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Nimrud NW Palace H-14 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 076 (a) (P426953)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Nimrud NW Palace H-14 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 076 (a) |
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| ID | P426953 |
| Museum no. | Brooklyn 55.153 (a) |
| Collection | Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| 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)
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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 | _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 | Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), appointee of (the god) Aššīr, chosen of the gods Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of the deities Anu and Dagan, conqueror of the great gods, strong king, king of the world, k[ing of Assyria, son of Tukultīḫa-Ninurt]a (Ḫubu). |
| 2 | _man gal_-e _man_ dan-ni _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur _a_ 1(u)-erin2-tah2_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 | Great king, strong king king of the world, king [of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), great king], strong [king] king (of the world) — king over the world (and) king assyrian, mighty warrior, who with the support of (the god) Ashur, his lord, marched, and among the rulers of the four quarters |
| 3 | _limmu2_-ta sza2-nin-szu2 la-a _tuku_-u2 _{lu2}sipa_ tab-ra-te la a-di-ru _gesz-la2_ e-du-u2 gap-szu2 sza2 ma-hi-ra la-a _tuku_-u2 _man_ mu-szak-nisz | a third of his brothers had no rival, a shepherd of the taboos, unreliable, an incompetent, frightened, who had no opponent, (and) a king who created him, |
| 4 | 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 ruled the totality of the people, strong man who overthrows the neck of his enemies, who annihilates all enemies |
| 5 | 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 | king who with the support of the great gods, his lords, marched and conquered all lands, captured the land Ḫuršanu, |
| 6 | i-pe-lu-ma [bi]-lat#-su-nu im-hu-ru s,a-bit 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 | They turned and received their tribute. Establish a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens about them. When Ashur, the lord, named me, |
| 7 | _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_ _kur_ lu-ul-lu-me-e | my name, the one who makes my kingship greater, his unfavorable weapon to the side of my lordly majesty may he smite. The troops of the land of Lullumê |
| 8 | _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 | I cut off wide in battle with weapons. With the support of the god Šamaš, |
| 9 | 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 _gin7_ {d}iszkur ra-hi-s,i _ugu_-szu2-nu asz2-gu-um | and the god Adad, the gods of my support, the troops of the lands Naʾiri, Habḫu, Šubarû, and the land Nīr-ebi, like the goddess Adad who loves them I imposed upon them. |
| 10 | _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 | king who from the opposite bank of the Tigris to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea the land Laqû in its entirety the land Sūḫu as far as the city Rapiqu at his feet |
| 11 | u2-szek2-ni-sza2 _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 | from the source of the Subnat River to the land Urarṭu he conquered. From the pass of the land Kirruri as far as the land Gilzanu |
| 12 | _ta_ e-ber-tan _i7_ za-ba _ki-ta_ a-di _iri_ du6-ba-a-ri sza2 el-la-an _kur_ za-ban _ta iri_ du6-sza2-ab-ta-a-ni a-di _iri_ du6-sza2-za-ab-da-a-ni | from the opposite bank of the Lower Zab to the city Dubaru, which is above the land Zabban, from the town Dušabtānu to the ci[ty] Du-sha-Zabdani |
| 13 | _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 _kur_ hasz-mar | I returned from the pass of the land Babitu to the land Hashmar. |
| 14 | 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_ | 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 gods, |
| 15 | _gal-mesz_ 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 | the great ones, the exalted one, the conqueror of cities and mountain ranges, all of them, the king of lords, the one who overthrows oppression, the shepherd of peace, |
| 16 | la-a-di-ru _gesz-la2_ ur-sza2-nu 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 | mighty warrior, unrivalled hero, creator of the sanctuaries, king of the praises, shepherd of the four quarters (of the world), king who by the command of his mouth |
| 17 | usz#-har-ma-t,u _kur-mesz_-e u _a-ab-ba-mesz_ sza2 ina qi-it-ru-ub _en_-ti-szu2 _man-mesz_-ni ek-du-te la pa-du-te _ta_ s,i-it {d}szam-szi a-di | The lands and seas, which are in his lordly majesty, mighty, unrivalled kings, from the rising of the Sun to |
| 18 | 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 _nun_ a-lik pa-ni-a _du3_-usz _iri_ szu-u2 | I made (it) anew. The former city Kalḫu, which Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, a prince who came before me, had built, that city |
| 19 | 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_ sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni sza2 _kur_ su-hi _kur_ la-qe-e | I reorganized that city. I took away the people of my hands from the lands which I had conquered, from the land Suḫu, the land Laqû, |
| 20 | ana si-hir2-ti-sza2 _iri_ sir-qu sza2 ne2-ber-ti _{i7}a-rad kur_ za-mu-a 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 | In its entirety, the city Sirqu, which is on the opposite bank of the Euphrates, the land Zamua, in its entirety: the land Eadini and the land Ḫatti, and of Lubarna of the land Patinu, |
| 21 | al-qa-a ina lib3-bi u2-sza2-as,-bit _du6_ la-be-ru 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_ | I took therein. I had a ruined moat destroyed, as far as the water I had filled. I laid down 120 bricks in a wall and made the palace less than it had been. |
| 22 | {gesz#}e-re-ni _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 | cedar palace, cypress palace, daprānu palace, boxwood palace, meskannu-tree palace, buṭni-wood and tarpiʾu-wood for my royal residence. |
| 23 | a-na mul-ta-a'-it _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 | In order to prolong my lordly reign, I surrounded (and) conquered the lands and seas with white limestone. |
| 24 | 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 | I erected (it) in its gates. I decorated it (and) decorated it with bronze knobbed nails. |
| 25 | _{gesz}ig-mesz_ {gesz}e-re-ni {gesz}szur-min2 {gesz}dap-ra-ni {gesz}mes-kan-ni ina _ka2-mesz_-sza2 u2-re-ti _ku3-babbar-mesz ku3-sig17-mesz_ | doors of cedar, cypress, daprānu and meskannu-wood, in its gates, silver, gold, |
| 26 | 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 the bronze and bronze weapons in my hands from the lands that I conquered for many of them and deposited them therein. |
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