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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 021 (P426349)

Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationRINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 011, ex. 021
IDP426349
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreOfficial or display
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
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1[...]-szar2#-du3-a bi-nu-tu an-szar2 u {d}nin-lil2... the creation of Anšar and Ninlil(lower confidence: line is broken)
2[x x] _gal#_-u2 sza _e2 usz_-u2-ti... the great ... of the house of survivors(lower confidence: line is broken)
3[...] {d#}sin _en aga_ ul-tu _u4-mesz su3-mesz_... Sîn, lord of the crown, from distant days
4[...]-szu2# iz-ku-ru a-na _lugal_-u2-ti... he decreed for kingship(lower confidence: line is broken)
5[x x] _sza3# ama#_-szu2# ib#-nu#-szu2 a-na _sipa_-tim _kur_ an-szar2{ki}... his mother created him, to shepherd the land of Assyria
6[...]-szu2#-nu ke-e-ni... their steadfast(lower confidence: line is broken)
7iq#-bu#-u2# e#-[x] _lugal#_-ti-iathey said ... my royal majesty
8[x] an-szar2-pap-asz _man#_ [...] ba#-nu-u-a... Esarhaddon, king ... who created me.
9a-mat an-szar2 u {d}nin#-[...]-ta#-'i#-id#The word of Anšar and Ninta'id(lower confidence: line is broken)
10sza iq-bu-szu# [...]who said to him ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
11ina _{iti}gu4 iti_ {d}e2#-[...]In the month Ayyaru (II), month Ea-
12_u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam2 ud sze-ga sum-nig2#_ [...]The 12th day is a favorable day; it is favourable.
13sza an-szar2 {d}nin-lil2 {d}sin {d#}[...]of the deities Aššar, Ninlil, Sîn,
14{d}szar-rat-kid-mu-ri {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza# [...]Šarrat-Kidmuri, Ištar of(lower confidence: line is broken)
15iq-bu-u2 u2-pah-hir _un#-[...]_he said, he received ... .(lower confidence: line is broken)
16sza tam-tim e-li-ti u3 szap#-[...]of the Upper Sea and the Lower Sea
17_dumu lugal_-ti-ia u3 _egir_-nu _lugal#_-ut# [...]the son of my kingship, and afterwards, a royal ...
18a-de-e ni-isz _dingir-mesz_ u2-sza2-[...]the treaty of the life of the gods ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
19u2-dan-ni-na rik-sa-a-ti ina _hul2#-[...]_I strengthened my bonds in joy.
20e-ru-ub ina _e2 usz_-u-ti asz2-ru nak#-[...]I entered. In the house of death I sat down, ... .
21sza {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _ad ad_ a-li-di#-[...]of Sîn-papmešsu, the father of Alidi-
22u3 _lugal_-u-tu e-pu-szu2 ina lib3-bi-szu2 a#-szar# {disz#}an#-szar2-pap#-asz#and kingship they exercised in his heart, where Esarhaddon
23_ad_ ba-nu-u-a qe2-reb-szu2 im-al-du ir-bu-u2the father who had engendered me, inside it he made great, he established
24e-pu-szu be-lut _kur_ an-szar2{ki#} gi#-mir ma-al-kithe lordship of Assyria, all of the lands
25ir-du-u2 kim-tu# u2#-[...]-s,u#-ru ni-szu-tu sal-la-tu(Sum) The one who engendered me, I am the one who makes the family rejoice (Akk) The ones who have established my family, I have made the people rejoice
26[...]-reb#-szu2 a-hu-uz... his ... he rejoiced(lower confidence: line is broken)
27[...] t,up#-szar-ru-ti... the scribal art(low confidence: few signs survive)
28[...] ih-ze-szu2-nu a-hi-it,... he attacked them, he fell upon them(lower confidence: line is broken)
29_[...]-ra#-mesz {gesz}gigir_ s,a-bat {kusz}a-sza2-ti... a chariot, a harness,(lower confidence: line is broken)
30[...]-ku-ra ni-bi-sun2... in your ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
31a#-[...]-u2 e-pesz _lugal_-ti-ia... my kingship(lower confidence: line is broken)
32za-nin# [...]-gi#-la pa-nu-u-aI am the one who gives libations to ...-gula, my face
33ke-e-mu-u-a# [...]-ia# i-ne2-ru ga-re-iaTrue, my ..., the one who sees my face
34zi-ka-ru qar#-[x x]-ram# an-szar2 u {d}isz-tar..., hero of the gods Aššar and Ishtar,
35li-ip-li-pi [x x]-ti a-na-kuLet them go out ... I(lower confidence: line is broken)
36ul-tu an-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu {d}iszkur# [...] {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina{ki}From Anšar, Sin, Šamaš, Adad, ..., (and) Ishtar of Nineveh
37{d}szar-rat-kid-mu-ri {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 limmu2-dingir#{ki#} {d}masz {d}u-gur {d}nuskuŠarrat-Kidmuri, Ištar of Elam, Ninurta, Ugur, Nusku
38t,a-bisz u2-sze-szi-bu-in-ni ina _{gesz}gu-za ad_ ba-ni-iaThey made me sit on the throne of the father who had engendered me.
