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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 014 (P394077)

Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationRINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 014
IDP394077
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreOfficial or display
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
surface a col 1
1'[...]-tu...-tu(low confidence: few signs survive)
2'[...]-nim#-ma... of the lands(low confidence: few signs survive)
3'_[...]-min_-ia... my ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
4'[...]-mu#-qi-szu2-nu... their ...(very low confidence: a guess)
5'[...] na#-ba-li... the nabali(low confidence: few signs survive)
6'[...] pa-da-nu... he goes.(low confidence: few signs survive)
7'[...]-su#-nu-ti... their ...(very low confidence: a guess)
8'[...] {lu2#}qe2-pa-a-ni... the delegate(lower confidence: line is broken)
9'[...] da#-gil2 pa-ni-ia... of my face(lower confidence: line is broken)
10'[...]-di {iri}kar-{d}du3-tu2... of Kar-Tutu(lower confidence: line is broken)
11'[...] {kur#}ku-u2-si... Kusi(low confidence: few signs survive)
12'[...]-ri#-ia isz-me-ma... heard my ... and(lower confidence: line is broken)
13'_[...]-mesz#_ u3 _me3_... and floods(low confidence: few signs survive)
14'[...] _erin2-mesz me3_-szu2... troops, his battle(low confidence: few signs survive)
15'[... {d}]en# {d}ag... Bel and Nabû(low confidence: few signs survive)
16'[...]-li#-kut _a2-min_-ia... of my power(lower confidence: line is broken)
17'[...] _bad5#-bad5 erin2-hi-a_-szu2... he defeated his troops.(lower confidence: line is broken)
18'[...] me#-em#-pi#... mempu-plant(low confidence: few signs survive)
surface a col 2
1'[...] asz2#-t,ur#-[x] a-[x x]... I wrote(low confidence: few signs survive)
2'_[...]-kur-ra-mesz ansze-kunga-mesz_... horses and mules(lower confidence: line is broken)
3'[x x] ru#-kub# _en_-ti-szu2 a-qis-su..., the vizier of his lordship, I offered to him.(lower confidence: line is broken)
4'szu#-ut# _{lu2}sag-mesz_-ia _{lu2}nam-mesz_ a-na kit-ri-szu2of my eunuchs (and) governors to his aid
5'it-ti-szu asz2-purI sent with him.
6'a-szar _ad_ ba-nu-u-a ina {iri}sa-a-a a-na# _lugal_-ti ip-qi2-du-uszwhere the father who had engendered me had appointed him to kingship in Sāya
7'a-na masz-kan-szu2 u2-ter-szu2he returned it to its place.
8'u3 {disz}{d}muati-sze-zib-a-ni _dumu_-szu2 ina {iri}ha-at-ha-ri-ba ap-qidand Nabû-šezibanni, his son, in Hathariba I appointed.
9'_mun saga_-tu2 _ugu_ sza _ad du3_-iaGood health to my father who had engendered me
10'u2-sza2-tir-ma e-pu-us-suI restored and built it anew.
11'{disz}tar-qu-u2 a-szar in-nab-tu2#Tarqû, where he was captured
12'ra-szub-bat _{gesz}tukul_ an-szar2 _en_-ia is-hup-szu2-ma#the terrifying weapon of the god Aššar, my lord, destroyed him and
13'il-lik nam-mu-szi-szu2went, his fate
14'_egir_-nu {disz}ur-da-ma-ne2-e _dumu_ {disz}sza2-ba-ku-[x]Afterwards, Urdamānê, son of Šabaku
15'u2-szib ina _{gesz}gu-za lugal_-ti#-[x]sat on the throne of kingship.(lower confidence: line is broken)
16'{iri}ni-i' {iri}u2-nu a-na dan-nu-ti-[x x]-kun#the cities Ni' and Unu for mighty ...
17'u2-pah-hi-ra el-[x]-su#he brought in, he ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
18'a-na mit-hu-s,i _erin2-hi-a dumu-mesz# kur#_ an#-szar2{ki}to fight with my troops, the citizens of Assyria
19'sza qe2#-reb {iri}me-em-pi id#-ka#-a qa-bal-szu2he brought into the city Mempi, his enemy.
