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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 004, ex. 010 (P422305)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 004, ex. 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422305 |
| Museum no. | BM 121017 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 1' | ||
| 1' | [...] x x | |
| 2' | [...] szi-pir# [_{d}]1(u)-5(disz)#-mesz_ | ... work of the goddesses(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | [... {d}]nanna-ri _an_-e _ki_-tim# | ... Nanna of heaven and earth(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | [...]-ri# u szi-pir {d}1(u)-5(disz) _gaszan_-ia# | ... and the work of the goddess Ishtar, my lady |
| 5' | [...]-nu-u2# | ...-nû(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6' | [...]-dah#-s,e | ... smite(?)(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7' | [...] {d#}isz-tar | Ištar(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8' | [...] tam#-ha-ri | ... battle(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | [...] ur-hu as,-bat-ma | ... I seized ... and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | [...]-mu-u-a | ...mua(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11' | [...] im#-bi-i na-di | ... he brought its clay(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | [...]-reb# {iri}|BAD.AN|{ki} | ... the city of Dūr(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | [...] ip#-lah#-ma | ... he became afraid and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 14' | [...]-sza2#-an# | ... he/she(?)(very low confidence: a guess) |
| surface a col 2' | ||
| 1' | [x]-ti# {lu2#}[...] | ... the ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2' | a-na nina{ki} e-ru#-[...] | entered Nineveh(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | {disz}um-ba#-da#-ra-a {disz}{d}muati#-[x]-iq# | Umbadara, Nabû-iq(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | _{lu2}mah-mesz_ sza2 {disz}te-um-man _lugal_ {kur}elam#-ma#{ki} | The eunuchs of Teumman, the king of Elam |
| 5' | sza {disz}te-um-man ina _szu-min_-szu2-nu isz-pu-ra szi-pir me#-re#-eh-ti | which Teumman in their hands wrote, a work of extispicy |
| 6' | sza2 ina mah-ri-ia ak-lu-u u2-qa#-'u-u2 | who before me I had captured and entrusted |
| 7' | pa-an szi-kin t,e3-e-me#-ia | before the time of my report |
| 8' | ni-kis _sag-du_ {disz}te-um-man _en_-szu2-nu | the cap of Teumman, their lord, |
| 9' | qe2-reb nina{ki} e-mu-ru-ma sza2-ne2-e t,e3-e-me | I saw inside Nineveh, and the second report |
| 10' | is,-bat-su-nu-ti {disz}um-ba#-da#-ra-a | Umbadarâ |
| 11' | ib-qu-ma ziq-na-szu2 {disz}{d}muati#-saga#-iq | Nabû-sagādiq took it and his share |
| 12' | ina# _gir2# an-bar_ szib-bi-szu2 is-hu-la# ka#-ras-su | With a spear of iron, his stomach trembled. |
| 13' | _[...]-du#_ {disz}te-um-man ina# [x _x]-gal# muru2 iri_ | ... Teumman in ... the middle of the city(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | [...]-mah#-hi#-ra# [x]-hu-risz | ... ... to me ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | [...] an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) _en#-mesz#_-ia# _ug3-mesz_ kul-lu-me | ... the god Ashur and the goddess Ishtar, my lords, all the people |
| 16' | [...] te#-um-man _lugal#_ {kur#}elam#-ma#{ki} | ... Teumman, king of the land Elam |
| 17' | [...] {d#}muati-sa-lim _dumu dumu_ [...]-asz# | ... Nabû-salim son of ...-aš |
| 18' | [...] _ad#_ ba-ni-ia _ad_-szu2 in#-[x x] | ... the father who had engendered me, his father ... |
| 19' | [...] ul-tu {disz}um-man-i-gasz qe2-reb {kur}elam-ma#{ki#} | ... from Ummanigaš in the land Elam(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20' | [...] _lugal#?_-u-ti {disz}ibila-ia _dumu_ {disz}{d}muati-sa-lim | ... kingship, Abilaya, son of Nabu-salim |
| 21' | [...]-la# a-di mah-ri-ia | ... before me(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22' | [...]-gu#-na# _dumu-mesz {disz}en-ba#_-sza2# | ...guna, sons of Bel-iqiša |
| surface a col 3' | ||
| 1' | ta#-ne2#-[...] | Do not ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | _ARAD-mesz_-szu2 s,e#-[...] | his servants ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | _en munus-hul-[...]_ | Lord Munushul-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | sza2 si-hu _ugu#-[...]_ | who is a sīḫu-demon on ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu _man_ {kur#}elam#-ma#{ki#} [...] | Tammarītu, king of the land Elam |