39{d}iszkur _szeg3-mesz_-szu2 u2-masz-sze-ra {d}e2-a [x]-pat,#-t,i#-ra# _idim#-mesz#_-szu2#The god Adad released his rains, the god Ea ... his springs
405(disz) _kusz3 sze-am_ isz-qu ina _ab#-[...]_5 cubits of barley, poured out in ...
41e-ri-ik szu-bul-tu 2/3(disz) _kusz3 si-sa2 buru14_ [...]a deficit of 2/3 cubit, the yield of the harvest ...
42ka-a-a-an u2-szah-na-bu# [...]Every day, they make ... disappear
43s,ip-pa-a-ti szu-um?-mu-ha in-bu _masz2-ansze#_ [...]ṣippati, shummuḫa, inbu-disease of the animals ...
44i-na _bala_-ia _he2-nun_ t,uh#?-[x]in my reign abundance(lower confidence: line is broken)
45i-na _mu-an-na-mesz_-ia ku-um-mu-ra [...]In my years ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
46i-na mah-re-e [...]In the past(lower confidence: line is broken)
47a-na {kur}ma2-kan u {kur}me-luh-ha# [...]to the land Makan and the land Meluḫaḫa
48{disz}tar-qu-u2 _lugal_ {kur}mu-s,ur u3# [...]Tarqû, king of Egypt, and(lower confidence: line is broken)
49_lugal kur_ an-szar2{ki} _ad_ ba-nu-u2#-[...]king of the land of Assyria, father who created
50u3 szu-u2 {disz}tar-qu-u2# [...]And he, Tarqû(lower confidence: line is broken)
51[...] x x x [...]
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1ina bi-re-ti _an-bar_ isz-qa-ti _an-bar_ u2-tam-me-huIn the midst of the iron basins, the iron bowls were filled.
2_szu-min_ u _giri3-min_ ma-mit an-szar2 _lugal dingir-mesz_ ik-szu-su-nu-ti-mathe hands and feet of the curse of Anshar, king of the gods, bound them, and
3sza ih-t,u-u i-na a-de-e _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_who violated the treaty of the great gods,
4_mun_ qa-tusz-szu2-un u2-ba-'i-i-mathe salt in their hands he heaped up and
5sza e-pu-us#-su-nu-ti du-un-quwhich I did for them are good.
6_ug3-mesz_ {iri}sa-a-a {iri}pi2-in-t,i-t,i {iri}s,i-i'-nuthe people of the cities Sāya, Pinṭiṭu, Ṣiʾnu,
7u3 si-it-ti _iri-mesz_ ma-la it-ti-szu2-nu szak-nuand the rest of the cities, as many as are established with them,
8ik-pu-du _hul_-tu _tur_ u _gal_ ina _{gesz}tukul_ u2-szam-qi-tuThey plotted evil, small and great, with weapons they made fall.
9e#-du# a-me-lum la e-zi-bu ina lib3-bi“If a man does not leave, therein
10[...]-nu# e#-lu-lu ina {gesz}ga-szi-szi... they are pure in the throne(lower confidence: line is broken)
11[...]-hu#-t,u u2-hal-li-pu _bad3 iri_... destroyed, destroyed the city's wall
12[...]-nu#?-te sza le-mut-tu... of evil(lower confidence: line is broken)
13[...] a#-na _erin2-hi-a kur_ an-szar2{ki}... to the troops of Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken)
14[...] a#-na# nina{ki} a-di mah-ri-ia u2-bil-u-ni... brought to Nineveh before me.
15[...]-ri-szu2-nu... their(very low confidence: a guess)
16[...] u2-bal-lit, nap-szat-su... he revived, his life(lower confidence: line is broken)
17[...]-ri# u2-sza2-tir-ma it-ti-szu2 asz2-kun... I restored and placed with him.(lower confidence: line is broken)
18[...] u2#-lab-bi-is-su... he smote him(low confidence: few signs survive)
19[...]-ti-szu2 asz2-kun-szu2... I established for him(lower confidence: line is broken)
20[...]-sa# rit-ti-szu2-un... their hands(lower confidence: line is broken)
21[...]-szu2# _ku3-sig17_... its ... gold(low confidence: few signs survive)
22[...]-hi asz2-t,ur a-di-ma... I wrote, until(lower confidence: line is broken)
23[...] _ansze#-kunga-mesz_ a-na ru-kub _en_-ti-szu2 a-qis-su... I gave to him horses for the exercise of his lordship.
24[...] _nam#-mesz_ a-na kit-ri-szu2 it-ti-szu2 asz2-purI sent with him ... fates to his aid.(lower confidence: line is broken)
25[...]-a# ina {iri}sa-a-a... in Sāya(lower confidence: line is broken)
26[...] a#-na# masz-kan-i-ma u2-ter-szu2... I turned him into a trap.(lower confidence: line is broken)
27[...]-ba# ap#-qid#... I entrusted(low confidence: few signs survive)
28'is-[...]
29'_egir#-[...]_After ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
30'u2-[...]
