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RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 227 ex. 001 (P394563)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 227 ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394563 |
| 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 | a#-na {d}u-gur qar-ra-du git2-ma-lum dan-dan-nu _dingir-mesz_ ma-am-lu a-sza2-re-du _en_ ga#?-[...] | To the god Ugur, the hero, the perfect, the mighty, the gods, the wild bull, the shepherd, lord of |
| 2 | _lugal_ tam-ha-ri be-el a-ba-ri u3 dun-ni be-el a-bu-bi sza2-kin# [...] | The king of battle, the lord of the abaru-vessel, and the god Dunni, the Lord of the Flood, who establishes .... |
| 3 | _dumu_ {d}en-lil2 s,i#-i#-ru# ga-asz2-ru _dingir-mesz szesz-mesz_-szu2 bu-kur2 {d}ku-tu-szar szar#-ra#-[...] | son of Enlil, exalted one, strong one of the gods, his brothers, son of Kutušar, king |
| 4 | sza _a2-min lugal_ mi#?-gir#?-i-szu2 il-lak-u2-ma i-na-ar-ru ga-re-e-szu2 u2-szam-qa-tu# [...] | Whoever takes the king's arm and his limbs goes and breaks his bones, ... |
| 5 | ina szib-t,i i#-ga#?-mi3-lu _nun_ pa-lih3-szu2 i-szar-ra-ku-usz da-na-nu u [...] | In the sceptre of Igāmilu, the prince who reveres him, he is merciful, and ... |
| 6 | a-szib e2-mes#-lam# ki-is,-s,u el-lu sza qe2-reb _gu2-du8-a{ki} en gal_-e [...] | The one who dwells in Emeslam, the pure cult center that is inside Cutha, the great lord, |
| 7 | a-na-ku# {disz#}asz#-szur#-du3-a _lugal gal_-u2 _lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _lugal#_ [...] | I, Ashurbanipal, great king strong king, king of the world, kin[g of Assyria, ...] |
| 8 | _dumu# {disz}an-szar2-pap-asz lugal szu2 lugal kur_ an-szar2{ki} _dumu dumu_ {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _lugal szu2_ [...] | son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, ki[ng of] Assyria, son of Sennacherib, ..., |
| 9 | _numun_ da-ru-u2 sza _lugal_-ti a-na ku-un-ni sat-tuk-ke za-na-an esz-re-e-ti ih-szu2-[...] | The eternal seed of my royal majesty for the sealing of the sattukku-offering, the offering of shrines, ... |
| 10 | an-szar2 {d}nin-lil2 u {d}u-gur _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ u2-kin-nu _suhusz {gesz}gu-za lugal_-ti-ia [...] | The deities Aššar, Ninlil, and Nergal, the great gods, established the foundation of my royal throne. |
| 11 | a-na tu-ur gi-mil-li _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia _ugu_ kul-lat na-ki-re-ia u2#-[...] | For the return of the favour of the kings, my ancestors, I ... over all of my enemies. |
| 12 | {disz}ku-dur2-na-an-hu-un-di {lu2}e-la-mu-u2 sza ni-isz _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ la is,#?-[...] | Kudurnanḫundi, the Elamite, who by the life of the great gods did not ... |
| 13 | sza ina sza2-ne2-e t,e3-e-me a-na e-muq ra-ma-ni-szu2 [...] | (Sum) The one who in the future orders his own army |
| 14 | a-na esz-re-e-ti _kur uri{ki} szu-min_-su id-du-u2-ma u2-szal-pi-tu _kur#?_ [...] | to the shrines of the land Akkad his hands they seized and destroyed the land ... |
| 15 | _u4-mesz_ im-lu-u2 uk-ki-pa a-dan-nu _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ep-sze-te9-e-[...] | The days were short, the days were long. The great gods ... the deeds |
| 16 | a-na _2(gesz'u) 7(disz) usz 1(u) 5(disz) mu-an-na-mesz_ szal-pu2-tim {lu2}e-la-me#-[...] | For a total of 177 years, 15 years, the Elamite |
| 17 | ia-a-ti {disz}an-szar2-du3-a _nun_ pa-lih-szu2-un a-na sa-pa-ah {kur#?}[...] | As for me, Ashurbanipal, the prince who reveres them, to the midst of the land |
| 18 | u2-ma-'e-er-u-in-ni-ma _{gesz}tukul_ la pa-du#?-[...] | he made me bow down, and with a weapon that cannot be dispelled |
| 19 | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ina sza2-ma-mi u qaq-qa-ri# [...] | The great gods in heaven and earth . . |
| 20 | {d}utu ina an-ni-szu2 ke-e-ni [...] | Šamaš, in his true utterance(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21 | u3 {d}sin ina _esz-bar_-szu2 sza la e-ne2-e _kid?_ [...] | and Sîn in his decision that cannot be changed ... |
| 22 | a-mat {d}isz-tar su-ud-du-ra i-ta-mu-u x [...] | The word of the goddess Ištar is a storm wind, ... |
| 23 | at-kal a-na a-mat an-szar2 _{d}u-[...]_ | I trusted in the word of Anšar and U[...]. |
| 24 | x _kun#?_ lib3-bi a-na a#-mat# [...] | ... the heart to a word ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25 | [...]-ku#? a#-na# a#-mat# {d}isz#-[...] | ... to the word of Ištar(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 26' | x [...] | |
| 27' | x [...] | |
| 28' | x [...] | |
| 29' | x [...] | |
| 30' | x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ugu_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} da-um-ma-tum ik-s,u-ru _ig#?_ [...] | against the land Elam, the Daummatum, they bound, ... |
