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RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 002, ex. 001 (P424935)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 002, ex. 001 |
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| ID | P424935 |
| Museum no. | BM 134458 (+) BM 123412 + BM 134482 + frag. |
| 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 |
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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.
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| 1 | [{disz}{d}en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba _lugal gal lugal_] dan-nu _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _lugal_ la sza2-na-an _re-e2-um_ mut-nen-nu-u2 pa-lih _dingir-[mesz gal-mesz_] | [Sennacherib, great king, strong king], king of Assyria, unrivalled king who reveres the great gods, |
| 2 | [na-s,ir kit-ti ra-'i-im mi-sza2-ri] e#-pisz u2-sa-a-ti a-lik tap-pu-ut a-ki-i sa-hi-ru dam-[qa-a-ti] | Who guards truth, loves justice, who performs good deeds, goes to the aid of the weak, like a good shepherd. |
| 3 | [et,-lu git2-ma-lum zi-ka-ru qar-du] a-sza2-red kal# ma#-al-ki rap#-pu la#-'i#-it,# la ma-gi-ri mu-szab#-ri-qu# [za-ma-a-ni] | The perfect young man, the hero, the foremost of all rulers, the wide-spread one, the unrivalled one, who encircles the ziggurat, |
| 4 | [{d}asz-szur _kur_-u2 _gal_-u2 _lugal_-ut la sza2-na-an] u2-szat-li-ma-an-ni-ma _ugu#_ gi-mir a-szib# [pa]-rak#-ki# u2#-szar#-ba-a _{gesz#}[tukul-mesz_-ia] | Assur, the great mountain, granted me unrivalled sovereignty and made my weapons greater than those of all who sit on (royal) daises. |
| 5 | [i-na _sag lugal_-ti-ia sza {disz}{d}marduk-ibila-szum2]-na# _lugal_ {kur#}kar2-dun-ia2-asz2 a-di _erin2 hi#-a_ elam-ma#{ki} re-[s,i-szu2 i]-na ta-mir-ti kisz{ki} asz2#-ta-kan# [_bad5-bad5_-szu2] | At the beginning of my kingship, I placed Marduk-apla-iddina (II), king of Karduniaš, together with the troops of Elam, his helper, in the plain of Kish. |
| 6 | [i-na _muru2_ tam-ha-ri szu-a-tu e-zib _karasz_-su] e-disz ip-par-szid-ma a-na {kur}gu#-zu#-[um-ma-ni] in-na-bit# qe2#-[reb] {i7}a-gam-me u3# ap-pa-ra-a-te [e-ru-um-ma na-pisz-tusz e-t,i2-ir] | in that narrow meadow, he abandoned his camp and fled to the land Guzummānu. In the waters of the Euphrates and the Aparnaeans he entered and his life was saved. |
| 7 | [_{gesz}gigir-mesz_ {gesz}s,u-um-bi _ansze-kur-ra-mesz] {ansze}kunga-mesz ansze-mesz# [{ansze}gam-mal-mesz_ u3] {ansze#}ud#-ri# sza i-na qit#-ru#-ub# ta-ha-[zi u2-masz-szi-ru ik-szu-da _szu-min_-a-a] | The chariots, wagons, horses, mules, donkeys, camels, and hors[es] that I had abandoned in the middle of battle, I carried off my hands. |
