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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 116, ex. 001 (P393783)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 116, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393783 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] ana be-el-ti-sza2 ul i-szem-[me] | ... does not listen to her lady.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2' | [_dingir-mesz_-szi-na i-bu-ka-ma i-me-sza2 {d}isz-tar-szin par-s,i-szi]-na u2-masz-szi-ra-ma sza2-na-tim-ma ir-ka-ba | their gods roared and cried out: “Ištar of their rites he abandoned, and in the future he established |
| 3' | [...]-tu szur-szu-u2 a-sak-ku ak-lu | “ ... is high, the asakku-disease is thick. |
| 4' | [... sat-tuk]-ku u2-szab-t,a-lu u2-szab-szu-u2 ri-kil-tu2 | ... they made the sattukku-offerings plentiful, they made them plentiful. |
| 5' | [...] _szu-min_-su-nu u2-bi-lu-u-ma im-szu-'u _nig2-szu-mesz_-szu2 | ... they brought their hands, and they carried off his possessions. |
| 6' | [... qe2]-reb _e2-kur_ a-na {kur}e-lam-ti ip-szu-ru ma-hi-risz | ... in the Ekur they turned into the land Elam. |
| 7' | [... {d}]en-lil2 ip-pa-lis-ma e-zi-iz lib3-ba-szu2 ka-bat-tusz is,-s,a-ri-ih | ... Enlil looked at him and his heart became frightened. |
| 8' | [... a]-na sa-pah _kur_ u _ug3-mesz_ ik-ta-pu-ud le-mut-tu | ... to the midst of the land and people he smote. Evil |
| 9' | [... _ug3]-mesz_-sza2 lib-bu-usz e-ziz-ma ar-rat ma-ru-usz-ti isz-sza2-kin ina pi-i-szu2 | ... her people he left and a terrible curse was placed in his mouth. |
| 10' | [... _a2-mesz hul_]-tim ma-gal it-ta-nab-sza2-a sza ha-laq mit-har-tim | ... the great mercies of evil have been imposed upon me, that have been destroyed. |
| 11' | [...] szu-ut {d}e2-a man-za-su-nu u2-lam-mi3-nu usz-ta-nak-la-mu _geszkim-mesz_ szal-pu2-ti | ... of Ea, their positions he made perfect, they constantly swore by the deeds of destruction |
| 12' | [...] _ki_ mit-ha-risz it-ta-nak-ki-ra i-da-a-ti-sza2 | ... he constantly seeks out the place of her birth. |
| 13' | [... a]-gu-u szam-ru e-du-u ez-zu _illu_ kasz-szu tam-szil a-bu-bi ib-bab-lam-ma | ... a rising flood, a roaring storm, an angry flood, and a flood-wave blew. |
| 14' | _iri_ [... _a]-mesz_ usz-bi-i'-ma u2-sze-mi u2-szal-lisz | I surrounded the city ... with water and heard (its) utterances. |
| 15' | _dingir-[mesz ... is,]-s,u-risz ip-par-szu2-ma e-lu-u2 sza2-ma-mesz | The gods ... were frightened, they looked at him, and they became angry with each other. |
| 16' | _{d}alad-mesz [{d}lamma-mesz_ ... ip-par-szi]-id-du-ma i-ta-nam-gi-szu2 a-ha-a-ti | the gods, the lamassu-gods, , he smote him, and he became angry with him. |
| 17' | _ug3-mesz_ a-szib [... in-nar-qu]-ma ina er-s,e-et la i-du-u2 e-hu-zu pu-uz-ra-te | The people who dwell ... were scattered and did not know the netherworld; they became afraid. |
| 18' | a-di _u4-mesz_ im-[lu-u lib3-bi _en gal_]-e {d}marduk i-nu-hu-ma a-na _kur_ sza e-ni-nu ir-szu-u2 sa-li-mu | until the days had passed, the heart of the great lord, the god Marduk, became frightened and to the land which had become enraged, well-being |
| 19' | 1(gesz2) 1(u) _mu-an-na-mesz_ im-[lu-u2 ... 1(u) 1(disz)? _mu-an-na]-mesz_ esz-t,ur-ma re-e-mu ir-szi-ma iq-ta-bi a-hu-lap | 100 years he ruled ... 11 years I wrote and a merciful word he took and said: “Aḫumlap |
| 20' | ia-a-ti {disz}{d}asz-[szur-szesz-szum2-na ...] mu-du-u2 pu-luh-ti _dingir_-ti-szu2 _gal_-ti | As for me, Ashur-aḫa-iddina , the one who knows the fear of his great divinity, |
| 21' | ina re-esz [... _{gesz}]gu-za sanga_-ti u2-szi-bu-ma a-ge-e be-lu-ti a-pi-ru-um-ma | At the beginning of , the throne of the priests sat down, and the crown of lordship was raised up. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [... isz-szak-na]-nim-ma sza szu-szu-ub _iri_ u _e2_ usz-ta-nak-la-man-ni _saga_-tu _a2_ | ... he placed me, and the one who abandons a city and a house has kept me awake: good health. |
