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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 008 (P394014)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394014 |
| 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' | [...]-du# {d#}[x x] | ... the god ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | [...] na#-dan zi-[x]-ia# | ... he will give.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | [...]-zi# szu-bat _dingir-mesz gal#-mesz_ | ... ... the dwelling of the great gods(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | [...]-nu ud-di-szu2 | ... his life(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | [...]-nu _ku3-sig17 ku3#-babbar_ | ... gold and silver(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | [...]-tak#-ka-na si-ma-a-ti# | ... of his ..., the rites(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | _[...]-hul#_ ina u4-me-szu2 1(disz)-en _{lu2#}gurusz#_ ina szat# mu-szi | ... evil. At that time, one man in the night |
| 8' | [...] i#-na-t,al _masz2-ge6_ | ... he sees ...: an eclipse.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | [...] _ugu#_ ki-gal-li sza2 {d#}sin# sza2-t,ir-ma | ... it is written upon the pedestal of the god Sîn. |
| 10' | [...] {disz#}asz-szur-du3-a _man kur_ an-szar2{ki#} | Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11' | [x]-pu#-du _munus-hul#_ | ... evil.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12' | [...] s,e-lu-u-[x] | ... ṣellu-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13' | [...] a-szar-rak-szu2-[x]-ti# | ... the place of ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | [...]-an#-t,i mi-qit {d#}gesz-bar | ... a stroke of the knife(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | [...] {d#}er3-ra u2-qat2-ta-a | ... I raised Erra(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | [...]-na#-a-ti asz2-me-e-ma# | I heard the ...s and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17' | [...] _en_-ia | ... my lord(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 18' | [...]-ia# ad-ke _erin2-hi-a_-ia | ... my ..., I shall kill my troops. |
| 19' | _[...]-na#_ usz-te-esz-sze-ra har-ra-nu | ... he makes the road straight.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20' | _[...] babila2#{ki} bar2-sipa{ki} gu2-du8-a{ki} | ... Babylon, Borsippa, Kutha(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21' | [...]-s,e-e-szu2 e-si-ir-ma | ... his ... he cut off and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22' | [...] mu#-s,a-szu2-un | ... their ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 23' | [...] asz2-tak-ka-na _bad5-bad5_-szu2 | ... the one who imposed upon him, his defeat |
| 24' | [...]-it# {d#}er3#-ra su-un-qu | ... of Erra, exalted(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25' | [...] na#-pisz#-tu2# | ... life(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| surface a col 2' | ||
| 1' | [...] {kur#}[x]-ma#{ki} | ... of the land ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | [...]-bi# _ARAD_-szu2 | ... his servant(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | in#-nab#-tam#-ma# [x x]-ta# _giri3-min_-ia | he seized and ... my feet(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | _ug3-mesz_ {iri}hi-il#-[x] {iri}pil-la-ti | the people of Ḫil-... and Pilat(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | {iri}du-um-mu-[x] {iri}su-la-a | Dummu-, Sulâ(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | {iri}la-hi-ra-[x]-bi-ri-i-na | Lahira-x-birina(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | ti-ib _me3_-ia dan#-ni# isz-mu-u2 | They heard the sting of my mighty battle. |
| 8' | sza al-la-ku a#-na# {kur}elam-ma{ki} | which I went to Elam |
| 9' | nam-ri-ri an-szar2 u {d#}1(u)-5(disz)# _en-mesz_-ia | the bright light of the gods Ashur and Ishtar, my lords, |
| 10' | pu-luh-tu _lugal_-ti-ia [x]-hup-szu2-nu-ti | the fear of my royal majesty ... them |
