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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 004, ex. 009 (P423172)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 004, ex. 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P423172 |
| Museum no. | BM 134441 + |
| 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' | [...]-ti# | ... ...-ti(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | [...]-du | ...-du(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | [...]-da-nin | ... she is(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 4' | [...]-t,i#-t,i | “...-ṭiṭi(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 5' | [...]-u isz-ku-nu | ... they established(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6' | [...]-szib# lib3-bi-szu2-nu a-ni#-ir# | ... sat in their hearts.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | [...]-szu2-nu asz2-hu#-ut,# _bad3 iri_ | ... I destroyed their ... and the wall of the city(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | [...] {kur#}mu-s,ur | ... Egypt(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | [...]-tu# ik-pu-du | ... they plotted(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10' | [...] as,-bat u2-ra-a | ... I seized ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11' | [x x] x x [...] in#-nab-tu | ... ... they took(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12' | ra#-szub-bat# [...]-szu#-ma il-lik | He abandoned his ... and went to the netherworld.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | nam#-mu-szi#-[...]-ma#-ne2-e _dumu nin9_-szu2 | Nammuši-...-mane, son of his sister |
| 14' | [x]-szib ina _{gesz}gu#-[...]_ ni#-i' {iri}u2-nu | ... he sat on the throne of the city Ūnu |
| 15' | [x x] dan#-nu#-[...]-pah#-hi-ir il-lat-su | ... Dannu-...-pahhir his booty(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | [x x] mit-hu-s,i# _erin2#-[...]_-szur#{ki} sza2 qe2-reb {iri}me-em-pi | ... with the troops of ...-Šur that are in Mempu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17' | [x]-ka#-a qa-bal-szu2# [...]-tu#-nu e-si-ir-ma | ... his enemy ... he cut off ... and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18' | [x x]-ta mu-us,-s,a-szu2#-[x x] _a#_ szip-ri ha-an-t,u | ... his ..., the one who ... the work.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19' | [x x] nina#{ki} il-lik-am#-[x x]-ba#-a ia-a-ti | ... Nineveh went ... for me(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20' | [...] a-na {kur}mu-s,ur [...] usz#-te-sze-ra har-ra-nu | ... to Egypt ... I set off on the road. |
| 21' | [x x]-da#-ma-ne2-e [...]-ri#-ia isz-me-ma | ... heard my ... and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1' | ina# [...] | in ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2' | {gesz#}[...] | ... wood(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | it-ti# [...] | with ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 4' | a#-di# mah#-ri#-[...] | until before ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | ina 4(disz)-e-<<e>> ger-ri#-[...] | In the fourth campaign ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | {iri}ha-re-e-ha-as-ta# [...] | The city Ḫarehaša(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | _{lu2}en-iri_-szu2-nu a-na _lugal-mesz ad#-mesz#-[...]_ | their governors to the kings, my ancestors |
| 8' | a-na _{gesz}szudun_ u _ug3-mesz_ a-szi-bu-ti# [...] | to the throne and the people living in it(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | ka-a-a-an ih-ta-nab-ba-tu hu#-[...] | Whenever he has become frightened, ... . |
| 10' | _iri_ szu-a-tu2 ina tukul-ti an-szar2 _{d}en {d}en#?-[...]_ | That city with the support of (the god) Aššar, the god Bel, (and) the god Enlil |
| 11' | ak-szu-ud asz2-lu-la szal-lat-su {disz}ta#-[...] | I carried off his booty, Ta... |
| 12' | it-ti szal-lat _iri_-szu2 al-qa-a [...] | with the booty of his city I took ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | _ug3-mesz_ {iri}qir-bit2 ma-la asz2-lu-[...] | the people of Qirbit, as many as I ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | qe2-reb {kur#}mu#-s,ur# u2-sza2-[x x] | I ... in Egypt(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | ina 5(disz)-szi ger-ri-ia _ugu_ {disz}ah-szi-ra _man_ {kur}[...] | In my fifth campaign against Hašira, the king of the land |
| 16' | sza2 a-na _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia la kit-nu-szu2 i-tap-pa-lu# [...] | Whoever trusts in the kings, my ancestors, ... |
| 17' | ad-ke _erin2-mesz me3_-ia a-na ka-sza2-ad {kur}man-na#-[x x] | I killed my troops to conquer Mannea. |
| 18' | usz-te-sze-ra har-ra-nu al-lik-ma qe2-reb {iri#}[...] | I set off on the road and entered the city . |
| 19' | usz-man-nu ad-di-ma asz2-ku-na ka-ra-szi {disz}ah#-[...] | I set up (them) and stationed them in the presence of Aḫu-. |
| 20' | a#-lak ger-ri-ia isz-me-ma# [x x]-'e#?-e#?-[...] | He heard about my march and ... |
| surface a col 3' | ||
| 1' | [...] x [x] | |
| 2' | [...]-ka-nu | Your ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | [...]-gesz# li-ru-ru-szu2 | ... may they curse him.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | [...]-pu | ...-pu(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | [...]-li-qu | ... they will flee.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6' | [...] _u4 8(disz)-kam2#_ | ... 8th day(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7' | [...]-szu-nu | ... their(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 8' | [...]-in#-da-na# | When he was born(low confidence: few signs survive) |
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