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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 098, ex. 001 (P371256)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Samal · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 098, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P371256 |
| Museum no. | VA 02708 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Samal (mod. Zinčirli) |
| Coordinates | 37.1035, 36.6783 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | _an-szar2 ad dingir-mesz_ ra-a'-im _sanga_-ti-ia | Ashur, father of the gods, the love of my priesthood |
| 2 | {d}a-nu gesz-ru resz-tu-u na-bu-u szu-mi3-ia | Anu, foremost one, creator of my name, |
| 3 | {d}idim _en_ sza2-qu-u mu-ki-in _bala-mesz_-ia | O Ishtar, exalted lord, who establishes my reigns, |
| 4 | {d}disz er-szu2 mu-du-u mu-szim _nam-mesz_-ia | O Ištar, who knows everything, who decrees my fates, |
| 5 | {d}3(u) {d}nanna nam-ru mu-dam-mi3-iq _geszkim-mesz_-ia | O Sin, bright Nanna, who makes perfect my signs, |
| 6 | {d}utu _di-ku5 an_-e u _ki_-tim pa-ri-su _esz-bar_-ia | Šamaš, judge of heaven and netherworld, who scrutinizes my decisions |
| 7 | {d}iszkur _en_ ra-asz2-bu mu-na-hi-isz _erin2 hi-a-mesz_-ia | O Adad, great lord, who provides for my troops, |
| 8 | {d}mes e-tel {d}i2-gi3-gi3 u {d}gesz'u-ki mu-szar-bu-u _lugal_-ti-ia | O Marduk, pre-eminent one of the Igigi and Gešʾuki, who makes my royal majesty greater, |
| 9 | {d}inanna be-let _muru2_ u _me3_ a-li-kat3 i-di-ia | Ištar, lady of the foot and the water, who goes at my side |
| 10 | _{d}7(disz)-bi dingir-mesz_ qar-du-u-ti sa-pi-nu na-ki-ri-ia | the Seven, the great gods, the ones who scatter my enemies, |
| 11 | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz du3_-szu2-nu mu-szim-mu szim-ti | the great gods, whose fates are determined, |
| 12 | sza ana _lugal_ mi-gir-szu2-un i-szar-ra-ku da-na-an li-i-tu2 | who to the king their omens bestows strength, |
| 13 | {disz}asz-szur-pap-asz _lugal gal man_ dan-nu _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur{ki} | Esarhaddon, great king, strong [king], king of the world, [king of Assyria], |
| 14 | _szagina_ babila2{ki} _lugal kur_ szu-me-ri | general of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer |
| 15 | u3 uri{ki} _man_ {kur}kar2-{d}dun-ia2-asz3 _du3_-szu2-un | and Ur, the king of Karduniaš, built them. |
| 16 | _lugal lugal-mesz_ {kur}mu-s,ur {kur}pa-tu-ri-su u {kur}ku-u-si | king of the kings of Egypt, Paturisu, and Kush. |
| 17 | pa-[lih _dingir-mesz] gal_-ti | who reveres the great gods, |
| 18 | u2-szum-[gal]-lu s,i-i-rum [na-ram] _an-szar2_ {d}utu | exalted ruler, beloved of (the god) Aššar (and) the god Šamān, |
| 19 | {d}ag u {d}marduk _lugal lugal-mesz_ | May Nabû and Marduk, the kings, |
| 20 | la pa-du-u mu-la-'i-it, | He who is unceasing, slanderer, |
| 21 | ek-s,u-ti la-bisz na-mur-[ra-ti] | (Sum) I am a raging lion, a wild bull (Akk) My fearsomeness, the splendor of the stars |
