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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 044 (P392269)

Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationRINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 044
IDP392269
Museum no.OIM A08046
CollectionInstitute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreOfficial or display
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
surface a col 1
1'sza {disz#}{d#}[...]of ...(very low confidence: a guess)
2'_dumu lugal_-tu2 [...]son of Lugaltu ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3'a-szar {disz}an-szar2-pap#-[...]Where Anšar-pap-(lower confidence: line is broken)
4'qe2-reb-szu2 ib-bi-szu#-[...]In his heart ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5'gi-mir mal-ki# [...]All of the rulers(low confidence: few signs survive)
6'ik-s,u-ru ni-szu-tu# [...]They sealed the nišūtu-offering ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7'qe2-reb-szu2 a-hu-uz ne2-me-qi2# [...]In it, I sat down, ... wisdom,(lower confidence: line is broken)
8'sza gi-mir um-ma-ni ma-la ba-szu-u# [...]Of all the people, as many as there were ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9'al-ma-ad sza2-le-e _{gesz}pan_ ru-kub _ansze-kur-ra#_ [...]I set up a bow, a rukub weapon, and a horse ...
10'ina a-me-lu-ti _lugal-mesz_ ina u2-ma-[...]among the men, the kings, now ...
11'la i-szi-hu ina _igi {gesz}pan_-ia i-de e-pesz# [x x? x]He knows how to do it in front of my bow.
12'kul-lu-ma-ku se-de-ru u mit-hu#-[...]I am a culluma-priestess, a guardian of justice and justice
13'zi-ka-ru qar-du na-ram an-szar2 u {d#}[x x]Hero, beloved of Anšar and [DN],
14'li-ip-li-pi _lugal_-u2-ti a#-[x x]May my kingship ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
15're-esz _lugal_-ti-ia ina mah-re-e ger#-[x x]At the beginning of my reign, before ...
16'a-na {kur}ma2-kan-na u {kur}me-luh-ha usz-te-esz-ra har#-[x x]I moved on to the land Kanna and the land Meluḫaḫa.
17'{disz}ur-da-am-ma-ne2-e' _man_ {kur}mu-s,ur u {kur}[...]Urdammane', king of Egypt and the land
18'a-lak ger-ri-ia isz-me-e-ma sza2 ak-bu-su mi#-[x x] mu-s,ur#He heard of my campaign and ... the guard.
19'{iri}me-em-pi u2-masz-szir-ma a-na szu-zu-ub# _zi#_-ti3-szu2(As for) the city Mempi, he abandoned it and to save his life
20'in-na-bit a-na qe2-reb {iri}ni-i'he fled to Nineveh.
21'_lugal-mesz {lu2}nam-mesz_ {lu2}qe-pa-a-ni sza2 {disz}an-szar2#-pap-asz _man kur_ an-szar2{ki}kings, governors, representatives of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria
22'_ad_ ba-nu-u2-a isz-tak-ka-[x] qe2-reb {kur}mu-s,urthe father who had engendered me ... in Egypt
23'ina ir-ti-ia il-li-ku-nim-ma u2-na-asz2-szi-qu _giri3-min_-iacame to my side and smashed my feet.
24'_egir {disz}ur_-da-ma-ne2-e har-ra#-nu as,-batAfter Urad-damānê, I took the road.
25'al-lik a-di {iri}ni-i' _iri#_ dan-nu-ti-szu2I marched as far as the city Ni', his fortified city.
26'ti-ib _me3_-ia# dan-ni e-mur-ma# {iri}ni-i' u2-masz-szirI saw my strong battle-array and destroyed the city Nineveh.
27'in-na-bit a-na {iri}ki#-ip-ki-pihe fled to Kippi.
28'ina tukul-ti an-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu {d}en {d}ag {d#}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina{ki}With the support of (the deities) Aššar, Sîn, Šamānu, Bel, Nabûir, (and) Ishtar of Nineveh,
29'{d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 limmu2-dingir{ki} {d}masz {d#}u-gur u {d}nuskuIštar of Babylon, Ninurta, Ugur and Nusku
30'{iri}ni-i' {iri}{d}u2-nu a#-na si-hir-ti-szu2The cities Ni' and Unu in its entirety
31'ik-szu-da _szu-min_-a-a _ku3-babbar-mesz ku3-sig17-mesz_ ni-siq-ti# _na4-mesz_my hands silver, gold, precious stones
32'_nig2-szu nig2-gur11 iri-<<mesz>>_ szu-a-tu ma-la ba-szu-uthat property, property of that city, as much as there is,
33'lu-bul-ti bir-me _gada-mesz ansze-kur-ra gal-mesz_multi-colored clothing, linen garments, large horses,
34'_ug3-mesz_ zik-ra u sin-niszthe peoples of Zikra and Sin,
35'2(disz) tim-me _mah-mesz_ pi-tiq za-ha#-le#-e eb#-bi#2 large timmu-vessels, fitting for a pure zahalû-bowl.
36'sza 2(disz) _lim_ 5(disz) _me gun ki#-la2#_-szu2-nu man-za-az# _ka2# e2#-kur_of 2,500 talents, their weight, at the gate of Ekur;
37'ul-tu man-zal-ti-szu2-nu as-suh-ma al-qa-a a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki}I removed them from their positions and took them to Assyria.
