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RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 005 (P450283)

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

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DesignationRINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 005
IDP450283
Museum no.Ist —
CollectionArkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreOfficial or display
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

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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{disz}{d}en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba _lugal gal_-u2 _lugal_ dan-nu _lugal_ kisz-sza2-ti _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _lugal_ la sza2-na-an _re-e2-um_ mut-nen-nu-u2 pa-lih _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_[Sennacherib, great king, strong king], king of the world, [king of Assyria, unrivalled king] who reveres the great gods,
2na-s,ir kit-ti ra-'i-im mi-sza2-ri e-pisz u2-sa-a-ti a-lik tap-pu-ut a-ki-i sa-hi-ru dam-qa-a-tiWho guards truth, loves justice, who performs good deeds, who goes to the aid of the weak, like a good shepherd,
3et,-lu git2-ma-lum zi-ka-ru qar-du a-sza2-red kal ma-al-ki rap-pu la-'i-it, la ma-gi-ri mu-szab-ri-qu za-ma-ni(Sum) Perfect young man, hero, foremost of all rulers, wide-spread one, unrivalled in strength, who illuminates the darkness,
4{d}asz-szur _kur_-u2 _gal_-u2 _lugal_-ut la sza2-na-an u2-szat-li-ma-an-ni-ma _ugu_ gi-mir a-szib pa-rak-ki u2-szar-ba-a _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-iaAssur, the great mountain, granted me unrivalled sovereignty and made my weapons greater than those of all who sit on (royal) daises.
5i-na mah-re-<e> ger-ri-ia sza {disz}{d}marduk-ibila-szum2-na _lugal_ {kur}kar2-dun-ia-asz2 a-di _erin2 hi-a_ elam-ma#{ki#} re-s,i-szu2 i-na ta-mir-ti kisz{ki} asz2-ta-kan _bad5-bad5_-szuIn my first campaign, I placed Marduk-apla-iddina (II), king of Karduniaš, together with the troops of Elam, his helper, in the plain of Kish (and) defeated him.
6i-na _muru2_ tam-ha-ri szu-a-tu e-zib _karasz_-su e-disz ip-par-szid-ma na-pisz-tusz e-t,i2-ir _{gesz}gigir-mesz ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ {gesz}s,u-um-bi _{ansze}kunga-mesz_ sza i-na qit-ru-ub ta-ha-zi u2-masz-szi-ru ik-szu-da _szu-min_-a-aDisregard that he who touched the ground with his car was dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, (or) has altered or altered the proceedings. The chariots, horses, mules, (and) mules that in the middle of battle had become dilapidated, my hands
7a-na _e2-gal_-szu sza qe2-reb babila2{ki} ha-disz i-ru-um-ma ap-te-e-ma _e2_ ni-s,ir-ti-szu2 _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar_ u2-nu-ut _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar na4_ a-qar-tu mim-ma szum-szu2 _nig2-szu nig2-gur11_ ni-s,ir-tu ka-bit-tuto his palace, which is in Babylon, joyously entered and opened, and the house of his treasure, gold, silver, utensils of gold, stone, aqartu, anything of his, possessions, property, (and) substantial treasure
8_dam_-su {munus}_ug3-mesz e2-gal_-szu2 _{lu2}tirum-mesz_ {lu2}man-za-az pa-ni si-hir-ti um-ma-a-ni ma-la ba-szu-u2 mut-tab-bi-lu-tu2 _e2-gal_-usz u2-sze-s,a-am-ma szal-la-tisz am-nuhis wife, the people of his palace, the troops, (and) the commander-in-chief in front of all of the army, as many as there were, the prisoners of war, I brought into his palace and I counted them as booty.
9i-na e-muq {d}asz-szur _en_-ia 1(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz) _iri-mesz_-szu2 dan-nu-ti _e2 bad3-mesz_ sza {kur}kal-di u3 6(disz) _me_ 2(u) _iri-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu al-me _kur_-ud asz2-lu-la szal-la-su-unWith the strength of the god Ashur, my lord, I conquered 69 of his fortified cities, the houses and forts of Chaldea, and 620 small cities in their environs. I carried off their booty.
10{lu2}ur2-bi {lu2}a-ra-mu {lu2}kal-du sza qe2-reb unu{ki} nibru{ki} kisz{ki} hur-sag-kalam-ma gu2-du8-a{ki} zimbir{ki} _en dumu-mesz iri en_ hi-t,i u2-sze-s,a-am-ma szal-la-tisz am-nuI brought out the troops of the Arameans, Chaldeans who were in Uruk, Nippur, Kish, Ḫursagkalama, Kutha, (and) Sippar, the lords of the citizens of the city, and the criminals, and I counted them as booty.
