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RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 015, ex. 002 (P422299)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 015, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422299 |
| Museum no. | BM 121011 (+) BM 127985 + BM 128245 (+) OIM A16916 + OIM A16922 + OIM A16923 + OIM A16924 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] {lu2#}u2#-bu#-[...] | ... the bubu-official(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | [...]-hu# {lu2}gu-ru-mu | ... the Gurumu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | [...]-mu#-nu# {lu2}gam-bu-lu | ... the Gambulu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | [...] ru#-'u-u2-a {lu2#}pu#-qu#-du# | ... my ..., the Puqudu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | [...]-nu# {lu2}ha-ga-ra-nu | ... the Hagarānu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | [...]-tu# {lu2#}li-i'-ta-u2 | ... the Li'tāyu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | [...] la# kan-szu-te# mit-ha-risz _kur_-ud | ... I gained dominion over the insubmissive ... together. |
| 8' | [...] _un#-mesz tur gal# nita_ u _munus_ | ... people, young and old, male and female, |
| 9' | [...] _{ansze#}kunga-mesz ansze-mesz# {ansze}gam-mal-mesz_ | ... mules, donkeys, camels(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | [...] _u8#-udu hi-a_ sza la# ni-bi | ... sheep and goats without number |
| 11' | szal#-[...]-lu#-la a-na qe2-reb _kur_ asz-szur#{ki#} | ... to Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | i-na me#-[...]-ia# sza {disz}{d}ag-en-mu-mesz | In the ... of Nabû-bēl-šumēa(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | {lu2}qi2#-pi# [...]-ra#-te _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar_ | The qīpu-priest ... gold and silver |
| 14' | {gesz}mu-suk-kan-ni _gal-[x] ansze#-mesz {ansze}gam-mal-mesz gu4-mesz_ | ... large ... donkeys, camels, oxen |
| 15' | u3 _u8-udu-hi#-a#_ ta#-mar#-[x]-szu2# ka-bit-tu am-hur | and sheep and goats, his large ... I received. |
| 16' | ba-hu-la-te {iri}hi-rim-me _{lu2#}kur2#_ ak-s,i | I conquered the city Ḫirimme, a hostile land. |
| 17' | [x x] _{gesz#}tukul-mesz_ u2-szam-qit-ma e#-du ul e-zib | ... he made the weapons bow down and did not leave. |
| 18' | pag-ri-szu2-nu i-na ga-szi-szi# a-lul-ma | I washed their hands with a cloth. |
| 19' | si-hir-ti _iri_ u2#-szal-me | he completes the whole of the city. |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1' | a-na# la# mi#-[...] | Not ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2' | u2-sza2-lik-szu-ma# u2#-s,a-ah-hi-ir _kur_-su | I marched against him and conquered his land. |
| 3' | {iri}s,i-s,i-ir-tu# [x] ku-um-ma#-[x x] | Ṣiṣirtu ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | _iri-mesz_-ni dan-nu-ti [x x] _iri-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu# | the fortified cities ..., the small cities in their environs |
| 5' | {kur}e2-{disz}ba-ar-ru-u2# na-gu-u2 a-na gi-mir-ti-szu2 | The land Ē-Bāru, the nagû, in its entirety |
| 6' | ul-tu qe2-reb _kur_-szu2 ab#-tuq#-ma _ugu_ mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur{ki#} | I crossed the Euphrates River from his land and upon the border of Assyria |
| 7' | u2-rad-di {iri}el#-en-za-asz2 a-na# _iri lugal_-u2-ti# | I added Elenzaš to the city of kingship. |
| 8' | u3 dan-na-at# na-ge-e szu-a-tu as,-bat-ma | And I seized that district and |
| 9' | _mu_-szu2 mah-ra#-a u2-na-kir-ma | his earlier name he erased and |
| 10' | {iri}kar-{disz}{d}en-zu#-szesz#-mesz-eri-ba at-ta-bi ni-bit-su | I surrounded (and) conquered the city Kar-Enzu-Šešmešeriba. |
| 11' | _ug3-mesz kur-kur_ ki-szit#-ti# _szu-min_-ia i-na lib3-bi u2-sze-szib | I settled therein the people of the lands under my authority. |
| 12' | i#-na# _szu-min_ {lu2#}[x]-ut _sag_-ia _{lu2}en-nam_ {iri}har-har | from the hands of the eunuch of mine, the governor of Harhar |
| 13' | am-nu#-[...] i#-na# ta#-a#-a#-ar#-ti#-ia# | I ... on my return march(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | sza {kur}ma-da#-[...]-qu-ti sza ina _lugal-mesz_-ni# | of the land Madaqutu, which among the kings |
| 15' | _ad-mesz_-ia ma-am-[x] la# isz-mu-u2 zi-kir _kur#_-szu2#-un | my fathers did not hear the mention of their land |
| 16' | man-da-ta-szu2-nu# ka-bit-tu am-hur | I received their substantial payment. |
| 17' | a-na ni-ri be-lu-ti-ia u2-szak-ni-su-nu-ti | I made them bow down to the yoke of my lordship. |
| 18' | i-na szal-szi ger-ri-ia | on the second campaign |
| 19' | a-na {kur#}hat#-ti# lu al-lik | I marched to Ḫatti. |
| surface a col 3 | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x | |