38'i-na 2(disz)-e ger-ri-ia# _ugu_ {disz}ba-'a-li _man_ {kur}s,ur-riIn my second campaign against Baʾalu, the king of the land Tyre
39'a-szib _muru2_ tam-tim al-lik# sza a-mat _lugal_-ti-iaI sat down in the middle of the sea. By the command of my kingship
40'la is,-s,u-ru la isz-mu-u zi-kir _nundum_-ti-iadid not keep watch, did not hear the utterance of my offspring,
41'{iri}hal-s,u-_mesz ugu_-szu2 u2-rak-kisthe forts over him he shall tie.
42'ina tam-tim u na-ba-li ger#-re-te9-e-szu2 u2-s,ab-bitIn the sea and the netherworld, he captured his campaigns.
43'nap-szat-su#-[x] u2#-si-iq u2-kar-riI cut off his life and smashed (his head).
44'a#-[...]-szak#-ni-is-su-nu-tiI ... their ...(very low confidence: a guess)
45'[...] _dumu#-munus# szesz-mesz_-szu2... his brothers' daughter(lower confidence: line is broken)
46'[...]-bi#-la a-di mah-ri-ia... before me(lower confidence: line is broken)
47'[...]-amtu# la e-bi-ra... amtu, unrivalled(lower confidence: line is broken)
48'[...] _ARAD#_-ti-ia... my servant(low confidence: few signs survive)
49'_[...]-mesz_-szu2his ...(very low confidence: a guess)
50'[...] am#-hur-szu2... I received from him(low confidence: few signs survive)
51'[...]-ter#-ma a-din-szu2... ... and gave to him(lower confidence: line is broken)
52'[...] _muru2#_ tam-tim... the sea(low confidence: few signs survive)
53'[...] x [x?]
surface a col 2
1'u2-szah#-[...]... he smote ...(very low confidence: a guess)
2'{disz}ah-sze-e#-[...]Hašē-(low confidence: few signs survive)
3'an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz)# [...]Ashur and Ishtar(lower confidence: line is broken)
4'_ug3-mesz kur-[...]_the people of the land(low confidence: few signs survive)
5'ina _sila iri#-[...]_in the street of ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
6'_egir_-nu {disz}u2#-[...] _gu#-za#_-[x]Afterwards, U-... the throne-bearer
7'da-na-an an-szar2 [...] nina#{ki#}Mighty one of Anšar, ... of Nineveh
8'{d}1(u)-5(disz) sza limmu2-[...] {d#}nusku#Ishtar of the eponymy of Nusku(lower confidence: line is broken)
9'_dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-[...] {gesz#}szudun#_-ia#The great gods, lords of my yoke
10'asz2-szu2 ba-lat, _zi#_-[...]-szu2# ip#-ta#-a#Because of the life of his ... he opened(lower confidence: line is broken)
11'u2-s,al-la#-[...]-tihe entrusted to me(low confidence: few signs survive)
12'{disz}e-ri-si#-[...]-na# nina#{ki}Erisina of Nineveh(lower confidence: line is broken)
13'isz-pur-am#-[...]-szi-qa _giri3-min_-iasent to ... my feet(lower confidence: line is broken)
14're#-e#-mu ar-[...] _dumu#_ szip#-ri-ia sza szul-meMerciful ..., son of my messenger, who is well.
15'u2#-ma#-'e#-er _edin#_-[x x] _dumu#-munus_ s,i-it lib3-bi u2#-sze-bi-laI brought in ..., a daughter of my own free will, and sent.
16'a-na e-pesz _{munus}agrig#_-[x]-ti ma-da-at-ta-szu2 mah-ri-tu szafor the work of the ...ti-priestess, his previous payment which
17'ina ter-s,i# _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-iaIn the time of the kings, my ancestors,
18'u2-szab-[x]-lu# isz-szu2-u-ni a-di mah-ri-iaThey brought ... before me.(lower confidence: line is broken)
19'3(u) _ansze-kur-ra-[x] ugu_ ma-da-at-ti-szu2 mah-ri-ti30 horses on account of his earlier payment
20'u2-rad-di-ma e-mi3-is-suhe added, and his wife
21'i-na 4(disz)-e ger#-ri-ia a-na {kur}elam-ma{ki}On my fourth campaign to Elam
22'usz-te-esz#-[x]-ra har-ra-nu... the road(lower confidence: line is broken)
23'ina qi2-bit an-szar2 {d}[... {d}]en {d}ag {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina{ki} {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 limmu2-dingir{ki}By the command of Anšar, ..., Bel, Nabû, Ishtar of Nineveh, (and) Ishār of Arbela,
24'{d}masz {d}u-gur {d}[...] _kin#-{d}inanna_ szi-pir _{d}inanna-mesz iti lugal dingir-mesz_Ninurta, Nergal, ... Kin-Ištar work of the goddesses: month: king of the gods.
25'an-szar2 _ad dingir-mesz#_ [...]-nir ki-ma ti-ib me-he-e ez-ziAshur, father of the gods, ... like a flash of lightning.
26'ak-tum3 {kur}elam#-[...] a-na si-hir-ti-sza2I conquered the land Elam in its entirety.
27'ak-kis _sag#-[x]_ {disz}te-um-man _lugal_-szu2-nu... Teumman, their king(lower confidence: line is broken)
28'mul-tar-hu [x] ik-pu-da _hul_-tu“The Storm-god ..., who created evil,
29'ina la mi3-ni# [x]-duk qu-ra-de-e-szu2Without ceasing, he killed his warriors.
