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Nimrud NW Palace G-30 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 084 (a) (P426882)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Nimrud NW Palace G-30 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 084 (a) |
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| ID | P426882 |
| Museum no. | Herrmann-Verzeichnis 19 (a) |
| Collection | Skulpturensammlung, Dresden, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
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.
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| 1 | _e2-gal_ {disz}asz-szur-pab-a szid asz-szur ni-szit {d}be u {d}masz na-ra-am {d}a-nim u {d}da-gan ka-szu-usz _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ dan-nu _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur _a_ tukul-masz _man gal_-e _man_ dan-ni _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur _a_ 1(u)-erin2-tah2 | Palace of Assurnasirpal (II), appointee of (the god) Assur, favorite of the gods Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of the deities Anu and Dagan, conqueror of the great gods, strong king, king of the world, kin[g of Assyria], son of Tukultī-Maš[zib, great king], strong [king], king [of the world (and) king] of the lands, son of Adad-narari, |
| 2 | _man gal_-e _man_ dan-ni _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur-ma et,-lu qar-du sza2 ina _{gesz}tukul_-ti asz-szur _en_-szu2 _du-du_-ku-ma ina mal-ki-_mesz_ sza2 kib-rat 4(disz)-ta sza2-nin-szu2 la-a _tuku_-u2 _{lu2}sipa_ tab-ra-te la a-di-ru _gesz-la2_ e-du-u2 | the great king, strong king king of the world, king [of Assyria], the mighty young man, who with the support of (the god) Ashur, his lord, marched, and among the rulers of the four quarters (of the world), had no rival, the wise shepherd who did not fear the yoke, |
| 3 | gap-szu2 sza2 ma-hi-ra la-a _tuku_-u2 _man_ mu-szak-nisz la kan-szu-te-szu2 sza2 nap-har kisz-szat _ug3-mesz_ i-pe-lu _nita2_ dan-nu mu-kab-bi-is _gu2_ a-a-bi-szu2 da-a-isz kul-lat _kur2-mesz_ mu-pa-ri-ru | who has no rival, king who makes unrivalled all of the people bow down, strong man, who overthrows his enemies, who destroys all enemies, |
| 4 | ki-is,-ri mul-tar-ki _man_ sza2 ina _{gesz}tukul_-ti _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-szu2 _du-du_-ku-ma _kur-kur-mesz du3_-szi-na _szu_-su _kur_-ud hur-sza2-ni _du3_-szu2-nu i-pe-lu-ma# [bi]-lat#-su-nu im-hu-ru s,a-bit | king who with the support of the great gods, his lords, marched and conquered all of the lands that were under him, he gained dominion over the mountain ranges that were built, they looked upon them and received their tribute. |
| 5 | li#-i#-t,i2# sza2-kin2 li#-i#-te# _ugu# du3_-szi-na _kur-kur#-mesz#_ e#-nu-ma asz-szur _en_ na-bu-u2 _mu_-ia mu-szar-bu-u2 _man#_-ti-a _{gesz}tukul_-szu2 la pa-da-a a-na i-da-at _en#_-ti-a lu-u2 it-muh _erin2 hi-a-mesz_ | When Assur, the lord who begot me, the one who made my name greater than (those of) my royal majesty, his unrivalled weapon to the side of m[y] lor[dship] overwhelmed the troops, |
| 6 | [_kur_] lu#-ul-lu-me-e _dagal-mesz_ ina qe2-reb tam-ha-ri ina _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ lu u2-szam-qit ina re-s,u-te sza2 {d}sza2-masz u {d}iszkur _dingir-mesz_ tik-li-a _erin2 hi-a-mesz kur-kur_ na-i-ri _kur_ hab-hi _kur_ szu-ba-re-e u _kur_ ne2-reb | I cut off wide lands in battle with weapons. With the support of the gods Šamaš and Adad, (and) my allies, the troops of the lands Naʾiri, Habḫu, Subartu, and Nippur |
| 7 | _gin7#_ {d}iszkur ra-hi-s,i _ugu_-szu2-nu asz2-gu-um _man_ sza2 _ta_ e-ber-tan _{i7}hal-hal_ a-di _kur_ lab-na-na u _a-ab-ba gal_-te _kur_ la-qe-e ana si-hir2-ti-sza2 _kur_ su-hi a-di _iri_ ra-pi-qi ana _giri3-min_-szu2 u2-szek2-ni-sza2 | As for the king who from the opposite bank of the Euphrates to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea the land Laqû in its entirety, the land Sūḫu as far as the city Rapiqu I made bow down at his feet. |
| 8 | _ta sag_ e-ni _i7_ su-ub-na-at a-di _kur_ u2-ra-ar-t,i2 _szu_-su _kur_-ud _ta kur_ ne2-re-be sza2 _kur_ kir3-ru-ri a-di _kur_ gil2-za-ni _ta_ e-ber-tan _i7_ za-ba _ki-ta_ a-di _iri_ du6-ba-a-ri sza2 el-la-an _kur_ za-ban | from the source of the Subnat River to the land Urartu he conquered. From the pass of the land Kirruri as far as the land Gilzānu, from the opposite bank of the Zab river to the city Dubari which is above the land Zaban |
