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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 055 (P426228)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P426228 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 1' | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...]-szu2 s,i-ru-ti | ... exalted ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | [...] elam#-ma{ki} | ... of Elam(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | [...]-ta# sza2-du-u | ... are high.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | [...]-ge#-e | ... he/she/they(?)(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 6' | [...]-szu#?-ud | ... he smote(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 7' | [...]-nir# | ...-nir(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| surface a col 2' | ||
| 1' | _ug3#-mesz#_ x x? x [x x? x] | the people ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | _ansze-kur-ra-mesz ansze-kunga-mesz ansze-mesz gu4-mesz#_ u# _u8#-udu-hi-[x]_ | horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats |
| 3' | sza2 _ugu buru5-mesz_ ma-a'-du asz2-lu-la a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki} | I carried off to Assyria, which is very dependent on the harvests. |
| 4' | _sahar-hi-a_ {iri}szu-sza2-an {iri}ma-dak-tu {iri}hal-te-ma-asz2 | the soil of the cities Susa, Madaktu, (and) Haltemaš. |
| 5' | u3 si-it-ti# ma-ha-ze-e-szu2 e-si-pa al-qa-a a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki} | and the rest of his cult centers I took and took to Assyria. |
| 6' | _ansze-edin-na-mesz masz-da3-mesz_ u2-ma-am _edin_ ma-la ba-szu2-u | donkeys, gazelles, whenever there is a steppe |
| 7' | par-ga-nisz u2-szar-bi-s,a qe2-reb!(UN)-szu2-un | I surrounded (them) in a splendid manner. |
| 8' | ri-gim a-me-lu-te ki-bi-is _gu4-mesz_ u s,e-e-ni | the rage of mankind, the oxen and sheep |
| 9' | szi-si-it {d}a-la-la _du10-ga_ u2-za-am-ma-a _a-gar3-mesz_-szu2 | the šisīt of the good Alala gods he cleared his fields |
| 10' | {d}na-na-a sza 1(disz) _lim_ 5(disz) _me 3(u)-am3_ 5(disz) _mu-an-na-mesz_ | Nanāya of 1,535 years |
| 11' | ta-as-bu-su tal-li-ku# | They sat down and went. |
| 12' | tu#-szi#-bu qe2-reb {kur}elam-ma{ki} a-szar la si-ma-ti-sza2 | You dwell in the land Elam, a place without equal. |
| 13' | _[...]-mesz#_-szu2# szi#-i u _dingir-mesz ad-mesz_-sza2 tab-bu-u _mu_ | ... he and the gods, her fathers, named it.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | _[...]-kur#_ ta-a-a-rat _en_-ti-sza2 | ... her lordly majesty(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | [...]-nu#-u-a um-ma# {disz#}an-sar2-du3-a | ...nua, thus (says) Ansardua |
| 16' | [...] elam#-ma{ki} lem-ne2-ti | ... of Elam, the evil one(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17' | [...] x [...] x [x] | |
| surface a col 3' | ||
| 1' | an#-hu#?-[...] | Anḫu-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | _mu-sar#-[...]_ | Inscription ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | _numun_ da-ru#-[...] | Seed of Arû-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | _i3-mesz_ lip#-[...] | May oil ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | it-ti# _mu#-[...]_ | with the year ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6' | _dingir-mesz gal#-[...]_ | The great gods ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7' | ki-ma [...] | Like ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8' | da-na#?-[...] | I want to ... for him(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | sza _mu#-[...]_ | of the year ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10' | _mu ad#-[...]_ | year: '...'(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11' | it#-ti# [...] | with ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 12' | _dingir-mesz#_ [...] | the gods ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13' | ag-[...] | I ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 14' | x [...] | |
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