30'ina _szu-min_ [x]-t,u#-u2-ti u2-s,ab-bit mun-dah-s,e-e-szu2With the hands of ..., I captured his foes.(lower confidence: line is broken)
31'szal-ma-a-ti-szu2-[x] _gin7 {gesz}dih3 <<u2>> {gesz}kiszi16_his šalmātu-disease like a bolt of juniper
32'u2-mal-la-[x] ta-mir-ti {iri}szu-sza2-an... the plain of Susa(lower confidence: line is broken)
33'_usz2#-mesz#_-szu2-nu {id2#}u2#-la-a-a u2-szer3-diI brought their dead to the Euphrates River.
34'[...] ki#-ma na-ba-as-si... like a stag(lower confidence: line is broken)
35'[...] _dumu_ {disz}ur-ta-ki... son of Urtaku(lower confidence: line is broken)
36'[...]-ma{ki}...-ma(low confidence: few signs survive)
37'[...]-um#-man# a-na _kur_ an-szar2 in-nab-ta...-umman to Assyria took.(lower confidence: line is broken)
38'[...] _giri3-min_-ia... my feet(low confidence: few signs survive)
39'[...]-na# {kur#}elam#-ma#{ki}... the land Elam(lower confidence: line is broken)
surface a col 3
1'[...] x [...]
2'[...] _szu#-min_ u _giri3#-min#_... hands and feet(lower confidence: line is broken)
3'_[...]-mesz_ u _u8-udu#-hi-a_...s and rams(lower confidence: line is broken)
4'_[...]-kur#-ra-mesz ansze-kunga-mesz_... horses and mules(lower confidence: line is broken)
5'[...]-reb {kur}gam-bu-li... the land Gambulu(lower confidence: line is broken)
6'[...] a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki}... to Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken)
7'[...]_-{d#}en# iri_ tukul-ti-szu2...-Bel, the city of his support(lower confidence: line is broken)
8'[...]-qur# ina _a-mesz_ usz-har-mit,... he bathes in water.(lower confidence: line is broken)
9'[...] sza2# _mun_ ma-a'-as-su e-pu-szu-usz... I made ... of much salt.(lower confidence: line is broken)
10'[...]-ma#{ki} asz2-ku-nu-usz a-na _lugal_-u-ti... I established for kingship(lower confidence: line is broken)
11'[...]-ia# la is,-s,u-ru... my ... did not guard.(lower confidence: line is broken)
12'_[...]-nu11-<<gal>>-mu-gi-na szesz_ nak-ri...-nugalmugīna, brother of the enemy(lower confidence: line is broken)
13'[...] pi-i-szu2... his mouth(low confidence: few signs survive)
14'[...] _edin_-usz-szu2 ib-bal-kit-ma... rebelled against him and(lower confidence: line is broken)
15'[...]-du# kim-ti-szu2 u2-ra-sib ina _{gesz}tukul-mesz_... his family he settled. With weapons(lower confidence: line is broken)
16'[...]-tu#? sza2 _egir_ {disz}um-man-i-gasz... which after Ummanigaš(lower confidence: line is broken)
17'[...] _{gesz}gu-za_ {kur}elam-ma{ki}... the throne of Elam(lower confidence: line is broken)
18'[...] re#-s,u-u2-ti… the shepherd(low confidence: few signs survive)
19'_[...]-nu11#-mu-gi-na szesz_ la ke-e-nu...-nu-mugina, the unfaithful brother,
20'[...]-na mit-hu-s,i _erin2-hi-a_-ia... with my troops,(lower confidence: line is broken)
21'[...] _{gesz}tukul-mesz#_-szu2... his weapons(lower confidence: line is broken)
22'[...] sza# an#-szar2# u {d#}1(u)-5(disz)... of Ashur and Ishtar(lower confidence: line is broken)
23'[...] un#-ni-ni-ia... my prayer(low confidence: few signs survive)
24'[...] ib#-bal#-kit#-ma... rebelled and(low confidence: few signs survive)
25'[...] isz#-kun... he established(very low confidence: a guess)
26'[...] _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2his throne(lower confidence: line is broken)
27'[...] qin#-nu-szu2 _numun e2 ad_-szu2... his family, the seed of his father's house
28'_[...]-mesz_ a-li-kut _a2-min_-szu2... his armies(lower confidence: line is broken)
29'[...]-da-bi-bi _ARAD_-szu2...-dabibi, his servant(lower confidence: line is broken)
30'[...]-un# ina _ugu_ lib3_-bi-mesz_-szu2-nu... upon them.(lower confidence: line is broken)
31'[...]-ma# a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki}... and to Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken)
32'in#-[...]-ma# is,-ba-<tu2> _giri3-min_-ia... and grasped my feet.(lower confidence: line is broken)
33'[x] tam#-ma-ri#-[...] e#-pesz _ARAD_-ti-ia... Tammari-... the work of my servant
34'ra#-man-szu2 im-[...]-szu2 e-pesz di-ni-szu2(As for) the one who destroys him, (as for the one) who does not do justice to him
35'a#-lik _a2-tah_-szu2 ina qi2#-bit an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz)his army by the command of Ashur and Ishtar
36'u2#-s,al-la-a _en#_-u2-tithe lordly abode
37'ina mah-ri-ia i-zi-iz-ma# i-dal-la-la qur-di _dingir-mesz_-iaHe stood before me and praised the sacrifices of my gods.
38'dan-nu-ti sza il-li#-ku re-s,u-u-tiThe strong ones who went to the shepherds
39'ina 5(disz)-szi-<<e>> ger-<ri>-ia ina _{iti#}sig4 iti_ {d}sinIn my fifth campaign, in Simanu, month of Sîn,
40'_en esz-bar dumu_ resz-tu-u a-sza2-re#-[...]Lord of decisions, first-born son, ...
