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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 018 (P422695)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P422695 |
| Museum no. | BM 127920 |
| 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' | [...]-szu2 | ... his(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2' | [...] _agrig#_-u2-ti | ... the agrigû-priests(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | [...] mah-ri-ia | ... before me(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | [...] ti#-amtu# la e-bi-ra | ... of the sea, unrivalled(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | [...]-la# a-na e-pesz _ARAD_-ti-ia | ... for the work of my servant(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | [...] u3# _dumu#-munus#-mesz szesz-mesz_-szu2 | ... and his daughters, his brothers(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | [x x] ter#-ha-ti ma-a'#-a-si am-hur#-szu2 | I received a great amount of terḫatu-beer from him. |
| 8' | [...] ar#-szi-szu2-ma | ... he smote him and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | [...] lib3#-bi#-szu2 u2#-ter-ma a-din-szu2 | ... his heart returned and gave to him.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | [...] _lugal#_ {iri#}ar-u2-ad-da# | ... king of Aruad(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11' | [x x] _muru2#_ tam-tim | ... the seashore(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12' | [...] _lugal#_ {kur}tab_-iri_ | ... king of the land Tabīri(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13' | [...]-szar#-me {kur}hi#-lak-ka-a-a | ... of the land Ḫilakku(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | sza#? a-na# _[x]-mesz ad-mesz_-ia# la kan-szu2 | who is not bound to my fathers’ ... |
| 15' | ik#-nu-szu2 a-na _{gesz#}szudun_-ia | sealed it and to my yoke |
| 16' | _dumu#-munus#-mesz_ s,i-it# lib3-bi-szu2-nu | the daughters of their own free will |
| 17' | it#-ti nu-dun-ne2-e# ma-a'-di# | with the nudunnu-measure much |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1' | x x x [...] | |
| 2' | i#-na 4(disz)-e ger#-[...] | On the 4th ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | usz#-te-esz-sze-ra# [...] | ... he made come forth ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | ina qi2-bit an-szar2 {d}sin# [...] | By the command of Anšar and Sin(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina{ki} {d}1(u)-5(disz)# [...] | the goddess Ishtar of Nineveh, the goddess ... |
| 6' | ina _{iti}kin-{d}inanna_ szi-pir _{d}inanna#-[...]_ | In the month Ulūlu (VI), work of Ištar- |
| 7' | _ad dingir-mesz_ [...] | father of the gods, . .(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8' | _gin7_ ti-ib me-he-e [x x] | like a flood wave ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | ak-tum3 {kur}elam-ma{ki} a-na [...] | I conquered the land Elam to(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | ak-kis _sag-du_ {disz}te-um-man [...] | the head of Teumman(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11' | mul-tar-hu sza2 ik-pu-da _hul#_-[x] | The Storm-god, who plotted evil, |
| 12' | ina la mi3-ni a-duk qu-ra-de-e#-[x] | I kill (them) with nothing at all.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | ina _szu-min ti-mesz_ u2-s,ab-bit mun-dah-s,e-e#-[x] | With water I seized the ... of the desert.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | szal#-ma-a-ti-szu2-nu _gin7 {gesz}dih3 {gesz}kiszi16#_ | their šalmātu-vessels like tamarisk and date palm |
| 15' | u2#-mal-la-a ta-mir-ti {iri}szu-sza2-an# | I filled the plain of Susa |
| 16' | _usz2-mesz_-szu2-nu {i7}u2-la-a-a u2-szar-di# | I made their dead on the Euphrates River. |
| 17' | _a-mesz_-sza2 as,-ru-up _gin7_ na-ba-as-si# | I poured her water, and she washed herself like a cloth. |
| 18' | {disz}um-man-i-gasz _dumu_ {disz}ur-ta-ki _man_ {kur}elam-ma{ki#} | Ummanigaš, son of Urtaku, king of the land Elam. |
| 19' | sza la-pa-an {disz}te-um-man a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki} | which before Teumman to Assyria |
| 20' | in-nab-tu is,-ba-tu _giri3-min_-ia | seized, grasped my feet |
| surface a col 3' | ||
| 1' | _[...]-x-mesz_-szu2 | his ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2' | [...] {iri}sa-me-ri-na | ... of Samaria(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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