| 22 | la a-di-ru sza2-asz2-me qar-ra-du git2-[ma-lu] | (Sum) I am the one who is not afraid, the perfect hero (Akk) The one who does not fear, the supreme hero |
| 23 | la pa-du-u tu-qu-un-tu ru-bu-u dan-dan-nu | (As for) the one who does not fear battle, the strong one, |
| 24 | mu-kil s,er-ret ma-li-ki lab-bu na-ad-ru | [Who libates] the libation vessels of the cult centers (and) the steles, |
| 25 | mu-ter gi-mil a-bi a-li-di-szu2 | who restores the life of his father, |
| 26 | _lugal_ sza2 ina tukul-ti _an-szar2_ {d}utu {d}ag u {d}marduk | king who by the support of the deities Aššar, Šamaše, Nabû and Marduk |
| 27 | _dingir-mesz_ ti-ik-le-e-szu2 | the gods his support |
| 28 | i-sza2-risz | he smote |
| 29 | it-tal-lak-u-ma | they went, and |
| 30 | ik-szu-da | he defeated. |
| 31 | ni-iz-mat-su | his gift |
| 32 | kul-lat la ma-<gi>-re-e-szu2 mal-ki la kan-szu2-ti-szu2 _gin7 gi_ a-pi | all of his enemies, all of the rulers, his enemies like reeds of the sea, |
| 33 | u2-ha-s,i-is,-ma u2-szak-bi-sa sze-pu-usz-szu2 | I smashed (it) and made its foundations firm. |
| 34 | za-nin _nidba_ a-na _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | the provider of the offerings to the great gods |
| 35 | sza2 pa-lah _dingir-mesz_ u3 {d}isz-ta-ri i-[du] | who reveres the gods and goddesses |
| surface b | ||
| 1 | [...]-x-i gab-bi [ba-nu]-u2 | ... all of it is built.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | _e2_ an-szar2 mu-szak-lil si-ma-te-e-szu2 | the temple of the god Aššar, the one who completes his rites, |
| 3 | e-pisz e2-sag-gil2 u3 babila2{ki} mu-szal-li-mu | who restores Esagil and Babylon, |
| 4 | par-s,e-e sza2 _dingir-mesz kur-kur_ szal-lu-u-ti _ta_ qe2-reb {iri}asz-szur | the divine rites of the distant gods from Assyria |
| 5 | a-na asz2-ri-szu2-nu u2-ter-ru _lugal_ sza na-dan zi-be2-e-szu2 | to their places he returned. The king who the payment of his rent |
| 6 | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ i-ram-mu-ma _sanga_-su [ina _e2]-kur-mesz_ da-risz | the great gods loved him and his priesthood in the temples forever |
| 7 | u2-kin-nu _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-szu2-nu la pa-du-u-ti a-na szi-rik-ti | they established, their unfavorable weapons to the yoke |
| 8 | _en_-ti-szu2 isz-ru-ku _lugal_ [sza] _en en-mesz_ {d}marduk | his lordly majesty he granted. The king, whom the en-priests of Marduk |
| 9 | _ugu lugal-mesz_-ni sza kib-rat _limmu2_-ti u2-sza2-te-ru u2-szar-bu-u | I made appear over the kings of the four quarters (of the world) and made (them) greater. |
| 10 | _en_-u-su _kur-kur du3_-szi-na a-na _gir3-mesz_-szu2 u2-szak-ni-szu2 | his lord, all the lands made him bow down at his feet. |
| 11 | bil-tu u3 man-da-at-tu _ugu_-szi-na u2-kin-nu ka-szid a-a-be2-e-szu2 | the payment and the payment upon them they established, the defeat of his enemies |
