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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 012 (P422637)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422637 |
| Museum no. | BM 127862 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1' | ina tukul#-ti# [...] | With the support of(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | {d}1(u)-5(disz) [...] | Ištar(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | {iri}ni-i' [...] | Ni'(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | _ku3-babbar-mesz#_ [...] | silver ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | ma-la# [...] | as much as ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6' | _un#-[...]_ | |
| 7' | x [...] | |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | _[...]-ab-ba_ asz2-ru ru-u-qu | ... a secluded place(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | [...] la# isz-mu-u zi-kir _mu_-szu2 | ... did not hear the mention of his name |
| 3 | [...]-szab#-ri#-szu2-ma an-szar2 _dingir_ ba-nu-u-a | ... his ... and Ashur, the god who created me, |
| 4 | [...]-x e-mu-ra | ... he saw(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5 | [...]-na# sza2-'a-al szul-mi3-ia | ... the one who prays for my well-being |
| 6 | [...] _{lu2}kur2_ ek-s,u | ... a hostile enemy(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | [...]-hu _ad-mesz_-ia | ... my fathers(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8 | [...] is,#-ba-tu _giri3-min lugal_-ti-ia | ... seized my royal feet. |
| 9 | [...] {d#}1(u)-5(disz) _en-mesz#_-[x] | ... Ishtar, the lords(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | [...] x [...] | |
| surface a col 3 | ||
| 1 | {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu _edin_-usz-szu2 ib-bal-kit-[x] | Tammarītu rebelled against him.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | sza2-a-szu2 ga-du kim-ti-szu2 u2-ra-as-sib-szu2 ina _{gesz}tukul#_ | he, together with his family, made him sit down. With the weapon |
| 3 | {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu sza _egir_ {disz}um-man-i-gasz# | Tammarītu, who after Ummanigaš |
| 4 | u2-szi-bu ina _{gesz}gu-za {kur}elam-ma_ [x] | they sat on the throne of the land Elam. |
| 5 | sza2 a-na re-s,u-u-ti {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi#-[x] | who for the support of Gešnu-mugi |
| 6 | _szesz_ la ke-e-nu il-lik-am-[x] | the unfaithful brother went(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | a-na mit-hu-s,i _erin2-hi-a_-ia ur-ri-ha {gesz#}[...] | to fight with my troops, a ... tree |
| 8 | ina su-up-pe-e sza2 an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) u2#-[...] | In the supplications of Ashur and Ishtar(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | [x]-mu#-u2 un-ni-[x x] | ... he spoke ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10 | [x x]-da#-bi-bi _ARAD_-su _edin_-usz-szu2 ib#-[...] | ...-dabībi, his servant, the steppe ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | [...] _bad5#-bad5_-szu2 isz-kun u2-szib [...] | ... his defeat he established, he sat ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | [...]-ri#-tu _szesz-mesz_-szu2 qin-nu#-[...] | ... his brothers ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | [...] 1(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz)# _nun-mesz_ a-li-kut [...] | ... 115 princes who went ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14 | [...] {disz#}in-da-bi-bi [x x] | ... Indabibi(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | [...]-szu2#-un ina _ugu_ lib3-bi-szu2#-[...] | ... upon him ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16 | [...]-nab-tu2-nim-ma is,-ba-[...] | ... seized me and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17 | [...]-pesz# _ARAD_-ti-ia ra-[...] | ... my servant ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18 | [...]-szu2# a#-lak# [...] | ... his ..., the journey ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 19 | [...] x [...] | |
| surface a col 4 | ||
| 1 | [...]-ri#-ga# [x] tu#-u2-bu | ... he smote(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2 | [x] _du6#_-tu#-u2-bu {iri}du-un_-lugal_ | ... the city Dūn-šarru(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | [x] _bad3#_-[x] un#-da-si {iri}bad3-{disz}un-da-si-ma | ... Dūr-... Undasi, Dur-Undasi |
