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RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 197 ex. 002 (P394806)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 197 ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394806 |
| 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' | i-na#? [...] | in ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 3' | i#?-na#? x x [...] | In ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 4' | i#-na# su-up-pe-e# [...] | In the supplications ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | {disz}tar-qu-u _man_ {kur}mu#-[...] | Tarqû, king of the land Mu... |
| 6' | a-na e-pesz qab#-li# [...] | To do battle(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | nam#-ri-ir-ri {d#}[...] | The radiance of the god(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | {iri#}me#-em-pi u2#-[...] | The city Mempi ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | _iri#_ szu2-a-tu2 as,#-[...] | I ... that city(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | x x x? [...] | |
| 11' | x x [...] | |
| 12' | x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | {disz}um#-man#-[...] | Umman-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu2# [...] | Tammarītu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | a-na-ku# {disz}an#-szar2#-du3#-a# [...] | I, Ashurbanipal(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | sza2-ni-a-nu ad#-ke# _erin2#-hi#-a#_-[...] um#-man#-al#-[...] | Secondly, I ... the troops ... Ummanal-...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | at,-ru#-ud {disz}um#-man#-al#-[...] elam#-ma{ki} la#-[...] | I sent. Ummanal- Elam not(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | {disz}am-ba_-lagab_-u-a sza2# me2#-[x x] {disz#}um#-man-al-da-si asz2#-[...] | Amba-lāgabû’a, who ... Ummanaldasi ... |
| 7' | {iri}bu-bi-lu _iri#_ [x]-szab# _en_-ti-szu2 u2-masz-szir-ma# [...] | The city Bubilu, the city of ..., his lordly residence, I abandoned and ... |
| 8' | {disz}tam-ma#-ri#-tu2 sza2 in-nab#-ta is,-ba-ta _giri3-min_-ia qe2-reb {iri}szu#-[...] | Tammarītu, who had fled and grasped my feet, in the city Šu... |
| 9' | _saga#_-tu# e-pu#-szu2-usz# sza2 asz2-pu-ru _a2-tah_-su in-szi-ma isz-te-ne2-'a#-[...] | I made a good thing for him. As I had written, he became afraid of him and ... . |
| 10' | an-szar2 _lugal dingir-mesz# {d}u-gur#_ be-lum s,i-i-ru sza ina mah-ri-ia il-la-ku u2-sza2-zi-zu#-in#-[...] | Ashur, king of the gods, Nergal, exalted lord, who came before me, ... |
| 11' | lib3-bi {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu2# ek-s,u ba-ra-nu-u2 ib-ru-ma im-nu-u2-[...] | (As for) Tammarītu, the evildoer, he became angry and ... |
| 12' | ul-tu# _{gesz}gu-za lugal#_-ti-szu2 id-ku-nisz-szum-ma u2-ter-<ru>-ni-szum-ma u2-szak-ni-szu2-usz# [...] | After he had seated him on his royal throne, I restored him and made him ... |
| 13' | szal-szi-a-nu an-szar2 _en#_ s,i#-i#-ru {d}u-gur qar-rad _dingir-mesz_ {d}i-szum sza2 _szu-min_-szu2 as-ma u2-tak-ki-lu-ni-ma a-na {kur}elam#-[...] | Secondly, Aššar, exalted lord, Nergal, hero of the gods, (and) Ishum, whose hands I had cut off and to Elam |
| 14' | {iri#}e2-{disz}im-bi-i sza# [x] ger#-ri-ia mah-re-e ak-szu2-du e-nen-na {kur}ra-a-szi {iri}ha-ma-nu a-di na#-[...] | I conquered the city Ēdi-Imbî, which ... my earlier campaign. Now, I captured the lands Raši (and) Hamanum, as far as ... |
| 15' | u3# szu-u2 {disz}um#-[x x]-da#-su _lugal_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} ka-szad {kur}ra-a-szi u {iri#}ha#-ma-ni [...] | And he, Um-...-dasu, king of the land Elam, conqueror of the lands Raši and Hamānu |
| 16' | pu#-luh-ti an-szar2 _en#_-[x x] nam#-ri-ri {d}u-gur _dingir_-ia5 a-lik _a2-min_-ia is-hu-pu-szu2-ma {iri}ma#-dak#-tu2# _iri# lugal_-ti-szu2 u2-masz#-[...] | The fearsomeness of the god Aššar, the lord of ..., the shining one, the god Nergal, my god, who marched at my side, overwhelmed him and the city Madaktu, his royal city, he destroyed. |
| 17' | {id2#}id-id-e# [...] _id2#_ szu2-a-tu2 a-na dan-nu-ti-szu2 isz-kun uk-tas,-s,ar a#-[...] | The Tigris ... that river to its full extent he established, secured, and ... |
| 18' | {iri#}na-di-tu {iri#}[...]-ku# {iri}har-tap-pa-a-nu _iri-mesz lugal_-ti-szu2 a-di na-ge-szu2-[...] | Naditu, ..., Ḫartappanu, his royal cities, together with the district |
| 19' | {iri#}tu-u2-bu# [...] _id2#_ ka-la-ma ak-szud {iri}ma-dak-tu {iri}hal-te-ma-asz2 {iri}[...] | I conquered the cities Tūbu, ..., (and) all of the rivers. The cities Madaktu, Ḫaltemaš, |
| 20' | {iri}di-in-[...]-ma# {iri#}bu-bi-lu {iri}ka-bi-in-ak _iri-mesz lugal#-[...]_ | Din...ma, Bubilu, and Kabinak, cities of Lugal-... |
| 21' | {iri}bad3-{disz}un#-[...] 1(u) 4(disz)#? _iri#-mesz_ mu-szab _lugal_-u-ti a-di _iri-mesz tur#-[...]_ | (The cities) Dur-Un..., 14(?) cities, the residence of kingship, together with the cities Tur-... |
| 22' | sza qe2-reb# [...] aq#-mu# a-na [...] | I prayed to ... in the midst of ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23' | i-na la mi3-ni# [...] mun#?-[...] | Without a supplication(?)(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 24' | {disz}um-man-al#-[...] | Ummanal-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 25' | {iri}ba-nu#-[...] | Banu-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 26' | _2(u)-am3_ [...] | |
| 27' | _1(gesz2) danna#_ [...]_ | 60 leagues ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 28' | i-na ta#-[...] | In ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 29' | _ku3#?-[...]_ | |
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