41'ad-ke _erin2-hi-a_-ia s,e-er [...]I slew my troops, the flock ...
42'_lugal_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} usz-te-[...]king of the land Elam(lower confidence: line is broken)
43'u2-bil it-ti-ia {disz}tam-ma-ri#-[...]Tammari-(lower confidence: line is broken)
44'sza la-pa-an {disz}in-da-bi#-bi# [...]which before Indabibi(lower confidence: line is broken)
45'is,-ba-tu [...]seized ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
46'_ug3-mesz_ {iri}hi-il-me {iri}pil-la-ti ti-[...]The people of the cities Ḫilmu (and) Pilatu
47'sza al-la-ku a-na {kur}elam-ma{ki} nam#-[...]who I went to Elam(lower confidence: line is broken)
48'_en-mesz_-ia pu-luh-te# _lugal#_-ti#-ia# [...]My lords, the fearsome ones of my royal majesty, ...
49'szu-nu _ug3-mesz_-szu2#-nu _gu4-mesz_-szu2-nu# [...]They, their people, their oxen ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
50'a-na e-pesz _ARAD_-ti-ia [...]for the work of my servant ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
51'im-qu-tu-nim#-ma is,-ba-tu2 _giri3-min lugal#_-[x x]fell upon me and grasped the feet of Lugal-...
52'ina me#-ti-iq ger-ri-ia e2-{disz}im-bi-i [...]In the course of my campaign, the house of Imbî
53'_e2_ tuk-[x]-a#-te# sza {kur}elam-ma{ki} sza _gin7#_ [...]The ... house of the land Elam, which like
54'pa-an {kur}elam-ma{ki} par-ku [...]Before the land Elam, the rites
55'_ug3-mesz_ a-szib lib3-bi-szu sza la# [...]The people living in his heart who do not ...
56'la isz#-[...] szu-lum _lugal_-ti#-[...]The well-being of kingship ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
57'_sag-du-[...]_ x x [...]
58'a-na ta#-[...]To ...(very low confidence: a guess)
59'{disz}im-ba#-[...]Imba-(low confidence: few signs survive)
60'sza ina _e2#-[...]_which in E-...(low confidence: few signs survive)
61'bal#-[...]Bal-(low confidence: few signs survive)
surface a col 4
1'asz2-[...]-ru# _a2#-tah#_-[x]... ... atah...(low confidence: few signs survive)
2'im#-[...]-a# _hul_-[x]... evil ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3'a-na ka#-[...] an#-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 _a2_-a-a _it_-li#-[x]To ... the god Ashur and the goddess Ishtar of my power ...
4'u2-sza2-zi#-[x x]-ni# _edin_ <ga>-re-iahe made ... in the steppe of my ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5'lib3-bi {disz}tam#-[x x]-tu#? ek-s,u ba-ra-nu-uThe heart of Tamtu, a ..., is shattered.(lower confidence: line is broken)
6'ib-ru-u2-[x x]-ba-'u-u qa-tusz-szu2... in his hand(lower confidence: line is broken)
7'ul-tu _{gesz}gu#-za lugal_-ti-szu2 id-ku-nisz-szum-mafrom his royal throne he gave him, and
8'u2-ter-ru-nisz-szu2# sza2-ni-ia-a-nu u2-szak-ni-szu-uszSecondly, I made him prostrate himself.
9'a-na _giri3-min_-ia ina li-i-tu2 da#-[x x]-ni# sza2 _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-iaTo my feet, in the ... of the great gods, my lords,
10'qe2-reb {kur}e-lam-ti e-ru#-[...]-lak# szal#-t,iszI entered the land Elam. I sat down in peace.
11'ina ta-a-a-ar-ti#-[...] ma#-li#-tu2In the tārātu-song, a lament(lower confidence: line is broken)
12'pa-an _{gesz}szudun#-[...] kur#?_ asz#?-szur#? [x]before the yoke of Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken)
13'{iri}ga-tu#-du# [...]-e-baAt that time the city Gatudu(lower confidence: line is broken)
14'{iri}na#-di#-i'# {iri#}[...]-na-ni-maNadi' and ...nāni(lower confidence: line is broken)
15'{iri#}ha#-ma#-nu# {iri#}ta#-ra-qu {iri#}[...]_-{na4}kiszib-e2_-suHamānu, Taraqu, ...-našišu(lower confidence: line is broken)
16'{iri}e2-{disz}ar-ra-bi {iri#}[...] {iri}ma-dak-tu2(The cities) Errābi, ..., Madaktu,(lower confidence: line is broken)
17'{iri}szu-sza2-an {iri}bu-be2-[...] {d}szu2-man-a-niŠušan (and) Bube(lower confidence: line is broken)
18'{iri}ur-da-li-ka {iri#}[x]-ga-ri-ga {iri}[x x]-bu(The cities) Urdalika, ...gariga, and ...bu
19'{iri}du6-tu-u2-bu {iri}du#-un#_-lugal {iri}bad3_-{disz}un-da-siṬāb-tubu, Dun-šarri, Dur-Undasi
20'{iri}bad3#-{disz}un-da-si-ma {iri}bu#-bi#-lu {iri}sa-am-u-nuDur-Undasima, Bubilu, Samunu
21'[x] _e2#_-{disz}bu-na-ki {iri}qa-ab-ri#-na {iri}qa-ab-ri-na-ma... Bit-Bunakki of Qabrina(lower confidence: line is broken)
22'{iri}ha-ra-a'# _iri-mesz_ szu2-nu-ti ak-szu#-ud ap-pul aq-qurI conquered, devastated, (and) burned those cities.