| 4 | [x x]-bi#-lu {iri}sa-am-u-nu | ... of Samunu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | [...] bu#-na-ki {iri}qa-ab-ri-na | ... of the city Qabrina(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6 | [...]-ri-na-ma {iri}ha-ra-a' | ... and the city Haraʾ(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | [...]-nu-ti ak-szu-ud | I conquered(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8 | [...]-qur ina {d}gesz-bar# aq-mu | ... I smote with the sword.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | [...]-nu# _ug3-mesz_-szu2-nu# _gu4-mesz_-szu2-nu | ... their people, their oxen(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | [...]-nu# _nig2-szu-mesz_-szu2-nu# _nig2#-ga-mesz_-szu2-nu# | ... their possessions, their property(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | [...] _ansze#-kur-ra#-mesz ansze-kunga-mesz_ {gesz}til-li# | ... horses, mules, (and) vines(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | [...]-lu#-la a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki#} | ... to Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | [...]-ia# ina qi2-bit# _[x]-szar2_ u {d}1(u)-5(disz) | By the command of ... and Ishtar(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14 | [...]-ia _edin_ {disz}um#-[x]-al-da-si | ...um-aldasi the steppe(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | [...] usz#-te-esz-sze-ra# har#-ra-nu | ... he made the road straight.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16 | [...] sza2# ina ger-ri-ia mah-re-e | ... which in my earlier campaign |
| 17 | [...]-na# {kur}ra-a-szi | ... the land Raši(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18 | [...]-ge#-szu2 ak-szu-ud | I conquered its ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19 | [...] _man_ {kur}e-lam-ti | ... king of the land Elam(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20 | [...] isz-me-e-ma | ... heard and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 21 | [...]-ia# is-hu-pu-szu2-ma | ... my ... became angry with him and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22 | [...] u2#-masz-szir-ma | ... he released ... and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 23 | [...]-{disz}un-da-si | ...-undasi(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 24 | [...] dan#-nu-ti-szu2 isz-kun | ... placed his mighty ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25 | [...]-ti-ia | ... my(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 26 | [...] ak#-szu-ud | I conquered(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 27 | [...] ak#-szu#-ud# | I conquered(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| surface a col 5 | ||
| 1 | u3 {kur}kar2-{d}dun#-[...] | and Kardun-[...](lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | sza _lugal-mesz_ {kur}e-lam-ti# [...] | of the kings of the land Elam(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | u2-bi-lu qe2-reb {kur}elam#-[...] | They brought (them) inside the land Elam |
| 4 | esz-ma-ru-u eb-bu ni-siq-[...] | The ešmarû-priest, the pure one, the one who ... |
| 5 | si-mat# _lugal#_-u#-[...] | The righteous one of kingship ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6 | u3# [...] | and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 7 | ip#?-[...] | Ip-[...](low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8' | x x x [...] | |
| 9' | _ansze-kur-ra#-mesz#_ [...] | horses ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10' | asz2-lu-la a-na _kur_ an-[...]-an sza2 ina a-gur2-ri _{na4}za#-gin3#_ | I carried off. To the land ..., which with baked bricks of lapis lazuli |
| 11' | szu-pu-szat ub-bit u2-kap#-[x x] _si#-mesz_-sza2 sza2 pi-tiq _uruda_ nam-ri | ... he ... her horns, which are of the copper arrowhead, |
| 12' | {d}musz3-szesz2 _dingir_ pi-risz-[...] sza2# asz2-bu ina pu-uz-ra-a-ti | Muššēzib, the god of ..., who is seated in the assembly, |
| 13' | sza mam-ma-an la im#-[x]-ru# ep-szet _dingir_-ti-szu2 | Whoever does not ... the deeds of his divinity |
| 14' | {d}szu-mu-du {d}la#-ga#-ma-ru {d}pa-ar-ti-ki-ra | Šumudu, Lagamaru, Partikira |
