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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 160, ex. 001 (P393885)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 160, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393885 |
| 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 | {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _man kur_ asz-[szur]{ki#} e-pisz s,a-lam an-szar2 u3 _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | Sennacherib, king of Assyria, the one who fashioned image(s) of (the god) Aššar and the great gods: |
| 2 | _e2#_ a-ki-it _edin_ sza2 _ezen#_ [qe2-re-ti] sza2# ul#-tu _u4-mesz su3-mesz_ im-ma-szu-u | The akītu-house in the steppe of the qēru-festival, which since distant days had been built, |
| 3 | [ina] bi#-ri# qi2-bit {d}utu u {d}[iszkur _du3_-usz? e2-a?-ab?]-ba#?-ug5-ga _e2_ ka-mu-u tam#?-tim# _mu_-szu2 am-bi | By the command of the gods Šamaš and Adad I built Eabbagga, the kammû-house of the sea, its name. |
| 4 | _mu e2_ pa-pa-hi-szu2 e2-dub3-dub3#-ab#-[ba _e2_ mu-ri?]-ib#? ki-s,ir tam-tim ni-bit-su az-kur | year: “The house of his cella, the Edubdubabba, (the) house of Murib, the boundary of the Sea, his cult object, I brought to an end. |
| 5 | _ka2#-gal zabar husz-a_ sza2 ma-la a-ga-sa#-[lak-ki ina] szi-pir {d}simug | By the craft of the god Simug, I erected the massive bronze gate that is as wide as the Agasallakku. |
| 6 | [u] nik-lat _ni2_-ia u2-sze-pisz-ma s,a-lam [an-szar2 sza2 a-na _sza3_ ti-amat] s,al-ti _du_-ku | I had a statue of the god Ashur, who went to the city Tiamat, made a figurine of myself. |
| 7 | _{gesz#}pan#_ ki-i sza2 na-szu-u2 ina _{gesz}gigir_ sza2 ra-ak-bu a-bu-bu# [sza2 s,a]-an#-du | The bow, like one brought, is in a chariot that is fastened with a rope. |
| 8 | {d}mar-tu sza2 a-na mu-kil ap-pa-a-ti it-ti-szu2 rak-bu a-na# [_ugu_] pi#-i sza2 {d}utu u {d}iszkur | Martu, who with him is the one who binds the ears, according to the command of the gods Šamaš and Adad, |
| 9 | ina bi-ri iq#-bu#-nim-ma s,e-er _ka2-gal_ sza2-a-szu2 e-s,ir _dingir-[mesz_ ma-la] ina _igi_-szu2 _du_-ku | They said to me in the middle of the night: "Open that gate!" The gods, as many as are in front of him, went out. |
| 10 | u3 _egir_-szu2 _du_-ku sza2 ru-ku-bu rak-bu sza2 ina _giri3-min_-szu2-<nu> _du_-ku man#-[zal-ta-szu2]-nu# ki-i sza2 ina _igi an-szar2_ | And afterwards, he will do as he deems best. Whoever breaks the contract and places it on their feet, they will exercise their authority as before Ashur. |
| 11 | si-id-ru u _egir an-szar2_ si-id-ru ti-amat _<en>_ nab-nit# [qer-bi]-szu2# sza2 an-szar2 _man dingir-mesz_ | and after Ashur, sidru of Tiamat, the lord, the creator of his interior, which Ashur king of the gods |
| 12 | a-na lib3-bi-szu2 s,al-ti il-la-ku a-na _ugu#_ pi#-i sza2 {d}utu u {d}iszkur s,e-er _ka2-gal_ sza2-a-szu2 e-s,ir | In order to save him, he went to the mouth of the gods Šamaš and Adad. He erected that gate. |
| 13 | si-it-ti _dingir-mesz_ sza2 ina _giri3-min_-szu2-nu il-la-ku ina _ugu_ pi-i sza2# {d}utu u {d}iszkur | The rest of the gods who go at their feet by the command of Šamaš and Adad |
| 14 | _kimin#?_ a-di la-a an-szar2 ti-amat i-kam-mu-u u2-ma-ma-a-nu sza2 ti-amat i-na-asz2-sza2-a | “As long as he does not know Aššar and Tiamat, he will bring the omens of Tiāmat. |