| 2 | u2-sza2-tir-ma _ugu_ sza2 mah-ri a-bu-ba-nisz as-pu-un _izi#?_ [...] | I reorganized and, as before, I poured out fire ... |
| 3 | ina li-mi3-it u4-mi3-im-ma {iri}szu-sza2-an as,-bat {d}musz3-eren# [...] | In the eponymy of the day, I seized the city Susa. The god Mušeren |
| 4 | _dingir-mesz_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} u3 _{d}1(u)-5(disz)-mesz_-sza2 u2#-[...] | the gods of Elam and her goddesses(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | szal-lat _ug3-mesz {kur}elam-ma{ki} tur_ u _gal_ sza2 ni-i-ba la [...] | the booty of the people of the small and the great land Elam, whose fearsomeness was not |
| 6 | a-di t,a-'a#-a-ti _kur-kur_ sza a-na kit-ri id#-[...] | as far as the mountains, which he had conquered in battle, |
| 7 | ina tukul-ti an#-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu {d}iszkur {d}en {d}ag# [...] | With the support of (the deities) Aššar, Sîn, Šama[tu], Adad, Enlil, Nabu |
| 8 | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-ia 1(disz)-et _mu-an-na#_ [...] | The great gods, my lords, for one year ... |
| 9 | sza2-ni-tu u2-hal-liq-szi 3(disz)-tum sza2 {disz}um-man-[...] | Secondly, he destroyed her. Three of Umman- |
| 10 | ina s,i-it pi-i-szu2-nu sza2 la usz-pe-lu szal-pu2#-tim# [...] | By their utterance, which cannot be overturned, ... robbery |
| 11 | mar-s,a-at _ad-mesz_-szu2-nu e-pu#-szu#? [...] | the sick of their fathers, they did ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | ina tukul-ti an-szar2 _{d}u-gur dingir-mesz_ [...] | With the support of (the god) Aššar, the god Nergal and the gods |
| 13 | u2-ter-ra gi-mil-li [...] | (Sum) The reed screen(?) is a flood that covers the land(?) (Akk) It covers the territory of the land |
| 14 | _szu-min_ {d}na-na-a {d}uru3-inim#-[...] | Ditto by Nanaya and Urinim-(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | u2-sze-rib u2-sze-szib ina e2-an#-[...] | I brought in and settled (them) in Eanna(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16 | {d}dumu-e2 {<iri>}ma-la-ki sza# [...] | Dumû of Malaki, who(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17 | it-ti _dumu-munus_ {d}sin usz#-[...] | with the daughter of Sin(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22 | ina u4-me-szu2 e2-mes-lam sza _lugal#_ [...] | At that time, the Emeslam of the king ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23 | an-hu-us-su ud-disz mi-qit-[...] | (As for) the one who removes his inscription, ... |
| 24 | {gesz}al-lu u2-sza2-at-rik# [...] | He made the hoe tremble(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25 | ina _iti du10-ga_ u4-me _sze-ga_ ina i3-[...] | In a favorable month, on a propitious day, in ... |
| 26 | ina _{gesz}mes-ma2-gan-na {gesz}ka_ [...] | with a mes-magan-wood, a gate ... |
| 27 | ul#-tu _usz8_-szu2 a-di gaba-dib-bi#-[...] | From its foundations to its crenellations(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 28 | _{gesz#}ur3-mesz {gesz}eren-mah#-mesz_ tar#-[bit ...] | The cypresses, the cedars, (and) the reed bundles |
| 29 | [x] _ig#-mesz_ {gesz}li-ia-a-ri sza e#-[...] | ... doors of liāru-wood, which ... |
| 30 | anzu#{muszen}-_mesz_ ez-zu-ti sza2 _nenni_ [...] | The furious Anzû-birds of the night ... |
| 31 | [x]-s,i#-ru ki-bi-is _lugal_-ti-ia [...] | ... the foundation of my royal majesty ... |
| 32 | _szu#-min {d#}u#-gur#_ {d}la-as, {d}x x? [...] | The hands of Nergal, Laṣ, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 33 | a-na e2-mes#-lam# _e2_ na-ram# [...] | to Emeslam, the beloved temple of . .(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 34 | e-nu-ma {d}u-gur# {d#}la#-[...] | When Ugur (and) La(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 35 | ia-a-ti {disz}an#-[...] | For me, Anu-(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 36 | bu-un-ni#-szu2-nu [...] | Their hair ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 37 | s,u-lul-szu2-nu _ugu#?_ [...] | Their protection over ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 38 | _u4-mesz_-ia li#-sza2#-[...] | May my days be ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 39 | re-e2-u2#?-[...] | The shepherd(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 40 | e-ma al-la#-[...] | Wherever ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 41 | _nun_-u2 ar#-[...] | The prince ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 42 | a-na be#-lut# [...] | For lordship(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 43 | e-nu-ma _e2#_ [...] | When the house ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 44 | sza _mu_ szat,-ru# [...] | Whoever erases my inscribed name .... |
| 45 | {d}u-gur dan-[...] | Ugur(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 46 | szat#-ti-szam-[...] | Šattišam-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
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