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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 054, ex. 001 (P394624)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 054, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394624 |
| 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' | [...] _en_ [...] | ... lord ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | [...] _lu_ [...] | |
| 3' | [...]-ri-i _an_ [...] | ... heaven ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | [...] nab-nit ka-a-[...] | ... the creator ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | [...] li-mur nab-nit-sun2 | ... may he see ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | [... u2-ma]-an-di-id ib-le-e-[szun3] | ... he made pass through them.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | [...] u2-rat-ta-a _ka2-mesz_-szun3 | ... they opened their gates.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | [...] masz-szi-szu sza2-ma-mesz | ... its exorcists are heavenly(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | [...] x-du-te a-sur-ru-szu2 | ... its border(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | [...]-ti-ma ana _an-szar2_ {d}nin-lil2 | ... and to Ashur, Ninlil(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11' | [...] si-ga-ri | ... the siŋari(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12' | [... _{lu2}]nar-gal-mesz {lu2}gala-mesz_ | the great singers, the lamentation priests |
| 13' | [...] ma-har-szu2 ul-ziz-ma | ... stood before him and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | [... ap]-ru-us-ma | ... I went out and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 15' | [...]-ru _gin7_ [...]-ma | ... like ... and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 16' | [...] | |
| 17' | [...] | |
| 18' | [... _udu]-nita2-mesz_ | ... rams(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 19' | [...]-ti-ia ar-kus | ... my ... is exhausted.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 20' | [...] _ugu#_-ka {iri}kar-{disz}{d}asz-szur-pap-asz ar-kus | ... upon you, Kar-Assur-papaš has been struck down. |
| 21' | [...] 3(disz) _ansze_ 1(disz) _sze lal3-mesz_ | ... 3 homers 1 barley of honey,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22' | [...] ar-ku-su | ... he will die.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 23' | [... ...] _ansze_ {szim}en-di _ta_ {iri}kar-{d}asz-szur | [... x] homers of juniper from Kar-Assur; |
| 24' | [sza ...] _udu-nita2-mesz_ 2(u) 4(disz) _ansze_ {sze}hasz-la-a-tu2 | of ... rams, 24 homers of chickpeas(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25' | [_ta {iri}kar-en-kur-kur_ sza sa-a]-a ina {kur}mu-s,ur i-nam-bu-u | from the city Karenkurkur, which is in Egypt, they call. |
| 26' | [6(disz) _ansze sze-pi_-ni-gu 1(gesz2) 1(u) _ansze ...]-mesz_ 3(disz) _ansze_ 1(disz) _sze lal3-mesz_ | 6 homers of pistachios, 610 homer ..., 3 homer 1 barley of honey, |
| 27' | [6(disz) _me_ 1(u) 2(disz) ... _mesz ta sza3 kur-kur_ sza2-ti]-na sza _an-szar2 en gal_-u2 ina _szu-min_-ia im-nu-u ar-kus | 612 ... from those lands that the god Ashur, the great lord, had placed under my authority, |
| 28' | [...-mi3-it _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar na4-mesz_ ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia u3 szal-lat] {kur}mu-s,ur u3 {kur}ku-u-si | ... gold, silver, precious stones, my hands, and the booty of Egypt and Kush |
| 29' | [sza ina tu]-kul-ti {d}asz-szur _en_-ia ik-szu-[da _szu-min_-ia esz-re-et?] _kur eme-gi7_ u uri{ki} u2-hi-iz-ma _gin7_ u4-me u2-nam-mir | (As for) the one who with the support of the god Ashur, my lord, had grasped my hands, I built sanctuaries in the land of Sumer and Akkad and made (them) shine like daylight. |
| 30' | [... _du3_]-usz-ma at-ta-di qe2-reb-szun | ... I built and I reached inside them.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 31' | [...] {d}da-gan resz-tu-u sza2 _man dingir-mesz an-szar2_ | ... Dagan, firstborn of the king of the gods, Ashur |
