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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 161 (P392249)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 161 |
|---|---|
| ID | P392249 |
| Museum no. | OIM A08025 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...]-na#-ku | ... I am(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 3' | [...]-ri#-ia | ... my ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | [...]-ra# har-ra-nu | ... the road(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | [...] u3# {kur}ku-u-si | ... and Kush(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | [...]-me2-e-ma | ... I am(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7' | [...]-s,ir# {kur}mu-s,ur | ... of the land Muṣur(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8' | [...] u2#-masz-szir-ma | ... he released ... and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | [...]-na#-bit a-na qe2-reb {iri}ni-i' | ... he fled to Nineveh.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | _[...]-mesz?_ {lu2}qe2-e-pa-a-ni | ... the delegate(s)(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11' | [...]{ki#} _ad_ ba-nu-u-a | the father who had engendered me |
| 12' | [...]-reb {kur}mu-s,ur | ... the land Muṣur(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13' | [...] u2#-na-asz2-szi-qu _giri3-min_-ia | ... he made my feet tremble |
| 14' | [...]-ne2#-e har-ra-nu as,-bat | ... I seized the road(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | [...] ni#-i' _iri_ dan-nu-ti-szu2 | ... the fear of his fortified city(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | [...]-mur#-ma# {iri}ni-i' u2-masz-szir | ...-murma and the city Ni' he destroyed. |
| 17' | [...] {iri}ki-ip-ki-pi | ... Kippi(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18' | [... {d}]en# {d}ag {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina{ki} | ... Bel, Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh |
| 19' | [...] {d#}u-gur u {d}nusku | ... Ugur and Nusku(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20' | [...] ik#-szu-da _szu-min_-a-a | ... reached my hands.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21' | [...]-siq#-ti _na4-mesz_ | ... ... of stones(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 22' | [...]-la# ba-szu-u | ... he placed.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 23' | [...] _ug3#-mesz nita_ u _munus_ | ... the people, man and woman(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 24' | [...]-e# eb-bi | ... its radiance(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 25' | [...]-az# _ka2_ e2-kur | ... gate of Ekur(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 26' | [...]-na# _kur_ an-szar2{ki} | ... the land of Assur(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 27' | [...]-ba#-'a-li | ...-baʾali(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 28' | [...] al#-lik | ... I marched(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 29' | [...] _nundum#_-ia | ... my food offering(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 30' | [...]-kis# | ...-kis(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 31' | [...]-bit# | ... he swore(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 32' | [...] x | |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...]-ub#?-ma#? at#?-[...] | ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2' | [...] ni#-ba la i#-[x x] | ... fear not ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | [...] i#-zir-ti ak-[x x] | ... a burning fire ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | [x x] aq-qur ina {d}gesz-bar aq#-[x] | I libated , I bowed down before Gešbar |
| 5' | _ug3#-mesz# ansze#-kur-ra-mesz ansze-mesz gu4-mesz_ u _u8-udu-hi-[x]_ | people, horses, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats |
| 6' | ul-tu# qe2#-reb _iri-mesz_ sza2-a-tu#-[x] | from those cities(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | u2-sze#-s,a-am-ma szal-la-tisz am-[x] | I brought out and I counted it as booty. |
| 8' | {disz}ah-sze-e#-ri# a-lak ger-ri-ia isz-me-e-ma# | Ḫašeri heard about my campaign and |
| 9' | u2-masz-szir {iri#}i-zir-tu _iri lugal_-u2-ti-szu2# | I destroyed the city Izirtu, his royal city. |
| 10' | a-na {iri}at-ra#-a-ni _iri_ tukul-ti-szu2 | to Atranu, his city of support |
| 11' | in-na-bit-ma e-hu-uz mar-qi2-tu | he fell, and he became frightened. |
| 12' | na-gu-u2 szu-a-tu# ak-szu-ud | I conquered that district. |
| 13' | ma-lak 1(u) u4-me 5(disz) u4-me u2-szah-rib#-ma# sza2-qu-ma-tu at-bu-uk | I went on a campaign of 15 days, and I reached the highest rank. |
| 14' | {disz}ah-sze-e-ri la# pa#-lih _en_-u2-ti-ia | Hašeri, who does not fear my lordly majesty |
| 15' | an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) im-nu-szu2 ina _szu#-[x] ARAD-mesz_-szu2 | Ashur and Ishtar gave him, in the hands of his servants |
| 16' | _ug3-mesz kur_-szu2 si-hu _ugu_-szu2 u2-szab-szu2-u ina _sila iri_-szu2 id#-du#-[x] _adda#_-szu2 | the people of his land sinned against him and in the streets of his city ... his corpses |
| 17' | _egir_-nu {disz}u2-a-al-li-i _dumu_-szu2 u2-szib ina _{gesz}gu-za#_-[x] | Afterwards, Uallî, his son, sat on the throne |
| 18' | da-na-an an-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu {d}en {d}ag {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza nina{ki#} | Anšar, Sin, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, and Ishtar of Nineveh |
