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Nimrud NW Palace F-16 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 124 (a) (P423468)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Nimrud NW Palace F-16 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 124 (a) |
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| ID | P423468 |
| Museum no. | M.66.004.04 (a); Nimrud fragment no. 32 (b); unknown (c) |
| Collection | Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
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) |
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| 1 | [_e2]-gal#_ {disz}asz-szur-pab-a _sanga_ asz-szur ni-szit {d}be u {d}masz na-ra-am {d}a-nim u {d}da-gan ka-szu-usz _dingir-mesz gal-mesz man_ dan-nu _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur _a_ [tukul-masz _man gal_-e _man_ dan-ni _man szu2_] | Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), vice-regent of (the god) Ashur, appointee of the gods Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of the deities Anu and Dagān, conqueror of the great gods, strong king, king of the world, ki[ng of Assyria], son of Tukulti-Ninurti, great k[ing, mighty king]; |
| 2 | [_man] kur#_ asz-szur _a_ 1(u)-erin2-tah2 _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur-ma et,-lu qar-du sza2 ina _{gesz}tukul_-ti asz-szur _en_-szu2 _du-du_-ku-ma ina mal-ki-_mesz_ sza2 kib-rat 4(disz)-ta sza2-nin-szu2 la-a _tuku_-u2 _{lu2}sipa_ tab-ra-te la a-di-ru _gesz-la2#_ [e-du-u2 gap-szu2 sza2 ma-hi-ra] | king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king in kingship (and) king [of the world, (who) was] also mighty, who with the support of (the god) Ashur, his lord, marched and had no rival among the rulers of the four quarters (world quarters), a shepherd without equal, a devoted shepherd, an old man who had been appointed, |
| 3 | la-a _tuku_-u2 _man_ mu-szak-nisz la kan-szu-te-szu2 sza2 nap-har kisz-szat _ug3-mesz_ i-pe-lu _nita2_ dan-nu mu-kab-bi-is _gu2_ a-a-bi-szu2 da-a-isz kul-lat _kur2-mesz_ mu-pa-ri-ru ki-is,-ri mul-tar-ki _man_ sza2 ina _{gesz}tukul_-ti _dingir-mesz# [gal-mesz en-mesz_-szu2 _du-du_-ku-ma] | who does not have a king, who imposes his insubmissive rule over all of the people, strong man, who cuts off the neck of his enemies, who makes all enemies bow down at the feet of Multarki, king who by the support of the great gods, his lords, marches, |
| 4 | _kur-kur-mesz du3_-szi-na _szu_-su _kur_-ud hur-sza2-ni _du3_-szu2-nu i-pe-lu-ma bi-lat-su-nu im-hu-ru s,a-bit li-i-ti2 sza2-kin2 li-i-te _ugu du3_-szi-na _kur-kur-mesz_ e-nu-ma asz-szur _en_ na-bu-u2 _mu_-ia# [mu-szar-bu-u2 _man_-ti-a] | As for the lands that I conquered, their lands I gained dominion over the mountain ranges and received their tribute. I imposed upon them a levy of tribute and imposed on them tribute upon them. When Ashur, the lord who begot me, made my name great, |
| 5 | _{gesz}tukul_-szu2 la pa-da-a a-na i-da-at _en_-ti-a lu-u2 it-muh _erin2 hi-a-mesz kur_ lu-ul-lu-me-e _dagal-mesz_ ina qe2-reb tam-ha-ri ina _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ lu u2-szam-qit ina re-s,u-te sza2 {d}sza2-masz# [u {d}iszkur _dingir-mesz_ tik-li-a _erin2 hi-a-mesz_] | with his unceasing weapon to the side of my lordly majesty he struck down. With the weapons of the gods Šamaš and Adad, the great gods, I cut down large troops of the land of Lullumê in battle. |
| 6 | _kur-kur_ na-i-ri _kur_ hab-hi _kur_ szu-ba-re-e u _kur_ ne2-reb _gin7_ {d}iszkur ra-hi-s,i _ugu_-szu2-nu asz2-gu-um _man_ sza2 _ta_ e-ber-tan _{i7}hal-hal_ a-di _kur_ lab-na-[na u _a-ab-ba gal_-te _kur_ la-qe-e] | the lands Naʾiri, Habḫu, Šubarû, and the land Nēreb, like the god Adad, the fiercest of the gods, I imposed upon them. The king who from the opposite bank of the Tigris River to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea, the land Lāqeʾu, |
| 7 | ana si-hir2-ti-sza2 _kur_ su-hi a-di {iri}ra-pi-qi ana _giri3-min_-szu2 u2-szek2-ni-sza2 _ta sag_ e-ni _i7_ su-ub-na-at a-di _kur_ u2-ra-ar-t,i2 _szu_-su _kur_-ud _ta kur_ ne2-re-be sza2 _kur_ kir3-ru-ri# [a-di _kur_ gil2-za-ni _ta_ e-ber-tan] | in its entirety the land Suḫu as far as the city Rapiqi I made his feet bow down. From the source of the Subnat River to the land Urarṭu I captured it. I marched from the pass of the land Kirruri to the mountain Gilzānu from above to below. |