20'_ug3-mesz_ sza2-a-tu-[x] e#-si-ir-mathe people of that(lower confidence: line is broken)
21'is,-ba-ta mu#-us,-s,a-szu2-unhas seized, their corpses
22'_{lu2}a# kin_ ha-an-t,u a-na# nina{ki} il-lik-am-maa ḫanṭu-official went to Nineveh and
23'iq-ba-a ia-a-tisaid to me:
24'ina 2(disz)#-e# [...] mu#-s,ur# u# {iri}ku-u-siIn two places ... the guard and Kush
25'[...]-ra#-nu...-ranu(low confidence: few signs survive)
surface a col 3
1'[...]-ru#?...ru(?)(low confidence: few signs survive)
2'[...] sza2#?-'a#-al# szul-mi3-ia..., who provides for my well-being
3'[...]-tu2# sza2# e-mu-ru... ... which I saw(lower confidence: line is broken)
4'[...] isz#-pur#-am-ma... wrote to me, and(low confidence: few signs survive)
5'[...]-a ia-a-ti... for me(low confidence: few signs survive)
6'[...]-ba#-tu _giri3-min lugal_-ti-ia...-batu, my royal feet
7'{lu2}gi-mir-a-a mu-[x]-al#-li-pu _ug3-mesz kur_-szu2The Cimmerians ... the people of his land.(lower confidence: line is broken)
8'sza la ip-tal-[x]-hu _ad-mesz_-iawho had not ... my fathers
9'u3 at-tu-u-a la is,#-ba-tu _giri3-min man_-ti-iaAnd you have not grasped my royal feet,
10'ik-szu-ud ina tukul-ti# an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz)With the support of (the god) Aššar and the goddess Ishtar,
11'_dingir-mesz en-mesz_-ia isz-[x] _sza3# {lu2}en-iri-mesz_the gods, my lords, ... in the cities
12'sza {lu2}gi-mir#-a#-a# sza2 ik-szu-duof the Cimmerians who defeated
13'2(disz) _{lu2}en-iri#-mesz_ [x] {gesz#}s,i-is,-s,i2 city lords, x harvesters
14'isz-qa-ti _an-bar_ bi-re-[x] _an-bar_ u2-tam-me-eh-ma... of iron ... I cast iron and(lower confidence: line is broken)
15'it#-ti ta-mar-ti# ka-bit-tiwith a large audience gift
16'u2-sze-bi-la a-di# mah-ri-iaI have sent (them) before me.
17'{lu2}rak-bu-szu2 sza2 a-na sza2#-'a-al szul-mi3-iaThe reed-worker who for the protection of my well-being
18'ka-a-a-na isz#-ta-nap-pa-raconstantly sends
19'u2-szar-sza2-a ba-t,i-il-tu[I] made [the li]fe [responsible].
20'asz2-szu2 sza2 a-mat an-szar2 _dingir du3_-ia# la is,-s,u-ruBecause of the word of Anshar, the god who created me, they did not guard.
21'a-na e-muq ra-man-i-szu2 it-ta-kil-mato his own army he sacrificed, and
22'ig-pu-usz lib3-buhe built. The heart
23'e-mu-qi-szu2 a-na kit-ri {disz}tu-sza2-mi3-il-kihis army in the service of Tuša-milki
24'_man_ {kur}mu-s,ur sza is,-lu-u _{gesz}szudun# en_-ti-iaking of the land Muṣur, who took away my lordly throne,
25'isz-pur-ma a-na-ku asz2-me-ma u2-s,al-liI have heard (about it) and have been able to see (it).
26'an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) um-ma <pa-an> _{lu2}kur2_-szu2 _adda#_-szu2Ashur and Ishtar, saying: “Before his enemy, addašu
27'li-in-na-di-ma lisz-szu-ni _giri3-pad#-da#-mesz_-szu2may he be seen and may his feet be straight.
28'ki-i sza2 a-na an-szar2 am-hu-ra isz-li#-im-maAs I had received for Assyria, he heard and
29'pa-an _{lu2}kur2_-szu2 pa-gar-szu2 in#-na#-di#-mabefore his enemy, his body he struck, and
30'isz-szu-u2-ni _giri3-pad-da#-mesz#_-szu2his feet
31'{lu2}gi#-[...]The reed worker(low confidence: few signs survive)
surface a col 4
1'[x] szu#-u2 _munus saga_ an-ni#-[x] e#-[...]... he is a good woman ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
2'isz#-te-ne2-'a-a _munus-hul#_ e-lisz# [...]he constantly seeks out evil machinations above ...