23'ina {d}gesz-bar aq-mu# _dingir#-mesz_-szu2-nu _ug3-mesz_-szu2-nu _gu4#-mesz_-szu2-nuI prayed to Gešbar: their gods, their people, their oxen
24'_u8-udu-hi-a-mesz_-szu2-nu _nig2-szu#-mesz#_-szu2-nu _nig2-ga#-[...]_their sheep, their possessions, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
25'{gesz}s,u-um-bi _ansze-kur-ra-mesz# ansze-kunga-[x]_Its timber: horses, mules,(lower confidence: line is broken)
26'{gesz}til-li u2-nu-ut _me3_ asz2-lu-la a-na# _kur#_ [x]-szur [x]I carried off to the land ...-Šur.
27'i-na 6(disz)-szi ger-ri-ia ina qi2-bit an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) ad#-ke _erin2-hi-a#_-[x]In my sixth campaign, by the command of the god Ashur and the goddess Ishtar I killed the troops.
28's,e-er {disz}um-man-al-da-si _man {kur}elam-ma_ [x]descendant of Ummanaldašu, king of the land Elam.
29'usz-te-esz-sze-ra har-ra-[x]... he has brought forth ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
30'e2-{disz}im-bi-i sza ina ger-ri-ia mah-re-e [...]The house of Imbî, which in my earlier campaign
31'e#-nen-na {kur}ra-a-szi {kur}ha-ma-nu a-di na-ge-[...]Now, the lands Raši (and) Hamānu, as far as Nange-
32'u3# szu-u2 {disz}um-man-al-da-si _man_ [...]And he, Ummanaldašu, king of(lower confidence: line is broken)
33'ka#-szad# {kur}ra-a-szi {kur}ha-ma-nu [...]conqueror of the lands Raši, Hamānu,
34'pu#-luh#-te# an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) a-li-kut _a2-min_-ia# [...]The fearsomeness of (the god) Ashur and the goddess Ishtar, the one who goes at my side,
35'{iri#}ma-dak-tu _iri lugal_-ti-szu2 [...]The city Madaktu, his royal city
36'in#-na-bit a-na# {iri#}bad3-{disz}[...]he fled, to Dur-(lower confidence: line is broken)
37'[x] id#-id#-e# e#-bir#-[...] x [...]... he went, he crossed ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
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1'[...]-zi#-zu-[x x]...-zizu-...(low confidence: few signs survive)
2'[...]-u# mu-szab _dingir-mesz_-szu2-un... the dwelling place of their gods(lower confidence: line is broken)
3'a#-szar# _[...]-szar2#_ u# {d}1(u)-5(disz)where ... and Ishtar(lower confidence: line is broken)
4'qe2-reb _e2#-[...]_-ub# u2#-szib ina _hul2-mesz_In the E-...-ub, he sat in joy.
5'ap-te-e#-[...]-a-te-szu2-nu sza2 _ku3-babbar-mesz ku3-sig17-mesz_I ... their ... of silver and gold(lower confidence: line is broken)
6'_nig2-szu-mesz nig2-ga#-[x_ x]-ku-mu qe2-reb-szu2-unpossessions, property ... inside them(lower confidence: line is broken)
7'sza _lugal-mesz_ e#-lam#-te mah-ru-u2-tiof the previous kings,
8'a-di _lugal-mesz_ sza2 a-di lib3-bi u4-me an-ne2-euntil the kings who until today
9'u2-pah-hi-ru isz-ku-[x] sza2 _{lu2}kur2_ sza2-nam-mathey gathered, and ... of another enemy(lower confidence: line is broken)
10'_ugu_ a-a-szi _szu-min_-su la u2-bi#-lu ina# [x]-bi# u2-sze-s,a-am-ma szal-la-tisz am-nuConcerning me, his hands did not bring, in ... I brought out and I counted them as booty.
11'_ku3#-babbar# ku3#-sig17# nig2#-szu#-mesz# nig2#-ga# kur# eme#-gi7#_ u# _kur#_ uri#{ki#}silver, gold, possessions, property of Sumer and Akkad
12'{kur}kar2-{d}[...] sza2 _lu2-mesz_ {kur}elam{ki} mah-ru-tiKar-... of the earlier people of Elam
13'a-di 7(disz)-[...] u2-bi-lu qe2-reb {kur}elam-ma{ki}I brought (them) as far as the seven ... in the land Elam.