31'{iri}ni-i'# [...]Ni'(low confidence: few signs survive)
32'u2-pah-[...]he smote(very low confidence: a guess)
33'a-na mit-hu-[...]to Mithu-(low confidence: few signs survive)
34'sza qe2-reb# [...]In the midst of ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
35'_ug3-mesz_ sza2#-[...]the people of ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
36'_{lu2#}dumu#_ [...]the son of(low confidence: few signs survive)
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1_lugal_ {kur}mu-s,ur sza2# is,#-lu-u _{gesz}szudun en_-ti-ia isz-pur-maThe king of Egypt, who had grasped my lordly yoke, wrote to me and said:
2a-na-ku asz2-me-e-ma u2-s,al-li an-szar2 u {d}isz-tarI heard (this) and prayed to (the god) Aššar and the goddess Ishtar.
3um-ma pa-an _{lu2#}kur2_-szu2 _adda_-szu2 li-na-di-maThus (says) his enemy: his brother should give, and
4lisz-szu-u-ni _giri3-pad-da-mesz_-szu2his feet
5ki-i sza a-na an-szar2# am#-hu-ra isz-li-im-maAs I had received for Assyria, he heard and
6pa-an _{lu2}kur2_-szu2 _adda_-szu2 in-na-di-mabefore his enemy his brother he shall give, and
7isz-szu-u2-ni _giri3-pad-da-mesz_-szu2his feet
8{lu2}gi-mir-ra-a-a# sza2 i-na ni-bit _mu_-iaThe Cimmerians, who by my own command
9sza2-pal-szu2 ik-bu-su it#-bu#-nim-ma is-pu-nu gi-mir _kur_-szu2they seized his head, smashed him, and destroyed all of his land.
10_egir_-nu _dumu_-szu2 u2#-szib i-na _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2afterwards his son sat on his throne
11ep-szet le-mut-tu2 sza2# [x] ni#-isz _szu-min_-iathe evil deeds of ... my hands
12_dingir-mesz_ ti-ik-le-ia ina _igi ad# du3#_-szu2 u2-szap-ri-kuThe gods who love me have sent you before his father.
13i-na _szu-min {lu2}dumu_ szip-ri-szu2 isz#-[x]-am-mafrom the hands of the son of his messenger ... and(lower confidence: line is broken)
14is,-ba-tu _giri3-min lugal#_-ti-iaseized the feet of my kingship
15um-ma _lugal_ sza2 _dingir_ i-du-szu2 at#-taThus says the king who god knows: you
16at-tu-u-a ta-ru-ur-ma _munus-hul#_ [...] pa#-ni-szu2You, turn back and ... evil against him.
17ia-a-ti _ARAD_ [x x]-ka#For me, your servant ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
18kur-ban-ni-ma la-szu-t,a ab#-[x x]-ka#'Let me live and ... your ...!
19i-na 4(disz) ger-ri-[x]from 4 ...(very low confidence: a guess)
20ad-ke _erin2-hi-a_-ia _edin_ {disz}ah-sze#-[...]I killed my troops in the plain of Haše-...
21usz-te-sze-ra har-ra#-[x]he has brought back to the road
22ina qi2-bit an-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu {d}iszkur {d}en# [...]By the command of Anšar, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Enlil
23{d}szar-rat-kid-mu-ri {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 {iri}limmu2#-[dingir ...]Šarrat-Kidmuri, Ištar of Limmu-ilum
24qe2-reb {kur}man-na-a-a e-ru-ub-ma# [...]I entered Mannea and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
25_iri-mesz_-szu2 dan-nu-ti a-di _tur#-[...]_his fortified cities, as far as ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
26a-di qe2-reb {iri#}[...]as far as the city(lower confidence: line is broken)
27ap#?-pul#? [...]I destroyed(?)(very low confidence: a guess)
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1nap#-[...] u2-szam-kir2-ma... he made appear and(lower confidence: line is broken)
2it-[...] pi#-i-szu2-un... their mouth(lower confidence: line is broken)
3babila2#{ki#} bar2-sipa{ki}of Babylon and Borsippa
4u2-[...] _szesz#_-u2-tu... brotherhood(low confidence: few signs survive)
5_ugu#_ [...] sza2#-a-tu-nuConcerning those ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6mun# [...]-li#-i-ma... salt ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
7it#-[...]-ha#-zu... your ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
8e-[...] {d}en... of Enlil(low confidence: few signs survive)
9nu-[...]-masz... did not ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
10u3# [...]-a#-maAnd ... ...(very low confidence: a guess)
11u2#-[...]-ia#?... my ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
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1re-e-mu ar-szi-szu2-nu-timerciful to them,
2ba-lat, na-pisz-<ti>-szu2-nu aq-biI spoke of the life of their lives.
3qe2-reb {iri}babila2{ki} u2-sze-szib-szu2-nu-tiI settled them inside Babylon.
4_ug3-mesz kur_ uri{ki} ga-du {kur}kal-du {kur}a-ra-muthe people of the land Akkad, together with Chaldea and Aramu,
5_kur_ tam-tim sza2 {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-na ik-ter#-u2-mathe land of the Sea, which Gešnu-mugina conquered and
6a-na 1(disz)-en u4-me u2#-ter-rufor one day return.
7a-na pa-ras ra-ma-ni-szu2-nu ik#-[x x] it#-ti#-ia#to their own country ... with me(lower confidence: line is broken)
8i-na qi2-bit an-szar2 u {d}nin-lil2 _dingir#-[...]_-ia#By the command of Ashur and Ninlil, my gods,
9a-na pat, gim-ri-szu2-nu ak#-[x x]to all of them I ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
10_{gesz}szudun_ an-szar2 sza2 is,-lu-u2 e#-[...]The yoke of the god Aššar, which he had grasped, ...
