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RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 010, ex. 001 (P393931)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 010, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393931 |
| 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)
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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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | [{disz}{d}]3(u)#-pap-mesz-su _man gal_-u _man_ dan-nu _man_ kisz-sza2-ti _man kur_ asz-szur{ki} | Sin-ahhešu, great king, strong k[ing], king of the world, [king of Assyria] |
| 2 | [_man_ kib-rat _limmu2_]-tim# mut-tar-ru-u2 _ug3-mesz dagal-mesz#_ | king of the four quarters (of the world), the one who makes wide the peoples, |
| 3 | [e-pisz s,a-lam _an-szar2_ {d}a-nim {d}3(u) {d}utu] {d#}iszkur {d}u-gur {d}isz#-[tar] | the one who fashioned image(s) of the deities Aššar, Anu, Sin, Utu, Adad, Nergal, (and) Ishtar |
| 4 | [sza _e2_-kid-mu-ri ...] | of the Kidmuri temple ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | [...] | |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [... sza2 _ugu lugal-mesz_ a-szib _bara2_ nu]-'u#-u2#-da-at be-lut#-su# | ... which is not acceptable to kings who sit on dais, his lordship |
| 9 | [tukul-ti _kur_-szu2 na-a'-id _muru2_ u3 _me3_ s,u-lu-lu] _erim# hi-a_-szu2 a-na-ku | the support of his land, the protection of the city and the battle, the exhaustion of his troops, I |
| 10 | [... sza]-an#-da-bak-ku sza mi-nu-ut _nig2-ka9_-su#-x | ... the sandbakku-vessel of what his account ... |
| 11 | [...] {d#}ha-ia3 _dingir_-szu2-nu u2-szar-qu-x | ... Haya, their gods, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | [...]-szi#-na _dingir-mesz gal-mesz#_ | ... the great gods(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | [... ina qi2]-bi#-ti _dingir-mesz_ a-na te#-em#-me#-en#-ni# | ... by the command of the gods to hear me, |
| 14 | [...]-x-szu2 ina mah-ri-ia# | ... before me(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | [...] x _e2?_ x rim-me pa me kal x | ... ... the house(?) ..., all ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16 | [...] e#-pisz {d}ha-ia3 | ... work of Haya(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17 | [x] x lu? x [...] x e#?-pisz# me#-e#-si# | ... he made ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 18 | ul#-tu# _usz8_-szu2 a-di gaba-dib-bi-szu2# ar#-[s,ip] u2#-szak#-lil#-[szu-ma] | I built and completed it from its foundations to its crenellations. |
| 19 | {d}ha-ia3 _dingir_ sza _{lu2}dub-sar-mesz_ u2-szar-ma-a# [qe2-reb-szu2?] | Ḫaya, the god of the scribes, made me dwell inside it. |
| 20 | te-em-me-en-na at-ta sza {disz}{d}3(u)-pap-mesz-su _man kur_ asz-szur{ki} ra#?-'i#?-[im ki-na-a-ti] | You are the sage of Sin-ahhešu, king of Assyria, who loves truth |
| 21 | e-pisz s,a-lam _an-szar2_ u3 _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ba-an _e2_ da-me-eq-ta-szu2 a-na _an-[szar2?_ qi2-bi] | the creation of the image of (the god) Ashur and the great gods, the building of his temple, to the god Ashur say: |
| 22 | _dumu-mesz_-szu2 _dumu dumu-mesz_-szu2 it-ti s,al-mat _sag-du_ li-ku-nu a-na du-ur da-a#-[ri] | his sons and his grandsons with the black-headed people may they establish forever. |
| 23 | a-a-um-ma _nun_-u _egir_-u2 sza _an-szar2_ a-na _sipa_-ut _kur_ u _ug3-mesz#_ | May any future ruler whom Ashur to the shepherd of the land and the people |
| 24 | i-nab-bu-u _mu_-szu2 sza ina _bala_-szu2 _e2_ szu-a-tu2 in-na-hu | whose name in his reign that house will be destroyed |
| 25 | an-hu-us-su lu-disz _mu-sar_-u2 li-mur-ma _i3-gesz_ lip-szu-usz | May he repair its dilapidated section(s) (and) anoint (it) with oil. |
| 26 | _{udu}siskur_ liq-qi2 ina asz2-ri-szu2 lisz-kun asz-szur u3 {d}isz-tar ik-ri-bi-szu2 i-szem-mu#?-[u?] | May a šakku-offering be offered, may it be placed in his place. May Ašsūr and Ishtar hear his prayers. |
| 27 | mu-nak-kir3 _mu-sar_-a-a da-a-a-i-s,i a-ma-ti-ia _an-szar2 man dingir-mesz_ u _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | Who alters my inscribed object, who changes my words, Ashur, king of the gods, and the great gods |
| 28 | sza _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim ar-rat la nap-szu-ri ma-ru-usz-tu2 li-ru-ru-szu-ma | of heaven and netherworld may a curse that cannot be undone curse him, and |
| 29 | _lugal_-su lis-ki-pu _ti-la_-szu2 li-ki-mu-szu2 _mu_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 _nunuz_-szu2 na-an-nab-szu2 ina pi-i _ug3-mesz_ li-hal-li-qu | his king may they overthrow, his life may they erase, his name, his seed, his offspring, his nannû-disease may they destroy by the mouth of the people. |
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