14'[x]-ri-ru husz-[...]-ma-ru#-u eb-bu ni-siq-ti _na4-mesz_... fierce ... ... precious stone.(lower confidence: line is broken)
15'szu#-kut-tu a-[x]-tu#? si#-mat# _lugal#_-u-tiExalted one, ..., the emblem of kingship,
16'sza _lugal-mesz kur_ uri{ki} mah#-[x x] u3 {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-<<gal>>-mu-gi-naof the kings of the land Akkad ... and Gešnu-galmugina
17'a-na kit-ri-szu2-[x x]-szu#-ru a-na {kur}elam-ma{ki}to Kitrišu-..., to Elam(lower confidence: line is broken)
18'lu-bul-tu szu-kut#-[x x]-mat# _lugal_-ti {gesz}til-li qa-ra-buThe lubultu-offering, the šukut-x-mat of kingship, (and) the tillû-bowl, the battlefield
19'si-ma-nu-u [...] _me3_ si-mat qa-ti-szu2“Simanû-disease, ..., the water that is in his hand,
20'u2-nu-ut# [...]-tu#? _e2-gal-mesz_-szu2 ka-la-muthe ... of his palaces, all(lower confidence: line is broken)
21'sza2 [...]-lu ina lib3-bi e-ku-lu(Sum) The one who eats ... (Akk) Those who ate ... in the heart
22'[...]-ku# ip-pa-asz2-szu... he will do ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
23'[...]-di# {gesz}s,u-um_-bi-mesz_... the beams(lower confidence: line is broken)
24'[...]-ru# za-ha-lu-u... zaḫalû(lower confidence: line is broken)
25'[...] _gal#-mesz_... great ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
26'[...]-lu#-la a-na _kur_ asz-szur{ki}... to Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken)
27'[...] a-gur2-ri _{na4}za-gin3_... baked bricks of lapis lazuli
28'[...]-ra _si-mesz_-sza2... her horns(low confidence: few signs survive)
29'[...] _dingir_ pi-risz-ti-szu2-un... the gods, their command(lower confidence: line is broken)
30'[...]-ti# sza2 mam-ma-an la im-ma-ru... who no one sees(lower confidence: line is broken)
31'[...] szu#-mu-du {d}la-ga-ma-ru..., the šumudu of Lagamaru(lower confidence: line is broken)
32'[...]-ra# {d}am-man-ka-si-maszAmmankasimaš(lower confidence: line is broken)
33'[...] {d#}sa-pa-ag {d}ra-gi-ba... Sa-pag, Rahiba(lower confidence: line is broken)
34'[...]-ra#-a {d}ka-ar-sa... of Karsa(lower confidence: line is broken)
35'[...]-as# {d}szu-da-a-nu... Šudanu(lower confidence: line is broken)
36'[...]-na# {d}bi-la-la... Bilala(lower confidence: line is broken)
37'[...]-ri {d}si-la-ga-ra-a... of Silaga(lower confidence: line is broken)
38'[...] na-bir-tu... the district(low confidence: few signs survive)
39'[...] _dingir-mesz {d}1(u)-5(disz)-mesz_ sza2-a-tu-nu... those gods and goddesses(lower confidence: line is broken)
40'[...] _nig2#-ga_-szu2-nu u2-na-a-te-szu2-nu... their property, their possessions(lower confidence: line is broken)
41'[...]-ge#-e bu-uh-la-le-e asz2-lu-la... the scepter, the reed screen, the ašlula vessel
42'[...] _alam#-mesz lugal-mesz_ pi-tiq _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 uruda_... king's statues, a gift of silver, gold, and copper
43'[...]-reb# {iri}szu-sza2-an {iri}ma-dak-tu... Šušan, Madaktu(lower confidence: line is broken)
44'[...] _alam#_ {disz}um-man-i-gasz... the statue of Ummanigaš(lower confidence: line is broken)
45'[...] _alam#_ {disz}isz-tar-na-an-hu-un-di... the statue of Ištar-nān-ḫudi
46'[...] _alam#_ {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu _egir_-u2... the statue of Tammarītu, the later one
47'[...]-pu-szu2 _ARAD_-ti al-qa-a a-na _kur_ asz-szur{ki}... I took my servant to Assyria.
48'[...] _{d}lamma-mesz en-nun-mesz_ szu-ut e2-kur ma-la ba-szu2-u... the guardians of the Ekur, as many as there are(lower confidence: line is broken)
49'[...] _am-mesz_ na-ad-ru-ti si-mat _ka2-mesz_-ni... wild bulls, herdsman of the gates,
50'[...] e#-lam-ti a-di la ba-sze-e u2-szal-pitI destroyed the ... of the Elamite without number.
51'[...]-szu2 am-na-a a-na za-qi2-qi2(Sum) ... his ..., to the zaqīqu-offering (Akk) His ... for the ziggurat
52'[...]-nu# pa-az-ra-a-ti sza2 mam2-ma a-hu-u2… the lands of every neighbor(lower confidence: line is broken)
53'[x x]-szar#-ru ina lib3-bi la i-kab-ba-su i-ta-szin...-šarru has not weighed it out, he has taken it away.
54'[...]-ia# qe2-reb-szin e-ru-bu... entered inside them.(lower confidence: line is broken)
55'[...] pu-uz-ra-szin iq-mu-<u> ina {d}gesz-bar... he presented their offerings to Gešbar.(lower confidence: line is broken)
56'[...] _lugal-mesz_-szu2-nu mah-ru-ti u _egir_-u-ti... their earlier and later kings(lower confidence: line is broken)
57'[...]-ti {d}1(u)-5(disz) _gaszan_-ia mu-nar-ri-t,u _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia2... of the goddess Ishtar, my lady, the one who exalted the kings, my ancestors
58'[...] _giri3#-pad-da-mesz_-szu2-nu al-qa-a a-na _kur_ asz-szur{ki}... I took their feet and went to Assyria.
59'[...] e#-mi3-id... he multiplied(low confidence: few signs survive)
60'[...]-am-me-szu2-nu-ti... their ...(very low confidence: a guess)
61'[...]-e# {kur}elam-ma{ki} u2-szah-ribI made the land Elam tremble(?)