| 12 | mu-hal-li-qu ga-re-e-szu2 _lugal_ sza2 tal-lak-ta-szu2 a-bu-bu-um-ma ep-sze-ta-szu2 | the one who destroys his corpses, the king whose march is a flood and whose deeds |
| 13 | lab-bu na-ad-ru pa-nu-usz-szu2 _iri_-um-ma ar-ke-e-szu2 ti-lu qit-ru-ub | (Sum) My city, after him, a mourning ritual (Akk) The city, before him, the mourning rites |
| 14 | ta-ha-zi-szu2 dan-nu nab-lu musz-tah-mi3-t,u {d}gesz-bar la a-ni-hu | (Sum) His battle is strong, he is a hero. (Akk) The hero, the hero is strong. |
| 15 | _dumu_ {disz}{d}3(u)-pap-mesz-su _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur{ki} _dumu_ {disz}lugal-gi-na _man szu2 man kur_ asz | son of Sîn-ahhēssu, king of the world, ki[ng of Assyria], son of Sargon (II), [king of] the world (and) kin[g of Assur], |
| 16 | _szagina_ babila2{ki} _lugal kur eme-gi7_ u3 uri{ki} _numun lugal_-u-ti da-ru-u | general of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, eternal seed of kingship, |
| 17 | sza {disz}{d}en-ba-ni _dumu_ {disz}a-da-si mu-kin _lugal_-u-ti _kur_ asz-szur{ki} sza2 du-ru-ug-[szu] | of Bel-bani, son of Adasi, the one who established kingship over Assyria, whose reign |
| 18 | bal-til{ki} ina pi-i _an-szar2_ {d}utu {d}ag u {d}marduk _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en_-[ti] | Baltil (Assur) by the command of the gods Ashur, Šamaš, Nabû and Marduk, the great gods, my lords, |
| 19 | im-qut-am-ma dan-na-ku dan-dan-na-ku e-tel-la-ku szit-ra-ha-ku gesz-ra-ku | “I am strong, I am strong. I am supreme, [I am mighty], I am a šitaḫa-priestess, |
| 20 | kab-ta-ku szur-ru-ha-ku ina gi-mir _lugal-mesz_-ni sza2-ni-na ul i-sza-ku | I am strong, I am mighty; among all the kings, no one compares with me. |
| 21 | ni-szit _an-szar2_ {d}ag u {d}marduk ni-bit {d}3(u) mi-gir {d}a-nim na-ra-am szar-ra-ti | the one chosen by the gods Aššar, Nabû, and Marduk, the beloved of the god Sin, the favorite of the goddess Anu, the love of kingship, |
| 22 | {d}isz-tar i-lat kal gim-ri _{gesz}tukul_ la pa-du-u mu-rib _kur_ nu-kur2-ti a-na-ku-ma | I, Ištar, goddess of all the lands, unrivalled weapon, who destroys hostile land, |
| 23 | _lugal_ le-'e-e2-um _muru2_ u3 _me3_ sza-gisz da-ad2-me na-ki-re-e-szu2 | the king, the counsellor, the foothills and the battlements, the šagiš-shields, his enemies |
| 24 | ne2-er a-a-be2-e-szu2 musz-har-mi3-t,u ga-re-e-szu2 mu-szak-nisz la kan-szu2-te-e-szu2 | (As for) the one who annihilates his enemies, (and) makes his enemies bow down at his feet, |
| 25 | sza nap-har kisz-szat _ug3-mesz_ i-be2-lu _an-szar2_ {d}utu {d}ag u3 {d}marduk | who all the people ruled: Ashur, Šamaš, Nabû and Marduk. |
| 26 | _en-mesz_-ia _mah-mesz_ sza la in-nen-nu-u qi2-bit-su-un _lugal_-u-ut la sza2-na-an | my great lords, whose command cannot be changed, a kingship unrivalled |
| 27 | a-na szim-ti-ia i-szi-mu {d}isz-tar be-el-tum ra-a'-i-mat _sanga_-ti-ia2 | For my fate the goddess Ištar, the lady who loves my priesthood, |