11_{lu2}gar-kur-mesz {lu2}til-gid2-da-mesz_ [...]The governors, the staff-bearers(lower confidence: line is broken)
12asz2#-tak-ka-na e-[...]When you sit down, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
13_sa2#-du11-mesz_ gi-nu-u2 _sag-mesz#_ [...]regular sa-dān ginû-offerings, first-fruit offerings, ...
14u3# _dingir-mesz kur_ an-szar2{ki} u2-kin [...]and the gods of Assyria established ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
15[x]-tu# man-da-at-tu [...]... payment ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
16[...]-ma# la na-par-ka-a e#-[...]... without you ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
17[...] ger#-ri-ia ina _{iti}sig4_ [...]... my campaign in Simanu ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
18[...]-u2# a-sza2-re-du [...]... the ašaredu-priestess(lower confidence: line is broken)
19[...] _edin#_ {disz#}um#-man#-al#-[...]... Ummanal-(lower confidence: line is broken)
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1_masz2-ge6_ u2-szab-ri-szu2-ma ki-a-am iq-bi-szu-nu-tia dream had caused him to die, and thus he said to them:
2um-ma a-na-ku al-lik ma-har {disz}an-szar2-du3-aThus I went before Ashurbanipal:
3_lugal_ sza2 ib-na-a _szu-min_-a-a e-li _masz2-ge6_ an-ni-tithe king who created me my hands above this dream
4_erin2-hi-a_-ia ir-hu-s,u-ma {i7}id-id-e e-bi-ru szal-mi3-iszmy troops rebelled and crossed the Tigris in peace.
51(u) 4(disz) _iri-mesz_ mu-szab _lugal_-u-ti-szu214 cities, the residence of his royal majesty
6a-di _iri-mesz tur-mesz_ sza2 ni-i-ba la i-szu-u2as far as the small cities that had no nību-official
7u3 1(u) 2(disz) na-ge-e sza2 qe2-reb {kur}elam-ma{ki}and 12 districts in the land Elam
8ka-li-sza2 ak-szu-udI conquered all of her.
9ap-pul aq-qur ina {d}gesz-bar aq-muI destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire.
10a-na _du6!(DUL)_ u3 kar-me u2-terinto a ditch and a canal I restored.
11[x]-na la mi3-ni a-duk qu-ra-de-e-szu2... what did I not do? I killed his warriors
12[x x] _tukul#-mesz_ u2-ra-sib mun-dah-s,e-e-szu2 s,i-ru-u-ti... I imposed upon him ... weapons. His exalted foes
13[x] um#-man-al-da-<si> _lugal_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} mi-ra-nu-usz-szu2... Ummanaldašu, the king of the land Elam, his wife
14[x]-na#-bit#-ma is,-ba-tu sza2-du-u2... and seized the highlands.(lower confidence: line is broken)
15[...]-nu a-di na-ge-e sza2 {iri}ta-sa-ar-ra ka-la-mu _kur_-udI conquered all of ..., as far as the district of Tasarra.
16_[...]-mesz#_ ina na-ge-e sza {iri}hu-un-nir... in the district of Hunnir(lower confidence: line is broken)
17[...]-ri sza {iri}hi-da-lu ak-szu-udI conquered the ... of Ḫidalu.(lower confidence: line is broken)
18[...] u# _iri-mesz_ sza2 li-me-ti-szu2... and the cities in its environs(lower confidence: line is broken)
19[...] _ug3#-mesz_ a-szib lib3-bi-szu2-un... the people living inside them(lower confidence: line is broken)
20[...] asz2#-kun u2-szab-bir _dingir-mesz_-szu2-un... I placed. I destroyed their gods.(lower confidence: line is broken)
21[...] ka#-bat-ti _en en-en_... the intestines of the lord, the en priest.
22[...]-szu2# _nig2-szu_-szu2 _nig2-gur11_-szu2... his ..., his possessions, his property(lower confidence: line is broken)
23[...]-lu-la a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki}... to Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken)
24[...]-na# a-mat an-szar2 u {d}isz-tar... the word of Anšar and Ishtar(lower confidence: line is broken)
25[...]-in#-ni qe2-reb {kur}elam-ma#{ki#}... in the land Elam(lower confidence: line is broken)
26[...]-lak szal-[x]... go ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
27[...] sza2# an#-szar2 u {d}[x]... of Anšar and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
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1a-na _iti ud-mesz_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} a-na pat, gim-ri-sza2in the month of days the land Elam to its full extent
2as-pu-un ri-gim a-me-lu-teI have fashioned a statue of humankind.
3ki-bi-is _gu4-mesz_ u _u8-udu-hi-a_the carcasses of oxen and sheep
4szi-si-it {d}a-la-la _du10#-ga_ u2-za-am-ma-a _a-gar3-mesz_-szu2the šisīt of the good Alala gods he cleared away his fields
5_ansze-edin-na-mesz masz#-da3-mesz_ u2-ma-am _edin_ ma-la _gal2_-udonkeys, gazelles, whenever there is a steppe
6par-ga-nisz u2#-szar-bi-s,a qe2-reb-szu2I surrounded it with splendor.