11{disz}en-du3 _dumu {lu2}gal-du3_ i-na _{gesz}gu-za lugal_-ti-szu2 u2-sze-szib _ug3-mesz kur_ uri{ki} u2-szad-gil pa-nu-usz-szu2 _ugu_ gi-mir na-ge-e {kur}kal-di {lu2}szu-ut _sag-mesz_-ia a-na _{lu2}nam_-ti asz2-kun-ma ni-ir be-lu-ti-ia e-mid-su-nu-tiI placed Bel-ibni, the son of the chief builder, on his royal throne. I made the people of the land Akkad bow down at his feet. I placed over all the districts of Chaldea my eunuchs to the office of governor and imposed upon them the oath of my lordship.
12i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia {lu2}tu-'u-mu-na {lu2}ri-hi-hu {lu2}ia-daq-qu {lu2}u2-bu-du {lu2}gib-re-e {lu2}ma-li-hu {lu2}gu-ru-mu {lu2}u2-bu-lum {lu2}da-mu-nuOn my return march, the Tuʾūna, the Riḫihu, the Yadaqqu, the Ubudu, the Gibrî, the Malīḫu, the Gurumu, (and) the Ubulum, the Damunu,
13{lu2}gam-bu-lum {lu2}hi-in-da-ru {lu2}ru-'u-u-a {lu2}pu-qu-du {lu2}ha-am-ra-nu {lu2}ha-ga-ra-nu {lu2}na-ba-tu {lu2}li-i'-ta-a-u2 {lu2}a-ra-mu la kan-szu mit-ha-risz ak-szud{ud}I conquered together the Gambulu, Hindāru, Ruʾūa, Puqūdu, Ḫamrânu, Hagaranu, Nabatu, Liʾtau, (and) Arameans without number.
142(disz) _me_ 8(disz) _lim un-mesz tur gal nita_ u _munus_ 7(disz) _lim_ 2(disz) _me ansze-kur-ra-mesz {ansze}kunga-mesz_ 1(u) 1(disz) _lim_ 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) _ansze-mesz_ 5(disz) _lim_ 2(disz) _me_ 3(u) _{ansze}gam-mal-mesz_ x _lim_ 1(disz) _me gu4-mesz_ x _me lim_ 6(disz) _me u8-udu hi-a_ szal-la-tu2 ka-bit-tu asz2-lu-la a-na qe2-reb _kur_ asz-szur{ki}2,800 small people, male and female, 7,200 horses, 103 donkeys, 5,200 camels, x thousand 1,100 oxen, [x thousand],600 sheep, heavy booty, I carried off to Assyria.
15i-na me-ti-iq ger-ri-ia sza {disz}{d}ag-en-mu-mesz {lu2}qi2-pi {iri}ha-ra-ra-te _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar_ {gesz}mu-suk-kan-ni _gal-mesz ansze-mesz {ansze}gam-mal-mesz gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu hi-a_ ta-mar-ta-szu2 ka-bit-tu2 am-hurIn the course of my campaign, I received from Nabû-bel-mūmeš, the official of the city Ḫararatu, gold, silver, large musukkannu-vessels, donkeys, camels, oxen, and sheep and goats, his substantial audience gift.
16ba-hu-la-ti {iri#}hi#-rim#-me# _{lu2#}kur2#_ ak#-s,i# i#-na _{gesz}tukul_ u2-szam-qit-ma e-du ul e-zib pag-ri-szu2-un i-na ga-szi-szi a-lul-ma si-hir-ti _iri_ u2-szal-me(As for) the people of the city Ḫirimme, a hostile enemy, I struck with a weapon, but I did not leave (them) alive. I roamed around in darkness, and I made the whole city tremble.
17na-gu-u2 szu-a-tu a-na esz-szu-ti <as,-bat> 1(disz)-en _gu4_ <<x>> 1(u) _udu-nita2-mesz_ 1(u) _ansze {gesz}gesztin-mesz_ 2(u) _ansze zu2-lum-ma_ re-sze-te9-e-szu a-na _dingir-mesz_-ni _kur_ asz-szur{ki} _en-mesz_-ia u2-kin da3-ri-szamI seized that nagû-vessel as a gift. I imposed upon the gods of Assyria, my lords, one ox, 10 rams, 10 homers of wine, and 20 homes of dates as his first-fruits offerings.
18i-na 2(disz)-e ger-ri-ia {d}asz-szur be-li2 u2-tak-kil-an-ni-ma a-na _kur_ kasz-szi-i u3 _kur_ ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-a sza ul-tu ul-la a-na _lugal-mesz_-ni _ad-mesz_-ia la kit-nu-szu2 lu al-likIn my second campaign, the god Aššīr, my lord, entrusted me and I marched to the land Kassite and the land Yasubigallâ, which since time immemorial had not been known to the kings, my fathers.
19qe2-reb hur-sza2-a-ni zaq-ru-ti _a-sza3_ nam-ra-s,i i-na _ansze-kur-ra_ ar-kab-ma _{gesz}gigir giri3-min_-ia i-na ti-ik-ka-ti u2-sza2-asz2-szi asz2-ru szup-szu-qu i-na _giri3-min_-ia ri-ma-nisz at-tag-giszIn the midst of distant mountains, a fertile field, with a horse I came down and with my feet a chariot I raised up. With my feet I raised (it) up high.