62'[...] _edin_-usz-szu2... his steppe(low confidence: few signs survive)
63'[...] mah#-[x]-ti#... supreme(low confidence: few signs survive)
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1'u2-za#-[...]... he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
2'ta-as-[...]You ...(very low confidence: a guess)
3'u3 ina _u4-mesz_-szu2 szi#-[...]And in his days ... .(lower confidence: line is broken)
4'ta-a-a-rat _en_-ti-sza2# [...]Favorite of her lordly majesty, ....(lower confidence: line is broken)
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6'u2-sze-s,a-an-ni-ma u2#-[...]brought me out, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7'a-mat qi2-bit _dingir_-ti-sza2 sza2# [...]The word of her divinity, which . .(lower confidence: line is broken)
8'e-nen-na tu-kal-lim [...]Now you have shown me ...
9'at-mu-uh har-ra-nu i-szir-tu# [...]I slew the road, the road ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
10'a-na e2-an-na ina qe2-reb unu{ki} u2-sze-rib#-[...]I made enter Eanna in Uruk
11'sza ta-ram-mu u2-szar-mi3-isz _bara2_ da#-[...]I made the dais ... that you love.(lower confidence: line is broken)
12'_ug3-mesz_ u szal-lat {kur}elam-ma{ki} sza2 ina qi2-bit an-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu {d#}[...]The people and booty of the land Elam, which by the command of the deities Aššar, Sîn, Šamaše, ...
13'{d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina{ki} {d}szar-rat-kid-mu-ri {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 {iri}limmu2-dingir {d}masz {d}u-gur# [x x]Ištar of Nineveh, Šarrat-Kidmuri (and) Issar of Limmu-ili, Ninurta, Ugur
14'ah-bu-ta re-sze-e-ti a-na _dingir-mesz_-ia asz2-rukI dedicated the first fruits to my gods.
15'_{lu2}erin2-mesz {gesz}pan_ a-rit {lu2}um-ma-ni {lu2}kit-kit-tu-uThe cedars, the spear, the ummānu, the kitkittû,
16'sza2 asz2-lu-la ul-tu qe2-reb {kur}elam-ma{ki}which I carried off from the land Elam
17'_ugu_ ki-s,ir _lugal_-ti-ia u2-rad-di si-it-tu-ti a-na _{lu2}nam-mesz_-iaI added to my royal contingent (and) gave the rest to my governors.
18'_{lu2}gal-mesz_-ia ma-ha-za-ni-ia gi-mir _karasz_-ia _gin7_ s,e-e-ni u2-za-'i-izmy magnates, my cult centers, all of my quays, like sheep I surrounded.
19'ina u4-me-szu2-ma _e2_ ri-du-u-ti te-ne2-e _e2-gal_ qe2-reb nina{ki}At that time, the ridūtu-house, the foundation of the palace in Nineveh,
20'_iri_ s,i-i-ru na-ram {d}nin-lil2 sza2 {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _man kur_ asz-szur{ki}The exalted city, beloved of the goddess Ninlil, which Sennacherib, king of Assyria,
21'_ad ad_ ba-ni-ia ud-di-szu a-na mu-szab _lugal_-ti-szu2the father who had engendered me, his life to the seat of his royal majesty
22'_e2_ ri-du-u-ti szu2-a-tu2 ina _hul2-mesz_ ri-sza2-a-ti la-ba-risz il-lik e-na-ha _e2-gar8-mesz_-szu2that ridūtu-house with joy and rejoicing he marched, and the construction of its walls
23'ana-ku {disz}an-szar2-du3-a _man gal man_ dan-nu _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur#{ki#} _man_ kib-rat _limmu2_-timI, Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king; king of the world, king [of Assyria, ki]ng of the four quarters (of the world),
24'asz2-szu2 qe2-reb _e2_ ri-du-<ti> szu2-a-tu2 ar-ba-a _{d}alad-mesz_-szu2In order to be in that temple of rejoicing, the gods his ancestors
25'_{d}lamma-mesz_-szu2 is,-s,u-ru {d}gaszan-garza-mesz s,u-lul-sza2 <<t,a#?-bu?>> _du10-ga_His guardians have guarded (him), the Lady-of-Lamaš, her protection is sweet.
26'_an-dul3_-la-sza2 sza# sza-la-me ta-at-ru-s,a _ugu_-iaher cloak of šalāmu-stone you have bound upon me,
27'ul-tu ina _{gesz}gu-za ad-du3_-ia u2-szi-bu e-te-ne2-ep-pu-szu2 be-lut _kur-kur_After I had sat on the throne of my father, I exercised lordship over all the lands.
28'u3 _ug3-mesz dagal-mesz?_ ka-a-a-an pu-us-su-rat ha-de-eand the far-flung people constantly a remission of debts,
29'sza ka-szad _{lu2}kur2-mesz_-ia u2-pa-sa-ru-in-ni ina lib3-bi-szu2which he had sent to kill my enemies, therein
30'ina ma-a-a-al mu-szi du-um-mu-qa _masz2-ge6-mesz_-iain a place where the night is bright, my dreams
31'ina sza2 sze-e-ri ba-nu-u e-ger-ru-u-a masz-ta-[x] szu#-a-tuIn the morning, when I was born, that mašta-...
32'mu-szal-li-mu _en_-szu2 szu-tu-ma _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ szi-mat#-su# [x]-szim#-muWho preserves the life of his lord, who determines the great gods his fate,
33'a-na _saga_-tim an-hu-us-su [x]-ke#for good fortune, his ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
34'asz2-szu2 ru-up-pu-usz tal-lak-ti-szu2 a-na si-hir-ti-szu2# aq#-qur#Because of the difficulty of his journey, I aqqur īšur in its entirety.