7{d}na-na-a sza 1(disz) [x x] _me#_ 3(u)# _5(disz)-am3 mu-an-na-mesz_Nanāya, of 1 x+35 years(lower confidence: line is broken)
8ta-as-bu-szu2-ma [x x]-ku# tu-szi-buYou spoke to him and ... sat down.(lower confidence: line is broken)
9qe2-reb {kur}elam-ma#[{ki} ...] la# si-ma-ti-sza2In the land Elam, ... her insubmissiveness(lower confidence: line is broken)
10u3 ina u4-me2#_-[...]-mesz# ad-mesz_-sza2and in the days of her fathers(lower confidence: line is broken)
11tab-bu-u2# [...] _kur#-kur_... all the lands(lower confidence: line is broken)
12ta-a-a-rat# [...]-a#The one who is entrusted with ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
13um-ma [...]Thus ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
14lem-ne2-ti# [...]. . the evildoers(low confidence: few signs survive)
15u2-sze-rab#-[...]he will bring in(low confidence: few signs survive)
16a-ma-tu [...]The word ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
17sza ul#-[...]who . . [. ] .(low confidence: few signs survive)
18e-nen-[...]Enen-[...](low confidence: few signs survive)
19_szu-min dingir-[...]_Hand of Ilī-(low confidence: few signs survive)
20har-ra#-[...]On the road(low confidence: few signs survive)
21ta-as,#-[...]You ...(very low confidence: a guess)
22ina {iti#}[...]In the month ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
23'[...] asz2#-ruk... I set up.(very low confidence: a guess)
24'[...] {gesz}a-ri-i-te... the arite tree(lower confidence: line is broken)
25'[...] {lu2}kit-kit-tu-u... the kitkittu-priest(lower confidence: line is broken)
26'[...] ul#-tu qe2-reb {kur}elam-ma{ki}... from the land Elam(lower confidence: line is broken)
27'[x x? x]-s,ir# _lugal_-u2-ti-ia u2-rad-di... of my royal majesty I added
28'[x x]-tu#-ti a-na ma-ha-zi szu-bat _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_... to the cult centers, the residences of the great gods,
29'[x] _nam#-mesz_-ia _{lu2}gal-mesz_-iamy governors, my magnates
30'[x x] _karasz#_-ia ki-ma s,e-e-ni u2-za-'i-iz... of my field like sheep he cleared away.
31'[...]-dasz _lugal_ {kur}elam-ma{ki}...-daš, king of the land Elam
32'[...] _{gesz#}tukul-mesz_ an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) dan-nu-ti e-mu-ru... they saw the mighty weapons of Ashur and Ishtar.
33'[...]-szar# mar-qi-ti-szu2 i-tu-ra-am-ma... šar his debts returned and(lower confidence: line is broken)
34'[...]-tu _iri_ sza2 ina qi2-bit an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz)...tu city, which by the command of Ashur and Ishtar
35'[...]-qu#-ru# asz2-lu-la szal-lat-su... I carried off his booty.(lower confidence: line is broken)
36'[...] ki-hul-le-e... of the evil place(low confidence: few signs survive)
37'_[...]-mesz# dumu dumu {disz}{d}marduk-a#-sum#-na#_... son of Marduk-apla-iddina
38'[...]-ia ih#-[x x]... my ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
39'[...] _szudun_ [...]... you smear ...(very low confidence: a guess)
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1i-na la mi3-ni asz2-kun _bad5-bad5_-szu2I established his defeat without number.
2_ug3-mesz_ {kur}a-ri-bi ma-la it-ti-szu2 it-bu-u-ni u2-ras-sib ina _{gesz}tukul-mesz_I settled with weapons all the people of the land of the Arabs who had come to me.
3u3 szu-u la-pa-an _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ an-szar2 dan-nu-tiAnd he, before the mighty weapons of (the god) Aššar,
4ip-par-szid-ma in-na-bit a-na ru-qe-e-tihe sinned and fled to the desert.
5_e2 edin_ kul-ta-ra-a-te mu-szab-szu2-nuthe house of the plain of Kutrātu, who dwells in them
6_izi_ u2-sza2-hi-zu iq-mu-u ina {d}gesz-barthey ignited fire, they said in Gešbar
7{disz}u2-a-a-te-e' ma-ru-usz-tu2 im-hur-szu2-maUaiteʾ received a gift from him, and
8e-disz-szi-szu2 in-na-bit a-na {kur}na-ba-a-a-teHe fled alone and went to the land Nabayate.