| 6' | _ugu_ ni-kis _sag-du_ {disz}te-um-man sza2 ik#-ki#-su# | Concerning the nīkissu of Teumman, which he had committed |
| 7' | a-hu-ru-u _erin2-hi-a_-ia u _szesz-mesz_-szu2 qin-nu-szu2 _numun e2 ad#_-[x] | I returned my troops and his brothers, his family, the seed of the house of ... |
| 8' | it#-ti 1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) _nun-mesz_ sza2 {kur}elam-ma{ki#} | together with 115 princes of Elam |
| 9' | a#-li#-kut _a2-mesz_-szu2 sza2 la-pa-an# _{gesz}tukul-mesz an-szar2#_ | his armies, which before the weapons of the god Ashur |
| 10' | u {d#}1(u)-5(disz) ip-par-szu#-nim-ma a-na da#-lal2 _dingir_-ti-szu2-nu _gal_-ti# | and the goddess Ishtar looked upon me and for the praise of their great divinity |
| 11' | it-ti {disz}{d}szu2-lugal-pap {lu2}szu-ut# _sag_-ia sza2 ib-szi-mu-szu2 | with Šūl-šarru-uṣur, my eunuch, whom he had created |
| 12' | ina da-na#-ni mi-ra-nu-szu2-[x] ina _ugu_ lib3-bi-szu2#-un# | On the strength of his strength, on their hearth(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | ip-szi-lu#-nim-ma is,-ba#-tu# _giri3-min lugal_-ti-ia# | They grasped my royal feet and seized me. |
| 14' | {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu# a-na e-pesz _ARAD-mesz_-ti#-[x] | Tammarītu for the work of the servants(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | ra-man-szu2 im-nu#-ma a-na kat3-a#-ri#-x | He sat down on his own, and to Katari |
| 16' | u2-s,al-la-a _en#_-[x]-ti# szu#-ut 1(disz)-en [x] szu#-ut _sag_-ia | ... of one ..., of my head(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17' | an-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu {d#}en# {d#}ag# _dingir#-mesz_ tik-le-ia | Anšar, Sîn, Šamaš, Bel, Nabu, the gods who support me, |
| 18' | [x] _lim#-a#-a#_ ri#-bi#-ia# i-ri-bu-u-ni | x thousand of my troops have come here. |
| 19' | [...] _ug3#-mesz_ ma-la it-ti-szu2 | ... as many people as there are with him(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20' | [...]-ia# ul-zi-is-su-nu-ti | ... my ... I raised them up.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21' | [...] sza2 _egir_ {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu | ... which after Tammarītu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22' | [...] _gu#-za_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} da-na-an | ... the throne of Elam strong(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23' | [...]-de#-e-ma sza2 u2-szam-ri-ru# | ... ... which they had made great |
| 24' | _[...]-ma#{ki} dumu kur_ asz-szur{ki} sza2 asz2-pu#-[x] | -ma, son of Assyria, whom Ašpu- |
| 25' | [...] _ag#-en-mu-mesz dumu_ {disz}{d#}[...] | ... lords, son of ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 26' | [...] tap#-pe2#-e na-s,ar# [...] | ... the companion, guardian of ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 27' | [...] x [...] | |
| surface a col 4' | ||
| 1' | _bad3#_ szu#-a#-tu2# sza2# [...] | That wall, which ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2' | mi-qit-ta-szu2 ad-ke [...] | (Sum) I am the one who smite(?) his sin(?) (Akk) The one who destroys his sin |
| 3' | ul-tu _usz8_-szu2 a-di gaba#-[...] | from its foundations to ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | _ugu_ sza u4-me pa-ni u2#-[...] | On account of the fact that for a long time ... |
| 5' | _mu-sar_-ru-u szi-t,ir _mu_-ia# [...] | Inscription written in my name .... |
| 6' | sza ina tukul-ti an-szar2 {d}sin# [...] | who with the support of the deities Aššar, Sîn, |
| 7' | {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina{ki} {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 limmu2#-[...] | the goddess Ishtar of Nineveh, the goddess [Šamaš of] the four quarters (of the world) |
| 8' | ina _kur-kur_ at-tal-la-ku# [...] | I went to the lands ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | asz2-t,ur-ma a-na ah#-[...] | I wrote and to ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | sza an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) a#-[...] | of Ashur and Ishtar(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11' | e-nu-ma _bad3_ szu#-[...] | When the wall ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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