| 8 | [a-na _e2-gal_-szu2 sza qe2-reb babila2{ki} ha-disz e]-ru-um-ma ap-te-e-ma [_e2_ ni-s,ir-ti-szu2 _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar_ u2-nu]-ut# _ku3#-sig17# ku3#-babbar# na4_ a#-[qar-tu mim-ma szum-szu _nig2-szu nig2-gur11_ ni-s,ir-tu ka-bit-tu] | to his palace which is in Babylon I entered joyfully and opened it. The house of his treasure, gold, silver, utensils of gold, precious stones, anything of his, possessions, property, (and) substantial treasure |
| 9 | [_dam_-su {munus}_ug3-mesz e2-gal_-szu2 _{lu2}tirum-mesz_] {lu2}man-za-az# pa-ni# [si-hir-ti {lu2}um-ma-a-ni ma-la ba-szu-u2 mut-tab-bi-lu-tu _e2-gal_ u2-sze-s,a-am-ma szal-la-tisz am-nu] | his wife, the people of his palace, the tīrīs (and) the merchandising officers in front of the entire army, as many as there were, the citizens of the palace I brought in and I counted them as booty. |
| 10 | [as,-bat-ma _egir_-szu2 a-na {kur}gu-zu-um-ma-ni {lu2}mun]-dah-s,i-ia a-na# [qe2-reb {i7}a-gam-me u3 ap-pa-ra-a-te u2-ma-'e-er-ma 5(disz) u4-me i-pa-ru-nim-ma ul in-na-mir a-szar-szu] | I captured, and afterwards to the land Guzummānu, my scouts, in the waters of the Euphrates and the Aparnaeans I brought out, and five days they abandoned me, and I did not see its place. |
| 11 | [i-na e-muq {d}asz-szur _en_-ia 1(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz) _iri-mesz_-ni dan-nu-ti _e2 bad3-mesz_-ni] sza {kur}kal-[di u3 8(disz) _me_ 2(u) _iri-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu al-me ak-szud{ud} asz2-lu-la szal-la-su-un] | With the strength of the god Ashur, my lord, I conquered 89 fortified cities, the fortresses of Chaldea, and 820 small cities in their environs. I carried off their booty. |
| 12 | [{lu2}ur2-bi {lu2}a-ra-mu u3 {lu2}kal-du sza qe2-reb] _unu{ki} nibru#[_{ki} kisz{ki} hur-sag-kalam-ma{ki} gu2-du8-a{ki} a-di _dumu-mesz iri en_ hi-it,-t,i u2-sze-s,a-am-ma szal-la-tisz] am-nu | I brought out the corpses of the Arameans and Chaldeans who were in Uruk, Nippur, Kish, Hursagkalama, (and) Cutha, together with the citizens of the city, the lords of crime, and I counted them as booty. |
| 13 | [{disz}en-du3 _dumu {lu2}gal-du3_ pe-er-'i szu-an-na{ki} sza _gim_] mi#-ra-ni [s,a-ah-ri qe2-reb _e2-gal_-ia ir-bu-u2 a-na _lugal_-ut _kur eme-gi7_ u3 uri{ki} asz2-ta-kan] _ugu#_-szu2#-un# | Bel-ibni, son of the chief builder, descendant of Šuanna, who like a wild bull entered my palace, I placed over them as king of the land of Sumer and Akkad. |
| 14 | [i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia {lu2}tu-'u-mu-na {lu2}ri-hi-hu {lu2}ia-daq-qu {lu2}u2-bu-du {lu2}gib-re-e {lu2}ma-li-hu {lu2}gu-ru-mu {lu2}u2-bu-lum] {lu2#}da#-mu#-nu | On my return march, the Tuʾūna, the Riḫīḫu, the Yadaqqu, the Ubudu, the Gibrî, the Maliha, the Gurumu, (and) the Ubulum, the Damunu, |
| 15 | [{lu2}gam-bu-lu {lu2}hi-in-da-ru {lu2}ru-'u-u-a {lu2}pu-qu-du {lu2}ha-am-ra-a-nu {lu2}ha-ga-ra-nu {lu2}na-ba-tu {lu2}li-i'-ta-a-u2 {lu2}a-ra-mu la kan]-szu2# mit#-ha#-risz# ak#-szud#{ud#} | I conquered together the Gambulu, Hindāru, Ruʾuʾa, Puqudu, Hamranu, Hagarānu, Nabatu, Liʾtau, (and) Arameans without number. |
