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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib x1015, ex. 001 (P396381)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib x1015, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396381 |
| 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' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] _szid_ [...] | |
| 3' | [... {d}asz-szur be-li2 u2-tak-kil]-an#-ni-ma a-na {kur}ia-[u-di lu al-lik ina] me-ti-iq _kaskal-min_-ia man-da-at-tu sza2 _lugal#-[mesz_ ... am-hur ...] | [... the god Ašs]ur, my lord, granted me and I marched to the land Yaudu. In the course of my campaign, I received the payment of the kings ... |
| 4' | [... ina da]-na#?-ni sza2 an-szar2 _en_-ia na-gu-u [sza2 {disz}x-x]-ia#-a-u {kur}ia-u-da-a-a _gin7_ x [...] | ... by the strength of (the god) Ashur, my lord, the nagû of ...iau, the Judaean, like ... |
| 5' | [...]-x {iri}a-za-qa-a _e2_ tuk-la-te-szu2 sza2 ina bi#-rit# [x?]-x-ri-ia u {kur}ia-u-di x [...] | ... the city Azaqâ, a house of his trust, which between my and the land Judah ... |
| 6' | [...] s,e-er _szu-si kur_-e sza2-kin _gin7_ zi-qip _gir2-an-bar#-mesz#_ la ni-bi ana _an_-e sza2-qu-u _sur_ [...] | ... is located on the north side of the mountain like a flash of lightning that cannot be seen; it is elevated to the sky ... |
| 7' | [...] dun#-nu-nu-ma szit-nu-nu _kur_-e zaq-ru-ti a-na ni-[t,il] _igi-min-mesz_ ki-i sza2 ul-tu _an_-e [...] | ... they were born, and the shitnû-demons of the distant mountains for the protection of the eyes, as from heaven ... |
| 8' | [... ina szuk-bu-us a]-ra#-am-me qur-ru-bu szu-pe-e da-an-nu-tu2 u [i]-na# mit-hu-us, zu-ki _giri3-min_ qu#-[ra-di-ia? x x x?] | ... with a scepter of awe-inspiring radiance, mighty thunder, and with the support of my warrior feet ... |
| 9' | [... _ansze]-kur#-ra-mesz_-ia e-mu-ru-ma ri-gim um-ma-nat an#-szar2 gap-sza2-te isz-mu-ma ip-lah3 lib3#-[ba-szu2-un x x x?] | ... saw my horses and heard the cry of a great herald of the universe, and their hearts rejoiced ... |
| 10' | [... al]-me# _kur_-ud asz2-lu-la szal-lat-su ap-pul aq-qur [ina {d}gesz-bar aq-mu] | ... I marched, conquered, plundered, destroyed, (and) burned with fire. |
| 11' | [...] _iri#? lugal#_-ti# sza {kur}pi-lisz-ta-a-a#? sza2#? {disz#}x-x-[x]-ia#-a-u e-ki-mu u2-dan-ni-nu-szu2-ma [...] | ... the royal city of the Pilištaeans, which ...iau had conquered and ... |
| 12' | [...] x x x x x x x x _gin7_ {gesz}gap-ni [...] | ... like a bolt ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13' | [...] di#-ma#-a-ti _gal-mesz_ szu-tas-hu-ur-ma# szum-ru-s,a-at [...] | ... the great storms, you are torn out, and you are frightened ... |
| 14' | [...] x _e2-gal gin7 kur_-e pa-nu-usz-szu2-un# ed-let-ma sza2-qa-at [...] | ... ... the palace, like a mountain, opened their faces and was high ... |
| 15' | [...] e#-kel la na-pi-ih-szu2 _{d}utu_-szu2 _a-mesz_-szu2 ina e-t,u#?-ti szit-ku-nu-ma mu-s,a-szu2 [...] | ... he became frightened, his fearsomeness, his Šamaš, his water, in darkness, and his sleep ... |
| 16' | [... pi]-i-sza2 ina qul-mi3-i na-kis ha-ri-s,u i-te-sza2#? sza2-pil-ma ka-x [...] | ... her mouth in a qullû-vessel, the knot of a haruṣu-snake, she carried away, and ... |
| 17' | [...] le#-'u-u-te _me3_ u2-sze-rib qe2-reb-szu2 _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-szu2 u2-ra-kis a-na# [...] | ... I brought into it mighty battle arrays. I cut off his weapons and to ... |
| 18' | [...] um#-ma-na-at _kur mar-tu{ki} du3_-szu2-un _sahar#-hi#-a_ u2-sza2-az-bil2-szu-nu-ti-ma [...] | ... the army of the land Amurru brought dust to them and ... |
| 19' | [...] x s,e-ru-usz-szu2-un ina 7(disz)-szu x [x] du#?-ri#?-szu2 _gal-mesz gin7_ kar-pat# [pa-ha-ri] | ... ... their flock, in seven days ... its great ... like a stag ... |
| 20' | [u2-par-ri-ir ... _gu4-mesz_ u s,e]-e#-ni ul-tu2 qer-bi-szu2 u2#-[sze-s,a-am-ma] szal#-la#-[tisz am-nu] | I brought out ... oxen and sheep from inside it and I counted them as booty. |
| 21' | [...] x x x x x? x x x x [...] | |
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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