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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 021, ex. 001 (P422402)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 021, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422402 |
| Museum no. | BM 122616 + BM 127966 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | a-na#-ku {disz}an-szar2#-du3#-ibila# [...] | I, Ashurbanipal(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2 | bi-nu#-ut _szu-min_ an-szar2#? [...] | creation of the hands of Anshar(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | _dumu# {disz#}an#-[x]-pap-sum-[...]_ | son of Anu-Papsum-(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | [...] | |
| 5' | [...]-pisz# x [...] | ...-piš(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6' | [...] {d#}ag# ina ni-szi# _igi#-min-mesz_-szu2#-nu# [...] | ... Nabû in the people, their eyes ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | [...]-lil _e2-gar8-mesz_-szu2# [...] | ... his walls ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | [...]-ia# sza2 qe2-reb nina{ki} e2-gaszan-kalam-ma x [...] | ... of Nineveh, the Egašankalama temple(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | [...] _gal-mesz en-mesz_-ia ma-ha-zi-szu2#-nu# [...] | ... the great ..., my lords, their shrines ... |
| 10' | [...] _zabar# an-bar_ [...] | ... bronze, iron ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11' | [...] _bara2-mesz_-szu2 _ku3-mesz_ [...] | ... his holy dais ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | [...] sza2# _ku3#-babbar# ku3-sig17_ lu-u asz2-tak-kan e2#-[...] | ... of silver and gold I placed, the temple ... |
| 13' | [...]-mes#-lam# _e2# {d#}u#-gur#_ sza2# _gu2#-[...]_ | ...-meslam, the temple of Nergal, which ... |
| 14' | [...] mi#?-na-a-ti si-mat e2-kur sza2 _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17_ [...] | ... what is the name of the Ekur with silver and gold ...? |
| 15' | [...] na#-na-a _gaszan# gal_-tu2 ul#-[...] | ... Nanaya, great lady, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | [...] ina# e2#-hi-li#-an#-na sza2 ta#-ram-mu# [...] | ... in Ehiliana, which you love ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17' | [...] x ar-s,ip# u2#-[x]-lil# sat-tuk-ki-szu2-nu bat,-[...] | ... I built and completed their sattukku-vessels |
| 18' | _[...]-mesz#_-ia# u2-szal-li#-mu _an-dul3_-szu2-nu _du10#-[...]_ | ... my ... I made whole, their awning good ... |
| 19' | [...] a#-na _{gesz}szudun_-ia u2-szak#-[...] | ... to my yoke ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20' | [...] x ma-hir ul i-szi {iri}ni-i' _iri lugal_-ti {kur}mu-s,ur# [...] | ... he did not receive. The city Ni', the royal city, the land Mushur ... |
| 21' | [...] a#-di la ba-sze-e u2-sza2-lik _dingir-mesz_-szu2 _{d}1(u)-5(disz)-mesz_ [...] | ... I made his gods, the goddesses ..., go forth without ceasing. |
| 22' | [...]-mi3-i _lugal erin2_-man-da _numun#_ [...] | ...-mî, king of the Manneans, seed ... |
| 23' | [...] a#?-ni-ir u2-szam-qit {kur}ma-ta-a-a {kur}man-na-a-a {kur#?}[...] | (As for) the land Mēta, the land Mannea, and the land ... |
| 24' | [...] {kur#?}x#-up#-pi# u# {kur#}qa#-de#-e# sza2# ina# a#-[...] | ... the lands ...pi and Qadê, which in ... |
| 25' | [...] asz2#?-bu ina qi2-bit an-szar2 {d}nin-lil2 {d}ag {d}[...] | ... by the command of the deities Aššar, Ninlil, Nabû, |
| 26' | [...]-ia la kan-szu2 da-na-an an-szar2 _{d}nin-lil2 {d}en_ [...] | ... my ... is not strong, the strength of Anšar, Mullissu, Bel ... |
| 27' | [...] _{d#}utu_-szi a-di tam-tim szap#-[...] | ... of the god Šamaš to the Sea ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 28' | [...] la# na-par-ka-a man-da-at#-[...] | ... without you ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 29' | [...] {d#}en#? x x x [...] | ... the god Enlil(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 30' | {d}marduk {d}zar-pa-ni#-tum# [...] | Marduk, Zarpanitu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 31' | ($ blank space $) [...] | |
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