| 15 | [x x? _x]-mesz#_-szu2 i-nam-di-nu ki-i an-ni#-i ina _giri3-min_-szu2-nu i-du-ul-lu | his ...s they shall give, and as follows they shall carry out the procedures against them: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x x] x [x x?] sza2# it-te-szu2-nu la es,-[ru a-na] _ugu#_ pi#-i sza2 {d}utu u {d}iszkur# la e-s,ir# | [......] who with them has not been kept in good order, nor has he been keeping the word of Šamaš and Adad. |
| 2 | [a]-na# _ka2#-gal#_ szu#-a-ti asz2-t,u-ru-ma# [...] _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 zabar#_ sze-er-hisz# | I wrote to that gate and ... silver, gold, and bronze. |
| 3 | ul#-ziz# u2-nu-ut _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 zabar# [husz-a_] he#-pu-u ul-tu _ugu_ 1(disz) _lim gun#_ | From 1 thousand talents of silver, gold, (and) reddish bronze |
| 4 | a-di 1(disz) _gin2_ szub-szu-lim-ma a-ha-mesz s,a-ba-tu mu-nak-kil nik-la-te-szu2-nu | together with one shekel of šub-szulimma, and together captured, the one who entrusted to them, |
| 5 | s,a-bit pit2-qi2-szu2-nu a-le-'e-e a-na-ku szum-ma sza2 bu-szul sza2 _zabar_ sza2-a-szu2 | I am the one who is responsible for their work. If he is a bronze child-bearing child |
| 6 | a#-na qip-ti la ta-szak-kan at-mi _lugal dingir-mesz an-szar2 dingir_ ba-ni-ia | Do not place it in my hand! O king of the gods, Ashur, the god who created me, |
| 7 | szum#-ma a-szar mal2-t,a-ru an-nu-u2 szat,-ru u masz-kan2 s,a-lam an-szar2 u s,a-lam _dingir-mesz_ | If in the place of this inscription, it is written and checked: image of Ashur and image of the gods. |
| 8 | ma-la it-ti-szu2 a-na _sza3_ ti-amat s,al-ti il-la-ku es,-ru la pit2-qa szu-u2 | as much as he with him to Tiamat, a robbery they shall carry out; he is an insubmissive one. |
| 9 | la a-na-ku u2-szab-szi-lu a-na it-hu-ra-nu-ti asz2-szu2 li-ih-ha-kim | I do not dwell there, (but) they are bringing them to me. Because of this, let them be held back. |
| 10 | _an-na_ ina lib3-bi usz-sza2-am-id ina _sza3_ an-nim-ma hi-kim ki-i pit2-qa szu-u ana-ku u2-szab-szi-lu | “It made the heavens tremble in it. In this place, the fault is as if it was a pitfall. I made them rise up. |
| 11 | s,a-lam an-szar2 sza2 a-na _sza3_ ti-amat s,al-ti _du_-ku s,a-lam {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _man kur_ asz-szur | The statue of (the god) Aššar, who in Tiamat a robbery committed, the statue of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, |
| 12 | {d}szar2-ur4 {d}szar2-gaz {d}ka3-ka3 {d}nusku {d}di#-ku5# {d}tiszpak {d}masz sza2 _bad3_ | the deities Šar-ur (and) Shargaz, Kakka, Nusku, Diku, Tišpak, Ninurta of the wall |
| 13 | {d}ku3-su3 {d}ha-ia3 {d}_7(disz)-bi_ an-nu-ti _dingir-mesz_ sza2 ina _igi an-szar2_ il-la-ku | Kusu, Haya, these seven gods who go before Ashur: |
| 14 | {d}nin-lil2 {d}sze-ru-u'3-a {d}sin {d}nin-gal {d}utu {d}a-a {d}gur2-kur | Ninlil, Šeru'a, Sîn, Ningal, Utu, Aya, Gurkur, |
| 15 | {d}a-num an-tum {d}iszkur {d}sza-la {d}e2-a {d}dam#-[qi2-na ...] | Anu, Antu, Adad, Šala, Ea, Damqina |
| 16 | {d}be-let_-dingir-mesz {d}masz_ an-nu-ti _dingir-mesz_ sza2 _egir an-[szar2 du]_-ku# | the goddesses Bēlet-ilī and Ninurta, these are the gods who go after Ashur. |
| 17 | _{gesz#}tukul_ ka-szi-du ina _{gesz}gigir an-szar2_ szak-nu | “With a mighty weapon, in the chariot of the god Aššar, |
| 18 | ti#-amat a-di nab-nit qer-bi-szu2 | Tiamat, together with the nabnitu-demon inside it |
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