| 28 | _{gesz}pan_ dan-na-tu {gesz}szil-ta-hu gesz-ru mu-szam-qit la ma-gi-ri tu-szat-me-ha | You make the strong bow, the šiltaḫu-wood, (and) the bolt of the unrivalled weapon shine forth. |
| 29 | rit-tu-u-a bi-ib-lat lib3-bi-ia tu-szak-szi-da-an-ni-ma nap-har mal-ki | (As for) the one who removes my handiwork (and) my heart’s desire, you have made me attain the fullness of all rulers. |
| 30 | la kan-szu2-ti tu-szak-ni-sza2 sze-pu-u-a e-nu _an-szar2 en gal_-u asz2-szu2 tasz-ri-ih-ti | When the god Ashur, the great lord, for the protection of the land, |
| 31 | da-na-an ep-sze-te-ia _ug3-mesz_ kul-lu-mi-am-ma _ugu lugal-mesz_ sza2 kib-rat _limmu2_-ti | May my deeds be heeded, and may my people be reconciled with the kings of the four quarters. |
| 32 | _lugal_-u-ti u2-szar-ri-ih-ma u2-szar-ba-a zik-ri _mu_-ia szi-bir-ru ez-zu | I exalted my kingship and made my name great. |
| 33 | a-na ra-sa-ab na-ki-ri u2-sza2-asz2-sza2-a i-da-a-a ma-a-tu2 a-na _an-szar2_ | to conquer the enemies he brought about, and the land to Ashur |
| 34 | ih-t,u-u u2-gal-li-lu i-szi-t,u a-na ha-ba-ti sza2-la-li mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | they sinned, they frightened, they went down to the ruins of the territory of Assyria. |
| 35 | ru-up-pu-szi u2-mal-lu qa-tu2-u-a _ta an-szar2_ u _dingir-me gal-mesz en-mesz_-ia2 | I filled my hands with joy. From Ashur and the great gods, my lords, |
| 36 | iq-bu-u-ni a-la-ku _kaskal-min-mesz su3-mesz_ szad-de-e _gig-mesz_ szi-pik ba-s,i _kal-mesz_ | “I go, long journeys, severe sicknesses, work of the mighty, |
| 37 | a-szar s,u-ma-a-me ina mi-gir lib3-bi-ia szal-mesz lu at-tal-lak sza {disz}tar-qu-u2 | Where there is light in my heart, I shall go alive. Of Tarqû. |
| 38 | _man_ {kur}mu-s,ur u3 {kur}ku-u-si ni-zir-ti _dingir_-ti-szu2-nu _gal_-ti _ta_ {iri}isz-hup-ri | king of the land Muṣur and the land Kusi, favorite of their great divinity, from the city Išḫupru. |
| 39 | a-di {iri}me-em-pi _iri man_-ti ma-lak 1(u) 5(disz) u4-me qaq-qa-ri u4-me-szam la na-par-ka-a | as far as the city Mempi, a royal city, I marched for 15 days on the ground, without ceasing, |
| 40 | di-ik-tu2-szu2 ma-a'-disz a-duk u3 sza2-a-szu2 5(disz)-szu2 ina us,-s,i {gesz}szil-ta-hi | I killed him greatly, and he himself, five times, with a bolt, |
| 41 | mi-hi-is, la nab-la-t,i am-ha-su-ma {iri}me-em-pi _iri man_-ti-szu2 ina mi3-szil u4-me | (As for) the city Mempi, his royal city, in the middle of the day, |
| 42 | ina pil-szi nik-si na-bal-kat3-ti al-me _kur_-ud ap-pul aq-qur ina {d}gesz-bar | In battle and combat I marched against the enemy. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire |
| 43 | aq-mu _munus-e2-gal_-szu2 _munus-erim-e2-gal-mesz_-szu2 {disz}u2-sza2-na-hu-ru _dumu usz_-ti-szu2 | his queen, his queens, Ušanaḫuru, his son, |
