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RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 025, ex. 001 (P423258)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 025, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P423258 |
| Museum no. | BM 134559 |
| 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' | [...] x x | |
| 2' | [... si-it-ti _{lu2}gal-mesz_-szu2 a-di {disz}{d}muati]-mu#-isz-kun | the rest of his magnates, together with Nabû-muškun |
| 3' | [_dumu_ {disz}{d}marduk-ibila-szum2-na sza la-pa-an] ta#-ha#-zi-ia | son of Marduk-apla-iddina, who before the battle |
| 4' | [ip-la-hu id-ku-u2 _a2-min_-szu2-un bal]-t,u#-su-un | they became afraid and cut off their arms. |
| 5' | [ina _muru2_ tam-ha-ri it-mu-ha] _szu#-min_-a-a | In the middle of battle, they struck down my hands. |
| 6' | [_{gesz}gigir-mesz_ a-di _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_-szi-na sza i]-na# qit-ru-ub | chariots together with their horses, which in the middle of |
| 7' | [ta-ha-zi dan-ni ra-ki-bu-szin] de-ku-ma | “Let the strong battle-array be cut off for them, and |
| 8' | [u3 szi-na musz-szu-ra-ma ra-ma]-nu#-usz-szin | And they, the ones who are enraged by them,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | [it-ta-na-al-la-ka mit-ha-risz u2]-ter#-ra | he keeps coming back to you; he returns together. |
| 10' | [a-di 2(disz) _danna ge6_ il-li-ku da-ak-szu2-nu] ap#-ru-us | together with 2 black stag-goats went, their weapons I cut off. |
| 11' | [szu-u2 {disz}um-ma-an-me-na-nu _lugal_ {kur}elam]-ma#{ki#} | He is Umman-menānu, king of the land Elam. |
| 12' | [a-di _lugal_ babila2{ki} {lu2}na-sik-ka-ni sza {kur}kal]-di# | until the king of Babylon, the sheikhs of Chaldea |
| surface a col 2' | ||
| 1' | u2#-[rak-kis-ma u2-rat-ta-a _ka2-mesz_-szin] | I set up their gates and installed them in their gates. |
| 2' | i-na {na4#}[pi-i-li pe-s,e-e sza i-na er-s,e-et] | With a stone ... that is in the earth ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | {iri}ba-la#-[t,a-a-a in-nam-ru _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_] | The Balāṭaeans saw the shield-bearers. |
| 4' | s,i-ru-ti u2#-[sze-pisz-ma im-na u3 szu-me-la] | I had exalted steles made and they were called by name and šumela. |
| 5' | u2-sza2-as,-[bi-ta _si-gar_-szin] | he caused them to seize their bolts(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | a-na szu-te-szu-ri# [s,al-mat _sag-du_ pa-qa-di mur-ni-is-qi2] | For the preservation of the black-headed people, the envoy Urnishqi |
| 7' | _{ansze}kunga-mesz_ a#-[ga-li-i til-li _{gesz}gigir-mesz_] | bred horses, mule teams, chariots |
| 8' | {gesz}at-ta-ra-te# [e-req-qi2 isz-pa-a-te] | “The threshing-floors, the reed-workers, the baskets |
| 9' | til-pa-na-a-te u3# [us,-s,i mim-ma szum-szu2] | the tilpanātu-offerings and the ṣuṣu-offers, whatever his name |
| 10' | u2#-nu#-ut ta-ha-zi na#-[as,-ma-di _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_] | the equipment of battle, the horses(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11' | _{ansze}kunga-mesz_ sza2 i-mu#-[qi2 ra-ba-a-te i-szu-u2] | the bred horses with large horns have |
| 12' | szuk-nu-sze a-na# ni#-ri [...] | Establish for me a firm positive answer. |
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