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RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 228 ex. 001 (P394580)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 228 ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394580 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [x x] _gesz2#+u#_ 7(disz) _usz_ [...] | ... 7° after sunrise ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | [x x] {d}en {d}ag {d#}[...] | ... Bel, Nabû,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | [x] ub#-szu_-ukken_-na-ki x [...] | ... Ubshukkena ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | [x]-a#-ti {disz}an-szar2-du3-a _nun#_ [...] | ... Ištar-baniya, the prince ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | _[x]-mesz# gal-mesz_ ina sza2-ma-mi# [...] | Great ...s in the heavens ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | [x] _utu#_ ina an-ni-szu2 ke-e-ni iq-ba#-[...] | ... truthfully said in this ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | [x]-mat# an-szar2 {d}1(u)-5(disz) u {d}u-gur su-[...] | ... of Ashur, Ishtar and Ugur ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | [x]-kal a-na a-mat an-szar2 {d}u-gur sza u2-tak#-[...] | ... to the word of Aššar, Ugur, who ... |
| 10' | la#? mu-da-ku a-na a-mat {d}1(u)-5(disz) _dumu-[...]_ | I do not know. Because of the word of Ishtar, son of |
| 11' | sza# ina szat mu-szi ez-ze-et#? [...] | Who in the middle of the night is angry ... |
| 12' | _erin2#-hi-a kur_ an-szar2 usz-te-esz-sze-ra _ugu_ {kur}e-la-me-e# [...] | The troops of Assyria were brought to an end; over the land Elam |
| 13' | ina mah-re-e ger-ri-ia ina a-mat an-szar2 {d}1(u)-5(disz)# [...] | At the beginning of my campaign, by the command of Anšar and Ishtar, |
| 14' | u2-sze-szib ina _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2 {disz}um-man-i-gasz _dumu_ [...] | In his throne Ummanigaš, son of(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | {disz}um-man-i-gasz sza _mun_ e-pu-szu-usz asz2-ku-nu-usz# [...] | Ummanigash Humban-nikash II, whom I had treated with salt, ... |
| 16' | {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-na _szesz_ la ke-e-nu# [...] | Gešnu-mukīn, the unfaithful brother, ... |
| 17' | _nig2-gur11_ e2-sag-il2 e2-zi-da e2-mes-lam u3# [...] | property of Esagil, Ezida, Emeslam and ... |
| 18' | an-szar2 _{d}en-lil2-la dingir-mesz_ mu-szim-mu szi-ma-a-ti u {d}u-gur# [...] | The gods Aššar, Enlil, (and) the gods who decree fates and the god Nergal, ... |
| 19' | ina _szu-min_ {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu _dumu_ {disz}um-man-i-gasz-ma _szesz ad_-szu2 im-nu-u2#-[...] | by Tammarītu, son of Ummanigaš, his father’s brother, |
| 20' | {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu sza _egir_-szu2 u2-szi-bu ina _{gesz}gu-za_ {kur}elam-ma#{ki} sza2 ki-ma sza2#-[...] | Tammarītu, who had previously sat on the throne of the land Elam, who like |
| 21' | an-szar2 _{d}u-gur dingir-mesz_ ti-ik-le#-ia _lugal_-us-su isz-ki-pu#-ma [...] | Anšar, Nergal, (and all) the gods who support me, his kingship became dilapidated and ... |
| 22' | _egir_-szu2 {disz}in-da-bi-bi sza2 ki-ma sza2-a-szu-ma isz-ta-ap-pa-[...] | After him, Indabibi, who like him ... |
| 23' | _an-sar2 {d}u-gur dingir-mesz_-ni-ia sza2 at-pa-lu ke-mu-u-a pu#-luh-ti _{gesz}tukul-mesz an#?_ [...] | (As for) the incantation of the god Nergal (and) the gods of my gods, whose utterance is true, who fear the weapons of heaven(?) |
| 24' | hur#-ba-szu2 is-hu-up-szu-nu-ti-ma _edin_ {disz}in-da-bi-bi# [...] | his mountain range he overwhelmed them and the steppe of Indabibi ... |
| 25' | uz#?-zu an-szar2 {d}u-gur ul i-nu-uh# ag-gat {d}1(u)-5(disz) asz-szur-i-tu# [...] | (The god) Aššar, the god Ugur, did not abandon your limbs(?), the one who loves Assyria, ... |
| 26' | [x x]-e# ger-ri-ia u2-pa-hir _erin2-hi-a-mesz_ an-szar2 sza sza2-an#?-na#? [...] | ... of my campaign I received. The troops of the god Ashur, who ... |
| 27' | [...] um#-man-al-da#-si u2-sap-pi-ih el-lat#-[...] | ... the ummanaldasi priestess shook ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 28' | [...] sza2#-qu-um-ma-tu# u2-mal-li ba-[...] | ... filled with awe ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 29' | [...] _man#? an du_ [...] | ... king?, rain DUL ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x x {d#}nanna-ru x [...] | ... Nanna(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2 | [...]-sze#?-s,a-am#?-ma _dumu#-[x]_ {d#}sin qa-rit-tu _dingir_-us#-sa tu-s,a-a tu#-[...] | ... and the son ... the goddess Sîn, the mighty one, her god, you brought out, you ... |