| 16 | [2(disz) _me_ 8(disz) _lim un-mesz_ zik-ru u _munus_ 7(disz) _lim_ 2(disz) _me ansze-kur-ra-mesz {ansze}kunga-mesz_ 1(u) 1(disz) _lim_ 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) _ansze-mesz_ 5(disz) _lim_ 2(disz) _me_ 3(u) _{ansze}gam-mal-mesz_ 1(gesz2) 2(u) _lim_ 1(disz) _me gu4-mesz_ 8(disz) _me lim_ 6(disz) _me u8-udu hi-a_ szal-la-tu ka]-bit#-tu# asz2#-lu#-la# a#-na# qe2#-reb# _kur#_ asz#-szur#{ki#} | 2,800 people, cult actors and women, 7,200 horses and mules, 11,133 donkeys, 5,200 camels, 1,100 oxen, 8,600 sheep and goats, heavy booty, I carried off to Assyria. |
| 17 | [i-na me-ti-iq ger-ri-ia sza {disz}{d}ag-en-mu-mesz {lu2}qi2-pi {iri}ha-ra-ra-ti _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar_ {gesz}mu-suk-kan-ni _gal-mesz ansze-mesz {ansze}gam-mal-mesz gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu hi-a_ ta]-mar#-ta#-szu2# ka#-bit#-tu# am#-hur# | In the course of my campaign, I received from Nabû-bel-mūmeš, the official in charge of the city Ḫararatu, gold, silver, large musukkannu-vessels, donkeys, camels, oxen, and sheep and goats, his substantial audience gift. |
| 18 | [ba-hu-la-ti {iri}hi-rim-me _{lu2}kur2_ ak-s,u sza ul-tu ul-la a-na ni-ri-ia la kit-nu-szu i-na _{gesz}tukul_ u2-szam-qit-ma na-pisz-tu] ul# e#-zib# | (As for) the rebel land Ḫirimme, a hostile enemy who, since time immemorial, had not bowed down to my yoke with a weapon, and had not abandoned my life, |
| 19 | [na-gu-u2 szu-a-tu a-na esz-szu-ti as,-bat 1(disz)-en _gu4_ 1(u) _udu-mesz_ 1(u) _ansze gesztin-mesz_ 2(u) _ansze zu2-lum-ma_ re-sze-te-szu2 a-na _dingir-mesz_-ni _kur_ asz-szur{ki} _en-mesz_-ia] u2#-kin# da3#-ri#-szam# | I took away that nagû-vessel as a gift. I established for the gods of Assyria, my lords, one ox, 10 sheep, 10 homers of wine, and 20 homer of dates as his first fruits. |
| 20 | [i-na 2(disz)-e ger-ri-ia {d}asz-szur be-li2 u2-tak-kil-an-ni-ma a-na _kur_ {lu2}kasz-szi-i u3 _kur_ ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-a _{lu2}kur2_ ak-s,i sza ul-tu ul-la a-na _lugal-mesz_-ni _ad]-mesz#_-ia# la# kit#-nu#-szu# lu# al#-lik# | In my second campaign, the god Aššīr, my lord, entrusted me and I marched to the land of the Kassites and the land Yasubigallâ, a hostile land that since time immemorial had not been known to my ancestors. |
| 21 | [qe2-reb hur-sza2-a-ni zaq-ru-te _a-sza3_ nam-ra-s,i i-na _ansze-kur-ra_ ar-kab-ma _{gesz}gigir giri3-min_-ia i-na ti-ik-ka-a-te u2-sza2-asz2-szi asz2-ru szup-szu-qu i-na _giri3]-min#_-ia# ri#-ma#-nisz# at#-tag#-gisz# | In the midst of distant mountains, a fertile field, with a horse I came down and with my feet a chariot I mounted. With my feet I raised a high mountain. |
| 22 | [{iri}_e2_-{disz}ki-lam-za-ah _iri_ dan-nu-ti-szu2-nu al-me ak-szud{ud} _ug3-mesz tur gal ansze-kur-ra-mesz {ansze}kunga-mesz ansze-mesz gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu hi-a_ ul-tu qer-bi-szu u2]-sze#-s,a#-am#-ma# szal#-la#-tisz# am#-nu# | I conquered Bit-Kilamzaḫ, their fortified city. I brought out from it people, young and old, horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats, and I counted them as booty. |