| 9 | _ta iri_ du6-sza2-ab-ta-a-ni a-di _iri_ du6-sza2-za-ab-da-a-ni _iri_ ki-ri-mu _iri_ ha-ru-tu _kur_ bi-ra-te sza2 _kur_ kar-du-ni-asz2 ana mi-is,-ri _kur_-a u2-ter _ta kur_ ne2-reb sza2 _kur_ ba-bi-te a-di | from the city Til-šabtāni to the city Tasqabtani, the city Kirimu and the city Ḫarutu, the fortresses of the land Karduniash, to the border of the mountain I returned. From the pass of Mount Babitu to |
| 10 | _kur_ hasz-mar a-na _ug3-mesz kur_-ia am-nu ina _kur-kur-mesz_ sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni _{lu2}gar_-nu-te-ia al-ta-kan ur-du-ti u2-pu-szu2 {disz}asz-szur-pab-a _nun_-u2 na-a-du pa-lih2 _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | the land Hašmar to the people of my land I counted. In the lands which I conquered, I placed my prefects (and) performed extispicy. Ashurnasirpal, a prince who reveres the great gods, |
| 11 | u2#-szum2-gal-lu ek-du ka-szid _iri-iri_ u hur-sza2-ni pat, gim-ri-szu2-nu _man en-mesz_-e mu-la-it, ek-s,u-te a-pi-ir sza2-lum-ma-te la-a-di-ru _gesz-la2_ ur-sza2-nu | The king of lords, the one who makes the oppressed dwell in fearsomeness, the holder of the throne of heroes, |
| 12 | la pa-du-u2 mu-rib a-nun-te _man_ ta-na-da-a-te _{lu2}sipa_ s,a-lu-lu _ub-mesz man_ sza2 qi-bit _ka_-szu2 usz-har-ma-t,u _kur-mesz_-e u _a-ab-ba-mesz_ sza2 ina qi-it-ru-ub | the one who does not fear the awe-inspiring radiance, the king of the praises, the shepherd who protects the four quarters (of the world): The king whose command makes the lands and seas tremble, which in the course of battle |
| 13 | _en_-ti-szu2 _man-mesz_-ni ek-du-te la pa-du-te _ta_ s,i-it {d}szam-szi a-di e-reb {d}szam-szi pa-a 1(disz)-en u2-sza2-asz2-kin2 _iri_ kal-hu mah-ra-a sza2 {disz}{d}szul3-ma-nu-sag _man kur_ asz-szur | his lordly majesties, unrivalled kings, from the rising of the Sun to the setting of the Moon a single one established. The former city Kalḫu, which Shalmaneser (III), king of Assyria |
| 14 | _nun_ a-lik pa-ni-a _du3_-usz _iri_ szu-u2 e-na-ah-ma is,-lal _iri_ szu2-u2 ana esz-szu2-te ab-ni _ug3-mesz szu2_-ti _szu2_-ia sza2 _kur-kur-mesz_ | the prince who came before me built. That city became dilapidated and he plundered. I restored that city. The people of my possessions of the lands |
| 15 | sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni sza2 _kur_ su-hi _kur_ la-qe-e ana si-hir2-ti-sza2 _iri_ sir-qu sza2 ne2-ber-ti _{i7}a-rad kur_ za-mu-a | that I had conquered, of the land Sūḫu, the land Laqû, in its entirety, the city Sirqu, which is on the bank of the Euphrates, (and) the land Zamua, |
| 16 | ana pat, gim-ri-sza2 _kur_ e2-a-di-ni u _kur_ hat-te u sza2 {disz}lu-bar-na _kur_ pa-ti-na-a-a al-qa-a ina lib3-bi u2-sza2-as,-bit _du6_ la-be-ru | I took the land Eadini, the land Ḫatti, and that of Lubarna, the Patinaean. I deposited (it) therein. |
| 17 | lu? u2-na-ki-ir a-di _ugu a-mesz_ lu u2-sza2-pil2 1(disz) me 2(u) tik-pi ina musz-pa-li lu u2-t,a-bi _e2-gal_ {gesz}e-re-ni | I cut down. As far as water I covered (it). I buried 120 bricks in a grave. The palace of cedars |
| 18 | _e2-gal_ {gesz}szur-min2 e2-gal_ {gesz}dap-ra-ni _e2-gal {gesz}taskarin-mesz e2-gal_ {gesz}mes-kan-ni _e2-gal_ {gesz}bu-ut,-ni u {gesz}tar-pi-'i a-na szu-bat _man_-ti-a ana mul-ta-a'-it | The palace of cypress, the palace of daprānu-juniper, (the palace of) date palms, meskanu-trees, huṭnu, and tarpiʾu-wood for my royal residence for my pleasure. |
| 19 | _en_-ti-a sza2 da-ra-te ina lib3-bi ad-di u2-ma-am _kur-mesz_-e u _a-ab-ba-mesz_ sza2 {na4}pi-li _ku3_-e u {na4}pa-ru-te _du3_-usz ina _ka2-mesz_-sza2 u2-sze-zi-iz u2-si-im-szi u2-szar-rih-szi si-kat2 kar-ri _zabar-mesz_ al-me-si _{gesz}ig-mesz_ {gesz}e-re-ni | I built anew the lands and seas with precious stones and pabrūtu-stones. I erected (them) in its gates. I decorated (it) resplendently (and) made it shine like the sun. I made bronze knobbed nails. Doors of cedar |
| 20 | {gesz}szur-min2 {gesz}dap-ra-ni {gesz}mes-kan-ni ina _ka2-mesz_-sza2 u2-re-ti _ku3-babbar-mesz ku3-sig17-mesz an-na-mesz zabar-mesz an-bar-mesz szu2_-ti _szu_-ia sza2 _kur-kur-mesz_ sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni a-na ma-a'-disz al-qa-a ina lib3-bi u2-kin2 | I took cypress, daprānu-juniper, (and) meskannu wood from its gates. Silver, gold, tin, bronze, and iron, my possessions, of the lands which I conquered, for many (shekels of) value, I deposited therein. |
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