| 19' | {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza {iri}limmu2-dingir{ki} {d}masz {d}u-gur u {d}nusku# | Ištar of Limmu-ili, Ninurta, Ugur and Nusku |
| 20' | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-ia e-mur-ma ik-nu-sza2 a-na _{gesz}szudun_-ia# | The great gods, my lords, saw (this) and sealed it for my yoke. |
| 21' | asz2-szu2 ba-lat, _zi_-ti3-szu2 up-na-a-szu2 ip-ta-a u2-s,al-la-a _en_-u2-ti | Concerning the preservation of his life, his supplications he opened, and my lordly majesty |
| 22' | {disz}e-ri-si-in-ni _dumu_ ri-du-ti-szu2 a-na nina{ki} isz-pur-am-ma | Erisinni, son of Rīdušu, sent to Nineveh and |
| 23' | u2-na-asz2-szi-qa _giri3-min_-ia re-e-mu ar-szi-szu-ma# | he made my feet tremble. I prayed to him and |
| 24' | _{lu2}a_ szip-ri-ia sza szul#-me u2-ma-'e-er _edin_-usz-[x] | The messenger of mine, who was in good health, ... the steppe |
| 25' | _dumu-munus_ s,i-it lib3-bi-szu2 u2-sze-bi-la a-na e-pesz _{munus}agrig_-u2-ti# | a daughter of his own free will I sent to do obeisance. |
| 26' | ma-da-at-ta-szu2# mah-ri-tu sza ina ter-s,i _lugal-mesz# ad#-mesz#_-ia# | His earlier tribute, which in the time of the kings, my ancestors, |
| 27' | u2-szab-t,i-lu isz-szu-u-ni a-di mah-ri-ia# | They took (it) before me. |
| 28' | 3(u) _ansze-kur-ra-mesz ugu_ ma-da-at-ti-szu2 mah-ri-ti# u2#-rad-di-ma e-mid#-[x] | I added 30 horses to his earlier tribute and ... |
| 29' | i-na 4(disz)-e ger-ri-ia a-na {kur#}[...]-te#-esz-sze-ra har#-[x x] | In my fourth campaign, I marched to the land ...-teššera. |
| 30' | ina qi2-bit an-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu {d}en# [...] 1(u) 5(disz)# sza nina{ki} | By the command of Anšar, Sîn, Šamaš, Enlil, ... 15 of Nineveh |
| 31' | {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza {iri}limmu2-dingir{ki} {d#}[x] {d#}u-gur u {d}nusku | Ištar of Limmu-ili, ..., Ugur and Nusku |
| 32' | ina _{iti}kin-{d}inanna#_ szi#-pir _{d}inanna-mesz_ | In the month Ulūlu (VI), the work of the goddesses |
| 33' | _iti lugal dingir-mesz_ an-szar2 [x] _dingir#-mesz_ {d}nun-nam-nir | month: “king of the gods, Anšar, x gods: Nunamnir, |
| 34' | ki-ma ti-ib me-he-e# [...]-tum3# {kur}elam-ma{ki} a-na si-hir-ti-sza2 | Like a flood wave, the land Elam in its entirety |
| 35' | ak-kis _sag#-[...]_-um#-man _lugal_-szu2-nu | sealed documents of Sag-...-umman, their king. |
| 36' | mul-tar-hu [x x]-pu-da _hul_-tu | “The Storm-god, the ... of evil,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 37' | ina la mi3#-[x x]-duk# qu-ra-de-e-szu2 | Without ... his warriors(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 38' | ina _szu#-min#_ [...]-s,ab-bit mun-dah-s,e-e-szu2 | In the hands of ... he seized his foes.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 39' | szal-[...] _kiszi16#_ u2-mal-la-a ta-mir-ti {iri}szu-sza2-an | ... he filled with juniper. The plain of Susa |
| 40' | _usz2#-[...]_-la-a-a u2-szar-di | ... he made great.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 41' | [...] na#-ba-as-si | ... he fills ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 42' | [...] {kur}elam-ma{ki} | ... the land Elam(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 43' | [...]-ta is,-ba-tu2 _giri3-min_-ia# | ... seized my feet(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 44' | [...] _gu#-za#_ {disz}te-um-man | ... the throne of Teumman(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 45' | [...]-ta# | From ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| surface a col 3 | ||
| 1' | a#-na# [...] | to ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2' | {disz}im-ba#-[...] | Imba-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | sza# ina# [...] | who in . .(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | _saga_-tu# [...] | Good fortune . .(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | isz-te-ne2#-[...] | Ište-[...](low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6' | an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 [...] | Ashur and Ishtar of(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | lib3-bi {disz}tam-[...] | The heart of Tam-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8' | ib-ru-u2#-[...] | Ibru-...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | ul-tu {gesz}[...] | From the ... tree(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10' | sza2-ni-ia#-[...] | ... secondly(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11' | ina li-i#-[...] | In ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 12' | qe2-reb [...] | In ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 13' | ina ta#-[...] | In ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 14' | pa-an [...] | before ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 15' | {iri}[...] | the city ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 16' | {iri}[...] | the city ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 17' | {iri#}[...] | The city ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 18' | {iri#}[...] | The city ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 19' | {iri#}[...] | The city ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
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