9{disz}u2-a-a-te-e' _dumu_ {disz}ha-za_-dingir_Uaite', son of Ḫaza-ili;
10_dumu szesz_-szu2 sza {disz}u2-a-a-te-e' _dumu_ {disz}bir-{d}iszkurson of his brother of Uaite', descendant of Bir-Adad
11sza ra-man-szu2 isz-ku-nu a-na _lugal_-u-ti {kur}a-ri-biwho had established himself as king in the land of the Arabs
12an#-szar2 _lugal dingir-mesz kur_-u2 _gal_-u2 t,e3-en-szu2 u2-sza2-an-ni-maAshur, king of the gods, gave me his order:
13[x x]-ka a-di mah-ri-ia... before me(lower confidence: line is broken)
14[...] ta#-nit-tu2 an-szar2 u _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-ia... the favor of the god Ashur and the great gods, my lords,
15[...]-su#-u2-ma {gesz}szi-ga-ru asz2-kun-szu2-u-maI set up a šigāru tree for him and
16[...]-us#-szu-u-ma!(GISZ) u-sza2-an-s,ir-szu... he made him enter ... and(lower confidence: line is broken)
17[...]-naq#-te# ad-na-a-te... the ... of the fathers(lower confidence: line is broken)
18[...] {kur#}qe2-ed-ri... the land Qedar(low confidence: few signs survive)
19[...] mar#-tu{ki}... of Martu(low confidence: few signs survive)
20[...] _gal#-mesz_... great ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
21[...]-nu#-u-a...nua(low confidence: few signs survive)
22[...] _iszkur_... Adad(low confidence: few signs survive)
23'[...]-ni#... his ...(very low confidence: a guess)
24'[...]-ia# ina qi2#_-[...]-mesz# en#-mesz_-ia2#By the ... of my lords,(lower confidence: line is broken)
25'_[...]-gi7#_ asz2-kun-szu2-ma... I established for him and(lower confidence: line is broken)
26'[x x]-an#-s,ir-szu2 {gesz}szi-ga-ru... the šigaru-wood(lower confidence: line is broken)
27'sza i-na _ugu {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-na_ szak-nu#which are placed incumbent on Gešnu-shumu-ukin
28'sza2-ni-ia-a-nu _bad5-bad5#_-szu2 isz-kun-u-maSecondly, they imposed his defeat, and
29'szu-u2 e-disz ip-par-szid-ma“That man, he went out alone, and
30'a-na szu-zu-ub _zi_-ti3#-[x] is,#-ba-ta _giri3-min man_-ti#-ia#to save my life seized the feet of my kingship
31're-e-mu ar-szi-szu-ma#I prayed to him and
32'a-de-e ni-isz _dingir#-mesz# gal-mesz_the treaty of the life of the great gods
33'u2-sza2-az-kir2#-szu-u2-mathey made him submit to him, and
34'ku-um {disz}u2-a-a-te-e'# _dumu_ {disz}ha-za-a_-dingir_Instead of Uaite', son of Haza-il
35'a-na _lugal_-u-ti {kur}a#-ri#-bi asz2-kun-szuI placed him as king of the land Aribu.
36'u3 szu-u2 it-ti {kur}na-ba-a-a-ta-a-aAnd he is with the Nabayateans.
37'pi-i-szu isz-kun-mahe placed his mouth, and
38'ni-isz _dingir-mesz gal#-mesz_ la ip-lah3-mathe life of the great gods did not fear and
39'ih-tab-ba-ta hu-bu#-ut mi3-s,ir _kur_-iahe conquered, the fall of the border of my land
40'ina tukul-ti an-szar2 {d}sin {d#}utu {d}iszkur {d}en {d}ag {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina{ki}With the support of (the deities) Aššar, Sîn, Šamānu, Adad, Bēlet-Nabu&ca, (and) Ishtar of Nineveh,
41'{d}szar-rat-kid-mu-ri {d#}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 limmu2-dingir{ki} {d}masz {d}u-gur {d}nuskuŠarrat-Kidmuri, Ištar of Babylon, Ninurta, Ugur, Nusku
42'{disz#}na#-at-nu _lugal#_ {kur}na-ba-a-a-teNatnu, king of the land Nabayate
43'[x x]-szar#-szu2 ru-u2-quhis ... is high.(lower confidence: line is broken)
44'[...]-a#-a-[x]-e'# a-na mah-ri-szu2... before him(lower confidence: line is broken)
45'[...]-e#-ma# da#-na-an an-szar2... the strength of Anshar(lower confidence: line is broken)
46'[...]-te#-e#-ma... ... and(very low confidence: a guess)
47'[...]-iamy ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
48'[...]-ra#?... for the ...(very low confidence: a guess)
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1{lu2}qid-ra-a-[x] ak-szu-udI defeated the Qidr[a-...].(lower confidence: line is broken)
2_bad5-bad5_-szu2 asz2-kun# [x x]-la szal-lat-suI imposed upon him his defeat.(lower confidence: line is broken)
3{disz}a-bi-ia-te-e' [...] qi2-bit an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz)Abiyatiʾ, ... command of Anšar and Ishtar
4_en-mesz_-ia [x] _muru2#_ tam-ha-rimy lords ... a wide meadow
5bal-t,u-su-un u2#-[x x] i-na _szu-min_their alive ... in the hands(lower confidence: line is broken)
6_szu-<min>_ u _giri3-min_ bi-re#-[...] ad#-di-szu2-nu-tiI gave them hands and feet.(lower confidence: line is broken)
7it-ti szal-lat _kur_-szu2-un# [...]-nu#-ti a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki}with the booty of their land ... to Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken)
8mun-nab-tu2 sza2 la-pa-[...] in#-nab-tu2 ip-la-huThe fugitive who ... is seized, they fear.
9is,-ba-tu {kur}hu-uk-[...]-u2# mar-s,useized the land Ḫu[k...]’u, the sick one.