3'i-tam-ma-a [...]he swore(low confidence: few signs survive)
4'szap-la-nu lib3-ba-szu2 ka-[...]The lower part of his heart ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5'_dumu-mesz_ babila2{ki} sza2 ina _ugu_ [...]the citizens of Babylon who on ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6'_ARAD#-mesz_ da-gil2 pa-a-ni-ia# [...]servants who are devoted to me . .
7'da#-bab# la kit-ti id-bu-ba# [...]He spoke an untruthful word ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8'ina szi#-pir# ni-kil-ti a-na sza2#-[...]Through the craft of the nīkiltu-priestess, to ...
9'a-na nina#{ki} a-di mah-ri-ia# [...]to Nineveh, before me(lower confidence: line is broken)
10'a-na-ku# {disz}an-szar2-du3-a [...]I, Ashurbanipal(low confidence: few signs survive)
11'sza _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ szi-mat _munus saga_ [x x]-mu-szu2of the great gods, the fate of his good woman
12'ib-nu-szu2 ina kit-ti u [x]-sza2-riThey created him in truth and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
13'_dumu-mesz_ babila2{ki} szu#-nu#-tithese Babylonians
14'ina _{gesz}banszur_ tak-ne2-e ul-zis-su-nu-tiI set them on a firm table.
15'lu-bul-tu bir-me u2-lab-bi-su-nu-tiI made them carry numerous utensils.
16'_har-mesz ku3-sig17_ u2-rak-kis rit-te-szu2-unI bound their hands with gold rings.
17'a-di _dumu-mesz_ babila2{ki} szu2-nu-tias far as those citizens of Babylon
18'qe2-reb _kur_ an-szar2{ki} u2-szu-zuin the land of Assyria I gained dominion
19'i-dag-ga-lu pa-an sza2-kan t,e3-me-iathey will look at the face of my report.
20'u3 szu-u {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-na _szesz_ la ke-e-nuand he, Gešnu-mudammīna, the unfaithful brother,
21'sza2 la is,-s,u-ru a-de-ia(As for) the one who does not keep my treaty,
22'_ug3-mesz kur_ uri{ki} u {kur}kal-du {kur}a-ra-mu _kur_ tam-timthe people of the lands Akkad and Chaldea, Aramu, (and) the Sea
23'ul-tu {iri}a-qa-ba a-di {iri}ka2-sa-li-me-tiFrom Aqaba to Kasallimētu,
24'_ARAD-mesz_ da-gil2# pa-ni-ia usz-bal-kit ina _szu-min_-iaThe servants who were obedient to me have turned against me with my hands.
25'u3 {disz}um-man-i-gasz mun-nab-tu2 sza2 is,-ba-tu _giri3-min lugal_-ti#-ia#and Ummanigaš, the fugitive who seized the feet of my royal majesty,
26'sza qe2-reb {kur}elam-ma{ki} asz2-ku-nu-usz a-na _lugal_-[x x]I established for the king, my lord, in the middle of Elam.
27'u3 _lugal-mesz_ {kur}gu-te9-e _kur mar-tu_ {kur}me-[...]and the kings of Gutû, Amurru, Me...
28'sza a-na qi2-bit an-szar2 {d}nin-lil2 isz#-[...]who by the command of Anšar and Ninlil
29'nap#-har-szu2-nu it-ti#-[...]All of them ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
30'[...] x
31'[...] {d#}en... the god Enlil(low confidence: few signs survive)
32'[...] ik#-la-ma... he sealed and(low confidence: few signs survive)
33'[...] zi#-bi-ia... my life(low confidence: few signs survive)
34'_[...]-mesz# gal-mesz_great ...s(low confidence: few signs survive)
35'[...] _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar_... gold and silver(low confidence: few signs survive)
36'[...]-ud _munus saga_... a good woman(low confidence: few signs survive)
37'[...]-ma# i-na-t,al _masz2-ge6_... and he sees an eclipse.(lower confidence: line is broken)
38'[...] u2#-szu-uz-ma... they raised ... and(low confidence: few signs survive)
39'[...]-gal#-li {d}sinThe great ... of Sin(low confidence: few signs survive)
40'[...] _kur_ an-szar2{ki}... land of Assyria(low confidence: few signs survive)
41'[...] s,e#-lu-tu2... awe-inspiring radiance(low confidence: few signs survive)
surface a col 5
1'[...] x x [...]