| 32' | [... _{lu2}szitim-gal_-li le-'u-u]-ti mu-kin-nu gesz-hur-ri | ... the wise craftsman who establishes the divine plans |
| 33' | [... tam-szil] {mul}asz-iku at-ta-ad-di tem-me-en-szu2 | I surrounded the flank of the Aššiku-star (and) its base. |
| 34' | [...] ki-i isz-ten2 u2-pa-hir-ma | ... as one he removed, and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 35' | [... u2]-lab-bisz an-du-ra-ar-szu2-nu asz2-kun | ... I adorned (them) with ... and deposited their inscriptions.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 36' | [... za]-qap s,ip-pa-a-ti u2-szar-hi-is-su-nu-ti lib3-bu | ... I made their hearts rejoice with the ṣippatu-festival. |
| 37' | [...] _zabar#_ nam-ri ina pi-ti-iq {d}nin-a2-gal ap-ti-iq-ma | ... I pierced with shining bronze by the command of the goddess Ninagal and |
| 38' | [...]-ad-di-iq-ma a-na {d}idim _en_-ia a-qisz a-na qisz-ti | ... and to the god Ištar, my lord, I dedicated it for my life. |
| 39' | [...]{ki} sza2 la-ba-risz il-li-ku | ... which had become old went |
| 40' | [... _dumu-mesz_ um-ma]-a-ni le-'u-u2-ti at-ta-di tim-me-en-szu2 | ... the sons of the wise elders I counted as his descendants. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [... {d}]ag _en_-ia a-qisz a-na qisz-ti | I gave to the god Nabû, my lord, as a gift. |
| 2 | [...] ar-s,ip u2-szak-lil _dingir-mesz_ a-szi-bu-ti qe2-reb-e-szu2-un | ... I built and completed. The gods who dwell inside them |
| 3 | [...] eb-bi u3 mar-ri _ku3-sig17_ ru-usz-sze-e | ... pure and pure gold,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | [... la-ba]-risz _du_-ku esz-szisz u2-sze-pisz | ... I had built anew in a new place. |
| 5 | [... _ku3]-babbar_ u2-sze-pisz-ma ina e2-masz-masz at-man {d}nin-lil2 _gaszan_-ia | I had ... of silver made and in the Emašmash, the temple of the goddess Ninlil, my lady, |
| 6 | [...] {d}ag {d}tasz-me-tum la-ab-ru u2-szesz ma-aq-tu ak-szir2 | ... the god Nabû (and) the goddess Tašmētu, I raised up the dead. |
| 7 | [...]-ti _sza3_-ma u2-szak-me-sa sza2-pal-szu2-un | ... and made them bow down at their feet. |
| 8 | [...] sza2 qe2-reb nina{ki} la ep-szu2 ina t,e-hi _ka2-gal muru2 iri_ | ... which was not done in Nineveh, at the foot of the city wall |
| 9 | [...]-su ur-mah-hi an-zi-i {d}lah3-me sza2 _ku3-babbar uruda_ u2-sze-pisz-ma | ... his ... lion, the Anzû-demon, the laḫmu-deities of silver and copper I had built and |
| 10 | [...] e2-zi-da _e2_ {d}ag sza2 qe2-reb bar2-sipa{ki} | ... Ezida, the temple of Nabû that is inside Borsippa |
| 11 | [... _ku3]-sig17_ 2(disz) _am-mesz ku3-babbar_ 2(disz) _am-mesz zabar_ 2(disz) _suhur-masz2{ku6} zabar_ | gold, 2 wild bulls of silver, 2 bronze bulls, and 2 bronze suhurmaš-fishes, |
| 12 | [... ina szi]-pir {d}ku3-sig17-banda3{da} {d}nin-a2-gal nak-lisz u2-ban-ni-ma | [... by] the craft of Kugsigbanda (and) Ninagal, he smote me fiercely and |
| 13 | [... pa-rak _nam]-mesz_ szu-bat szi-tul-ti sza {d}ag pa-qid kisz-szat _an_-e _ki_-tim | ... the sanctuaries, the seat of the ritual offerings of Nabû, the overseer of all of heaven and earth, |
| 14 | [... _ki]-sag_ eb-bi nak-lisz ap-ti-iq-ma _{gesz}gigir zabar_ nam-ri | ... I cut down with a sharp knife the mighty throne |
| 15 | [...] x _am-mesz zabar_ eb-bi nak-lisz ap-ti-iq-ma | ... ... I cut off ... wild bulls with shiny bronze and |
| 16 | [... e2-gaszan-kalam-ma _e2_ {d}isz-tar] sza2 qe2-reb {iri}limmu2-dingir _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17_ uh-hi-iz-ma u2-nam-mir ki-ma u4-me | Egašankalamma, the temple of the goddess Ištar that is inside Limmu-ilum, I weighed out silver and gold and made (it) shine like daylight. |
| 17 | [...] _zabar#_ u2-sze-pisz-ma u2-sza2-as,-bi-ta _si-gar ka2-mesz_-sza2 | ... I had bronze made and I had its gates firmly secured. |
| 18 | [...]-x-ma-a-te ina qer-bi-szu2 ab-ni-ma u2-sza2-as-hi-ra ki-da-szu2 | ... I erected ... inside it and (then) made its foundations firm. |
