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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 002, ex. 001 (P422306)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 002, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422306 |
| Museum no. | BM 121018 |
| 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 | [...]-ma | ... and(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2 | [...]-ub | ...-ub(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3 | [...]-ti#-szu2 | ... his ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 4 | [...] _szu-min_ | ... hands(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5 | [...]-de#-e | ... to him(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 6 | [...]-a#-szi | ... to her(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 7 | _[...]-mesz_ | ...s(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8 | [...]-li#-szu2-un | ... their ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 9 | [...]-szu2#-nu | ... their(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 10 | [...]-ri | ...-ri(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11 | [...]-ia | my ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12 | [...]-un# | ...-un(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13' | [...] e#-mu#-ur# | ... I saw.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 14' | [...]-te-szu2-un | ... their(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 15' | [...]-ri#? {disz}ni-ku-u2 | ... Nikû(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | [...]-re#-te isz-qa-te | “... ... reeds, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17' | [...] _szu#-min_ u _giri3-min_ | ... hands and feet(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18' | [...]-szu#-su-nu-ti-ma | ... ... them, and(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 19' | [...]-u2# ina lib3-bi | ... therein(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 20' | [...]-un# u2-ba-'i-i-ma | ... he brought forth and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21' | [...]-nu#-ti du-un-qu | ... good ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22' | [...] ma#-al it-ti-szu2-nu | ... there is with them(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 23' | [...]-du# a-mat _hul_-tim | ... the word of evil(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| surface a col 2' | ||
| 1 | _tur#_ u _gal_ ina _{gesz}tukul_ u2#-szam-qit-u2#-ma# | They made the small and the large with weapons, and |
| 2 | e#-du _lu2_ la e-zi-bu ina lib3-bi | “If a man does not leave, therein |
| 3 | u3 sza2-a-szu2-un a-di nina{ki#} | and those as far as Nineveh |
| 4 | _iri en_-ti-ia ina mah-ri-ia ub-lu-u-ni | the city of my lordship they brought before me |
| 5 | u3 a-na-ku {disz}asz-szur-du3-a _man kur_ asz-szur{ki} | And I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, |
| 6 | lib#-bu rap-szu2 e-pisz t,a-ab-te | a wide heart of good deeds |
| 7 | sa#-hi#-ru# dam-qa-a-te | good reed bundles |
| 8 | a#-na {disz}ni-ku-u2 _ARAD_ da-gil2 _igi_-ia | To Nikû, the servant of Dagil before me |
| 9 | re-e-mu ar-szi-szu#-ma# | mercy upon him, and |
| 10 | u2#-kab-bi-sa hi#-t,i#-is#-su | he convicted her of his crime |
| 11 | [...]-isz# _dingir#-mesz# ugu#_ sza2 mah-ri | ... of the gods over that of before(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | [...]-szu2# asz2#-kun# | I imposed upon him(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13' | _iri_ szu2-a#-tu2# [...] | That city ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 14' | {iri}x-mesz [...] | The cities(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 15' | {iri}sza2-an-ha-ra# [...] | Šanhara(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | {iri}a-du-ma-nu {iri#}hal#-[...] | Adumānu, Ḫal[...](lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17' | {iri}sze-li-ih-i-ra-am {iri}sza2#-ha#-ra#-si#-i'# | Šeliḫiram (and) Xerxes |
| 18' | {iri}gu-ub_-bad_ {iri}ma-tu2-ha-an-za-ah | Gubduri, Matuhanzaḫ |
| 19' | {iri}ta-zi-i' {iri}lu-sza2-an-da | Taziʾ, Lušanda |
| 20' | {iri}lul-ba-as-ta {iri}ba-ab-sa-ah | the cities Lullbasta, Babsaḫ, |
| 21' | _iri-mesz_ szu2-nu-ti | these cities |
| 22' | im-ba-risz ik-tu-mu-ma | he kissed, and |
| 23' | is-hu-pu hu-ha-risz | he smote with a weapon. |
| 24' | {disz}ta-an-da-a-a _{lu2}en-iri_ i-du-ku-ma | Tandaya, the city ruler, killed, and |
| 25' | {lu2#}qu-ra-di-szu2 u2-ra-si-bu ina _{gesz}tukul_ | his royal bodyguard, they killed with the weapon |
| surface a col 3' | ||
| 1 | _un-mesz#_ [(...) x x] | the people ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2 | s,e-e#-[...] | ... the flock(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3 | isz-lu-[...] | ... he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 4 | {disz}a-ku-da#-[...] | Akuda-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5 | bal-t,u-us-su# [...] | His life ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6 | ub-lu-u-ni a#-[...] | brought, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | _ug3#-mesz#_ a#-szi#-bu#-[...] | The people who dwell ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8 | as-su-uh# [...] | I removed ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9 | qe2-reb {kur}mu-s,ur# [...] | In the land Muṣur(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | hu-bu-ut [...] | the debts of(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11 | sza _kur_ sza2#-[...] | of the land of ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12 | qe2-reb {iri#}[...] | In the city(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13 | u3# _iri-mesz#-[...]_ | and the cities ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 14 | [x] gu#-ug#-[...] | ... I want to ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 1' | ki-ma# nu-u2#-[...] | Like one who does not ... |
| 2' | szu-pu-ma _ku_-x-[...] | ... and ... ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 3' | u2-sza2-an-ni-ma# [...] | ... he made me perform ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | ina szat# mu#-szi# [...] | In the night ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | ki-a#-am# x [...] | Thus ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6' | um-ma sza2 {disz}asz#-szur#_-du3#-[...]_ | Thus Assurnasirpal(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | hi-szi-ih-te asz-szur# [...] | Assyrian reed bundles(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | _giri3-min_ x x x [...] | The feet ... ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | a#-na# x x [...] | to ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
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