| 44 | u3 re-eh-ti _dumu-mesz_-szu2 _dumu-munus-mesz_-szu2 _nig2-szu_-szu2 _nig2-gur11_-szu2 _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_-szu2 _gu4-mesz_-szu2 | and the rest of his sons (and) daughters, his possessions, his property, his horses, his oxen |
| 45 | s,e-e-ni-szu2 ina la ma-a-ni asz2-lu-la a-na _kur_ asz-szur{ki} szur-usz {kur}ku-u-si | I carried off his troops without number to Assyria. I conquered the land Kusi. |
| 46 | _ta_ {kur}mu-s,ur as-suh-ma e-du ina lib3-bi ana da-li-li ul e-zib | I fled from Egypt and went out; I did not leave it for singing. |
| 47 | ina _ugu_ {kur}mu-s,ur _du3_-szu2 _lugal-mesz {lu2}nam-mesz {lu2}gar-nu-mesz {lu2}gal-kar-mesz_ {lu2}qi-pa-a-ni | The kings, governors, prefects, chiefs, (and) delegates |
| 48 | {lu2}sza2-pi-ri ana esz-szu2-ti ap-qid sat-tuk-ki gi-nu-u a-na _an-szar2_ u _dingir-me gal-me en-mesz_-ia2 | I appointed a šapiru-priest for the new year. Regular offerings to the god Ashur and the great gods, my lords, |
| 49 | u2-kin da3-re-e _gun_ u3 man-da-at-tu _en_-ti-ia2 szat-ti-szam la na-par-ka-a | I established as my lordly tribute, tribute, and payment forever without interruption. |
| 50 | e-mid-su-nu-ti _{na4}na-ru2-a_ szi-t,ir _mu_-ia u2-sze-pisz-ma ta-nit-ti qar-ra-du-ti | I had a stele written in my name fashioned for them and (then) I received tribute from warriors. |
| 51 | _an-szar2 en_-ia2 da-na-an ep-sze-te-ia sza2 ina tukul-ti _an-szar2 en_-ia2 at-tal-lak-u-ma | Ashur, my lord, the strength of my deeds, which I accomplished with the support of (the god) Asḫār, my [lord], and |
| 52 | u3 li-i-tu2 ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia _edin_-usz-szu2 u2-sza2-asz2-t,ir-ma ana tab-rat kisz-szat na-ki-ri | and the rest of my hands I had written down, and to the taboo of the totality of enemies |
| 53 | ana s,a-at u4-me ul-ziz sza2 _{na4}na-ru2-a_ szu2-a-tu2 _ta ki_-szu2 u2-nak-kar-u-ma szu-mi3 szat,-ru | in perpetuity. Whoever removes this stele from its place and writes my name, |
| 54 | i-pa-szi-t,u-ma _mu_-szu2 i-szat,-t,a-ru lu-u ina e-pe-ri i-kat3-ta-mu lu-u ina _a-mesz_ | he erases and his name he writes, or in a grave he burns or in water |
| 55 | i-nam-du-u lu-u ina _izi gibil2_-u lu-u ina asz2-ri la a-ma-ri i-szak-ka-[nu] {d}inanna be-let _muru2_ u _me3_ | or with new fire or with an unfavorable place they shall place, may Ištar, mistress of the womb and battle, |
| 56 | zik-ru-su sin-nisz-a-nisz lu-sza2-lik-ma ina _ki-ta {lu2}kur2_-szu2 lu-sze-szib-szu2 ka-mesz _nun_-u _egir_-u _{na4}na-ru2-a_ | May I make his utterance greater than that of a man, and may I make him dwell beneath his enemy. The mouths of the later prince, the stele, |
| 57 | szi-t,ir _mu_-ia2 li-<mur>-ma ma-har-szu2 lil-ta-su-ma _i3-gesz_ lip-szu2-usz _{udu}siskur_ liq-qi2 zik-ri _an-szar2 en_-ia2 lu-ta-'i-id | May he see my inscribed name, may he praise him before him, and may anoint him with oil; may a sacrifice be made; may the utterance of the god Ashur, my lord, be appeased. |
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