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Nimrud NW Palace P-02 (=Y-02) = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 266 (a) (P272830)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Nimrud NW Palace P-02 (=Y-02) = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 266 (a) |
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| ID | P272830 |
| Museum no. | WAM 21.0009 + (a); Nimrud (in situ) (b) |
| Collection | Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-H2, 2026-10-18), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
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| 1 | _e2-gal_ 1(disz) asz-szur-_pab-a szid_ asz-szur ni-szit {d}_bad_ u {d}_masz_ na-ra-am {d}a-nim u {d}da-gan ka-szu-usz _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ dan-nu _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur _a tukul-masz man gal_e _man_ dan-ni _man szu2_ | Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), vice-regent of (the god) Ashur, appointee of the gods Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of the deities Anu and Dagan, conqueror of the great gods, strong king, king of the world, lord of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninursa II, (who was) also great king; strong ki[ng]; |
| 2 | _man kur_ asz-szur _a 1(u)-erin2-tah2 man gal_-e _man_ dan-ni _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur-ma et,-lu qar-du sza2 ina _gisz_-tukul-ti asz-szur _en_-szu2 _du-du_-ku-ma ina mal-ki-_mesz_ sza2 kib-rat 4(disz)-ta sza2-nin-szu2 la-a _tuku_-u2 _lu2-sipa_ | king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), great king, strong king; king in the world, king [of Assur], mighty warrior, who with the support of (the god) Ashur, his lord, marched and had no rival among the rulers of the four quarters (of the world), shepherd |
| 3 | tab-ra-te la a-di-ru _gisz-lal_ e-du-u2 gap-szu2 sza2 ma-hi-ra la-a _tuku_-u2 _man_ mu-szak-nisz la kan-szu-te-szu2 sza2 nap-har kisz-szat _un-mesz_ i-pe-lu _nita2_ dan-nu mu-kab-bi-is | who does not fear a battle, who knows how to break open a gap, who has no opponent, a king who establishes no boundaries, who oversees all of the people, strong man, mighty man, |
| 4 | _gu2_ a-a-bi-szu2 da-a-isz kul-lat _kur2-mesz_ mu-pa-ri-ru ki-is,-ri mul-tar-ki _man_ sza2 ina _gisz_-tukul-ti _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-szu2 _du-du_-ku-ma _kur-kur-mesz du3_-szi-na _szu_-su _kur_-ud hur-sza2-ni | the neck of his enemies, the one who annihilates all enemy lands, the ruler of the Stars, the king who with the support of the great gods, his lords, battled and conquered all lands; |
| 5 | _du3_-szu2-nu i-pe-lu-ma bi-lat-su-nu im-hu-ru s,a-bit li-i-t,i2 sz2-kin2 li-i-te _ugu du3_-szi-na _kur-kur-mesz_ e-nu-ma | their construction they rejected and their habitations they received. Establish a firm positive answer, favorable, propitious omens concerning their construction the lands when |
| 6 | asz-szur _en_ na-bu-u2 _mu_-ia mu-szar-bu-u2 _man_-ti-a _gisz-tukul_-szu2 la pa-da-a a-na i-da-at _en_ti-a lu-u2 it-muh _erin2-hi-a-mesz kur_ lu-ul-lu-me-e _dagal-mesz_ | Ashur, the lord who begot me, the one who made my name greater than those of my royal majesty, with his unrivalled weapon he conquered for the sake of my rule. The vast troops of the land of Lullume |
| 7 | ina qe2-reb tam-ha-ri ina _gisz-tukul-mesz_ lu u2-szam-qit ina re-s,u-te sza2 {d}sza2-masz u {d}iszkur _dingir-mesz_ tik-li-a _erin2-hi-a-mesz kur-kur_ na-i-ri _kur_ hab-hi _kur_ szu-ba-re-e u _kur_ ni-rib _gim {d}iszkur_ | With the support of the gods Šamaš and Adad, the mighty gods, the troops of the lands Naʾiri, Habḫu, Shubarê, and Nirib, like Adad |
| 8 | ra-hi-s,i _ugu_-szu2-nu asz2-gu-um _man_ sza2 _ta_ e-ber-tan _id2-hal-hal_ a-di _kur_ lab-na-na u _a-ab-ba gal_-te _kur_ la-qe-e ana si-hir2-ti-sza2 _kur_ su-hi a-di _iri_ ra-pi-qi ana _gir3-min_-szu2 u2-szek2-ni-sza2 | As for the king who from the opposite bank of the Tigris to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea the land Laqû in its entirety, the land Suḫu as far as the city Rapiqu to his feet I made him bow down. |
| 9 | _ta sag_ e-ni _id2_ su-ub-na-at a-di _kur_ u2-ra-ar-t,i2 _szu_-su _kur_-ud _ta kur_ ne2-re-be sza2 _kur_ kir3-ru-ri a-di _kur_ gil2-za-ni _ta_ e-ber-tan id2 za-ba _ki-ta_ | from the source of the Subnat River to the land Urartu his hand he conquered. From the pass of the land Kirruri as far as the land Gilzānu, from the opposite bank of the Zab river |
