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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 014 (P422659)

Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation	RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 014
ID	P422659
Museum no.	BM 127884
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'	[...] {iri}bu#-[x x]	... the city ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
2'	[...] bu#-na-ki? {iri#}[...]	... the city ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3'	[...] {iri#}ha-ra-a' _iri-[...]_	... Ḫaraʾ, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
4'	[...]-qur# ina {d}gesz-bar [x x]	... in Gešbar(lower confidence: line is broken)
5'	_[...]-mesz#_-szu2-nu _gu4-mesz_-szu2-nu _u8-udu#-[...]_	... their ..., their oxen, their sheep ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6'	[...] _nig2-ga-mesz_-szu2-nu {gesz}s,u-um#-[x]	... their property, the ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7'	[...] _ansze-kunga-mesz_ {gesz}til-li u2-nu-ut _me3#_	... hors[es], ploughs, (and) weapons
8'	[x x]-la a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki}	to Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken)
9'	[x x]-szi ger-ri-ia	... my campaign(low confidence: few signs survive)
10'	[x x]-bit an-szar2 u {d}isz-tar ad-ke _erin2-hi-a-mesz_-ia	... of Ashur and Ištar I killed my troops.
11'	[x]-er# {disz#}um-man-al-da-si _lugal {kur}elam-ma_ [x]	... Ummanaldašu, king of the land Elam
12'	[x]-te#-esz-sze#-ra# har-ra-[x]	... the road ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
13'	{iri#}e2-{disz}im-bi-i sza ina# ger#-ri-ia mah-re#-e ak#-[x x]	I conquered the city E-Imbî, which is on my previous campaign.
14'	e#-nen-na {kur}ra-a-szi {kur}ha-ma-nu# a#-di# na-ge#-szu2 ak-szu#-[x]	Now I conquered the lands Raši (and) Hamānu, together with its districts.
15'	u3# szu-u2 {disz}um-man-al-da-si# _man#_ {kur}elam-ma{ki}	And he, Ummanaldašu, king of Elam
16'	ka#-szad {kur}ra-a-szi {kur}ha-ma#-nu# isz-me-e-ma	He heard about the advance of Raši and Hamānu, and
17'	pu#-luh-ti an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) a-li#-kut# _a2-min_-ia is-hu-pu-szu2-ma	The fear of Ashur and the goddess Ishtar, the one who goes at my side, overwhelmed him, and
18'	{iri}ma-dak-tu _iri# lugal_-ti-szu2 u2-masz-szir-ma	the city Madaktu, his royal city, he abandoned and
19'	in-na-bit# a-na {iri}bad3-{disz}un-da-si	to Dur-Undasi
20'	{id2#}id-id e-bir-ma	I crossed the Tigris
21'	_id2#_ szu2-a-tu2 a-na dan-nu-<ti>-szu2 isz-kun	that river to its full extent he placed.
22'	uk#-ta-ta-s,ar a-na s,al-ti-ia	has kept watch over my robbery
23'	{iri#}na-di-tu _iri lugal_-u2-ti a-di na-ge-szu2 ak-szu2-ud	I conquered the city Naditu, a royal city, together with its district.
24'	{iri#}e2-{disz}bu-na-ki _iri lugal_-u2-ti a-di na-ge-szu2 ak-szu2-ud	I conquered the city E-Bunakku, a royal city, together with its district.
25'	{iri#}har-tap-pa-ni _iri lugal_-u2-ti a-di na-ge-szu2 ak-szu2-ud	I conquered the city Ḫartappani, a royal city, together with its district.
26'	{iri#}tu-u2-bu a-di na-ge-szu2 ak-szu2-ud	I conquered the city Tubu as far as its district.
27'	[x]-rit _i7_ ka-la-mu	... of the canal Allamu(lower confidence: line is broken)
28'	{iri#}ma-dak-tu _iri man_-ti a-di na-ge-szu2 ak-szu2-ud	I conquered the city Madaktu, a royal city, together with its districts.
29'	{iri#}hal-te-ma-asz2 _iri lugal_-u2-ti-szu2 ak-szu2-ud	I conquered the city Ḫaltemash, his royal city.
30'	{iri#}szu-sza2-an _iri lugal_-u2-ti-szu2 ak-szu2-ud	I conquered the city Susa, his royal city.
31'	{iri#}di-in_-lugal_ {iri}su-mu-un-tu-na-asz2 _iri man_-ti-<szu2> ak-szu-ud	I conquered the cities Din-šarru (and) Sumuntuna, his royal city.
32'	{iri#}pi-di-il-ma _iri lugal_-ti-szu2 ak-szu2-ud	I conquered the city Pidilma, his royal city.
33'	[x x]-bi#-lu _iri lugal_-ti-szu2 ak-szu2-ud	I conquered the city ...bilu, his royal city.
34'	[x x]-bi-in-ak _iri lugal_-ti-szu2 ak-szu2-ud	... I conquered his royal city.(lower confidence: line is broken)
35'	[x x]-ti# an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) ar-de-e-ma al-lik	I sought out the ... of Ashur and Ishtar and went.
36'	[x x] um#-man-al-da-si _man_ {kur}elam-ma{ki}	... Ummanaldasi, king of Elam(lower confidence: line is broken)
37'	[x x] ik#-nu-szu2 a-na _{gesz}szudun_-ia	... sealed, to my yoke(lower confidence: line is broken)
38'	[...] ger#-ri-ia {iri}bad3-{disz}un-da-si _iri lugal_-ti-szu2 ak-szu2-ud	I conquered the city Dur-Undasi, his royal city.
39'	[...]-me ul u2-qi pa-an ar-ke-e ul ad-gul	(Sum) ... I did not wait for the ... (Akk) I did [not] wait for ...
40'	[...]-bir# _i7_ 1(u) 4(disz) _iri-mesz_ dan-nu-ti mu-szab _lugal_-ti-szu2	... cross the river, 14 fortified cities, the residence of his royal majesty
41'	_[...]-mesz tur-mesz_ sza ni-ba la i-szu-u2	... small ... which had no fear
42'	[...] elam#-ma{ki} ka-li-sza2 ak-szu-ud	I conquered the entirety of Elam(lower confidence: line is broken)
43'	[...] _gesz#-bar_ aq-mu#	... I smote with a knife.(low confidence: few signs survive)

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