| 3 | [...] an#-ni-szu-nu# qab#?-lu#? x-ku#? qab-lu x x x? _ti bad?_ x [...] | ... all of them ... the ... of ... ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | [...] lu ku-us,#-s,u#-ra#-ku a-nun-tu il-lak x [...] | ... may I be guarded; the Anuntu will go ... ... |
| 5 | [...]-ra#-du la pa-du-u2# gasz-ri _dingir-mesz szesz#-mesz_-szu2# s,a-bit x [...] | ... unceasing ..., the powerful one of the gods, his brothers, seized ... ... |
| 6 | [...] a-nun-tu# be#-let {iri}limmu2-dingir tul-la-a-ta isz#-pa-a-ti# i_-szid_-x [...] | ... the Anuntu, the lady of Limmu-ilī, ... a cup of fig-beer ... |
| 7 | [x x] x szal-pat# [...] u2-ha-am-mat, nab-lu mu-ma-'i#?-[...] | (Sum) ... he smashed the ... (Akk) The ... was destroyed, the nablu-demon ... |
| 8 | {d#}iszkur _gu2-gal an#_-[x x] _ki#_-tim _dungu_ ri-ih-s,i e-li-szu2 x [...] | Adad, canal inspector of heaven ... earth, a cloud of haze against him ... ... |
| 9 | ina# tu-kul-ti _an_ [...] _en-mesz_-ia a-bu-ut _erin2-hi-a_ {disz}um#-man-[...] | With the support of the god ..., my lords, the words of my troops, Umman- |
| 10 | a-na er-bet-ti sza2-a#-[x] tah#-ta-a#-szu2 asz2-kun u4-um-szu2 u2-x [...] | I placed his ... in the four directions. At that time, ... |
| 11 | 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 ... |
| 12 | ina li-mi3-it u4-mi3-im#-ma {iri}szu-sza2-an as,-bat [...] | In the middle of the day, I seized the city Susa |
| 13 | _dingir-mesz#_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} u3 _{d}1(u)-5(disz)-mesz_-szu2 u2-sze-s,a-am-ma szal-la-ti-isz am-nu#? [...] | I brought out the gods of Elam and his (own) goddesses and I counted them as booty. |
| 14 | _nig2#-szu#-mesz# nig2-ga-mesz lugal-mesz_-szu2-nu# mah-ru-u2-ti a-di t,a-'a-ti# _kur#-[...]_ | the possessions and property of their former kings, together with the property of the land ... |
| 15 | [x] tukul#?-ti# an#-szar2 {d}sin {d#}utu {d}iszkur {d}en {d}ag {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina{ki} {d}[...] | ... the support(?) of Anšar, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Enlil, Nabu, Ishtar of Nineveh, ... |
| 16 | [x]-et# _mu#?-an#-na_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} as-pu#-un sza2-ni-tu _mu-an-na_ u2-hal-liq#-[...] | I destroyed the land Elam for a second year. |
| 17 | [x x]-it# pi-i-szu2-nu sza2 la usz-pe-e-lu szal-pu2-tim {lu2}e-la#-[...] | ... their mouths, which cannot be overturned, the Elamite |
| 18 | [x x]-ti# an-szar2 _{d}en {d}ag {d}u-gur dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-ia a-na x [...] | ... of the gods Aššar, Bel, Nabû, (and) Nergal, the great gods, my lords, to ... |
| 19 | {iri#}ba-szi-mu {iri}ba-nu-nu _iri lugal_-ti sza {kur}elam-ma{ki} sza na#?-[ge-e? ...] | the cities Bašimu, Banunu, royal city of the land Elam, of the district |
| 20 | [x] qi2#-bit an-szar2 {d}en {d}ag {d}u-gur sza u2-tak-ki-lu-in#-[...] | ... the command of Anšar, Enlil, Nabû, and Ugur, which ... |
| 21 | _szu#-min_ {d}na-na-a {d}uru3-inim-sa {d}unu{ki}-a-a-i#-[...] | Ditto by Nanaya, Urinimsa, and U[nu]! |
| 22 | {d#}dumu-e2 _iri_ ma-la-ki sza s,i-in-nu e-la-mu-[...] | Dumū-ēre of the city Malak, who the ṣinnu of Elamu- |
| 23 | [x] {d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-na _szesz_ la ke-e-nu sza _mun_ e-pu-szu#-usz asz2-ku#-[...] | ... Gešnu-mugina, the unfaithful brother whom I had treated with salt, I ... |
| 24 | _kur_ uri{ki} {kur}kal-du {kur}a-ru-mu {kur}kar2-{d}dun-ia2-asz3 sza ip-ri#?-[...] | the lands Akkad, Chaldea, Arūmu, Kar-Duniaš, which ... |
| 25 | _dingir#-mesz gal-mesz_ ep-sze-te9-e-szu2 lem-ne2-e-ti ip-pal-su-ma ina _an_ [...] | The great gods saw his evil deeds and in heaven ... |
| 26 | [x]-nar#-ri-t,u _lugal_-u-ti an-nu kab-tu e-mid-su# [...] | ... kingship, he imposed upon him a heavy punishment ... |
| 27 | [...] e2#-mes-lam sza# _lugal#_ pa-ni mah#-ri-ia# x [...] | ... the Emeslam, which the king who came before me ... ... |
| 28 | [...] x x [...] | |
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