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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 052, ex. 001 (P425736)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 052, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425736 |
| 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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-tum [...] | ...-tum(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | _dingir-mesz kur eme-gi7_ u uri{ki} har-ra-[an babila2{ki} is,-ba-tu] | the gods of Sumer and Akkad took the road to Babylon. |
| 3' | _gin7_ mu-re-e an-hu-ti sza2 _iri#_ [...] | Like a flood, the remnants of the city ... |
| 4' | ina _ukken_-szu2-nu isz-te-nisz '-[...] | In their assembly, together ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | szit-ra-hu [...] | The šitaḫu-disease(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6' | ia-a-ti {disz}asz-szur-pap-mesz-asz mu-disz _dingir-[mesz gal-mesz_] | As for me, Esarhaddon, who created the great gods, |
| 7' | i-szi-mu [szim-ti] | he decreed a fate(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | ina ul-s,i u ri-sza2-a-ti a-na babila2#[{ki} u2-sze-rib-szu-nu-ti] | I brought them to Babylon in joy and rejoicing. |
| 9' | ina _kar_ babila2{ki} e-mi3-[id ma2-umusz-a] | at the quay of Babylon he defeated. The boat Ammuša |
| 10' | ina s,ip-pat _{gesz}kiri6_ pal-gi _mu#-[sar_-e] | In the groves of the orchards, inscribed objects |
| 11' | sza e2-kar-za-gin3-na [asz2-ri el-li] | of the Ekarzagina, the pure place(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | ina szi-pir _abgal ka-luh-ud-da ka-[du8-ud-da_] | By the craft of the scribe, the kaluḫadda-demon was kilned. |
| 13' | ma-har _mul-mesz_ sza2-ma-mi {d}e2-[a ...] | Before the stars of the heavens, Ea |
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