| 11' | szu-nu _ug3-mesz_-szu2-nu _gu4-mesz_-szu2#-nu _u8-udu-hi-a_-szu2-nu | their people, their oxen, their sheep |
| 12' | a-na e-pesz _ARAD_-ti-ia# a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki#} | for the work of my servant to Assyria |
| 13' | im-qu-tu2-nim-ma is,-ba-tu# _giri3-min lugal_-ti-ia | they fell upon me and grasped my royal feet. |
| 14' | {iri}e2-{disz}im-bi-i mah-ru-u _iri lugal_-u2-ti | The former city Ēdi-Imbî, a royal city |
| 15' | _e2_ tuk-la-a-ti sza2 {kur}elam-ma{ki} | the trusty house of the land Elam |
| 16' | sza2 ki-ma _bad3 gal_-e pa-an {kur#}elam-ma{ki} par-ku | who, like a great wall, goes to the land Elam |
| 17' | sza {disz#}{d#}sin-pap-mesz-eri#-ba _lugal kur_ an-szar2{ki} | of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. |
| 18' | _ad ad du3#?_-[x] il#-la-mu#-u-a ik-szu2-du | the father of the father who had engendered me, he conquered. |
| 19' | u3 szu#-u2# {lu2#}e-la-mu-u2 | And he, the Elamite |
| 20' | _iri_ me2-eh-ret [...] im#-bi#-[x] mah#-re-e | The city opposite ... before ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21' | sza2-nam-ma e-pu-szu2#-[x] _bad3#_-[...]-nin#-u2-ma | Furthermore, I built the wall of ... and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22' | u2-zaq-qi2-ru szal#-[x]-u2#-szu2 | they will remove his ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23' | {iri}e2-{disz}im-bi-i iz#-[...]-bit#-su | The city of Ēdi-Imbî ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 24' | ina me-ti-iq ger-ri#-[...]-ud | In the course of the campaign ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25' | _ug3-mesz_ a-szib lib3-bi-szu2-un# [...]-s,u-nim#-[x] | The people living inside them ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 26' | la isz-a-lu szu-lum _lugal#_-[x x] a-nir# | The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| 27' | _sag-du-mesz_-szu2-nu ak-kis [...]-nu# ap-ru-u'# | I cut off their heads, ... I smashed their ... |
| 28' | a-na ta-mar-ti _ug3#-mesz# kur_-ia# | for the viewing of the people of my land |
| 29' | al-qa-a a-na# _kur#_ an-szar2{ki#} | I took to Assyria. |
| 30' | x {disz#}im-ba-ap-pi {lu2}qe2-[x x] {iri#}e2-{disz}im-bi-i | [x], Imbappi, the ... of E[mbî]; |
| 31' | [x] ha#-tan {disz}um-man-[x]-da#-si _man_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} | ... of Umman-...-dasi, king of the land Elam. |
| 32' | [...] qe2-reb _iri_ szu-a-tu2 | ... inside that city(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 33' | [...] bi-re-tu2 an#-[x] | ... scepter of ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 34' | [...] a#-na _kur_ an-[x x] | ... to the land of ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 35' | [...] {disz#}te-um#-[x] | Teum-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 36' | [...]-ti# [x x] | |
| surface a col 3' | ||
| 1' | _[...]-a#_-ia _masz2#-ge6#_ [...] | ... my ... an eclipse ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2' | ki-a#-am iq#-[...] | He said thus:(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | um-ma# a-na-ku al-lak ina ma#-har# [...] | Thus I: "I will go before ...." |
| 4' | _lugal_ sza2 ib-na-a _szu-min_-[x x] | the king who created ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | e-li# _masz2-ge6_ an-ni-tu2 _erin2-hi-a_-ia ir#?-[x x] | above this dream, my troops ... |
| 6' | {i7}id#-id-e e-bi-ru szal-[x x?] | The Tigris, the ... river(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | 1(u) 4(disz) _iri-mesz_ mu-szab _lugal_-ti#-[x] | 14 cities, residence of ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | a-di _iri-mesz# tur-mesz_ sza2 ni-i-ba la# i#-[x x] | as far as the small cities which we did not ... |
| 9' | u3 1(u) 2(disz) na#-ge-e sza2 qe2-reb# [...] | and 12 districts that are inside ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | ka-li#-sza2 ak#-[x x] | all of it ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11' | ap-pul aq#-qur ina {d}gesz-[...] | I destroyed, devastated, (and) with the help of the god Geš |