| 23 | [_iri-mesz_-szu2-nu _tur-mesz_ sza ni-ba la i-szu-u2 ap-pul aq-qur u2-sze-me kar-mesz _e2 edin_ kul-ta-ri tu-kul-ti-szu2-nu i-na {d}gesz-bar aq-mu-ma di]-tal#-lisz# u2#-sze#-mi# | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire their small cities, which were without number. I burnt down, plundered, and demolished with fire the quays, houses, mounds, and cult centers of their cities. |
| 24 | [u2-ter-ma {iri}e2-{disz}ki-lam-za-ah szu-a-tu a-na bir-tu-ti as,-bat _ugu_ sza u4-me pa-ni u2-dan-nin a-muh-husz _ug3-mesz kur-kur_ ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia ina lib3-bi] u2#-sze#-szib# | I reorganized that city E-Kilamzaḫ and strengthened its fortresses. I settled therein the people of the lands of the four quarters (of the world). |
| 25 | [_un-mesz kur_ {lu2}kasz-szi-i u3 _kur_ ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-a sza la-pa-an _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia ip-par-szi-du ul-tu qe2-reb _kur_-i u2-sze-ri-dam-ma i-na {iri}har-disz-pi] {iri#}_e2#_-{disz#}ku-bat-ti u2-szar#-[me] | The people of the land of the Kassites and the land Iasubigallāya, who had fled from my weapons, I brought down from the mountains and I settled them in the cities Ḫardišpi and Bit-Kubattu. |
| 26 | [i-na _szu-min_ {lu2}szu-ut _sag_-ia _{lu2}en-nam_ {iri}ar-rap-ha am-nu-szu2-nu-ti _{na4}na-ru2-a_ u2-sze-pisz-ma li-i-tum ki-szit-ti _szu-min_ sza _ugu_-szu2-un asz2-tak-ka-nu s,e]-ru#-usz-szu2 u2-[sza2]-asz2#-t,ir#-ma ina qer#-bi# _iri#_ ul#-ziz# | From the hands of my eunuch, the governor of Arrapha, I had these men fashioned a stele and I had a replica of the inscription that I had placed upon them written upon them. I had his fingernail drawn up and I erected it inside the city. |
| 27 | [pa-an ni-ri-ia u2-ter-ma a-na {kur}el-li-pi as,-s,a-bat har-ra-nu el-la-mu-u-a {disz}is-pa-ba-a-ra _lugal_-szu2-un _iri-mesz_-szu2 dan-nu-ti _e2_ ni-s,ir-ti-szu2 u2-masz-szir]-ma a-na ru-qe2-ti# in-na#-bit | I removed from my yoke and took the road to the land Ellipi. Išpabara, their king, his fortified cities, his treasury, abandoned and fled to the underworld. |
| 28 | [gim-ri _kur_-szu _dagal_-ti ki-ma _muru9_ as-hu-up {iri}mar-u2-bisz-ti {iri}ak-ku-ud-du _iri-mesz e2 lugal_-ti-szu2 a-di 3(u) 4(disz) _iri-mesz_ dan-nu-ti u3 _iri-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li]-me#-ti-szu2-nu sza2 ni-ba la i-szu-u | I conquered all of his extensive land like a fog. The cities Marubišti (and) Akkuddu, cities of his royal house, together with 34 fortified cities and small settlements in their environs, which were without number, |
| 29 | [ap-pu-ul aq-qur i-na {d}gesz-bar aq-mu-ma _kiri6-mesz_-szu2-nu ak-szit, _ugu a-gar3-mesz_-szu2-un hab-s,u-ti sza2-hur-ra-tum at-bu-uk {kur}el-li-pi a-na pat,] gim#-ri-sza2 ar-bu#-ta u2-sza2-lik | I poured (and) burned with fire. I cut down their orchards and burned (them) down. I plundered their irrigated meadows. I conquered the land Ellipi to its full extent. |
