

1927 Luckenbill, ARAB 2 p. 285 §755 (exs. 1–2, translation)

1956 Borger, Asarh. p. 69 §33 (Nin. M) (exs. 1–2, edition)

1981 Walker, CBI pp. 125–126 no. 186 (exs. 1–2, transliteration, study)

1993 Porter, Images, Power, and Politics pp. 195–196 (exs. 1–2, study)

89 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap4/Q003318/]

A 35 cm square brick discovered in Fort Shalmaneser in Kalḫu bears an inscription with the name of Esarhaddon. The object was probably left in the field. No copy, photograph, transliteration, or translation of the text has been published.

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Source:

Mallowan, Nimrud 2 p. 389 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/sources/P450493/]

Bibliography

1966 Mallowan, Nimrud 2 p. 389 (study)

90 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap4/Q003319/]

A proprietary inscription of Esarhaddon is found on the impression left by an unusually large cylinder seal that was used as a stamp seal on a jar sealing from Fort Shalmaneser in Kalḫu.

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Source:

IM 064186 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/sources/P225171/] (ND 07080)

Commentary

The object was discovered in Fort Shalmaneser (SE 10, the rab ekalli's house) along with other clay bullae and tablets. The inscription is written in mirror image. The seal that was used to seal the bulla has not been found.

Bibliography

1962 Parker, Iraq 24 p. 38 and pl. XXI no. 1 (photo, edition)

1984 Dalley and Postgate, Fort Shalmaneser pp. 76–77 and pl. 48 no. 26 (photo, edition, study)

1987 Collon, First Impressions pp. 79–80 no. 359 (photo, study)

2008 Novotny and Watanabe, Iraq 70 pp. 115–117 and fig. 16 (photo, study)

91 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap4/Q003320/]

A badly calcined alabaster vase from Kalḫu bears an inscription of Esarhaddon.

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Source:

IM 061871 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/sources/P450494/] (ND 08159)

Bibliography

1959 Oates, Iraq 21 p. 109 (study)

1966 Mallowan, Nimrud 2 p. 420 (study)

1979 Sumer, Assur, Babylon no. 145 (photo)

1980 Sumer, Assur, Babylone no. 145 (photo)

2008 Searight, Assyrian Stone Vessels p. 17 (study)

92 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap4/Q003321/]

An oval lump of clay from Kalḫu states that it belonged to Esarhaddon. The inscription has not been collated since the object is presently housed in the Iraq Museum (Baghdad).

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Source:

IM 060590 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/sources/P225223/] (ND 06224)

Bibliography

1984 Dalley and Postgate, Fort Shalmaneser p. 139 and pl. 45 no. 82 (copy, edition)

Erle Leichty

Erle Leichty, 'Kalḫu, Part 2', RINAP 4: Esarhaddon, The RINAP 4 sub-project of the RINAP Project, 2019 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap4/rinap4textintroductions/kalhu/part2/]