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An Akkadian inscription on a fragment of a five-sided prism contains part of an inscription describing construction on Edurgina, the temple of the god Bēl-ṣarbi in Baṣ. Although the text has been attributed to Esarhaddon, there is no clear association of this inscription with Esarhaddon and it is arbitrarily included here rather than with some other Neo-Assyrian king.
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Parts of the base and two faces are preserved. The fragment is registered as coming from Sippar. The script is contemporary Babylonian, and horizontal rulings separate each line. The text partially duplicates text no. 1002 (BM 56628); col. i′ 10′ and col. ii′ 12′ duplicate text no. 1002 i′ 1 and ii′ 1.
A fragment of a hexagonal prism preserves part of an Akkadian inscription of a Neo-Assyrian king describing construction in a Babylonian city. There is no clear association of this inscription with Esarhaddon and it is arbitrarily included here rather than with some other Neo-Assyrian king.
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Part of the top and three faces are preserved. The fragment is registered as coming from Sippar. The script is contemporary Babylonian and is similar to that of text no. 1001 (BM 50582). Horizontal rulings separate each line. Col. i′ 1 and ii′ 1 duplicate text no. 1001 i′ 10′ and ii′ 12′.
A fragment of a hexagonal prism contains part of a Babylonian inscription of a Sargonid king, possibly Esarhaddon.
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BM 51254 (82–3–23,2250) is believed to have come from Sippar, but it may have originated from Babylon or Borsippa. The middle parts of four faces are preserved. The script is contemporary Babylonian and horizontal rulings separate each line.
A fragment of a clay prism from the Kuyunjik collection preserves part of an inscription of a Neo-Assyrian king that mentions Babylon and Esagil, the temple of the god Marduk in Babylon. There is no clear association of this inscription with Esarhaddon and it is arbitrarily included here rather than with some other Neo-Assyrian king.
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A fragment of a clay cylinder bears an inscription that describes the building of Emašmaš in Nineveh. Although R. Borger has attributed this inscription to Esarhaddon, the author is reluctant to accept that attribution and feels that the inscription is more likely one of Ashurbanipal. It is included here for the sake of completeness.
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The preserved inscription is very difficult to read. The attribution to Esarhaddon depends on the interpretation of the beginning of line 6′, which Borger evidently interpreted as as "[Sennach]erib, (my) father, who engendered me." Borger's proposal is not followed here.
Two fragmentary clay cylinders from Aššur preserve part of an inscription of a late Neo-Assyrian king, possibly Esarhaddon.
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Ex. 1 is from the left side of the cylinder and ex. 2 is from the middle section. Horizontal rulings separate each line on both exemplars. Ex. 1 is unpublished and is included here thanks to E. Frahm, who kindly provided me with his provisional, unpublished edition and commentary. Frahm intends to publish his edition of the text, with detailed textual commentary, including evidence for the tentative identification with Esarhaddon, and a copy of ex. 1. A score of the inscription is provided on the CD-ROM.
A fragment of a stone stele found at Ben Shemen in Israel has an inscription that probably deals with a campaign of Esarhaddon to Egypt.
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The fragment is reported to have been found by someone walking in the Ben Shemen Forest, located southeast of Tel Aviv. Nothing has been published about the dimensions or material of the object. Cogan (Studies Ephʿal) has noted that the text may duplicate the inscription found on text no. 98 (Zinçirli stele) rev. 47–49. In addition, Cogan has suggested that the Ben Shemen fragment and text no. 102 (Qaqun fragment) may have originally come from the same stele.
A fragment of a stele discovered by workmen near the Orontes River, at el-Ghâb, preserves part of an inscription that could possibly be of Esarhaddon. The extant text is similar to that of the Zinçirli stele (text no. 98) rev. 51–55. The object was not available for study since its present location is not known and therefore the present edition is based on the published copy.
