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Nimrud NW Palace I-16 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 056 (b) (P427076)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Nimrud NW Palace I-16 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 056 (b) |
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| ID | P427076 |
| Museum no. | ROM 939.011.002 (a); BM 124581 (b); unknown (c) |
| Collection | Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 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 _man gal_-e | 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-Ninursir, great king], |
| 2 | _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 4(disz)-ta sza2-nin-szu2 la-a _tuku_-u2 | strong king, king of the world, ki[ng of Assyria], son of Adad-nārārī (II), [great king], mighty [king] (who was) also king [of the world (and) ki]ng of [Assyrian]: mighty warrior, who with the support of (the god) Ashur, his lord, marched and had no rival among the rulers of the four quarters: |
| 3 | _{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 la kan-szu-te-szu2 sza2 nap-har kisz-szat _ug3-mesz_ i-pe-lu _nita2_ dan-nu | the mighty shepherd who is not afraid of battle, the incompetent one who has no rival, the king who makes the weak weak, who over all of the people rule, the strong man |
| 4 | mu-kab-bi-is _gu2_ a-a-bi-szu2 da-a-isz kul-lat _kur2-mesz_ mu-pa-ri-ru 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 | who binds the necks of his enemies, who makes all enemies bow down, who encircles the constellation of Multarki, the king who with the support of the great gods, his lords, marched and conquered all lands |
| 5 | _szu_-su _kur_-ud hur-sza2-ni _du3_-szu2-nu 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 | his hand he conquered. The mountain ranges their built up, and their habitations they received. The one who entrusted the lītu-priestess, the one who establishes justice over all the lands when Ashur, the lord, named |
| 6 | _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 _dagal-mesz_ ina qe2-reb tam-ha-ri | my name, the one who makes my kingship greater, his unceasing weapon towards my lordly majesty, he conquered. The extensive troops of the land, large and small, in battle |
| 7 | 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 _gin7_ {d}iszkur | With the weapons I annihilated. With the support of the gods Šamaš and Adad, the god(s) who support me, the troops of the lands Naʾiri, Habḫu, Subartu, and the land Nēreb, like Adad |
| 8 | 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 his feet bow down. |
| 9 | _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_ | from the source of the Subnat River to the land Urartu his hands he conquered. From the pass of the land Kirruri as far as the land Gilzānu, from the opposite bank of the Lower Zab Canal |
| 10 | 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 _iri_ ki-ri-mu _iri_ ha-ru-tu _kur_ bi-ra-te | as far as the city Dubari, which is above the land Zaban, from the town Dušabtani to the village Duszabdani, the city Kirimu, city Ḫarutu, the land of the intertwined settlements |
| 11 | 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 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 | I returned from the pass of the land Babitu as far as the land Hašmar to the people of my land. In the lands which I conquered, I appointed my prefects. |
| 12 | ur-du-ti u2-pu-szu2 {disz}asz-szur-pab-a _nun_-u2 na-a-du pa-lih2 _dingir-mesz 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, | Ashurnasirpal (II), a prince who reveres the great gods, the exalted ruler who conquered cities and mountain ranges, all of them, king of lords, who saves, |
| 13 | ek-s,u-te a-pi-ir sza2-lum-ma-te 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 usz-har-ma-t,u _kur-mesz_-e | (As for) the oppressed, the apprehensive, the insubmissive, the fearless warrior, the one who brings forth the luxuriances, the merciful king, the shepherd who protects the sanctuaries, (and) the king whose command causes the destruction of the lands |
| 14 | 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 e-reb {d}szam-szi pa-a 1(disz)-en u2-sza2-asz2-kin2 _iri_ kal-hu | and the seas, which by his lordly majesty, the mighty and insubmissive kings, from the rising of the Sun to the setting of the Moon a single one established. Calah |
| 15 | 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 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_ | Before me, Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, a prince who came before me, built. That city became dilapidated and I demolished it. I restored that city. I carried off the people of my hands from the lands. |
| 16 | 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 ana pat, gim-ri-sza2 _kur_ e2-a-di-ni u _kur_ hat-te | which I conquered, from the land Sūḫu, the land Laqû, in its entirety, the city Sirqu, which is on the opposite bank of the Euphrates, (and) the land Zamua, in all its parts: the land Eadini and the land Ḫatti, |
| 17 | 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 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 | and that of Lubarna of the land Patina I took therein I imposed upon it. I demolished the old fortified wall (and) made (it) as high as water. I buried 120 bricks in the mounds. |
| 18 | lu u2-t,a-bi _e2-gal_ {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 | The palace of cedar, cypress, daprānu-juniper, boxwood, meskannû-wood, ṭuṣni-wood and tarpiʾu-wood |
| 19 | a-na szu-bat _man_-ti-a ana 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 | for my royal residence (and) for my eternal lordship I built therein. Now, the mountains and seas of pure limestone |
| 20 | 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 {gesz}szur-min2 | I erected doors of cedar, cypress, (and) šurminu-wood. |
| 21 | {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_ | In its gates, in its courtyards, silver, gold, tin, bronze, (and) iron, possessions of mine belonging to the lands, |
| 22 | sza2 a-pe-lu-szi-na-ni a-na ma-a'-disz al-qa-a ina lib3-bi u2-kin2 | I took it as a loan from them and deposited it therein. |
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