An Akkadian inscription on a cylinder records the restoration of the temples of the goddess Mullissu and the god Šamaš in Nineveh. Only half of the inscription is preserved. Horizontal rulings separate each line. The text is dated to Ulūlu (VI) 677 BC and is commonly referred to as Nineveh (Cylinder) G (Nin. G).
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An Akkadian inscription found upon three clay cylinders from Nineveh may record Esarhaddon's renovation of the temples of the gods Sîn and Šamaš in Nineveh. This text is commonly referred to as Nineveh (Cylinder) H (Nin. H).
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R. Borger (BIWA pp. 134–135) proposes that the known exemplars of this text and those of the following inscription (Nineveh H and I respectively) are actually copies of one text, and not two different inscriptions. Although this is probably true, the texts have been kept separate since this inscription does not preserve the building report, a passage key to determining with more certainty if text nos. 11 and 12 are really one text. One fragment of ex. 2, N 1794, bears a "Layard" number; the N-prefix refers to either "Nineveh" or "Nimrud." Objects with "Layard" numbers are now housed in the British Museum and they originate from Layard's surveys and excavations, as well as from purchases made from locals who picked up the objects on the mounds after it had rained. For further details, see Collon, in Fales and Hickey, Austen Henry Layard p. 203.
When possible, the restorations are based on the following text, text no. 12 (Nineveh I). A score is presented on the CD-ROM.
An Akkadian inscription found upon two clay cylinders records Esarhaddon's building of a temple for the gods Sîn, Ningal, Šamaš, and Aya in Nineveh. This text is commonly referred to as Nineveh (Cylinder) I (Nin. I).
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R. Borger (BIWA pp. 134–135) proposes that the known exemplars of this text and those of the previous inscription (Nineveh I and H respectively) are actually copies of one text, and not two different inscriptions. Although this is probably true, the texts have been kept separate since text no. 11 does not preserve the building report, a passage key to determining with more certainty if text nos. 11 and 12 are really one text.
Ex. 1 is 1/3 (left side) of a barrel cylinder with a pencil-sized hole through its length. Ex. 2 is 1/4 (left side) of a barrel cylinder. When possible, the restorations are based on the previous text, text no. 11 (Nineveh H). Horizontal rulings separate each line on both exemplars. A score is presented on the CD-ROM.
An Akkadian inscription found upon a clay cylinder from Nineveh records Esarhaddon's building of a small palace in Nineveh. This is one of only a few royal inscriptions that use Esarhaddon's other name Aššur-etel-ilāni-mukīn-apli (see text nos. 74–75 and perhaps text no. 1021), and it is the only inscription so far where Esarhaddon uses the title of heir designate (mār šarri rabû ša bīt redûti = crown prince). Horizontal rulings separate each line. This cylinder, which may belong to the same cylinder as the following text (BM 127964), is commonly called Nineveh (Cylinder) J (Nin. J).
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A fragment of a clay cylinder preserves part of an inscription of Esarhaddon describing the construction of a small palace in Nineveh. Horizontal rulings separate each line. The piece, as proposed by R. Borger, may be part of the same cylinder as text no. 13 (Nineveh J).
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A fragment of a hollow cylinder contains an inscription that probably describes Esarhaddon's campaign in Egypt. Horizontal rulings separate each line. This text is commonly referred to as (Cylinder) Fragment K (Frt. K). The text is presumably from Nineveh since objects bearing Bu 91-5-9 registration numbers were excavated by or for E.A.W. Budge at Nineveh during 1889–91.
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A fragment of a cylinder probably contains a building inscription written after Esarhaddon's Egyptian campaign. This text is commonly referred to as (Cylinder) Fragment M (Frt. M). Although the provenance of the fragment is not known, this text is edited with the Nineveh texts since inscriptions concerning the conquest of Egypt written on clay objects are known presently only from Nineveh and since some objects bearing 83-1-18 registration numbers were excavated by or for H. Rassam during 1882 at Nineveh.
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A small fragment of a perforated clay cylinder is inscribed with a dedicatory inscription for Esarhaddon's rebuilding of the temple of the goddess Ištar of Nineveh. Horizontal rulings separate each line. Although the provenance of the fragment is uncertain, the inscription is edited with the Nineveh texts since it is presumed that the cylinder was a foundation document intended for Emašmaš, the temple of Ištar in Nineveh, and not another temple of this goddess.
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An Akkadian inscription on a fragment of a clay cylinder concerns the refurbishment of the gods of Babylon. Since the object bears a K (Kuyunjik) number, it is likely that the cylinder originates from Nineveh and therefore the inscription is edited here, although arbitrarily, rather than with inscriptions of another city. Because several objects bearing K 1620–50 numbers have been proven to have come from Kalḫu, this fragment may have been discovered there. The text is commonly referred to as Aššur-Babylon D (AsBbD).
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Horizontal rulings separate each line. The extant text, which is part of the inscription's prologue, duplicates with omission and variation text no. 48 ex. 1 (K 2801+) lines 21–40 and text no. 49 (Sm 1089) lines 3–8. When possible, the restorations are based on those two inscriptions.
Erle Leichty
Erle Leichty, 'Nineveh, Part 2', RINAP 4: Esarhaddon, The RINAP 4 sub-project of the RINAP Project, 2019 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap4/rinap4textintroductions/nineveh/part2/]