| 10 | a-di _iri-du6_-ga-a-ri sza2 el-la-an _kur_ za-ban _ta iri-du6_-sza2-ab-ta-a-ani a-di _iri-du6_-sza2-za-ab-da-a-ni _iri_ ki-ri-mu _iri_ ha-ru-tu _kur_ bi-ra-te | as far as the city Til-gāri, which is above the land Zabban, from the city Tašabšabtani to the town Tasqabdani, the city Kirimu, city Ḫarūtu, the land of intertwined settlements, |
| 11 | sza2 _kur_ kar-du-ni-asz2 ana mi-is,-ri _kur_-a u2-ter _ta kur_ ne2-reb sza2 _kur_ ba-bi-te a-di _kur_ hasz-mar a-na _un-mesz kur_-ia am-nu ina _kur-kur-mesz_ sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni _lu2-gar_-nu-te-ia al-ta-kan | I returned from the pass of the land Babitu as far as the land Hashmar to the people of my land. In the lands which I conquered, I placed my prefects. |
| 12 | ur-du-ti u2-pu-szu2 1(disz)asz-szur-_pab-a nun_-u2 na-a-du pa-lih2 _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ u2-szum2-gal-lu ek-du ka-szid _iri-iri_ u hur-sza2-ni pat, gim-ri-szu2-nu _man en-mesz_-e mu-la-it, | Ashurnasirpal, prince reverent one who reveres the great gods, exalted ruler, conqueror of cities and mountain ranges, all of them, king of the lords, who saves, |
| 13 | ek-s,u-te a-pi-ir sza2-lum-ma-te la-a-di-ru _gisz-lal_ ur-sza2-nu la pa-du-u2 mu-rib a-nun-te _man_ ta-na-da-a-te _lu2-sipa_ s,a-lu-lu _ub-mesz man_ sza2 qi-bit _ka_-szu2 usz-har-ma-t,u _kur-mesz_-e | the oppressed, the one who carries out the good deeds, the unfavorable hero who brings forth the luxuriance, the king of the tanātu-offering, the shepherd of the captives, king whose command makes the lands tremble, |
| 14 | u _a-ab-ba-mesz_ sza2 ina qi-it-ru-ub _en_-ti-szu2 _man-mesz_-ni ek-du-te la pa-du-te _ta_ s,i-it {d}szam-szi a-di e-reb {d}szam-szi pa-a 1(disz)-en u2-sza2-asz2-kin2 _iri_ kal-hu | and the seas, which by his lordly majesty, the mighty and insubmissive kings, from the rising of the Sun to the setting of the Moon a single one established. Calah |
| 15 | mah-ra-a sza2 1(disz){d}szul3-ma-nu-_sag man kur_ asz-szur _nun_ a-lik pa-ni-a _du3_-usz _iri_ szu-u2 e-na-ah-ma is,-lal _iri_ szu2-u2 ana esz-szu2-te ab-ni _un-mesz szu2_-ti _szu2_-ia sza2 _kur-kur-mesz_ | Before me, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, prince who came before me, built (and) that city became dilapidated and I demolished it. I reorganized that city. I captured the people of my control over all the lands. |
| 16 | sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni sza2 _kur_ su-hi _kur_ la-qe-e ana si-hir2-ti-sza2 _iri_ sir-qu sza2 ne2-ber-ti _id2-a-rad kur_ za-mu-a ana pat, gim-ri-sza2 _kur-e2_-a-di-ni u _kur_ hat-te | which I conquered, from the land Suḫu, the land Laqû, in its entirety, the city Sirqu, which is on the opposite bank of the Euphrates, (and) the land Zamua, in all its parts: the land Bīt-Adini and the land Ḫatti |
| 17 | u sza2 1(disz)lu-bar-na _kur_ pa-ti-na-a-a al-qa-a ina lib3-bi u2-sza2-as,-bit _du6_ la-be-ru lu u2-na-ki-ir a-di _ugu a-mesz_ lu u2-sza2-pil2 1(disz) _me_ 2(u) tik-pi ina musz-pa-li | and that of Lubarna of the land Patina I took therein I imposed upon it. I razed the old fortified wall and made (it) as high as water. I laid down 1 hundred 20 tikpi-measures of brick in a hollow. |
| 18 | lu u2-t,a-bi _e2-gal gisz_ e-re-ni _e2-gal gisz szur-min2 e2-gal gisz_ dap-ra-ni _e2-gal gisz-tug2-mesz e2-gal gisz_ mes-kan-ni _e2-gal gisz_ bu-ut,-ni u _gisz_ tar-pi-'i | The palace of cedar, the palace of ebony and juniper, (the palace of) daprānu-wood, (and) the palaces of turbans, (of) meskannu wood, (a palace of?) buṭnu and tarpiʾu wood. |
| 19 | a-na szu-bat _man_-ti-a ana mul-ta-a'-it _en_-ti-a sza2 da-ra-te ina lib3-bi ad-di u2-ma-am _kur-mesz_-e u _a-ab-ba-mesz_ sza2 {na4}pi-li _ku3_-e | for my royal residence (and) for my eternal lordship I built therein. Now, the mountains and seas of pure limestone |
| 20 | u {na4}pa-ru-te _du3_-usz ina _ka2-mesz_-sza2 u2-sze-zi-iz u2-si-im-szi u2-szar-rih-szi si-kat2 kar-ri _zabar-mesz_ al-me-si _gisz-ig-mesz gisz_ e-re-ni _gisz-szur-min2_ | I erected (them) in its gates. I decorated it (and) decorated it with bronze trim. Doors of cedar, cypress, |
| 21 | _gisz_ dap-ra-ni _gisz_ mes-kan-ni ina _ka2-mesz_-sza2 u2-re-ti _ku3-babbar-mesz ku3-gi-mesz an-na-mesz zabar-mesz an-bar-mesz szu2_-ti _szu_-ia sza2 _kur-kur-mesz_ | in its gates, the urētu-gates, silver, gold, tin, bronze, (and) iron, my handiwork of the lands |
| 22 | sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni a-na ma-a'-disz al-qa-a ina lib3-bi u2-kin2 | I took it as a loan from them and deposited it therein. |
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