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RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 156 ex. 001 (P394991)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 156 ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394991 |
| 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#}dil#-bat# [...] | To Venus ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | sza# it#-ti {disz}ha-za#-[...] | which with Haza-(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | ina _szu#-min_ {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su# [...] | by the hand of Sîn-papmešsu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | la a-sza2-ab-sza2 it-ti _ug3#-mesz#_ {kur#}a#-ri#-[...] | I do not dwell with the people of the land Ari... |
| 5 | {disz}an-szar2-pap-asz _man kur_ an-szar2{ki} _ad_ ba#-[...] | Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, the father who ... |
| 6 | sza ina pa-lah3 _dingir-mesz_ u _{d}1(u)-5(disz)-mesz_ [...] | who in the fear of the gods and goddesses |
| 7 | an#-szar2 u3 {d}utu ina _{gesz}gu-za ad_ [...] | Anšar and Šamaš on the throne of the father ... |
| 8 | _dingir-mesz kur#-kur_ szal-lu-tu u2-[...] | The gods of the lands ... the booty ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | {disz}ha-za_-dingir man_ {kur}a-ri-bi it-ti# [...] | Haza-il, king of the land of Arabi, with ... |
| 10 | a-di mah-ri-szu2 il-lik-am-ma u2#-[...] | Before him, he went and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | asz2-szu2 na-dan {d}isz-tar-szu2 im-hur-szu2-ma re#-[...] | Because of the gift that Ištar gave to him, he received from him and |
| 12 | {munus}te-'e-el-hu-nu {munus}ku-mir-ta-sza2# [...] | Te'elḫunu (and) Kumirtaša(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | ina _ugu_ {munus}ta-bu-a {d}utu isz-al-ma# [...] | Concerning Tabû, the god Šamaš heard (it) and ... |
| 14 | it-ti {d}isz-tar-szu2 [...] | with his goddess(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | u2-sze-pisz-ma _mul_-tu _ku3-sig17 husz-a_ sza ni#-siq#-[...] | I had a reddish star of ...-gold made and |
| 16 | a#-na _ti-la zi-mesz_-szu2 _gid2-da ud-mesz#-[...]_ | for the life of his life, long days ... |
| 17 | szul-bur _lugal_-ti-szu2 sa#-[...] | The šulbur priestess of his royal majesty ... |
| 18 | _dingir-mesz kur-kur_ sza2-a-tu-nu sza2 asz2-ra-te-szu2-nu u2-szak#-[...] | I made those gods of those lands, whose cult centers ..., bow down at my feet. |
| 19 | ik-rib _u4-mesz su3#-mesz_ lik-tar-ra-bu _egir_-su _ugu#_ [...] | May long days be long for you. Afterwards, upon . |
| 20 | a#-na-ku {disz}an-szar2-du3-ibila# _man kur_ an-szar2{ki} _dingir-mesz#_ [...] | I, Ashurbanipal, king of the land of Assyria, the gods, ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x x]-a#-a il-lik-u2-ma [...] | ... went and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | _{lu2#}kur2-mesz_-ia i-ni-ru u2#-sza2-zi#-[...] | My enemies became hostile and ... |
| 3 | isz-ni-ma {disz}u2-a-a-te-e' _man_ {kur}a-ri-bi sza _ugu#_ [...] | Uaite', the king of the land of the Arabs, who over ... |
| 4 | sza# _mun_ e-pu-szu-usz la# is,-s,u-ru# [...] | Those who had performed sorcery against me did not keep watch ... |
| 5 | ia-a-ti u2-masz-szir#-an-ni it#-ti {disz}{d}gesz#-nu11#-[...] | “Gešnu-[... ...] made me disobedient to him, |
| 6 | {d}isz-tar be-el#-tu sza2-qu#-tu [...] | Ištar, exalted lady(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | ina a-mat qi2-bi-ti-sza2 s,ir-ti# a-na-ku# {disz}an-szar2-du3-ibila# [...] | By the word of her exalted command, I, Ashurbanipal |
| 8 | ina qi2-bit an-szar2 _{d}nin-lil2#_ {d}x x x [...] | By the command of the deities Aššar, Mullissu, ..., |
| 9 | sza2-a-szu2 bal-t,u-us-su ina _szu#-min_ u2#?-[...] | He himself is alive; with the hand ... .(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | _{uzu}me-ze2_-szu2 ap-lu-usz ina la-ah#-[...] | I poured out his water, in laḫ[...] |
| 11 | ina _abul_ s,i-it# _{d}utu_-szu2 sza _muru2#_ [...] | in the main gate of the god Šamaš of the middle ... |
| 12 | na-bu-u zi-kir#-[...] | He is the one who ... the utterance(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | ina u4-me-szu2 _mul_-tu# szu#-a#-tu# [...] | At that time, that star ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14 | _ugu#? dingir_-ti-sza2 _gal#-[...]_ | upon her divinity(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | ni-isz# _szu-min_-ia# [...] | My hands ... my handiwork. |
| 16 | e-ma# a#-[...] | Wherever ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 17 | _ud-mesz-[...]_ | The days ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 18 | _mu#-mesz#-[...]_ | |
| 19 | x x x [...] | |
| 20 | x x x [...] | |
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