10{iri}s,a-a-a-u2-ra#-[...]-qa#-na-a {iri}sa-ra-te-inṢāya-ura-...-qanâ (and) Saraten
11{iri}en-zi-kar-[...]-a'#-na-a {iri}sa-ra-a-qathe cities Enzikar...aʾna, Saraqa,
12a-szar kup-pi# [x x]-'i# sza2 _a-mesz_ ma-la ba-szu-uwhere tablets of water, as many as there are
13_en-nun-mesz_ [...] u2-sza2-an-s,ir-maGuards ... I made guard and(lower confidence: line is broken)
14_a-mesz ti-la#_ [x]-ti3-szu2-nu ak-lawater for the life of their ... I poured.(lower confidence: line is broken)
15masz-ti-tu [x]-sza2-qir a-na pi-i-szu2-nuThe maštītu-offering for their mouth(lower confidence: line is broken)
16ina s,u-um-[x] lap#-lap-te isz-ku-nu na-pisz-tuThey placed the life of the king in the lap of ...
17si-it-tu#-[x x] _ansze#-gam-mal-mesz_ ru-ku-pi2-szu2-nu u2-szal-li-quThe rest of the camels and their mules were carried off.
18a-na s,u#-[x x]-szu2-nu isz-ta-at-tu-u _usz2-mesz_ u _a-mesz_ par-szu... to ... their ... they have poured blood and water.
19sza <<sza2>> qe2#-[x x]-e e-lu-u2 e-ru-bu e-hu-zu mar-qi2-tuThose who went up to the ..., entered, and departed,
20e-du [x] ip#-par-szid mul-tah-t,u ul# u2-s,i ina _szu-min_-iaI did not go out to my hands ..., nor did I go out into my hands.
21a#-szar# [x x]-ti#-szu2-nu _szu-min_ ik-szu-su#-nu-ti#where their ...s were bound,(lower confidence: line is broken)
22[x x] _nita#_ u sin:nisz _ansze-mesz ansze-a-ab-ba-mesz#_... a man and a woman, donkeys and camels,
23[...] la# mi3#-ni asz2-lu-la# a-na _kur# an#-[x_ x]... what did I not do? I carried off to the land ...
24[...] sza2# an#-szar2 id-di-na ka#-[x x]... which Ashur gave ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
25[...] a#-na# pat,# [...]... to ...(very low confidence: a guess)
26[...] u2#-[...]... he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
27[...] _ug3#-mesz# kur#_ an#-szar2{ki}... the people of Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken)
28[...]-ia _ansze-a-ab-ba_... a donkey(lower confidence: line is broken)
29[...]-pi# i-szam-mu ina _ka2_ ma-hi-ri... he will smell at the entrance gate.
30[...] ni#-id-ni _{lu2}lunga2_ ina ha-be2-e... we gave, the brewer in a storm(lower confidence: line is broken)
31[...] ina ki-szi-szu2 sza _u2-sar_... in its course of the inscribed object(lower confidence: line is broken)
32[...]-na#-ha-ru _ansze-a-ab-ba_ u a-me-lu-tu... naharu, donkeys and humans(lower confidence: line is broken)
33[x x]-a#-a-te-e' a-di _erin2-hi-a_-szu2... together with his troops(lower confidence: line is broken)
34[...]-ia la is,-s,u-ru... they did not guard ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
35[x x]-pa#-an _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ an-szar2 _en_-iathe weapons of the god Aššar, my lord,
36ip#-[...] in#-nab-tu ma-har {disz}na-at-na... he opened ... and was seized before Natna
37u2-[...]-nu#-ti {d}er3-ra qar-du... of Erra, the hero(lower confidence: line is broken)
38su-[...] isz#-sza2-kin-ma... he set up and(lower confidence: line is broken)
39ina bu-ri-szu2-nu# _[...]-mesz#_-szu2-nuin their būru-vessels, their ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
40ar-ra-[...]-ru#Arra-...-ru(low confidence: few signs survive)
41ina pi-it-ti# [...]-ti#By the command of . .(lower confidence: line is broken)
42an-szar2 {d}sin# [...]Anšar, Sîn(low confidence: few signs survive)
43{d}1(u)-5(disz) sza# [...]Ishtar of(low confidence: few signs survive)
44{d}1(u)-5(disz) sza limmu2#-[...]Ishtar of the eponymy of(lower confidence: line is broken)
45ba-ak-ru [...]“The enemy ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
46ina _ugu 7(disz)-ta#-[...]_On the 7th day ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
47szi-iz#-[...]Šiz-(low confidence: few signs survive)
48_un#-[...]_
49isz#-[...]Iš-(low confidence: few signs survive)
50_hul#-[...]_... evil ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
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1a-di _ka2_ e2-kur isz-du-du# [...]as far as the gate of the Ekur he went ...
2al-bi-in ap-pi at-ta-'i-id# [...]I have sought out the ... of the apsû
3u2-szap-pa-a e-nu-su-un ina _ukken#_ [...]... they made their foundations firm. In the assembly ...
4sza an-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu {d}iszkur {d}en# [x x]of Anšar, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Bel,
5{d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina{ki} {d}szar-rat-kid-mu#-[x]Ishtar of Nineveh, Šarrat-Kidmu...