| 30 | [_un-mesz tur gal nita_ u _munus ansze-kur-ra-mesz {ansze}kunga-mesz ansze-mesz gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu hi-a_ la mi-nam asz2-lu-lam-ma a-di la ba-sze20-e] u2-sza2-lik-szu2-nu-ti | I carried off people, young and old, male and female, horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats without number, and I made them go without number. |
| 31 | [{iri}s,i-s,i-ir-tu {iri}ku-um-ma-ah-lum _iri-mesz_ dan-nu-ti a-di _iri-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu {kur}e2-bar-ru-u2 na-gu-u a-na gi-mir-ti-szu2 ul-tu qe2]-reb# _kur_-szu2 ab-tuq-ma _ugu_ mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur{ki} u2-rad-di | The cities Ṣiṣirtu (and) Kummaḫlum, fortified cities, together with the smaller cities in their environs, I conquered the land Barrû, a fortress in its entirety, from its mountain range and I added (it) to the territory of Assyria. |
| 32 | [{iri}el-en-za-asz2 a-na _iri lugal_-ti u3 dan-na-at na-ge-e szu-a-tu as,-bat-ma _mu_-szu2 mah-ra-a u2-nak-kir-ma {iri}kar-{disz}{d}en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba] at#-ta#-bi ni#-bit-su | I took the city Elenzaš as a royal city and fortress of that district and changed its former name and I named it Kar-Bel-ahhe-eriba. |
| 33 | [i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia sza {kur}ma-da-a-a ru-qu-ti sza i-na _lugal-mesz_-ni _ad-mesz_-ia ma-am-man la isz-mu-u zi-kir _kur-mesz_-szu2-un man-da-ta-szu2-nu ka-bit-tu2 am-hur a-na ni-ri be]-lu#-[ti]-ia# u2#-szak#-[ni]-su#-nu#-ti# | On my return march, I received the substantial payment of the distant Medes, which no one among the kings, my ancestors, had heard about. I placed them at the yoke of my lordship. |
| 34 | [i-na u4-mi-szu-ma nina{ki} ma-ha-zu s,i-i-ru _iri_ na-ram {d}isz-tar sza nap-har ki-du-de-e _dingir-mesz_ u3 _{d}isz-tar-mesz_ ba-szu]-u2# qe2#-reb#-szu# | At that time, Nineveh, the exalted cult center, the city beloved of the goddess Ištar, in which all the shrines of the gods and goddesses were built, |
| 35 | [tem-me-en-nu da-ru-u2 du-ru-usz s,a-a-ti sza ul-tu ul-la it-ti szi]-t,ir# bu-ru-um-me es,-rat-su es,-ret-ma [szu]-pu#-u2# s,i#-in#-du#-szu# | (As for) the eternal foundation(s) of the ṣātu-festival, which since time immemorial had been written with a writing board, its foundations had become shaky and its construction had become dilapidated, |
| 36 | [asz2-ru nak-lu szu-bat pi-risz-ti sza mim-ma szum-szu szi-pir ni-kil-ti gi-mir pel-lu-de]-e# ni-s,ir-ti lal3-gar szu-ta-bu-lu# qe2-reb-szu | (As for) the exalted throne, the dwelling of the secret of everything, the craft of the cult object, the totality of the protective deities, (and) the protection of the lalgar priests, they dwell inside it. |