| 2' | [...] ha-za-qi-a-u2 | ... the Ḫazaqiaeans(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | [...]-nu#-szu2 nak-risz | ... his enemies(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | [...] ip-lah3 _sza3_-szu2-un | ... he was afraid of them.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | [...]-ri# _{lu2}erin2-mesz {gesz}pan_ | ... the cedars(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | [...] sza# _lugal_ {kur}me-luh-ha | ... of the king of Meluḫa(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | [...]-te#-ru-nim-ma il-li-ku | ... they returned to me and went(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8 | re-s,u#-[...] ta#-mir-ti {iri}al-ta-qu-u2 | The shepherd of the plain of Altaqû(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | el-la-mu-[x]-a# si-id-ru szit-ku-nu | Elamu..., your scepter(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | u2-sza2-'a-lu _{gesz#}[x]-mesz#_-szu2-un i-na tukul-ti {d}asz-szur _en_-ia | With the support of the god Ashur, my lord, I made their ... bow down. |
| 11' | it-ti-szu2-un am-[x x]-is,#-ma# asz2-ta-kan _bad5-bad5_-szu2-un | I ... with them, and I established their defeat.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | _{lu2}en {gesz}gigir-mesz#_ [x] _dumu#-mesz lugal_ {kur}mu-us,-ra-a-a | The lord of the chariots, [x] sons, the king of the land Muṣra |
| 13' | a-di {lu2}[x] _{gesz}gigir-mesz_ sza _lugal_ {kur}me-luh-ha | together with the ... chariots of the king of Meluḫa |
| 14' | bal-t,u-su-un# i-na _muru2_ tam-ha-ri ik-szu-da _szu-min_-a-a | I reached their full extent in the plain. My hands |
| 15' | {iri}al-ta-qu-u2# {iri}ta-am-na-a al-me _kur_-ud | I conquered the cities Altaqû (and) Tamnāya. |
| 16' | asz2-lu-la szal-la-su#-un a-na {iri}am-qar-ru-na aq#-rib#-ma# | I carried off their booty and marched to the city Amqarrûna. |
| 17' | _{lu2}szagina-mesz {lu2}nun-mesz_ sza hi-it,-t,u u2-szab-szu#-u2# | The governors, princes who have committed a crime, |
| 18' | a#-duk#-[...] si#-hir-ti _iri_ a-lul pag-ri-szu2-un | I killed ... in the middle of the city, I carried off their corpses |
| 19' | _dumu-mesz iri_ e-pisz# an#-ni# [x x]-la#-ti a-na szal-la-ti | The citizens of the city who did this ... for booty |
| 20' | am-nu si-it-tu-ti-szu2-nu la ba-bil# hi-t,i-ti u3 gul#-lul#-ti# | I have counted them as being without number, guilty of crime and fraud. |
| 21' | sza a-ra-an-szu2-nu la ib-szu-u2# usz-szur-szu2-un aq-bi | I said to them: “The one who did not agree with their prayers, I will release them. |
| 22' | {disz#}pa#-di-i _lugal_-szu2-nu ul-tu# qe2-reb {iri}ur-sa-li-im-ma | Padî, their king, from the city Ursallium |
| 23' | u2#-[...]-ma# [x x] _{gesz#}gu-za_ be-lu-ti# _ugu_-szu2-un u2-sze-szib-ma | ... and I imposed upon them a lordly throne. |
| surface a col 4 | ||
| 1' | x x x [...] | |
| 2' | x x x [...] | |
| 3' | it#-ru#-ku# lib3#-bu#-szu# [...] | ... his heart ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | ul# in#-na#-mir# a#-szar#-[...] | He did not see where ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | u2#-ter#-ma# a#-na# {kur#}[...] | I returned and to the land(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | szu-u2 {disz}{d}marduk-ibila-szum2-na sza [...] | Marduk-ibilašumna, who(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | _bad5-bad5_-szu2 asz2-ku-nu-ma u2#-par#-[x]-ru# [...] | I imposed upon him his defeat and ... ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | ri#-gim# _{gesz}tukul-mesz#_-ia# dan-nu-ti u3# ti#-ib ta-ha-zi#-[x] | The rage of my mighty weapons and the roar of battle |
| 9' | ez#-zi# e#-dur-ma a-na na-gi-ti-ra#-aq-qi2 | He goes out and to Nagitiraqqi |
| 10' | sza qa-bal tam#-tim# is,-s,u-risz ip-pa-risz | who grew up in the middle of the sea, sprang up. |
| 11' | _szesz-mesz_-szu2 _numun e2 ad_-szu2 sza u2-masz-szi-ru a-hi tam-tim | his brothers, the seed of his father’s house, who had abandoned the seashore |
| 12' | a-di si-it-ti _ug3-mesz kur_-szu2# ul#-tu# {kur}e2-{disz}ia-kin7 | together with the rest of the people of his land from E-Yakin |
| 13' | qe2#-reb {i7#}a#-gam#-me# [...]-sze-s,a-am-ma | In the midst of the Agamme canal, he brought out ... and |
| 14' | szal-la#-[...] _iri#-mesz_-szu2 | The booty of his cities(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | ap-pul# [...] _en#_ sa-li-me-szu2 | I destroyed ..., its lord.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | [...]{ki#} na-mur#-ra#-tum# at#-bu#-uk# | I poured out the nāmurru-offering(?) in the city ... |
| 17' | [...]-ia# {disz}[x x]-na-din-mu _dumu_ resz-tu-u2 | ...-nadin-mu, first-born son |