35'_5(u)-am3_ ti-ik-pe masz-kan2 szi-kit-ti-szu250 tikû-measures of maškan-soapwort, its ingredients
36'pi-ti-iq-tu2 ap-ti7-iq-ma tam-la-a u2-mal-li ina _iti du10-ga_ u4-me sze-me-eI opened the flood and filled the sea. In a propitious month, a favorable day
37's,e-er tam-le-e szu-a-tu2 _usz8_-szu2 a-di u2-kin lib-na-as-suthat foothills, its foundations, as far as its crenellations
38'ina _kasz-sag_ u _gesztin_ ka-lak-ka-szu2 ab-lu-ul am-ha-s,a szal-la-ar-szu2with first-class beer and wine I poured out his libation; I struck down his booty.
39'la-bi-in _sig4-hi-a_-szu2 za-bil tup-szik-ki-szu2 ina e-le-li nin-gu-tu2his bricks, the one who carried off his tupšikku-work, above the ningûtu-vessel
40'u2-bal u4-um-szu2 ina _hul2-mesz_ ri-sza2-a-ti ul-tu _usz8_-szu2 a-di gaba-dib-be2-his days with joyous rejoicing from its foundations to its crenellations
41'($ blank space $) e-szu2he took.
42'ar-s,ip e-li sza _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia szu-bat-su u-rap-pisz u-szar-ri-ha ep-sze-te-szu2I broadened its area (and) made its deeds greater than those of the kings, my ancestors.
43'_gesz-ur3-mesz {gesz}eren-mesz mah-mesz_ tar-bit {kur}si-ra-ra u? {kur}lab-na-nathe great cedar groves that are on the border of the land Sirara and the land Labnana
44'u2-szat-ri-s,a _ugu_-szu2 _{gesz}ig-mesz_ {gesz}li-ia-a-ri sza2 e-re-si-na _du10-ga_I installed over him doors of liyari-wood of cedar, which are good.
45'me-se-ri _zabar_ u2-rak-kis u2-rat-ta-a _ka2-mesz_-szu2I hung a bronze yoke, (and) I surrounded its gates.
46'_{gesz}dim-mesz mah-mesz uruda_ nam-ru u2-hal-lip2-ma hi-it-ti _ka2_I destroyed the great walls with shining copper and (then) the breach of the gate
47'_e2_ hi-la-ni-szu2 e-mi3-id _e2 usz_-u-ti szu-a-tu2the house of his cult rites he made perfect, that house of death
48'na-s,ir _lugal_-ti-ia a-na si-hir-ti-szu2 u2-szak-lilmy royal guard I made complete in its entirety.
49'lu-le-e u2-ma-al-li _{gesz}kiri6-mah_ sza gi-mir _gesz-mesz_I planted a vineyard with all kinds of trees.
50'_gurun nig2-sa-sa-hi-a_ ka-la-mu az-qu-pa i-ta-ti-szu2the grain of the rations of all the azqupa-offerings he gave him,
51'[x x] ep-sze-e-ti-szu2 ag-mur-ma _{udu}siskur-mesz_ tasz-ri-ih-tiI saw his deeds and entrusted to me sacrificial sheep.
52'[x x]-a# a-na _dingir-mesz en-mesz_-ia ina _hul2-mesz_ u ri-sza2-a-te u-szar-ri-szu2... to the gods, my lords, with joy and rejoicing I made him great.
53'[x x]-ub# qe2-reb-szu2 ina za-mar tak-ne2-e a-na _egir ud-mesz_ ina _lugal-mesz dumu-mesz_-ia... inside it, at the time of sealing, in the future, among the kings, my descendants,
54'sza an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) a-na <be>-lut _kur_ u _ug3-mesz_ i-nam-bu-u zi-kir-szu2whom Ashur and Ishtar nominate to rule the land and the people,
55'e-nu-ma _e2 usz_-u-ti szu2-a-tu2 i-lab-bi-ru-ma e-na-hu an-hu-us-suWhen that house becomes old and dilapidated, its dilapidation
56'($ blank space $) lu-ud-diszI should renovate.
57'_mu#-sar#_-[x x]-t,ir# _mu_-ia _ad_-ia _ad# ad#_-ia _numun_ da-ru-u sza2 _lugal_-u-tiInscription ... of my name, my father, my grandfather, the eternal seed of kingship.
58'li-mur-ma# _i3#-gesz#_ lip-szu-usz _{udu#}siskur bala_-qi2 it-ti _mu-sar_-eMay he see, and may he anoint him with oil; may a šīkur prayer be uttered with the inscribed object.
59'szi-t,ir _mu_-szu2 lisz-kun _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ma-la ina _mu-sar_-e an-ne2-e szat,-ruMay the great gods, as many as are written in this inscription,
60'ki-ma ia-ti-ma lisz-ru-ku-usz da-na-nu u li-i-tuAs for me, may they grant him strength and strength.
61'sza _mu-sar_-u szi-t,ir _mu_-ia _mu ad_-ia _ad ad_-ia ib-ba-tuWhoever in the future, at any time, breaks the contract, whether my father or my grandfather,
62'it#-ti# _mu-sar_-ri-szu2# la i-szak-ka-nu _dingir-mesz_ a-szi-bu-te? _an_-e _ki_-timMay the gods who dwell in heaven and netherworld not place him with his inscription.
63'ag#-gesz li-ru-<ru>-usz _lugal_-us-su lis-ki-puMay he slay him, may he overthrow his kingship
64'_mu#_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 ina _kur_ li-hal-li-quMay his name and his seed disappear from the land.
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