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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 209, ex. 001 (P285550)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 209, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P285550 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09831 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] _ku3#-sig17#_ 2(disz) _gu4# [dumu? {d}utu?_ ...] | ... gold, 2 oxen, son of Šamaš |
| 2' | [me2-eh-ret _{im}kur-ra ka2_ esz]-szisz# ap-te9-e-ma _ka2# [lugal_-ti _mu_-szu2 am-bi] | I opened a new gate in front of the Euphrates and named it the royal gate. |
| 3' | [...] _ka2#_ x x e-pu-usz-ma u2#?-[rap-pisz? ...] | ... I built a gate ... and broadened ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | [_ka2?_ pa?]-pa#?-hu#? szu-a#-tu e-na#?-[ah-ma? ...] | The gate of that cella is opened and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | [...] _ku3#-sig17 gu4 dumu# {d#}utu# ku3#-sig17# gir2-tab-lu2-u18#-[lu_ ...] | ... gold, oxen, son of Šamaš, gold girtabulu ... |
| 6' | [_ka2_ pa]-pa-hu u2-rap-pisz-ma _ka2 kaskal_ szu-ut {d}en-[lil2 az-za-kar _mu_-szu2] | I broadened the gate of the cella and named it the Gate of the Path of Enlil. |
| 7' | 4(disz) _gu4 dumu {d}utu zabar husz-a_ e#-lisz _szu-min-mesz_-szu2-nu _{d}utu_-szi na#-[szu-u2 u2-kal-lu s,u-lu-lu] | 4 oxen, sons of Šamaš, clad in red bronze, above their hands (and) to the Sun-deity they bear, they keep watch over, |
| 8' | szap-lisz _giri3_-szu2-nu ina _ugu_ 2(disz) _bara2-mesz zabar_ sza2 _ku6-lu2-u18-lu [zabar_ sza2 _suhur-masz2{ku6} zabar_] | Afterwards, their feet on two bronze daggers of fish, bronze of the subterranean ocean, |
| 9' | szur-szu-du gis-gal-la _za3_ u _gub3_ sza _ka2_ [...] | ... of the left and right side of the gate .... |
| 10' | 2(disz) na-'i-i-ri _ku3-babbar_ 2(disz) _u4-gal_-li _ku3-babbar_ [...] | 2 naʾiri-measures of silver, 2 large silver ... |
| 11' | _kisal_-szu2 esz-szisz ab-ni-ma as-kup-pat _ku3-babbar_ x [...] | I rebuilt its courtyard anew and deposited silver ... |
| 12' | a-na tal-lak-ti an-szar2 _en_-ia ak-si-ir _kisal_ [si-dir man-za-az {d}i2-gi3-gi3 _mu_-szu2 am-bi] | for the journey of the god Aššar, my lord, I conquered. The courtyard, the dividing line of the throne of the Igigi, its name is |
| 13' | i-na _murub4 kisal_ sza2-a-szu2 _ki-ne zabar_ mut-tal-li#-[ka ...] | In the middle of that courtyard, a bronze scepter, your companion, ... |
| 14' | a-na na-pa-ah {d}gesz-bar ma-har an-szar2# _en_-ia u2-[...] | for the protection of Gešbar before Ašar, my lord, |
| 15' | sza2 rim-ki# an-szar2 at-ta-[...] | (Sum) You are the one who makes heaven tremble(?) (Akk) I am the one of the throne of Anshar |
| 16' | _ka2_ sza a-na s,i-it _{d#}utu#_-[szi] a-na _ugu [i7 ka2_ bu-ru-mu az-za-kar ni-bit-su] | The gate which to the rising of Šamaš on the bank of the Burumu canal I called his name |
| 17' | _ka2_ ne2-re-bi-szu2 a-na _kisal#_ ne2#-reb# [{d}i2-gi3-gi3 _mu_-szu2 az-kur] | to the gate of its entryway to the courtyard of the entrance of Igigi his name I dedicated. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ka2_ sza a-na# _[{im}u18-lu ka2_ kan-su {d}i2-gi3-gi3 _mu_-szu2 am-bi] | the gate which to the Ullu, the gate of the Igigi, its name is |
| 2 | _ka2_ ne2-re-[bi-szu2 a-na _kisal ka2_ hi-s,ib _kur mu_-szu2 az-kur] | I entered the gate of its entryway into the courtyard of the gate, the hide of the land, his name. |
| 3 | _ka2_ sza a-na _[{im}si-sa2 ka2 {mul}mar-gid2-da mu_-szu2 am-bi] | The gate which to the Susa River, the gate of the Wagon, its name is |
| 4 | _ka2_ ne2-re-bi-[szu2 a-na _kisal ka2 bara2 nam-mesz mu_-szu2 az-kur] | to the gate of his entryway to the courtyard of the bara of fates, his name I cursed. |
| 5 | s,a-al-me-szu [...] | (Sum) His image(s) ... (Akk) His images |
| 6 | ina _ka2-mesz#_ x [...] | in the gates ... ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7 | _ka2#_ [...] | Gate ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
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