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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 155, ex. 001 (P424517)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 155, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424517 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] la#? i-du-u hi-ri-s,u# [... mu-szar-szid szi-pir {d}kulla ul-tu2 szi-pir bal-t,u-ti] | ... they did not know (about it) — the moat ..., who makes the work of the god Kulla greater than (those of) the old work(s) |
| 3' | [a-di _ki-mah_] si#-mat mi-tu-tu ina {na4#?}[pi-i-li? ...] | until the grave, the place of the dead, with pīlu-stone |
| 4' | [an-szar2] pa#-qid# {d#}i2#-gi3-gi3 u {d}a-nun-na-ki _ad du3# [dingir-mesz_ ...] | Ashur, appointed by the Igigi and Anunnaku gods, father of the gods |
| 5' | [_ugu_ gim]-ri# a-szib pa-rak-ki u2-szar#-[ba-a _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia ...] | I made my weapons greater than (those of) all who sit on daises. |
| 6' | [ul-tu] tam-tim e-li-ti sza2 e-reb [_{d}utu_-szi a-di tam-tim szap-li-ti sza2 s,i-it _{d}utu_-szi (gi-mir) mal-ki] | From the Upper Sea which is above Šamaš to the Lower Sea of the Rising Sun, all rulers |
| 7' | [sza kib]-ra#-a-ti sze-pu-u-a u2-szak-nisz-ma i-[szu-t,u ab-sza2-a-ni i-na u4-me-szu-ma nina{ki}] | At that time, (as for) Nineveh,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | [ma-ha]-zu# s,i-i-ru szu-x [...] | exalted mayor ... ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | [szu-bat]-su#? s,u-uh-hu-rat _iri_ szu-pu-u# [...] | His dwelling(?) is a reed thicket of the city ... |
| 10' | [x x] x _du6?_ u3 sza2 u4-me pa-ni szu-bat-su ma-am#?-[man? ...] | ... and that of the days before his dwelling, no one ... |
| 11' | [...] x x x x? e2-gal-za3-di-nu-[tuku-a ...] | ... Egalzadinutuku(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | [...] x-de-e-ma#? [... u3? _ug3-mesz_-szu2? _a-mesz?_ szi-qi? la? i-da-a-ma? a-na? zu-un-ni?] | ... ... and? his people, water of the šiqi-plant, he did not know, and to ... |
| 13' | [ti-ik? _an_-e?] tur#-ru-[s,a? _igi-min-mesz_-szun? ...] | ... of the heavens ... their eyes ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [... a-na me2-resz _sze-am_ u3 _{sze}gesz-i3_] u2#-szam-ka#-[ra szat-ti-szam _nun_ ar-ku-u2 i-na _lugal-mesz_-ni _dumu-mesz_-ia] | ... for the cultivation of barley and sesame I made great. That year, a future prince among the kings, my descendants |
| 3' | [sza it-ti lib3-bi usz]-tam#-mu-ma a-na qa-a#-pi# [la tur-ru i-tam-ma? a-ki-i i-na _sza3? {lu2}erim-mesz_ an-nu-ti e-s,u-ti] | (As for) the one who had sinned with the heart and had not returned to the quay, he did as in the midst of these young men. |
| 4' | [_i7_ szu-a-tu u2-szah]-ri# ni-isz {d}asz-szur _dingir_-ia [_gal_ at-ta-ma-a szum-ma ina _sza3 {lu2}erim-mesz_ an-nu-ti _i7_ szu-a-tu la ah-ru-u] | I restored that canal. By the life of the god Ashur, my god, you are the great one. If among these men I did not restore that canal |
| 5' | [u3 i-na _mu-an-na_] 3(disz) _iti_ la u2-qat-tu-[u2 szi-pir-sza2 ... la ig-gam-ru-u2 u2-qat-tu-u2 hi-ru-sa] | and in a year 3 months they did not leave, her work ... did not complete, they did leave her corpse. |
| 6' | [a-na pa-te-e] _i7_ szu-a-tu2 _{lu2}masz-masz# [{lu2}gala_ u2-ma-'e-er-ma u2-szat-...] | The mashmashu-priest examined this canal and ... |
| 7' | _[{na4}gug {na4}za-gin3] {na4#}musz-gir2 {na4}babbar#-dili#-mesz# na4#-[mesz_ ni-siq-ti _bal-gi{ku6} nig2-bun2-na{ku6}_ tam-szil pi2-ti-iq] | carnelian, lapis lazuli, mušgir-stone, babbar-dili-stone (and) precious stones, balgi-fish, nigbunna-fish of the tamšil-fish |
| 8' | [_ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 szim-hi-a] i3#-gesz# dug3-ga_ a-na# {d#}e2-a [_en_ nag-bi kup-pi u3 ta-... {d}en-bi-lu-lu _gu2-gal i7-mesz_] | Silver, gold, juniper, oil, good oil for Ea, the lord of the water, the tablet, and ... Enbilulu, the canal manager |
| 9' | [{d}en-e-im-du _en] e#_ u _pa5_ u2-qa-a-a-isz# [qi2-sza2-a-ti a-na _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ut-nin-ma su-up-pi-ia] | Enemdu, lord of heaven and netherworld, appointed me to the office of chief of the great gods, and I received my supplication. |
| 10' | [isz-mu-ma u2]-sze-szi-ru li-[pit _szu-min_-ia _ka2 i7_ szu-a-tu ba-lu? _{gesz}mar_ u3 _{gesz}mar-sze-ra-ah_ a-na ra-ma-ni-szu] | he heard, and he made (it) come forth. May it be in my hands. That canal gate, without a carp or a wagon, for himself |
| 11' | [ip-pe-te9-ma] u2-szar-da-a# [_a-mesz he2-nun_ ...] | he opened up and made abundant the waters of abundance ... |
| 12' | [...] x x? [...] | |
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