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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 037, ex. 001 (P424684)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 037, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P424684 |
| 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' | [...] i-tur [...] | ... will return ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | [... tu]-tak-ki-la-an-ni-ma [...] | ... you made me weak, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | [... ta]-zi-iz ina i-di-ia a-ma-ta [...] | ... you stand at my side, the word ... |
| 4' | [...] u3 ma-ku-u2 tu-sza2-li-ka [...] | ... and you will make me drink ... |
| 5' | [...] _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ma-la ba-szu-u2 [...] | ... the great gods, as many as there were ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | [... ia]-ti {disz}asz-szur-pap-szum2-na _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _szagina_ [babila2{ki} ...] | As for me, Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, |
| 7' | [...] _dingir-mesz gal-mesz lugal kur_ e-li-tum u3 szap-[li-tum ...] | ... the great gods, king of the land of Upper and Lower ... |
| 8' | [... ina _sza3]-tur3_ a-ga-ri-in-ni a-lit-ti-ia [...] | ... in the stall of the agarinnu-vessel, my offspring, ... |
| 9' | [... ana e]-pesz be-lu-u2-te sza ka-la _kur-mesz_ ma-[...] | ... for the exercise of lordship over all the lands ... |
| 10' | [...] lib3-bi {d}asz-szur u2-zak-ki-ru-ma im-[...] | ... the heart of the god Aššīr was disturbed and ... |
| 11' | [...] {iri}ku-u2-si sza ma-am-ma-an ina _ad-mesz_-[ia ...] | ... Kush, which nobody among my ancestors ... |
| 12' | [...] i-szap-pa-ru la i-tu-ur-ra-ma [...] | ... they will write, but they will not return and ... |
| 13' | [...]-tu a-szar is,-s,u-ru la u2-na-asz2-sza2-szu [kap-pi-szu2 ...] | ... where he kept watch, he did not let him go, his mouth ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2 | [...]-ma _gesz_ [...] | ... and ... ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 3 | [...] x-nu _munus_ x _bi_ [...] | ... ... the woman ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4 | [...]-bi-ma x x x x x [...] | ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 5 | [...] x bi-szu2 la [...] _e2-gal_ [...] | ... ... the palace ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6 | [...] _x-mesz ka_ x x x-na di-[...] | |
| 7 | {na4}asz2-gi3-gi3 u2-sze-s,a-a _gin7_ {na4}[...] | Ašgigi he brought out, like ... |
| 8 | _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ sza qar-ba-szu2-nu _ku3-sig17_ [...] | The horses whose horns are gold ... |
| 9 | u2-sze-s,a-am-ma 6(disz) _me munus-e2-[gal-mesz_-szu2 ...] | I brought out, and 600 of his palace women ... |
| 10 | x 6(disz) _me egi2 {munus}[..._] | ... 6 hundred, princess, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | [...] x x [...] | |
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