| 2 | [... u2-qar]-rib-ma a-szar {d}utu ul-tap-pa-a i-zi-iz ba-il3 zi-mu-szu2 sa-[a-mu] | [... he] entrusted [to me] and, where the god Šamaš had commanded, stood (and) carried off his life. |
| 3 | [... _szeg3]-mesz_ t,ah2-du-ti _illu-mesz_ sad-ru-[ti ...] _gal2-mesz_ | ... heavy rains, heavy floods, great ... |
| 4 | [... ni]-s,ir-ti ik-szu-dam-ma [ina ...] | ... he reached the highest rank and in ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | [...] e-pe-szi gesz-kim-ma _saga_-tim u2-szak-[li-ma ...] | ... to do, by the command of good fortune, I completed and ... |
| 6 | [... ku-tu-un]-ni _bala_-ia szur-szu-du _{gesz}gu-za sanga_-ti-ia an-nu [...] | ... my dynasty, my supreme reign, the throne of my priesthood this ... |
| 7 | [... ha]-sis-si pal-ke-e sza isz-ru-[ka ...] | ... a reed fence that he had given to you ... |
| 8 | [... esz-re-e]-ti-szu2 nu-um-mur ma-ha-zi ina uz-ni-ia [ib-szi-ma usz-ta-bi-la ka-bat]-ti | ... of his shrines, he did not see the cult center. He erected a temple in my womb and brought it to my attention. |
| 9 | [... ak]-kud-ma sza {d}utu {d}iszkur {d}marduk _di-ku5-gal dingir-[mesz en-mesz_-ia ak-ta-mis ma]-har-szu2-un | [... I knelt down and] before them I imposed upon them the judgments of the gods Šamaš, Adad, (and) Marduk, the judges of [the gods, my lords]. |
| 10 | [... _a2_]-ti _saga_-tim isz-szak-nu-nim-ma sza szu-szu-ub _iri_ ud-du-[usz ...] u2-sza2-asz2-t,i-ru a-mu-ti | ... they placed a good omen upon me and I rebuilt that which had fallen into the city. ... I wrote my name. |
| 11 | [... at-kal]-ma ad-ke-ma gi-mir _erin2 hi-a_-ia u {kur}kar2-{d}dun-ia2-asz3 tup-szik-ku u al-[lu] u2-szat-rik-szu2-nu-ti | I grasped ... and I cast down and I made all of my labor-troops and the land Karduniaš (Babylonia) into box-carrying baskets and baskets. |
| 12 | [...] mu-tin-ni szi-kar _kur_-i ab-lu-la ta-ra-ah-husz | ... my husband, the beer of the mountain I poured out for you. |
| 13 | [ina _... {gesz}mes-ma2-kan]-na ad-me-kar2_ a-na ne2-ri-sza2 u2-szal-bi-na li-bit-tusz | In ... I made the meskannu-tree (and) the admikar-wood sit at its base. |
| 14 | [... _{lu2}]szitim-gal_-li le-'u-u2-ti mu-kin-nu gesz-hur-ri 1(disz)-nisz u2-pah-hi-ir-ma | ... the chief builder, the one who establishes the divine plans, he combined them together, and |
| 15 | [...] usz-szi-szu2 ad-di-ma u2-kin lib-na-as-su | ... I laid its foundations and firmly established its foundation(s). |
| 16 | [... u2-nak]-ki-la ni-kil-tusz tam-szil szit,-ri-szu2 es,-s,i-ra is,-rat-su | ... he cut off [his] protective spirit, a replica of his inscribed object, (and) [destroyed] him. |
| 17 | [... {gesz}]as-li _gal_-ti ki-i gesz-hur-ri-szu2 mah-ri-i mi-szi-ih-ta-szu2 am-szu-uh | ... the great aslu-tree, according to its original design, I trimmed its entirety. |
| 18 | [...] te-me-en-szu2 ki-ma szu-pu-uk _kur_-i dan-ni u2-dan-nin | ... his foundations strengthened like a strong mountain. |
| 19 | [...]-lu-ti ki-ma sza2 u4-me pa-ni szi-kit-ta-szu2 ab-ni | ... as in days gone by, I laid its foundations. |
| 20 | [... s,u-up]-pan _usz_ asz2-lu s,u-up-pan _sag-ki_ ki-ma mah-rim-ma e-pu-[usz] | ... he will die of hunger. I made a crown of the forehead like before. |
| 21 | [... _dingir-mesz] gal-mesz_ u3 {d}kulla _en_ usz-szi _sig4 {udu}siskur-mesz ku3-mesz bal_ | the great gods and Kulla, the lord of the assembly, the bricks, the silver offerings |
| 22 | [...]-a _gesztin_ ku-ru-un-ni usz-szi-szu2-un ad-di-ma u2-kin te-me-en-[szun] | ... wine I poured over them and established their foundations. |
| 23 | [...] {na4}s,a-lam-ti ta-nit-ti _en gal_-e _en_-ia [asz-t,ur] | ... I wrote a statue of the love of the great lord, my [lord]. |
| 24 | [... ab]-ni-ma asz2-tak-[ka-nu si-ma-a]-te qe2-reb-szu2-un | ... I erected and placed in their midst statues of myself. |
| 25 | [... ki-du]-de-e-szu2 szu-qu-ru-ti [a-na asz]-ri-szu2-nu u2-ter-ma | I restored its dilapidated sections to their places. |
| 26 | [... asz]-kun | ... I established.(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 27 | [...] _hu_ [...] | |
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