| 12' | a-na _du6_ u kar-me u2#-[x] | to Tašritu and Karme ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | ina la mi3-ni# a-duk qu-ra#-[x x? x] | I killed a warrior without number. |
| 14' | ina _{gesz}tukul#-mesz_ u2-ra-as#-[x] | with weapons ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | mun-dah#-s,e#-e-szu2 s,i-ru-[x? x] | his limbs ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | {disz}um-man-al#-da-si _lugal {kur}elam-ma#_ [x] | Ummanaldašu, king of the land Elam |
| 17' | mi-ra-nu-usz-szu2# in-na#-bit-ma is,-ba-ta sza2-da#?-[x] | He escaped from his cella and grasped ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18' | {iri}ba-nu-nu a-di# na#-ge-e sza2 {iri}ta-sa-ar#-[x] | Banunu as far as the district of Tasar |
| 19' | ka-la-mu# ak-szu-ud# | I conquered all of them. |
| 20' | _2(u)-am3 iri-mesz_ ina# na-ge-e {iri}hu-un-nir# | 20 cities in the district of Hunnir |
| 21' | ina _ugu_ mi3-is,-ri sza2# {iri}hi-da-a-lu ak-szu-[x] | I ...ed on the border of Hidalu.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22' | {iri}ba-szi-mu u3 _iri#-mesz_ sza2 li-me-ti-szu2 ap-pul aq-qur# | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities of Bašimu and the cities in its environs. |
| 23' | sza _ug3-mesz_ a-szib lib3#-bi#-szu2-un ka-mar-szu2-nu asz2#-[x] | of the people who dwell in their midst I ... their losses. |
| 24' | u2-szab-bir# _dingir#-mesz_-szu2-[x] | his gods(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25' | u2-szap-szi-ih# [x x]-ti# _en en#-[x]_ | ... lord ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 26' | _dingir#-[x]_-szu2# {d#}1(u)-5(disz)-szu2 [x x]-szu2 _nig2-ga#_-[x] | Ili-x-šu, his goddess, his ..., the gift |
| 27' | _ug3#-mesz tur_ u _gal#_ [...] a#-na _kur_ an-szar2# [x] | The small and the large people ... to Assyria ... |
| 28' | 1(gesz2) _danna_ qaq-qa-ru# [x] a#-mat an-szar2 [...] | 60 shekels of tin on the ground ... the word of Ashur ... |
| 29' | sza# u2-ma-'e-[x]-ru#-in#-[x] | which he ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 30' | qe2-reb {kur}elam-ma{ki} e-ru#-[...] | I entered into the land Elam |
| 31' | ina ta-a-a-ar-ti-[...] | In the tārti-(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 32' | u2-sza2-zi-zu-in-ni [...] | They made me stand ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 33' | {iri}szu-sza2-an ma-ha-zu [...] | Šušan, your temple(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 34' | a-szar pi-risz-ti-szu2-[...] | where his command(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 35' | ina a-mat an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) qe2-[...] | By the word of Ashur and Ishtar, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 36' | e-ru-bu u2-szib [...] | They entered, sat ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 37' | ap-te-e-ma _e2_ nak-kam#-[...] | I opened the house of the enemy ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 38' | sza _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 nig2-szu-mesz#_ [...] | of silver, gold, possessions ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 39' | nu#-uk-ku-mu qe2-[...] | I am weak, I am ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 40' | [x] _lugal#-mesz_ {kur}elam-ma{ki#} [...] | ... the kings of Elam(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 41' | [x x] _lugal#-mesz#_ sza2 a-di _sza3#_ [...] | ... kings who together with ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 42' | [...] isz-ku#-nu# [...] | ... they placed ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| surface a col 4' | ||
| 1' | _un#-[...]_ | |
| 2' | sza# [...] | of ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 3' | {d}[...] | For the god ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | {d}1(u)-5(disz)# [...] | Ishtar(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | re-sze#-[...] | I want to ... to you(low confidence: few signs survive) |
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