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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 013 (P422639)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422639 |
| Museum no. | BM 127864 |
| 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' | li#-[...] | May ... .(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | re-esz _lugal#_-ti#-ia# [...] | At the beginning of my kingship .......(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | a-na {kur}ma2-kan-na u {kur}me-luh#-[...] | to Magan and Meluḫ(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | {disz}ur-da-am-ma-ne2-e' [...] | Urdammaneʾ(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | a-lak ger-ri-ia isz-[...] | On my way ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | {iri}me-em-pi u2-masz-szir#-[...] | I destroyed the city Mempi(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | in-na-bit [...] | he took away ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8' | _lugal-mesz {lu2}nam-[...]_ | the kings, the governors(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | _ad_ ba-nu-u-a [...] | the father who had engendered me ... |
| 10' | ina ir-ti-ia il-li#-[...] | ... in my lap ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11' | _egir {disz}ur_-da-[...] | After Urda-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12' | al-lik a-di [...] | I marched as far as(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13' | ti-ib _me3_-ia# [...] | The one who sees my battle ... |
| 14' | in-na-bit [...] | he took away ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 15' | ina tukul-ti an-szar2 {d#}[...] | With the support of (the deities) Aššar, ...,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina{ki} {d#}[...] | Ishtar of Nineveh,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17' | {iri}ni-i' {iri}u2#-[...] | Ni', U...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18' | _ku3-babbar-mesz# ku3#-[...]_ | Silver, silver ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19' | _nig2#-szu#-mesz#_ [...] | the possessions ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| surface a col 2' | ||
| 1' | [...]-ku#-lu# | ...-kullu(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | [...]-asz2#-szu2 | ... his(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 3' | [...]-um_-bi-mesz_ | ... ...s(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | [...]-ha#-lu-u | ... are destroyed(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | _[...]-mesz# gal-mesz_ | great ...s(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6' | [...] asz2#-lu-la a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki} | ... I carried off to Assyria.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | [...] sza# ina a-gur2-ri _{na4}za-gin3_ | ... which in baked bricks of lapis lazuli |
| 8' | [...]-kap#-pi-ra _si-mesz_-sza2 | ... her horns(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | [...] _musz3-szesz2 dingir_ pi-risz-ti-szu2-un | ... the brother-in-law of the god, their command |
| 10' | [...]-a#-ti sza2 mam-ma-an la im-ma-ru | ... that no one sees(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11' | [...] {d#}szu-mu-du {d}la-ga-ma-ru | ... Šumudu, Lagamaru(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | [...]-ra# {d}am-man-ka#-si#-masz | ... Ammankasimaš(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | [...] sa#-pa-ag!(SZIR) {d#}[x x]-ba# | ... the sa-pa-a-g of the god ... |
| surface a col 3' | ||
| 1' | [...]-rit# {lu2}um#-ma#-[...] | ... the Umma-official(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | [...]-la# ul-tu qe2-reb# [...] | ... from inside ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | [...] _lugal_-ti-ia u2-rad-di si-it#-[x]-ti# | ... my royal majesty I added ... |
| 4' | a#-na# _{lu2#}nam#-mesz_-ia _{lu2}gal-mesz_-ia ma-ha-za-ni-ia | to my governors, my magnates, my mayors |
| 5' | gi-mir# _karasz#_-ia _gin7_ s,e-e-ni u2-za-iz | all of my fields like sheep he surrounded. |
| 6' | ina u4-me-szu2# _e2#_ ri-du-ti te-ne2-e _e2-gal_ sza2 qe2-reb nina{ki} | At that time, the rīdûtu-house, the main building of the palace in Nineveh, |
| 7' | _iri_ s,i#-i#-ru na-ram {d}nin-lil2 | the exalted city, beloved of Ninlil |
| 8' | sza2 {disz}{d}sin-pap#-mesz-su _man kur_ an-szar2{ki} _ad ad du3_-ia ud-di-szu2 | which Sennacherib, king of Assyria, the father who had engendered me, had built |
| 9' | a-na mu-szab# _lugal_-ti-szu2 _e2_ ri-du-ti szu2-a-tu2 | for the sake of his kingship that royal house |
| 10' | ina _hul2-mesz#_ ri-sza2-a-ti la-ba-risz il-lik e-na-ha _e2-gar8-mesz_-szu2 | In joyous rejoicing he marched, and his walls became dilapidated. |
| 11' | a-na-ku {disz}an-szar2#-du3-a _lugal gal_-u _lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ an-szar2{ki} _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim | I, Ashurbanipal great king strong king king of the world king [of Assyria, king] of the four quarters (of the world), |
| 12' | asz2-szu2 qe2-reb _e2_ ri:du-ti szu2-a-tu2 ar-ba-a | In order to stay in that reed-bed, |
| 13' | _{d}alad-mesz#_-szu2 _{d}lamma-mesz_-szu2 is,-s,u-ru _dumu lugal_-u-ti | his lords, his lamassu-priestess, the sons of kingship |
| 14' | u3 {d}gaszan-garza#-mesz s,u-lul-sza2 _du10-ga an-dul3_-sza2 sza sza2-la-me ta-at-ru-s,a _ugu_-ia | and the goddesses, her sweet protection, her protective aegis, which the šalāmu-priestess has imposed upon me, |
| 15' | ul-tu ina _{gesz#}gu-za ad du3_-ia u2-szi-bu i-te-ne2-ep-pu-szu2 be-lut _kur-kur_ | From the throne of the father who had engendered me they sat down and exercised lordship over the lands. |
| 16' | u3 _ug3#-mesz# dagal-mesz_ ka-a-a-an pu-us-su-rat ha-de-e | and the far-flung people, constantly a remission of debts, |
| 17' | sza ka#-szad# _{lu2}kur2-mesz_-ia u2-pa-sa-ru-in-ni ina lib3-bi-szu2 | which he had ordered me to conquer my enemies, therein |
| 18' | ina ma-a-[x]-al# mu-szi du-um-mu-qu _masz2-ge6-mesz_-ia | in ... the night, my dreams(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19' | ina sza2 sze#-[x]-ri ba-nu-u ger-ru-u-a | In ... my campaign(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20' | masz#-[x x] szu#-a-tu2 mu-szal-li-mu _en_-szu2 szu-tu-u-ma | That ..., the one who restores life, is his lord. |
| 21' | [...]-mat#-su i-szim-mu a-na _saga_-tim | ... his ... will decide for good fortune. |
| 22' | [...] ru#-pu-usz tal-lak-ti#-[x] | ... you are mighty, you go ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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