| 37 | [sza ul-tu ul-la _lugal-mesz_-ni a-li-kut mah-ri _ad-mesz_-ia ul-la-nu-u]-a# be-lu-ut _kur_ asz-szur{ki} e-pu-szu-ma u2-ma#-'e-ru ba#-'u-lat# {d}en-lil2 | which since time immemorial earlier kings, my ancestors, before me had built, the lordship of Assyria had become dilapidated, (and) the cult centers of the god Enlil |
| 38 | [u3 szat-ti-szam la na-par-ka-a e-reb la nar-ba-a-ti _gun_ mal-ki kib-rat] ar-ba-'i im-da-na-ah-ha-ru qe2-reb-szu | Moreover, every day, without ceasing, in the midst of the insubmissive, the weapon of the rulers of the world quarters the four in its midst. |
| 39 | [a-a-um-ma i-na lib-bi-szu2-nu a-na _e2-gal_ qer-bi-szu kum2-mu ri-mit be-lu-ti sza] s,u-uh-hur szu-bat-su le-e-su [ul i-da-a lib]-bu#-usz# ul# ih#-su#-us# | “Whoever among them, to the palace inside it, is a slander of lordship, whose dwelling has been plundered, has no regard for him, and has no respect for him. |
| 40 | [a-na szu-te-szur _sila iri_ u3 szum-dul re-ba-a-ti ha-re-e _i7_ za-qa-ap s,ip-pa-a-ti u2]-zu#-un-szu2 ul ib-szi-ma ul# usz#-ta#-bil# [ka-ras]-su | To make the streets of the city and the cult centers of the outskirts, the canals, canals and canals irrigated, its irrigation ditches did not exist and its drainage well did not flow. |
| 41 | [ia-a-ti {disz}{d}en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} e-pesz szip-ri szu-a-tu ki-i t,e3-em _dingir-mesz_ i-na uz-ni]-ia# ib-szi-ma ka#-bat#-ti# ub#-lam#-[ma] | (As for) me, Bel-ahhe-eriba, king of Assyria, set out to do this work according to the order of the gods, in my wrath, and I made my heart rejoice. |
| 42 | [te-ne-szet {kur}kal-di {lu2}a-ra-mu {kur}man-na-a-a {kur}qu-e u3 {kur}hi-lak-ku sza a-na ni-ri-ia la kit-nu-szu] as#-su#-ha#-am#-[ma] tup#-szik#-ki# [u2-sza2-asz2-szi-szu2-nu-ti-ma il-bi-nu _sig4_] | The people of Chaldea, the Arabs, the Manneans, Que, and Ḫilakku, who were not loyal to my yoke, I abandoned them and I brought about their defeat. |
| 43 | [a-pe ku-pe-e sza qe2-reb {kur}kal-di ak-szit,-ma ap-pa-ri-szu2-un szam-hu-ti i-na ba-hu-la-ti na-ki-ri] ki#-szit#-ti# _szu#-min#_-ia# u2#-[szal-di-da a-na e-pesz szip-ri-sza2] | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the mountain ranges in Chaldea and (then) I carried off my handiwork for its construction. |
| 44 | [_e2-gal_ mah-ri-tu sza 3(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 us2_ i-na tar-s,i za-me-e _e2_ ziq-qur-rat 1(gesz2) 2(u) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 dagal_ i-na tar-s,i {e2}na-ma-ri] _e2# {d#}1(u)-5(disz)_ 1(disz)# _me#_ 3(u) 4(disz)# ina# 1(disz)# _kusz3# dagal#_ i#-[na tar-s,i {e2}na-ma-ri _e2_-kid9-mu-ri 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 dagal_] | The previous palace, which is 300 cubits long by 1 cubit in front of Zamê, the ziqqurrat-house, 1 20 cubit width in front behind Namari, the temple of the goddess Issār, 1 34 cubit depth in front (of Namari), the Kidmuri temple, 1 35 cubit wide |