2'[x x]-na a-na-ku# ina? ki?-is#-[...]... I in ...(very low confidence: a guess)
3'_uzu#-mesz_-szu2-nu nu-uk#-ku-su#-[...]I did not cut their flesh ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
4'_ur-gi7-mesz szah-mesz_ zi#-i-bi _ti8{muszen#}-[...]_The lions, the pigeons, and the eagles(lower confidence: line is broken)
5'ul-tu ep-sze-e#-ti# an-na-a-ti e-[...]After these deeds ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6'u2-ni-ih-hu lib3#-bi _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ [...]The heart of the great gods was pacified ...
7'_adda-mesz un-mesz_ [x x] er3#-ra u2-szam-qi2-[x]Adda, the people ... I made ... in tears.
8'u3 sza2 ina su-un#-qi# bu-bu-ti isz-ku-nu na-pisz#-[x]And as for the one who ... in the street, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9'ri-he-et u2-[x]-ti _ur-gi7-mesz szah-mesz_wild bulls, oxen, and pigs
10'sza _sila-mesz_ pur-ru#-ku# ma-lu-u re-ba-tiof wool, woven, (and) full of goodness,
11'_giri3-pad-da-mesz_-szu2-nu ul#-tu2 qe2-reb babila2{ki}their feet from Babylon
12'gu2-du8-a{ki} zimbir{ki} [x]-sze#-s,i-ma at-ta-di a-na ka-ma-a-[x]Kutha (and) Sippar I brought out and to ...
13'ina szi-pir i-szip-pu-ti _bara2#-mesz_-szu2-nu ub-[x x]with the work of a craftsman their dais ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
14'ul-li-la su-ul-le#-szu2-nu lu-'u-u-[x]I want to purify their purification ritual.
15'_dingir-mesz_-szu2-nu ze-nu-u-ti _{d}1(u)-5(disz)-mesz#?_-szu2-nu szab-sza2-a-ti#their angry gods, their angry goddesses
16'u2-ni-ih ina taq-rib-ti u# _er2-sza3-hun-ga2#_In libations and ershahuŋa prayers
17'sat-tuk-ki-szu2-un sza2 i-me#-s,u _gin7_ sza2 u4-me ul-lu#-ti#their sattukku-offerings, which are like the stars of distant days,
18'ina szal-mi u2#-ter-ma u2-kin#I restored and established in good order.
19'si-it-ti _dumu-mesz_ babila2#{ki} gu2-du8-a{ki} zimbir{ki}the rest of the citizens of Babylon, Cutha, and Sippar
20'sza2 ina szib-t,i szag-gasz#-ti u ne2-eb-re-tu2 i-sze-tu-u-niWhoever in the future, at any time, lodges a complaint and breaks the contract,
21're-e-mu ar-szi-szu-nu-ti ba-lat, _zi_-ti3-szu2-nu aq-biI commanded mercy to them. The life of their lives I said
22'[x x] babila2#{ki} u2-sze-szib-szu2-nu-tiI settled them in Babylon.(lower confidence: line is broken)
23'[...]{ki#} ga-du {kur}kal-du {kur}a-ra-mu _kur_ tam-tim..., as far as Chaldea, Aramu, the land of the Sea
24'[...]_-mu#-gi#-na_ ik-ter-u-ma...-shumugina sealed and(lower confidence: line is broken)
25'[...]-en# pi#-i u2-ter-ru... they returned the command(lower confidence: line is broken)
26'[...]-as# ra-man-ni-szu2#-nu# [x x]-ru# it#-ti#-[x]... their love ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
27'[...] an#-szar2 u {d}nin-lil2 _dingir-[...]_... Ashur and Ninlil, the gods(lower confidence: line is broken)
28'[x x] pat, gim-ri-szu2-nu ak-[x x]... all of them ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
29'[x] _szudun#_ an-szar2 sza is,-lu-u e-mid#-[...]... the pre-eminent one of the god Ashur, who ...
30'_{lu2#}gar-kur-mesz {lu2}til-gid2-da-mesz_ szi-kin [...]The governors and the staff-bearers ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
31'asz2-tak-ka-na e-li-[x x]I sat down ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
32'_sa2-du11_ gi-nu-u _sag-mesz_ sza2 an-szar2 u {d#}[x x]regular rations, first fruits of Ashur and ...
33'u3 _dingir-mesz kur_ an-szar2{ki} u2-kin _edin-[...]_and the gods of Assyria established ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
34'bil-tu man-da-at-tu _en_-[x x]The money is paid completely.(lower confidence: line is broken)
35'szat-ti-szam la na-par-ka-a e-mid-su#-[x x]In the future, without you, I will ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
36'ina 7(disz)-e ger-ri-ia ina _{iti}sig4 iti_ {d}sin# [...]In my seventh campaign, in Simanu, month: “Sin, . .