| 15' | {d}am-man-ka-si-masz# {d}u2-du-ra-an {d}sa-pa-ag | Ammankasimaš, Udurran, Sapaga |
| 16' | {d}ra-gi-ba {d}su#-un_-gam_-sa-ra {d}ka-ar-sa | the gods Ragiba, Suengamsara, Karsa, |
| 17' | {d}ki-ir-sa-ma-as {d#}szu-da-a-nu {d}a-a-pa-ag-si-na | Kirsamas, Šudanu, Aya-pagsina |
| 18' | {d}bi-la-la {d}pa#-ni#-in-tim-ri {d}si-la-ga-ra-a | For Bilala, Panintimri, Silaga |
| 19' | {d}na-ab-sa-a {d#}na-bir-tu {d}ki-in-da-kar-bu | Nabasa, Nabirtu, Kindakarbu |
| 20' | _dingir-mesz {d}1(u)-5(disz)-mesz_ sza2-tu#-nu it-ti szu-kut-ti-szu2-nu _nig2-gur11_-szu2-nu | Those gods, the goddesses, together with their possessions, their property |
| 21' | u2#-na-a-ti-szu2#-nu a-di {lu2}sza2-an-ge-e | their equipment together with the šangê-official |
| 22' | [x]-uh#-la#-le#-e asz2-lu-la a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki} | ... I carried off to Assyria.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23' | [...] _lugal#-mesz_ pi-tiq _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 uruda {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ | ... kings, allocation of silver, gold, copper, alabaster |
| 24' | [...] {iri#}szu-sza2-an {iri}ma-dak#-tu {iri}hu-ra-a-di | ... Šušan, Madaktu, Huradi(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25' | [...] um#-man-i-gasz _dumu_ {disz}um-ba-da-ra-a | ... Ummanigaš, son of Umbadara(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 26' | [...] isz#-tar-na-an-hu-un-di | ... Ištar-nanhundi(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 27' | [...]-si# u3 _alam_ {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu _egir_-u | ... and the image of Tammarītu, afterwards(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 28' | [...] {d#}1(u)-5(disz) e-pu-szu2 _ARAD_-u-ti al-qa-a a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki} | ... the goddess Ishtar did. I took my servants to Assyria. |
| 29' | _[...]-mesz {d}lamma-mesz en-nun-mesz_ szu-ut e2-kur ma-la ba-szu2-u | the guards of the Ekur, as many as there are,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 30' | [...]-ha# _am-mesz_ na-ad-ru-ti si-mat _ka2-mesz_-ni | ... wild bulls, herdsmen of the gates, |
| 31' | [...] {kur#}elam-ma{ki} a-di la ba-sze-e u2-szal-pit | ... the land Elam, without number, I destroyed. |
| 32' | _[...]-mesz#_-szu2 am-na-a a-na za-qi2-qi2 | ... his ..., I to smite(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 33' | [...]-az-ra-a-ti sza mam2-ma a-hu-u | ... of any brother(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 34' | [...] ina# lib3-bi la i-kab-ba-sa i-ta-szin | ... does not have ... in it, they have taken it away. |
| 35' | [...]-reb#-szin e-ru-bu e-mu-ru pu-uz-ra-szin | ... entered their ..., they saw their faces(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 36' | _[...]-bar#_ ki-mah-hi _lugal-mesz_-szu2-nu mah-ru-ti | ... the kings who preceded them(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 37' | [...] pa#-li-hu-ti {d}1(u)-5(disz) _gaszan_-ia | ... who reveres the goddess Ishtar, my lady, |
| 38' | _[...]-mesz ad-mesz_-ia ap-pul aq-qur {d}utu u2-kal-lim | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the s of my ancestors. |
| 39' | [...]-a# a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki} _gidim-mesz_-szu2-nu la s,a-la-lu e-mid | ... to the land Assyria, their ghosts were unclean. |
| 40' | [...]-e# u2-za-am-me-szu2-nu-ti | ... he exalted them.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 41' | [...]-ge#-e {kur}elam-ma{ki} ka-la-mu u2-szah-rib | I made the whole land Elam tremble |
| 42' | [...]{sar#} u2#-sap-pi-ha _edin_-usz-szu2 | ... he covered it with a cloth.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 43' | [...] _lugal#-mesz_ a-di qi-in-ni | ... kings until the end(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 44' | [...] _lugal#-mesz_ {kur}e-lam-ti | ... the kings of the land Elam(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 45' | [...] sza#-a#-tu-nu | ... those ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| surface a col 6 | ||