| 45 | [sza _lugal-mesz_-ni a-li-kut mah-ri _ad-mesz_-ia a-na ri-mi3-ti be-lu-ti-szu2-un u2-sze-pi-szu-ma] la u2-nak#-[ki-lu szi-pir-sza2] | Of the kings who came before me, my ancestors, I had it made for their lordly pleasure and did not alter its work. |
| 46 | [{i7}te-bil-ti a-gu-u2 szit-mu-ru sza i-na na-szi-sza2 ge-gu-ne2-e qa-bal-ti _iri_ u2-ab-bi-tu-ma] ki#-mah#-hi-szu2-un# nak#-[mu-ti u2-kal-li-mu {d}utu-szu2] | The Tebilti River, a šitamuru-river, which in the course of the battles in the middle of the city grew dilapidated and whose sanctuaries the god Šamaš held back. |
| 47 | [u3 ul-tu _ud-mesz su3-mesz_ t,e-hi _e2-gal_ i-ba-'u-u2-ma i-na _illu_-sza2 gap-szi i-na usz-szi-sza2 ab-bu u2-szab-szu]-u2 u2-[ri-ib-bu tem-me-en-sza2] | And in distant days, the palace became dilapidated and, during its wide flood, in its midst, a flood swept over it, its foundations |
| 48' | [_e2_ ap-pa-a-te tam-szil _e2-gal_ {kur}hat-ti sza i]-na# li-sza2-a#-[ni _kur mar-tu{ki} e2_ hi-la-a-ni i-sza2-as-su]-szu# a-na mul#-ta#-'u#-u-ti be-lu-ti#-[ia u2-sze-pi-sza2 qe2-reb-szin] | I had a house with windows, a replica of the palace of the land Ḫatti, which was in the environs of Mount Amurru, (and) a temple of hilānu-flour, built therein for my lordly pleasure. |
| 49' | [8(disz) _ur-mah-mesz_ pe-tan bir-ki szu-ta-tu-ti sza i-na 3(szar2) 1(gesz'u) _gun uruda_ nam-ru] pi#-ti-iq {d}nin-a2-gal szu-pu-szu ma#-[lu-u2 nam-ri-ri] | 8 lion-headed lions, clad in reddish tiaras, which are made of heavy copper by the power of the goddess Ninagal, adorned with splendor, |
| 50' | [u3 2(disz) tim-me szu-ta-hu-ti sza 1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) gun_ pi-ti-iq si-par-ri] szu#-ub-bu-'u a-di 2(disz) tim-me _{gesz}eren gal-mesz ugu_ pirig3-gal-le-e u2-[kin-ma dap2-pi ku-lul _ka2_-szi-in e-mid] | Moreover, I set up two large cedar towers with a height of 1,400 talents (as) a šutaḫūtu-measure, as high as a sippar wall, together with two big cedar beams on top of the great lions, and I surrounded their gates. |
| 51' | [er-bet _udu_ szad-di _{d}lamma_ sza _ku3-babbar_ si-par-ri it-ti _udu_ szad-di _{d}lamma_ sza _na4 kur_-i] esz-qi2 nak-lisz ab-ni-ma a-na er-bet-ti sza2-a-ri u2-sza2-as,-bi-ta [_si-gar_-szi-in as-mu] | four sheep, half of the protective spirit of the Sippar-god, together with a sheep, two of the protection spirit of mountain stone, I fashioned anew, and I had (them) entrusted to the four quarters of the world. I called her name. |
| 52' | [as-kup-pat {na4}pi-i-li rab-ba-a-ti da-ad2-me na-ki-ri ki-szit-ti _szu-min_]-ia# qe2-reb-szi-in e-si-ha a-sur-ru-szi-in u2-sza2-as-hi-ra a-na tab-ra#-[a-ti u2-sza2-lik] | I surrounded them with large limestone slabs, (and) imposed upon them the nākītu-demons of my handiwork. I widened their widths and made (them) larger than before. |