| 18' | [...] _{gesz}gu-za_ [x x]-ti#-szu2 u2-sze-szib-ma | ... he sat on his throne and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19' | _kur# eme#-gi7#_ u3# uri#{ki} [x x]-gil pa-nu#-usz#-szu2 | the land of Sumer and Akkad ... his face |
| 20' | i#-na# szal-lat _kur-mesz#_ sza2#-ti#-na# [...]-la# | In the booty of those lands ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21' | 2(u) _lim {gesz}pan_ 1(u) 5(disz) _lim?_ {gesz}a-ri-tu2 i-na lib3-bi-szu2#-nu# ak#-s,ur#-ma# | I planted therein 20 thousand bows (and) 15 thousand arid trees. |
| 22' | _ugu#_ [...]-ti#-ia u2-rad#-di# | I added to my ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23' | si#-it#-ti# [...]-ri# ka-bit-tu | The whole ... of the mighty ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 24' | [...] _{lu2}en-nam#_-ia | ... my governor(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| surface a col 5 | ||
| 1' | ina# da#-na#-ni# [...] | With a strong will ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | u2-bi-lu-nim-ma [...] | brought to me, and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | {i7}te-bil-ti a-gu#-u2# [...] | The Tebilti River, the river bank |
| 4' | sza ul-tu _ud-mesz su3-mesz_ t,e#-[...] | which from distant days . .(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | i-ba-'u-u2-ma ina _illu_-sza2 gap-[...] | ... and in its flood ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | ab-bu u2-szab-szu-u2 u2-ri-ib-bu# [...] | They seized the cows, they smashed the ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | _e2-gal-tur-ra_ sza2-a-tu a-na si-hir#-ti-sza2# [...] | That small palace, in its entirety . .(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | sza {i7}te-bil-ti ma#-lak#-sza2 usz-te-esz#-[x x] | of the Tebilti canal ... its course.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | ab-bu usz-t,ib-ma u2-sze-szir mu#-[...] | (Sum) He made the apsû-demon happy and made (them) shine forth(?) (Akk) I made the abbu-disease sweet and made it shine forth |
| 10' | qe2-reb ka-tim-ti a-sur-rak-ki-sza2 | In the midst of the kātimtu-tree, her canal district |
| 11' | szap-la-a-nu _gi-mesz_ e-la-nisz _na4# kur#_-i# dan#-ni | The lower part is a reed, above it a strong mountain stone. |
| 12' | it-ti _esir-ud-a_ ak-si-ma 3(disz) _me_ 4(u) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 usz#_ | I smashed with bitumen and 3 hundred 40 cubits was the length. |
| 13' | 2(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz)# ina 1(disz) _kusz3 sag-ki_ qaq-qa-ru | 288 cubits, the surface of the earth, |
| 14' | _ugu_ me-szi-ih-ti tam-le-e | on the shores of the sea |
| 15' | mah-re-e lu u2-rad-di-ma | I had previously built, and |
| 16' | nap-har 7(disz) _me_ ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _usz_ | All seven hundred were killed in the Great Aslum. |
| 17' | 1(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _sag-ki an-ta {im}si-sa2_ | 1 hundred 116 in the Great Aslum, the upper front on the north, |
| surface a col 6 | ||
| 1' | za-ha-lu#-[...] | Zahalu-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | u3 1(u) _ab2-za-za#_-[...] | and 10 ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 3' | 1(u) 2(disz) _ab2-za-za_-a-[...] | 12 Abzaza-a-...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | 2(disz) {gesz}tim-me _{gesz}esi_ s,i#-[...] | 2 beams of ebony(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | u3 {gesz}tim-me {gesz}[...] | and ... wood(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | ih-ze-et esz#-[...] | The one who has sinned, ... |
| 7' | s,e-ru-usz-szin# [...] | Their flocks ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8' | sza _e2-gal-mesz_ be-lu-[...] | of the palaces of Belu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | u3 1(u) 2(disz) _udu-mesz_ szad-di# [...] | and 12 fattened sheep ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | [x] gat#-tu [...] | ... suckling ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| surface a col 8 | ||
| 1' | [...] lu-[x] | |
| 2' | [...] {d}isz-[x] | ... Iš...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | [...] i#-szem-mu-u2 | ... will hear ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | [{iti}x x? x?] _u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam_ | Month ..., 23rd day,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | [li-mu {disz}{d}ag]-bad3#-u2-s,ur | Eponymy of Nabû-duru-uṣur. |
| 6' | [_{lu2}gar-kur_] {iri#}[tam]-nun#-na | governor of the city Tamnuna(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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