| 19 | [...] ul-tu2 _{d}1(u)-5(disz)_ be-el-ti _lugal_-ti _ugu_ sza2 _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia2 u2-szar-bu-u | ... after the goddess Ishtar, my lady, made my royal majesty surpass those of the kings, my ancestors. |
| 20 | [... u2]-sza2-tir nab-nit-sa _e2_ a2-ki-it _edin e2_ ni-gu-ti | ... he created her dwelling, the akītu-house, the steppe, the temple of nigûtu, |
| 21 | [...]-ma u2-szal-la-mu par-s,e-e-sza2 | ... and he will complete her rites.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22 | [...] szu-a-tu ina a-gur2-ri _{na4}zu2 {na4}za-gin3_ | ... that ... with baked bricks of date-palm and lapis lazuli |
| 23 | [...] is,-s,i {gesz}ere-ni _mah-mesz du3_-usz-ma | ... the great cedars I made, and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 24 | [...] bil-ti-szu2 | ... his debts(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 25 | [... {iti}]kin _u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam_ | ... Ululu, the 17th day(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 26 | [...] ma-har-szu2-un | ... before them(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 27 | [...] u2-szah-ma-t,u _{udu}siskur-mesz_-szu2-un | ... they destroyed their offerings.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 28 | [... ina] kar-szi rit-pa-sze ha-si-si pal-ke-e | ... in the quay, in the street, he is frightened.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 29 | [...] qe2-reb _e2_ a2-ki-it u2-sze-szib-szu2-nu-ti [...]-kit-sun2 | ... in the house of Akītu I settled them ... their ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 30 | [_...]-mesz_ 1(u) _udu-nita2-mesz_ 1(u) _muszen-mesz_ 7(disz) _ansze gesztin_ 4(disz) _ansze_ [...] | ... 10 rams, 10 birds, 7 homers of wine, 4 ... |
| 31 | [...]-lu {sze}hasz-lat _nu_ an-nu-u2 a-na nap-tan _dingir_-ti-[szu2-nu] | ... this grain is not for the meal of their divinity.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 32 | [... qe2]-reb _e2_ a2-ki-it u2-kin ma-har-[szu2-nu] | ... in the house of the akītu-priestess I established before them. |
| 33 | [...] _ki en_-ia u2-sze-[...] | ... with my lord ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 34 | [...]-szu2-nu u2-szam-[hir] | ... I made their ... greater.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 35 | [... usz-sze-szu2 ad-di]-ma u2-kin _sig4_-[su] | ... I laid its foundations and deposited its bricks. |
| 36 | [...] _szar ku_ u2-sze-rib ki-ma [...] | ... he brought in pure ... like ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 37 | [...]-ma _ki su ra di e_ szu-bat ta-ni-ih-ti sza2 [...] | ... and ... ... the dwelling of fearsomeness which ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 38 | [...] ta-a-a-ar-tu2 sza2-a-sza2 a-di _dingir-mesz_ ma-li-ke-e-sza2 | ... the tārītu of hers, together with the gods of her assembly, |
| 39 | [... u2-sze]-rib-szi-ma _ki-tusz_ ne-eh-tu u2-sze-szib-szi | ... I brought her in and I settled her in a peaceful dwelling. |
| 40 | [... usz-sze-szu2] ad-di-ma u2-kin _sig4_-su | I laid its foundations and deposited its bricks. |
| 41 | [...] u3 e2-sze-ri-ga u2-sze-rib-ma u2-szar-ma-a szu-ba-a-te | I brought in ... and Ešeriga and made (them) dwell therein. |
| 42 | [...]-e {d}u-gur | ... Ugur(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 43 | [...]-tu _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17_ u3 _an-bar_ u2-sze-pisz | ... silver, gold, and iron I had made. |
| 44 | [...] {iri}mu-s,a-s,i-ri sza2 {disz}[...] | ... Muṣaṣir of ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 45 | [...] sza2 {disz}{d}3(u)-pap-mesz-su [...] | ... of Sîn-papmešsu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 46 | [...] _zabar#_ nam-ri na-[ak-lisz ap-ti-iq] | ... I pierced with sharp bronze.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 47 | [...] x x x [...] | |
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