37'_dumu_ resz-tu-u a-sza2-red-du sza2 {d}en#-lil2 ad-ke# [...]The first-born son, the foremost, whom Enlil the father ...
38'_edin_ {disz}um-man-al-da-si _man_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} usz-te#-[...]The plain of Ummanaldašum, the king of the land Elam,
39'u2-bil it-ti-ia {disz}tam-ma-ri#-tu _man#_ [...]Tammarītu, the king of(lower confidence: line is broken)
40'sza la-pa-an {disz}in-da-bi-bi _ARAD_-szu2 in-nab-[...]which before Indabibi, his servant, ...
41'_ug3-mesz_ {iri}hi-il-me {iri}pil-la-ti {iri}du-um#-[...]The people of the cities Ḫilmu, Pilatu, (and) Dum[...]
42'{iri}la-hi-ra-di-bi-ri-i-na ti-ib _me3_-ia dan#-[...]Laḫiradibirina, my stronghold(lower confidence: line is broken)
43'sza al-li-ku a-na {kur}elam-ma[{ki}]who went to Elam(lower confidence: line is broken)
44'nam-ri-ri an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) _en-mesz#_-[x]The radiance of Ashur and Ishtar, the lords
45'pu-luh-tu _lugal_-ti-ia is-hup-szu2-[x x]the fear of my royal majesty overwhelmed him
46'szu-nu _ug3-mesz_-szu2-nu _gu4-mesz_-szu2-nu _u8-udu-hi#-[...]_their people, their oxen, their sheep(lower confidence: line is broken)
47'a-na e#-pesz# _ARAD#_-ti#-ia# a-na _kur_ an-szar2 [...]To do my servant's work, to Assyria ...
surface a col 6
1'mi-ra-[...]Ira-(low confidence: few signs survive)
2'[x]-reb# {kur}elam-ma#[{ki} ...]... the land Elam(lower confidence: line is broken)
3'ina ta-a-a-ar-ti#-[...]In the tārti-dais(lower confidence: line is broken)
4'{iri}szu-sza2-an ma-ha-zu [...]Šušan, your temple(lower confidence: line is broken)
5'ak-szu-ud ina a-mat an-szar2 u {d#}[...]By the command of Anšar and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6'ap-te-e-ma _e2_ na-kam-[...]I opened, and the house ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7'nu-uk-ku-mu qe2-reb-szu2#-[...]I am the one who ... in his midst
8'a-di _lugal-mesz_ sza2 a-di lib3-bi u4-[...]until the kings who until the day ...
9'sza _{lu2}kur2_ x sza2-nam-ma e#-[...]of the enemy ... another ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
10'u2-sze-s,a-am-ma szal-la-tisz am-nu _ku3#-[...]_I brought out and I counted them as booty.
11'sza _kur eme-gi7 uri_ [x x?] {kur}kar2-{d}[...]of the land Sumer and Akkad ... the land Kar-
12'mah-ru-ti a-di 7(disz)-szu2 isz-lu-lu u2#-[...]Before me, seven times, they screamed, ...
13's,a-ri-ru husz-szu-u esz-ma-ru-u eb-bu ni-[...](Sum) The fierce ṣariru priestess, the pure ešmāru priest, ... (Akk) The furious, the exalted one, the supreme one ...
14'sza _lugal-mesz kur_ uri{ki} mah-ru-ti u3 {disz}{d#}[...]of the previous kings of Babylonia and [PN ...]
15'ip#-szu-ru a-na {kur}elam-ma{ki} lu-bul-tu szu-kut#-[...]he entrusted to the land Elam a šukuttu-priestess
16'[x] til-li qa-ra-bi si-ma-nu-u mim-ma e-pesz# [...]... a lion's horn, all that is to be done, ...
17'[x]-nu-tu2 mu-tab-bil-tu2 _e2-gal-mesz_-szu2 ka-la-mu# [...]... who carries off his palaces all ...
18'[...] e#-ku-lu isz-tu-u2 ir-mu-ku ip#-[...]... they ate, they became hungry, they ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
19'[...]-na#? s,a#-ri-ru za-ha-lu-u _ansze#-[...]_...na?, ṣariru, zaḫalû, ... horses
20'_[...]-gi# ku3#-babbar#_ asz2#-[...]... silver ...(lower confidence: line is broken)

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