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RIMA 2.0.101.018, ex. 01 (P423553)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RIMA 2.0.101.018, ex. 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P423553 |
| Museum no. | BM 118807 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | _gal_-isz u-szi-bu _{gesz#}gigir#-mesz erin2-hi-a-mesz_-te [_dagal-mesz_]-te ad#-[ki] | I set up large chariots and troops. |
| 3' | ha#-al-s,u-te la-ma-ri pat-te-pat-[te] ak#-szud# _masz2-mesz_ sza2# _ansze#-kur#-ra#-mesz#_ | I conquered the fodder of the sheep and goats. |
| 4' | is-tu _kur_ gil2-za-ni am#-[hur] ni x [...]-har# ina gi-ne2-e# u2#-[kin? ...] | I received from the land Gilzānu ... ... in the regular offerings ... |
| 5' | _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ a-na bit-te ia u2-[sze-ri]-bu#-ni al-[la-bi-ib-ma?] a-na | horses into my house brought, I shall bring and to |
| 6' | iri ha-ri-ra _iri_ hal-ha-la-usz sza2# _en#-mesz_-ni [_en-mesz_] hi-i-t,i2 al#-lik# | I marched to the city Ḫarira and the city Halhalush, which are the lords, the guilty. |
| 7' | szu-a-tu ina li-me {disz}asz-szur-pab-a ak#-szud# _nig2_-szu-nu# szal#-la#-szu#-nu# | In the eponymy of Ashur-nāṣir I secured their possessions and their booty. |
| 8' | bu-sza2-szu-nu mar-szi-szu-nu u2-sze-s,a-a a-na _iri_-ia asz-szur ub-la | I brought their possessions and their property and brought them to my city Assur. |
| 9' | _iri_ sa-x-ti#-szu-nu _gal_-a a-di _ug3-mesz_-szu# | the city of their great ... together with its people |
| 10' | a-na asz-szur _dingir_-ia | To Ashur, my god: |
| 11' | _en_-ia a-qisz | my lord I gave. |
| 12' | [...] sza2 x [x] x _kur_-ud _en-mesz_ [...] | ... of ... conquered; the lords ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | [...] sza2 a#-na _kur_ szub-re-e sza2# [...] | ... which to the land Šubrû which ... |
| 14' | [...] a-na gi-pisz _erin2-hi-a-mesz_-te-[szu-nu] | ... for the wages of their troops(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | [dan-nisz dan]-nisz it-tak3-lu-u-ma [...] | They fought fiercely and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | [...] ... [...] | |
| 17' | [...] x x x an x x x [...] | |
| 18' | [...] is,-bu-tu ina qi2-bit asz-szur [...] | ... seized ... by the command of Aššīr ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19' | [...] _en gal_-e _en_-ia _{gesz}gigir-mesz_-[te ...] | ... the great lord, my [lord], the chariots |
| 20' | [...] _erin2-hi-a-mesz_-te-ia ad-ki _iri#_ ak#-szud# [...] | ... I abandoned my troops and captured the city. ... |
| 21' | [...] _iri_ u2-szi-ra _ansze-kur-ra-mesz gu4#-mesz#_ [...] | ... a city will be built, horses and oxen ... |
| 22' | [...] _{gesz?}gaba?_ szu2? [...] ra [...] | ... the breast(?)(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23' | [...] _{gesz}gigir-mesz_ ina _gub-ba_ id-ki szi-it-mu-ri-isz | ... the chariots in the stationed position he cut down. |
| 24' | [at-bi-ma] asz-szi zi-iq-te ina _giri3-min-mesz_-ia lib3-bi _kur_ kasz-ia-ri | I slew and with my feet, the heart of the land Kašyari |
| 25' | [...] lu ab-bal-kit a-na _iri-mesz_ sza2-tu-nu lu al-lik | ... I crossed, and to those cities I marched.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 26' | [...] mu-szi-ta _iri-mesz_-szu2-nu al-mi | ... at night, I surrounded their cities.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 27' | [...] ina {d}sza2-masz na#-pa-hi it-ti gi-pisz | ... with the reed screen(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 28' | [_{gesz}gigir-mesz_] _erin2-hi-a-mesz_-te _dagal-mesz_-te | chariots, large troops(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 29' | am-da-hi#-is,# di#-ik-ta-szu2#-nu ma-'a-ta a-duk | I fought with them. I killed many of them. |
| 30' | _iri_ am#-lat-ti _iri_ sza2-bur#-am# _iri_ ru-zi-da-ak | the city Amlattu, the city Šabūr-am, the town Ruzidak, |
| 31' | _iri_ bu-gu _iri_ us-tu2 _iri-mesz_-ni _bala-mesz_ | the city Bugu, the city Ustu, the cities of the bala |
| 32' | _kur#_ dan-nu-na ak-szud ina _izi-mesz_ asz2-ru-up | I conquered the fortified land and burned it with fire. |
| 33' | szal-la-su-nu bu-sza2-szu-nu nam-kur-szu-nu | their booty, their possessions, their land |
| surface b | ||
| 1 | e2-na-at-hi sza2 _iri_ ni-nu-a _gesztin udu-siskur-mesz_-te | the Enatḫu of Nineveh, wine and sacrifices |
| 2 | sza2 _e2-kur dingir_ s,ir-te _du3_-asz2 | who the Ekur, the exalted god, built |
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