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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 170 (P392263)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 170 |
|---|---|
| ID | P392263 |
| Museum no. | OIM A08039 |
| 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' | [...]-pesz# [...] | |
| 2' | [...]{ki#} u2-bi#-[...] | The king, my lord, should know this. |
| 3' | [x x]-asz2#-szi-qu _giri3#-[x_ x] | ... ashšiqu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | [x x?] {disz#}mu-gal-li _ansze-kur-ra#-[...]_ | ... Mugallu the horse(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | [x x]-at#-tu szat-ti-szam#-[x] | ... forever(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | [x]-kin# _edin_-usz-[x] | ... the steppe ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7' | [...] ia#-ki-in-lu-u _man_ {kur}a-ru-ad#-[x] | ... Iakinlû, king of Aruad(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | [x]-li-ku a-na szim-ti# | ... to the fate(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | [x x]-zi#-ba-a'-al {disz}a-bi-ba-a'-al {disz}a-du-ni-ba-a'-al# | ...zibaʾ, Abī-bayal, Aduni-bayall |
| 10' | _dumu#-mesz_ {disz}ia-ki-in-lu-u a-szib _muru2_ tam-tim | sons of Yakin-Lû, who dwells in the foothills of the Sea |
| 11' | ul#-tu2 _muru2_ tam-tim e-lu-nim-ma | from the middle of the sea up to me |
| 12' | it#-ti ta-mar-ti-szu2-nu u2-na-asz2-szi-qu _giri3-min_-ia | with their audience gift he made my feet bow down. |
| 13' | [x] a-zi-ba-a'-al ha-disz ap-pa-lis-ma | ... I will gladly look at ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | a-na _lugal_-u-ti {kur}a-ru-a-da asz2-kun | I established for kingship over the land Arua. |
| 15' | {disz#}a-bi-ba-a'-al {disz}a-du-ni-ba-a'-al | Abī-Baʾal, Aduni-Babaʾ |
| 16' | lu#-bul-ti bir-me u2-lab-bisz _har-mesz ku3-sig17_ asz2-kun | I adorned it with multi-colored garments. I fashioned gold rings. |
| 17' | i#-na mah-ri-ia ul-zi-su-nu-ti | I made them stand before me. |
| 18' | [x] gu#-ug-gu _man_ {kur}lu-ud-di na-ge-u2# | ... Gugu, king of the land Luddi, governor |
| 19' | sza# ina ne2-ber-ti _a-ab-ba_ asz2-ru ru-u2-qu# | who in the midst of the sea was a distant place, |
| 20' | sza# _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia la isz-mu-u2 zi-kir _mu_-szu2# | of the kings, my ancestors, did not hear the mention of his name |
| 21' | ni-bit _lugal_-ti-ia ina _masz2-ge6_ u2-szab-ri-szu2-ma | my royal majesty in a dream I made him enter and |
| 22' | an#-szar2 _dingir_ ba-nu-u2-a u4-mu# _masz2-ge6_ an-ni-tu2 e-mu-ru | may Ashur, the god who created me, see this dream. |
| 23' | {lu2#}rak#-bu-szu2 isz-pu-ra a-na sza2-'a-al szul-mi3-ia2 | The reed-worker wrote me to inquire about my well-being. |
| 24' | [x x]-mir#-ra#?-a-a _{lu2}kur2_ ek-s,u | ...-mirrâ, a hostile enemy(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25' | [...] _ad#-mesz_-ia | ... my fathers(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 26' | [...] _lugal#_-ti-ia | ... my kingship(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 27' | [...] s,i#-is,-s,i | ... ṣiṣu-disease(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 28' | [...]-ma# | ... and(very low confidence: a guess) |
| surface a col 2' | ||
| 1' | _ansze#-[...]_ | ... donkey(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | {kur}[...] | the land ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | {iri}[...] | the city ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | ina _a#-[...]_ | in ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 5' | e-pu#-[...] | I did(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 6' | sza2 a-de#-[...] | who the treaty(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7' | _szesz_ nak#-[...] | brother of Nak-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8' | {disz}tam-ma-ri#-[...] | Tammari-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | sza2-a-szu2 ga-[...] | I want to ... his heart(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10' | {disz}tam-ma-ri# [...] | Tammari(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11' | u2-szi-[...] | |
| 12' | sza2 a-na# [...] | who to ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13' | _szesz#_ [...] | brother of ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
Sources & licences
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