| 53' | [_{gesz}kiri6-mah_-hu tam-szil {kur}ha-ma-nim sza gi-mir _szim hi-a gurun_ s,ip-pa-a]-te# _gesz-mesz_ tuk-lat _kur_-i u3 {kur}kal-di qe2-reb-szu hur-ru-szu i-ta-[a-sza2 az-qu-up] | I planted a large orchard in the territory of the land Hamānu, with all kinds of aromatics, fruit, ṣippatu-trees, (and) trees, the support of mountains and Chaldea, inside it. |
| 54' | [asz2-szu za-qa-ap s,ip-pa-a-ti _a-sza3_ ta-mir-ti e-le-en _iri 2(barig)-ta-am3_] a-na _dumu-mesz_ nina{ki} pil-ku u2-pal-lik-ma u2-szad-gi-la pa#-[nu-usz-szu2-un] | As to the clearing of the reed-beds of a field in the plain above the city, 2 barig each, for the citizens of Nineveh the work I performed, and I made their faces bright. |
| 55' | [a-na mit,-ra-a-ti szum-mu-hi ul-tu pa-a-t,i {iri}ki-si-ri a-di ta]-mir#-ti _nina{ki} kur_-a u3 bi-ru-tu2 i-na ak-kul-la-te _an-bar_ u2-szat-tir-ma u2#-[sze-szir {i7}har-ru] | From the border of the city Kisiri to the plain of Nineveh, the mountain, and the fortifications, I made (them) shine like bronze with iron kilns and (then) I made the Harru River flow. |
| 56' | [1(disz) 1/2(disz) _danna_ qaq-qa-ru ul-tu qe2-reb {i7}hu-su-ur ma-a-me da-ru]-u2-ti a-szar-sza2 u2-szar-da-a qe2-reb s,ip-pa-a-ti sza2-ti-na u2-szah-bi-ba [pat-ti-isz] | I surrounded (and) conquered a field of 1 1/2 hectares from the Euphrates, a long-lasting river. I buried them in those brickwork. |
| 57' | [ul-tu szip-ru _e2-gal_ be-lu-ti-ia u2-qat-tu-u u2-sza2-an-di]-la re-ba-a-ti bi-re-e-ti su-qa-a-ni usz-par-du-ma u2-nam-mir [_gim_ u4-me] | After I had finished the work on my lordly palace, I had the outer quarters of the city quarters cleared away, and I made (them) shine like daylight. |
| 58' | [{d}asz-szur _en gal_-u2 _dingir-mesz_ u3 _{d}isz-tar-mesz_ a-szi-bu-ut _kur_ asz-szur{ki}] i#-na qer-be-sza2 aq-re _{udu}siskur-mesz_ tasz-ri-ih-ti aq-qi2-ma u2-szat-lim [kad3-ra-a-a] | I prayed to the god Ashur, great lord of the gods, and the goddesses who dwell in Assyria. I offered sacrifices of praise and presented (them) with offerings. |
| 59' | [a-na ar2-kat3 u4-me i-na _lugal-mesz_-ni _dumu-mesz_-ia] sza {d}asz-szur a-na _re-e2-um_-ut _kur_ u3 _ug3-mesz_ i-nam-bu-u zi-kir-szu2 e-nu-ma _e2-gal_ sza2-a-tu2 i-[lab-bi-ru-ma en-na-hu] | In the future, among the kings, my descendants, whom the god Ashur nominates for shepherding the land and people, when that palace becomes old and dilapidated |
| 60' | [an-hu-sa lu-ud-disz _mu-sar_-e szi-t,ir szu-me-ia li]-mur-ma _i3-gesz_ lip-szu-usz _{udu}siskur_ liq-qi2 a-na# asz2-ri-szu2 li-ter {d#}asz#-szur# ik#-ri#-bi#-szu2# [i-szem-me] | may she renovate its dilapidated section(s). May she find an inscribed object bearing my name, anoint it with oil, offer an offering, return (it) to its place, (and) may the god Aštar, his god, listen to his prayers. |
| 61' | [1(disz) _usz 1(u) 1(disz)-ta-am3 mu-didli] mu#-sar_-e {iti}si-bu-ti li-mu {disz}{d}muati-zu _{lu2}gar kur#_ {iri#?}limmu2#?-dingir#? | 1 UŠ 11 each, the engraver of the inscribed object. Month Sibbat, eponymy of Nabû-lēʾi, governor of the land of Limmu-ili. |
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