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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 041 ? (P422623)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 041 ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P422623 |
| Museum no. | BM 127848 |
| 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 | _en#-nun-mesz_-szu2 _ugu_ sza2 u4-[...] | his guards on the day ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | u2-rak-ki-sa rik#-[x x] | he bound ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3 | {iri#}sa-a-a {iri}bi-in-t,i-t,i {iri}[...] | The cities Sāya, Inṭiṭi, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | it#-ti {disz}tar-qu-u isz-ku-nu# [...] | With Tarqû they established(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | _iri-mesz_ sza-a-tu-nu [...] | Those cities(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6 | _ug3-mesz_ a-szib lib3-bi-szu2-nu# [x x]-ir ina _{gesz#}tukul#-[x]_ | the people who dwell in them with weapons |
| 7 | _adda-mesz_-szu2-nu ina {gesz#}ga#-szi#-szi a-lul# | I hung their corpses on a pole. |
| 8 | _kusz#-mesz_-szu2-nu asz2-hu#-ut, _bad3 iri_ u2-hal-lip2# | I stripped off their skins and destroyed the wall of the city. |
| 9 | [x] _lugal#_-lu#-da3#-ri# sza2 _ad_-u-a ina {kur}mu-s,ur | ... the king of Ludari, my father, in Egypt |
| 10 | [...]-usz# a-na _lugal_-u-ti | ... to kingship(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | [...] ik#-pu-du a-na _dumu-mesz kur_ asz-szur{ki} | ... they plotted to kill the citizens of Assyria. |
| 12 | i#-na# [x x] as,#-bat u2-ra-a i-na _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | I seized in ...; later, in Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | {disz#}tar-qu-u a-szar in-nab-tu | Tarqû, where he was captured |
| 14 | ra-szub-bat _{gesz#}tukul#_ an#-szar2# _en_-ia is-hup-szu-ma | the terrifying weapon of the god Ashur, my lord, destroyed him and |
| 15 | il-lik nam-mu-szi-szu2 | went, his fate |
| 16 | _egir_-nu {disz}ur-da-ma-ne2-e _dumu nin9_-szu2 | afterwards Urdamānê, son of his sister |
| 17 | u2-szib ina _{gesz}gu-za lugal_-ti-szu2 | sat on his royal throne. |
| 18 | {iri#}ni-i' {iri}u2-nu a-na dan-nu-ti-szu2 isz-kun | He established the cities Ni' and Unu as his fortresses. |
| 19 | u2-pah-hi-ir el-lat-su | he removed his limbs. |
| 20 | a#-na# mit-hu-s,i _erin2-hi#-a# dumu-mesz kur_ asz_-szur{ki} | to fight with my troops, the Assyrians |
| 21 | sza2# qe2-reb {iri}me#-em#-pi id-ka-a qa-bal-szu2 | he brought into M[em]pi, his enemy. |
| 22 | _[x]-mesz#_ sza-a-tu2#-nu e-si-ir-ma | ... those ... he cut off and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23 | [x]-ba#-ta# mu-us,-s,a-szu2-un | ... their ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 24 | [...]-ri# ha-an-t,u a-na nina{ki} | ... to Nineveh quickly(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25 | [...]-ma# iq-ba-a ia#-a-ti | ... and said to me:(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 26 | [...] mu#-s,ur {kur}ku-u-si usz-te#-sze-ra har-ra-nu | ... the guard of the land Kusi has set out on the road. |
| 27 | [...]-e# a-lak ger-ri#-ia# isz-me-e-ma | ... heard about my campaign and |
| 28 | [...] mi-s,ir {kur}mu-s,ur | ... the border of Egypt(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 29 | [...]-szir#-ma a-na szu-zu-ub _zi#_-ti3#-szu2 | ... and to save his life(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 30 | [...] qe2#-reb {iri#}ni-i'# | ... in the city Ni'(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 31 | [...] {lu2}qe-pa-a-ni# | ... the delegate(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 32 | [...] asz2-ku-[x] | ... I ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 33 | [...]-asz2#-szi#-qu _giri3#-[x_ x] | ...-ashšiqu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 34 | [...]-nu# [x x] | ...-nu ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| surface a col 2' | ||
| 1' | ina# [...] | in ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2' | sza2 qe2#-[...] | who ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | sza [...] | of ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 4' | a-na _lugal#-[...]_ | To Lugal-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | u3 _un#-[...]_ | and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 6' | ka-a-a-an# [...] | Every day ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7' | _iri_ szu-a-tu# [...] | That city ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8' | ak-szu-[...] | Akšu-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | {disz}ta-an-[...] | Tan-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10' | it-ti# [...] | with ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 11' | _un-mesz#_ [...] | the people . .(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12' | u2#-[...] | ... he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 13' | ina# [...] | in ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
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