| 1' | sza# {disz#}{d#}[...] | of ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2' | ud-di-szu a-na# [...] | ... his life to ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | _e2 usz_-u-ti szu2-a#-[...] | The house of the dead ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | e-na-ha [...] | Enaha ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | a-na-ku {disz}an-szar2-du3-a _man#_ [...] | I, Ashurbanipal, king of(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | _man_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim# [...] | king of the four quarters of the world, .... |
| 7' | szu2-a-tu2 ar-ba#-a [...] | That one, after ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | is,-s,u-ru _dumu lugal_-u-ti# [...] | ... he guarded, son of kingship ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | _an-dul3_-la-sza2 sza2# [...] | her cloak which ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | ta-at-ru-s,a [x x] | you have sla[id ...](low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11' | ul-tu ina _{gesz}gu-za ad_ ba#-[...] | From the throne ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | i-te-ne2-ep-pu-szu2 be#-[...] | They keep doing it, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | u3 _ug3-mesz dagal-mesz#_ [...] | and the far-flung people ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | pu-us-su-rat ha-de-e sza2 [...] | (Sum) I am the one who is enraged by the good deeds of the land(?) (Akk) The one who makes the good doves tremble |
| 15' | u2-pa-sa-ru-in-ni# [...] | They have released me ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | ina ma-a-a-al mu-szi du-um#-[...] | In the place where the night falls, ... |
| 17' | ina sza2 sze-e-ri ba-nu-u2# [...] | In the morning, creation ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18' | masz-ta-ku szu2-a-tu2 mu-szal-li#-[...] | I am the one who fills this maštaku-vessel |
| 19' | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ szi-mat-su i#-[...] | The great gods ... his fate ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20' | an-hu-us-su ad-ke asz2-szu2 ru-up#-[...] | (Sum) I am the one who ... his limbs(?) (Akk) The one who is angry with him, he is angry because of ... |
| 21' | a-na si-hir-ti-szu2 aq-qur _5(u)-[...]_ | in its entirety I smote 50 ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22' | masz-kan2 szi-kit-ti-szu2 pi-ti-[...] | (As for) the maškan-offering of his fate, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23' | tam-la-a u2-mal-li ina _iti du10#-[...]_ | In the month ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 24' | s,e-er tam-le-e szu2-a-tu2 _usz8#-[...]_ | That terrace ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25' | u2-kin lib-na-as-su i-na _kasz-sag#_ [x] | he set up, and his heart in beer ... |
| 26' | ka-lak-ka-szu2 ab-lu-ul am-ha-[...] | (As for) his caravan, he carried away the bull colossi |
| 27' | la-bi-in _sig4-hi-a_-szu2 za-bi-lu# [...] | He did not bring his bricks, he brought ... |
| 28' | ina e-le-li nin-gu-ti ub-bal# [...] | On top of the ningû-vessel he brought ... |
| 29' | ina _hul2-mesz_ ri-sza2-a-ti ul-tu2 _usz8_-szu2 a-di# gaba-dib-e-szu2 ar#-s,ip# | From its foundations to its crenellations I built anew. |
| 30' | e-li sza _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia szu#-bat-su u2-rap-pisz | I broadened its area over those of the kings, my ancestors. |
| 31' | u2-szar-ri-ha ep#-sze#-te#-e#-szu2# _gesz#-ur3#-mesz eren-mah-mesz_ | I completed its deeds with cedar beams. |
| 32' | tar-bit {kur}si-ra#-[...]-na# u2-szat-ri-s,a _ugu_-szu2 | I made him descend to the land Sira. |
| 33' | _{gesz}ig-mesz_ [...] e#-re-si-na _du10-ga_ | Doors ..., sweet cedars(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 34' | me-sir _zabar#_ [...]-rat#-ta-a _ka2-mesz_-szu2 | ... of bronze ... his gates.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 35' | {gesz}tim-me# [...] u2#-hal#-lip2#-ma | I twisted the ... of the logs and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 36' | hi-it-ti [...] | “It is the fault of ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 37' | [x] ri#-du#-[...] | Ridu-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 38' | [...] x [...] | |
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