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A brick fragment seen by J.V. Kinnier Wilson in a private collection in Beirut preserves part of an inscription of an Assyrian king. The owner was told that it came from North Syria. The attribution of the text is uncertain and it has been included here arbitrarily.
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The inscription was read from an unpublished copy made by J.V. Kinnier Wilson. It is unclear from the copy if the top of the brick is preserved. The inscription was not collated since the present location of the object is not known.
This poorly preserved inscription written in contemporary Babylonian script is found on a fragment of a tablet from Uruk. It is written in Akkadian and records the dedication or rededication of animals and individuals to the goddess Ištar. The author of the inscription is described as the grandson of Sargon, and this presumably refers to Esarhaddon.
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VAT 14519 was found during the German excavations at Uruk in 1928–29. As far as it is preserved the tablet is inscribed on only one side. There are line rulings after lines 1′, 2′, 3′, 4′, 5′, 6′, 7′, and 16′.
Falkenstein thought that the Sargon mentioned in line 6′ was Sargon of Akkad, which would then point to Narām-Sîn as the author of the inscription. Borger, however, has pointed out that the inscription appears to be much later in date than the Old Akkadian period and that it probably comes from the time of Esarhaddon, the grandson of Sargon II of Assyria.
A fragment of a tablet from Nineveh contains a copy of an inscription that is similar to Esarhaddon's Babylonian inscriptions and that may have been inscribed upon an object dedicated to the god Marduk. The text may be part of text no. 116 (Babylon B), but it could also be part of an inscription of Ashurbanipal or even Sennacherib.
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For rev. 3′–8′, compare text no. 104 (Babylon A) v 21–34, text no. 105 (Babylon C) vii 24–43, and text no. 107 (Babylon F) viii, which were previously edited by Borger (Asarh. p. 25 §11) as Bab. A, C, and F Episode 37:24–33.
A fragment of a clay tablet in the Kuyunjik collection preserves part of an inscription of a Neo-Assyrian king, possibly Esarhaddon or Sargon II.
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The color of the surface is the same as K 4463 (text no. 1013) and K 4477 (text no. 1014), but the interior is different. The scribal hand is the same as K 4463, but not that of K 4477.
A fragment of a clay tablet in the Kuyunjik collection preserves part of an inscription of a Neo-Assyrian king, possibly Esarhaddon or Sargon II. The extant text describes the construction of a building, perhaps the akītu-house mentioned in line 6′.
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The color of the surface is the same as K 4454 (text no. 1012) and K 4477 (text no. 1014), but the interior is different. The scribal hand is the same as that of K 4454, but not that of K 4477.
A fragment of a clay tablet in the Kuyunjik collection preserves part of an inscription of a Neo-Assyrian king, possibly Esarhaddon or Sargon II.
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K 4477 is the upper right corner of a tablet. The color of the surface is the same as that of K 4463 (text no. 1013) and K 4454 (text no. 1012), but the interior is different. The scribal hand is not similar to that of either of the aforementioned fragments.
A fragment of a multi-column clay tablet from the Kuyunjik collection preserves part of an inscription describing the refurbishment of the statues of Babylon's tutelary deities, perhaps by Esarhaddon. Col. i is concerned with oracular consultation over a matter which is no longer clear. Col. v describes a festival held in the courtyard of Ešarra, the temple of the god Aššur at Aššur, including mīs pî "mouth-washing" rituals for the statues of the god Marduk and his entourage. This text is commonly referred to as Aššur C (Ass. C).
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The two fragments were joined by R. Borger (Lambert, Studies Deller p. 158). Parts of two columns on both the obverse and reverse, and parts of the left and bottom edges are preserved. W.G. Lambert (Studies Deller p. 159) suggests that the tablet may have originally had three columns on each side.
Erle Leichty
Erle Leichty, 'Uncertain Texts, Part 1', RINAP 4: Esarhaddon, The RINAP 4 sub-project of the RINAP Project, 2019 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap4/rinap4textintroductions/uncertaintexts/]