| 8 | _i7_ za-ba _ki-ta_ a-di {iri}du6-ba-a-ri sza2 el-la-an _kur_ za-ban _ta iri_ du6-sza2-ab-ta-a-ni a-di {iri}du6-sza2-za-ab-da-[a-ni {iri}ki-ri-mu {iri}ha-ru-tu] | the Lower Zab to the city Til-bari, which is above the land Zabban, from the city Du-ša-Abtāni to the cities Ta-Šaš-Zabdani, Kirimu, (and) Ḫarutu |
| 9 | _kur_ bi-ra-te sza2 _kur_ kar-du-ni-asz2 ana mi-is,-ri _kur_-a u2-ter _ta kur_ ne2-reb sza2 _kur_ ba-bi-te a-di _kur_ hasz-mar a-na _ug3-mesz kur_-ia am-nu ina _kur-kur-mesz_ sza2 a#-[pe-lu-szi-na-ni _{lu2}szakx(NIG2)-nu-te-ia] | I returned from the pass of the land Babitu as far as the land Hashmar to the people of my land. In the lands which I conquered, my prefects |
| 11 | a-pi-ir sza2-lum-ma-te la-a-di-ru _gesz-la2_ ur-sza2-nu la pa-du-u2 mu-rib a-nun-te _man_ ta-na-da-a-te _{lu2}sipa_ s,a-lu-lu _ub-mesz man_ sza2 qi-bit _ka_-szu2 usz-har-ma-t,u _kur-mesz_-e# [u _a-ab-ba-mesz_ sza2 ina qi-it-ru-ub] | the one who carries out the good deeds, the unfavorable hero, who provides abundance, the king of praise, the shepherd who protects the sanctuaries, the prince whose command makes the lands and seas tremble, |
| 12 | _en_-ti-szu2 _man-mesz_-ni ek-du-te la pa-du-te _ta_ s,i-it {d}szam-szi a-di e-reb {d}szam-szi pa-a 1(disz)-en u2-sza2-asz2-kin2 {iri}kal-hu mah-ra-a sza2 {disz}{d}szul3-ma-nu-sag _man kur_ asz-szur _nun_ a-lik [pa-ni-a _du3_-usz _iri_ szu-u2] | (As for) his lordly majesties, unrivalled kings, from the rising of the Sun to the setting of the Moon a single one established. The city Kalḫu, before which Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, a prince who came before me, had built, that city |
| 13 | e-na-ah-ma is,-lal {iri}szu2-u2 ana esz-szu2-te ab-ni _ug3-mesz kur_-ti _szu2_-ia sza2 _kur-kur-mesz_ sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni sza2 _kur_ su-hi _kur_ la-qe-e ana si-hir2-ti-sza2 {iri#}[sir-qu sza2 ne2-ber-ti] | I surrounded and plundered his city. I captured the people of my land of the lands that I conquered, of the land Suḫu, the land Laqû in its entirety, (and) of the city Sirqu in its environs. |
| 14 | _{i7}pux(A)-rad kur_ za-mu-a ana pat, gim-ri-sza2 _kur_ e2-a-di-ni u _kur_ hat-te u sza2 {disz}lu-bar-na _kur_ pa-ti-na-a-a al-qa-a ina lib3-bi u2-sza2-as,-bit _du6_ [la-be-ru lu u2-na-ki-ir a-di] | I took the Euphrates, the land of Zamua, as far as all of the lands Eadini and Ḫatti, and of Lubarna of the land Patinu, and I made (them) dwell therein. I demolished the old fortified wall (and) made (it) dilapidated. |
| 15 | _ugu a-mesz_ lu u2-sza2-pil2 1(disz) me 2(u) tik-pi ina musz-pa-li lu u2-t,a-bi _e2-gal_ {gesz}e-re-ni _e2-gal_ {gesz}szur-min2 e2-gal_ {gesz}dap-ra-ni _e2-gal {gesz}taskarin-mesz [e2-gal_ {gesz}mes-kan-ni _e2-gal_] | I had (them) poured over the water. I had 100 tikpi-measures of cedar, cypress, daprānu-juniper, boxwood, meskannû-wood, |
| 16 | {gesz#}bu-ut,-ni u {gesz}tar-pi-'i a-na szu-bat _man_-ti-a ana mul-ta-a'-it _en_-ti-a sza2 da-ra-te ina lib3-bi ad-di u2-ma-am _kur-mesz_-e u _a-ab-ba-mesz_ sza2 {na4}pi-li _ku3_-e u [{na4}pa-ru-te _du3_-usz ina _ka2-mesz_-sza2] | I built in its gates huṭnu-wood and tarpiʾu-trees for my royal residence (and) for my eternal lordly residence. In the future, I will conquer the lands and seas with precious stones and pabrūtu-stone. |
| 17 | u2-sze-zi-iz u2-si-im-szi u2-szar-rih-szi si-kat2 kar-ri _zabar-mesz_ al-me-si _{gesz}ig-mesz_ {gesz}e-re-ni {gesz}szur-min2 {gesz}dap-ra-ni {gesz}mes-kan-ni ina _ka2-mesz_-[sza2 u2-re-ti _ku3-babbar-mesz_] | I surrounded (and) decorated (it) with bronze trim. Doors of cedar, cypress, daprānu-juniper, and meskannu wood, at its gates, (with) small amounts of silver, |
| 18 | _ku3-sig17-mesz an-na-mesz zabar-mesz an-bar-mesz szu2_-ti _szu_-ia sza2 _kur-kur-mesz_ sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni a-na ma-a'-disz al-[qa-a ina lib3-bi u2-kin2] | I took the gold, tin, bronze, (and) bronze objects in my hands from the lands that I conquered for many of them and deposited them therein. |
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