6{d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 limmu2-dingir{ki} {d}masz {d}u-gur {d}[x]Ištar of the city of Elam, Ninurta, Ugur,
7sza la kan-szu-te-ia u2-szak-ni-szu2 a-na {gesz#}[x x]I made him bow down to the , which was without number.
8ina li-i-ti u da-na-a-ni#In joy and rejoicing
9u2-sza2-zi-zu-in-ni _edin {lu2}kur2-mesz_-ia#They made me stand in the steppe of my enemies.
10{disz}{d}1(u)-5(disz)-bad3 _lugal_ {kur}ur-ar-t,a#Issar-duri, king of the land Urarṭu
11sza _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-szu2 a-na _ad-mesz_-iaof the kings, his fathers, to my fathers
12isz-ta-nap-par-u2-ni _szesz_-u2#-tuhave been sending to me, my brother
13e-nen-na {disz}1(u)-5(disz)-bad3 da-na-nu ep-sze#-e#-tuNow, 15-bad has performed the deeds.
14sza _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ i-szi-mu-in-ni isz#-me-maHe heard of the great gods who had heard me, and
15ki-ma sza _dumu_ a-na _ad_-szu2 isz-ta#-nap-pa-ra _en_-u-tulike that of a son to his father he has sent, the lords
16u3 szu-u2 ki-i pi-i# an#-nim-maAnd he, according to the word of this
17isz-ta-nap-pa-ra um-ma# lu#-u szul-muHe wrote to me: "May it be well!"
18a-na _lugal_ [x]-li2-iato the king, my ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
19pal-hi-isz kan-szisz ta-mar#-[x]-szu2 ka-bit-tuHe is frightened, he is terrified, his ... is heavy.(lower confidence: line is broken)
20usz-ta-ne2-eb-ba#-[x x]-di# mah-ri-ia... before me(lower confidence: line is broken)
21ina u4-me-szu2 _e2_ re-du#-[...]-ne2#-e _e2!(KID)-gal_At that time, the house of ..., the great house
22sza# qe2-reb# {iri#}ni-na-aof Nineveh
23[...]-ram# {d}nin-lil2... Ninlil(low confidence: few signs survive)
24[...]_-su# man kur_ an-szar2{ki}..., king of Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken)
25_ad#_ [...] ud#-di-szu2father ... his life(low confidence: few signs survive)
26a-na mu#-szab# [...]-ti# szu-a-tuTo the one who resides in that ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
27ina _hul2-mesz_ ri-sza2-a-[...] il#-[x]In joy ... he ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
28e-na-ha _e2-[...]_Inaḫa ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
29a-na-ku {disz}an-szar2-du3-a _lugal#_ [x x?] _lugal#_ dan#-nu#I, Ashurbanipal, king of ..., strong king,
30_lugal szu2 lugal kur_ an-szar2{ki} _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim[king of the world, king of] Assyria, [king] of the four quarters (of the world),
31asz2-szu2 qe2-reb _e2_ ri-du-u-te szu-a-tu ar-ba-aIn order to stay in that privileged house
32an-szar2 {d}sin {d}sza2-masz {d}iszkur {d}en {d}agAnšar, Sin, Šamaš, Adad, Bel, Nabû,
33{d}1(u)-5(disz) sza2 nina{ki} {d}szar-rat-kid-mu-ri {d}1(u)-5(disz) limmu2-dingir{ki}Ištar of Nineveh, Šarrat-Kidmuri, (and) the gods of Elam.
34{d}gaszan-garza {d}masz {d}u-gur {d}nuskuNingarza, Ninurta, Ugur, Nusku
35_dumu lugal_-u2-ti is,-s,u-ru s,u-lul-szu2-nu _du10-ga_the son of kingship they guarded, their protection good
36_an-dul3_-la-szu2-nu sza2 sza2-la-me it-ru-s,u _ugu_-iatheir cloaks which were covered with a cloth have fallen upon me.
37_ta_ ina _gu-za ad_ ba#-ni-ia u2-szi-buFrom the throne of the father who had engendered me I sat down.
38e-te-ne2-ep-pu-szu# be-lut _kur-kur_I constantly exercised lordship over the lands.
39u3 _ug3-mesz dagal#-mesz_and the extensive people
40ka-a-a-an pu-us-[x]-rat# ha-de-eEvery day, the ... of happiness.(lower confidence: line is broken)
41sza ka-szad _{lu2}kur2#-[x_ x] u2#-pa-sa-ru-in-ni qe2-reb-szu2which the king, my lord, had sent to me, inside it
42[x] ma#-[...]-qa _masz2-ge6_-u-a... ... my dreams(lower confidence: line is broken)
43[...] e#-ger-ru-u-a... my enemy(lower confidence: line is broken)
44[...] _en#-mesz_-szu2 szu-u-ma... he is his lords.(lower confidence: line is broken)
45[...] a-na _saga_-tim... for good fortune(low confidence: few signs survive)
46[...]-pu#-szu... his ...(very low confidence: a guess)
47[...] aq#-qur... I burn(very low confidence: a guess)
48[...]-ti#-szu2... his ...(very low confidence: a guess)
49[...]-li#...-li(low confidence: few signs survive)
50_[...]-mesz#_...s(low confidence: few signs survive)

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