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RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 024, ex. 002 ? (P393958)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 024, ex. 002 ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P393958 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | [{disz}{d}en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba] _lugal gal lugal#_ [dan-nu] | [Sennacherib, great king, strong king] |
| 2 | [_lugal_ kisz-sza2-ti _lugal kur_ asz-szur]{ki} _lugal_ [kib-rat _limmu2_-tim] | [king of the world, king of Assyria], king [of the four quarters (of the world)]: |
| 3 | [_re-e2-um_ it-pe-szu] mi#-gir _dingir-mesz# [gal-mesz_] | The shepherd, the favorite of the great gods, |
| 4 | [na-s,ir kit-ti ra-'i]-im mi#-[sza2-ri] | who guards truth and justice, |
| 5 | [e-pisz u2-sa-a-ti a-lik] tap#-pu-ut [a-ki-i] | I performed the utensils and marched alongside them. |
| 6 | [sa-hi-ru dam-qa-a-ti] et,#-lum [git2-ma-lum] | Good substitute, perfect man, |
| 7 | [zi-ka-ru qar-du a-sza2]-red kal# [mal-ki] | mighty warrior, foremost of all rulers, |
| 8 | [rap-pu la-'i-it,] la# ma-[gi-ri] | “The broad one, the unrivaled one, |
| 9 | [mu-szab-ri-qu za-ma-a]-ni# {d}asz-szur _kur_-[u2 _gal_-u2] | The one who makes the praise of the god Ashur, the great mountain, |
| 10 | [_lugal_-ut la sza2-na-an u2-szat]-li-ma-an-[ni-ma] | made me a king without equal, and |
| 11 | [_ugu_ gim-ri a-szib pa-rak]-ki# u2-szar-[ba-a] | I made it greater than anything that dwells on the daises. |
| 12 | [_...]-ab#-ba_ e-le-ni#-[x] | ... above ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | [...] tam#-tim szap-li-ti | ... the lower sea(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14 | [...]-ri# s,al-mat _sag-du_ | ... the black-headed people(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | [...] u3 mal-ki | ... and Malku(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 16 | [...]-zi da-ad2-me-szu2-un | ... their ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 17 | [... ki-ma su]-tin#-ni ni-gi-is,-s,i | ... like a sutinnu we cut off. |
| 18 | [...]-szar# la 'a-a-ri | ...-šar, unrivaled(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19 | [...] sza {disz}{d}marduk-ibila-szum2-[na] | of Marduk-ibilašumna(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20 | [...]-di# _erin2 hi-a_ elam-ma{ki} re-[x x] | ... the troops of Elam ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21 | [...] asz2-ta-[x] | ... I ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 22 | [...] szu#-a-tu [x x] | ... that ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | {iri}kar-{disz}{d}en#-zu#-szesz#-[mesz-su at-ta-bi ni-bit-su] | I conquered the city Kar-Enzu-ahhešsu (and) took its name from it. |
| 3' | _ug3-mesz kur-kur_ ki-szit-[ti _szu-min_-ia i-na lib3-bi u2-sze-szib] | I settled therein the people of the lands under my authority. |
| 4' | i-na _szu-min_ {lu2}szu-ut# [_sag_-ia _{lu2}en-nam_ {iri}har-har] | from the hands of my eunuch, the governor of Harhar |
| 5' | am-nu-u2-ma u2-[rap-pisz ma-a-ti i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia] | I said: “I have broadened the land on my border. |
| 6' | sza {kur}ma-da-a-[a ru-qu-te sza i-na _lugal-mesz_] | of the distant Medes, which among the kings |
| 7' | _ad-mesz_-ia ma#-[am-man la isz-mu-u2 zi-kir _kur_-szu2-un] | no one heard the utterance of their land. |
| 8' | man-da-at-[ta-szu2-nu ka-bit-tu am-hur] | I received their substantial payment.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | a-na ni#-[ri be-lu-ti-ia u2-szak-ni-su-nu-ti] | I made them bow down to the yoke of my lordship. |
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