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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 034, ex. 001 (P394796)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 034, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394796 |
| 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' | [_kur_] szu2-a-tu2 a-di 2(disz)-szu2 a-[zu-uz-ma 2(disz) {lu2}szu-ut _sag_-ia _ugu_-szu2-nu] | I conquered that land two times, and two eunuchs of mine over them |
| 2' | [asz2-kun] u2-sze-szib {disz}bi-'i-lu [ina {iri}up-pu-me u3] | I placed (it) and settled Biʾilu in Uppumu and |
| 3' | {disz}en-asz ina {iri}kul-li-im-me-ri [...] | Bel-aš in Kullimmeri(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | a-na mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur{ki} u2-ter [bil-ti u3] | to the border of Assyria returned my debts and |
| 5' | man-da-at-ti _en_-ti-ia [e-mid-su-nu-ti] | I gave them the payment of my lordship. |
| 6' | ina 1(u)-e _kaskal_-ia _an-[szar2_ ...] | In my 10th campaign, Ashur ... |
| 7' | u2-sza2-as,-bi-ta pa-nu-u-a a-na {kur}[ma-gan u3 {kur}me-luh-ha u2-sza2-asz2-kin] | I made my way to Magan and Meluḫha. |
| 8' | sza2 ina pi-i _ug3-mesz_ {kur}ku-u-si u3 {kur}mu-s,ur i-[nam-bu-u] | who by the mouth of the people of Kusu and Muṣur name |
| 9' | ad-ke-e-ma _erin2 hi-a-mesz an-szar2_ gap-sza2-a-ti sza2 qe2-reb [...] | I gathered, and the vast troops of Assyria that were inside ... |
| 10' | ina {iti}bara2 _iti_ resz-tu-u ul-tu2 _iri_-ia asz-szur at-tu-musz {i7}idigna u {i7}buranun{ki} ina mi-li-szi-na e-te-bir | In Nisannu (I), the first month, from my city Assur, I crossed the Tigris and Euphrates in flood. |
| 11' | _kur-mesz_ mar-s,u-u2-ti ri-ma-nisz asz2-tam-di-ih | I surrounded like a mountain the barren lands. |
| 12' | ina me-ti-iq _kaskal-min_-ia _ugu_ {disz}ba-'a-lu _man_ {kur}s,ur-ri sza2 a-na {disz}tar-qu-u _man_ {kur}ku-u-si ib-ri-szu2 it-tak-lu-ma | In the course of my campaign, they attacked Baʾalu, the king of the land Tyre, who had fled to Tarqû, the King of Kush, and |
| 13' | _{gesz}szudun an-szar2 en_-ia is-lu-u e-tap-pa-lu me-re-eh-tu | The yoke of the god Aššar, my lord, has become old and dilapidated. |
| 14' | {iri}hal-s,u-_mesz ugu_-szu2 u2-rak-kis-ma a-ka-lu u3 mu-u2 ba-lat, _zi_-ti3-szu2-un ak-la | the forts over him he imposed upon him, and food and the life of their lives he carried off. |
| 15' | ul-tu2 {kur}mu-s,ur _karasz_ ad-ke-e-ma a-na {kur}me-luh-ha usz-te-sze-ra har-ra-nu | I marched from the land Muṣur, the Carchemish, and set out to the land Meluḫaḫa. |
| 16' | 3(u) _danna_ qaq-qar ul-tu2 {iri}ap-qu sza2 pa-t,i {kur}sa-me-ri#-[na] a-di {iri}ra-pi-hi | 30 hectares of land from the city Apqu, which is on the border of the land Samaria, to the city Rapḫu |
| 17' | a-na i-te-e na-hal {kur}mu-s,ur a-szar _i7_ la i-szu-u ina eb-li har-har-ri kal-kal-tu2 | to the edge of the wadi of the land Muṣur, where the river has no outlet, on a rugged road |
| 18' | _a-mesz pu2_ ina di-lu-u2-ti _erin2 hi-a_ u2-sza2-asz2-qi2 | water from a well in the evening, labor-troops he shall give. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki-i qi2-bit _an-szar2 en_-ia ina _gesztu-min-mesz_-ia ib-szi-ma [usz-ta-bi-la] ka-bat-ti | According to the command of the god Ashur, my lord, with my ears he was born and I brought to my attention. |
| 2 | {ansze}gam-mal-li sza2 _lugal-mesz_ {kur}a-ri-bi ka-li-szu2-un ad-[ke-e-ma {kusz}na-a-di {kusz}hi-in-ti e]-mid-su-nu-ti | I brought all of the kings of the land of the Arabs (and) I bound them with sandals and hems. |
| 3 | 2(u) _danna_ qaq-qar ma-lak 1(u) 5(disz) u4-me ina szi-pik ba-[s,i _kal-mesz_ a-szar s,u-ma-a-me] ar-de | 20 danna of the ground, journeying 15 days in the craft of the sacrificial sheep, where the wild goats are born, |
| 4 | 4(disz) _danna_ qaq-qar ina {na4}gab-e mu-s,a [...] al-lik | 4 danna-stones of the ground with alum I marched. |
| 5 | 4(disz) _danna_ qaq-qar ma-lak 2(disz) u4-me _musz_ 2(disz) _sag-du-mesz_-szu x [... sza i-mat-su]-un# mu-tu2-ma | 4 shekels of sulphur on the ground; 2 days, two snakes, his heads ... ..., who had died, and |
| 6 | ad-da-isz-ma e-ti7-iq 4(disz) _danna_ qaq-qar ma-lak 2(disz) [u4-me] _musz#-mesz sig7-mesz_ | I added, and the river level rose 4 danna-measures of ground, the way for 2 days of green snakes |
| 7 | sza2 s,u-ub-bu-bu a-gap2-pi 4(disz) _danna_ qaq-qar ma-lak 2(disz) u4-[me ...] x-li-ti | of ṣubbubu-disease of the apsû, 4 nanny goats of the field, 2 days ... ... |
| 8 | 1(u) 6(disz) _danna_ qaq-qar ma-lak 8(disz) u4-me ar-de [...] x ma-a-disz | 16 danna-measures of the ground, marched 8 days, ... ... many times |
| 9 | {d}marduk _en gal_-u2 re-s,u-ti il-lik [...] | Marduk, the great lord, went to the aid of |
| 10 | u2-bal-lit, _zi_-ti3 _erin2 hi-a_-ia 2(u) u4-me 7(disz) [...] | I restored. The life of my labor-troops, 20 days 7 ... |
| 11 | sza mi3-s,ir {kur}mu-s,ur asz2-ta-kan nu-bat-ti [...] | I placed (them) in the territory of the land Muṣur. The night ... |
| 12 | ul-tu2 {iri}ma-ag-[da-li] a-di [{iri}me-em-pi ...] | From Magdalu to Mempu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | mi-szi-ih-ti 4(u) _danna_ qaq-qar ar-de [...] | a deficit of 40 danna in the area of Arde ... |
| 14 | qaq-qa-ru szu2-a-tu2 ki-ma _{na4}zu2-[masz-da3_ ...] | that field like mašda-stone |
| 15 | ki-ma s,ip-ri {gesz}szil-ta-hi [...] | Like a ṣipru-vessel, a bolt ... |
| 16 | da-mu u szar-ku el-[...] | (Sum) My blood and the šarku-disease (are) pure ... (Akk) I am pure and my blood is pure |
| 17 | _{lu2}kur2_ ak-s,i a-di [...] | I defeated the enemy until(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18 | a-na {iri}is-hup-[ri ...] | to Isḫ[uri ...](lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19 | [...] _an_ [...] | ... Mars ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
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