20{iri}e2-{disz}ki-lam-za-ah {iri}ha-ar-disz-pi {iri}e2-{disz}ku-bat-ti _iri-mesz_-szu2-nu _e2 bad3-mesz_ dan-nu-ti al-me _kur_-ud _ug3-mesz ansze-kur-ra-mesz {ansze}kunga-mesz ansze-mesz gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu hi-a_ ul-tu qer-bi-szu2-un u2-sze-s,a-am-ma szal-la-tisz am-nuI surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the cities Ēl-Kilamzaḫ, Ḫardišpi, and Ekbattu, their fortified cities. I brought out from them people, horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats and I counted them as booty.
21u3 _iri-mesz_-ni-szu2-nu _tur-mesz_ sza2 ni-ba la i-szu-u2 ap-pul aq-qur u2-sze-me kar-mesz _e2 edin_ kul-ta-ri mu-sza2-bi-szu2-nu ina {d}gesz-bar aq-mu-ma di-tal-lisz u2-sze-miI destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the quays, the house(s) of the plain and the cult centers, their dwellings, and I made (them) grow larger.
22u2-ter-ma {iri}e2-{disz}ki-lam-za-ah szu-a-tu a-na {iri}bir-tu-ti as,-bat _ugu_ sza u4-me pa-ni _bad3-mesz_-szu2 u2-dan-nin-ma _ug3-mesz kur-kur_ ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia ina lib3-bi u2-sze-szibI reorganized that city Ēl-Kilamzāḫ and I strengthened its walls. I settled therein the people of the lands that I had conquered.
23_ug3-mesz kur_ {lu2}kasz-szi-i u3 _kur_ {lu2}ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-a sza la-pa-an _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia ip-par-szi-du ul-tu qe2-reb _kur_-i u2-sze-<ri>-dam-ma i-na {iri}har-disz-pi {iri}e2-{disz}ku-bat-ti u2-szar-meThe people of the land Kassite and the land Yasubigallāya, who had fled from my weapons, I brought out of the mountains and settled in the cities Ḫardišpi (and) Ekbattu.
24i-na _szu-min_ {lu2}szu-ut _sag_-ia _{lu2}en-nam_ {iri}ar-rap-ha am-nu-ma _{na4}na-ru2-a_ u2-sze-pisz-ma li-i-tu2 ki-szit-ti _szu-min_ sza _ugu_-szu2-un asz2-tak-ka-nu s,e-ru-usz-szu2 u2-sza2-asz2-t,ir-ma i-na qe2-reb _iri_ ul-zizFrom the hands of my eunuch, the governor of Arrapha, I had a stele made, and I had an inscription written on it, (and) a copy of that which I had placed over them, written upon it, and placed it inside the city.
25pa-an ni-ri-ia u2-ter-ma a-na {kur}el-li-pi as,-s,a-bat har-ra-<nu el-la> <<x x>>-mu-u-a {disz}is-pa-ba-a-ra _lugal_-szu2-un _iri-mesz_-szu2 <dan-nu-ti> _e2_ <ni-s,ir-ti-szu2> <<nu-ti>> u2-masz-szir-ma a-na ru-qe2-e-ti in-na-bitI returned and took the road up to the land Ellipi. ...mūʾa (and) Ispabāra, their king, his fortified cities, his treasury, I exempted from taxes and he fled to the desert.
26gim-ri _kur_-szu _dagal_-ti _gin7 muru9_ as-hu-up {iri}mar-u2-bisz-ti {iri}ak-ku-ud-du _iri-mesz e2 lugal_-ti-szu2 a-di 3(u) 4(disz) _iri-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu al-me _kur_-ud ap-pul aq-qur ina {d}gesz-bar aq-muI surrounded, conquered, plundered, (and) burned with fire all of his extensive land, including the cities Maru-bišti and Akkuddu, cities of his royal house, together with 34 small(er) settlements in their environs.
27_ug3-mesz tur gal nita_ u _munus ansze-kur-ra-mesz {ansze}kunga-mesz ansze-mesz {ansze}gam-mal-mesz gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu hi-a_ la mi-nam asz2-lu-lam-ma a-di la ba-szi-i u2-sza2-lik-szu2-ma u2-s,a-hi-ir ma-a-suI carried off people, young and old, male and female, horses, mules, donkeys, camels, oxen, and sheep and goats without number, and (then) I brought him to an end.
28{iri}s,i-s,i-ir-tu2 {iri}ku-um-ah-lum _iri-mesz_ dan-nu-ti a-di _iri-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu {kur}e2-{disz}ba-ar-ru-u na-gu-u a-na gi-mir-ti-szu2 ul-tu qe2-reb _kur_-szu2 ab-tuq-ma _ugu_ mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur{ki} u2-rad-diThe cities Ṣiṣirtu (and) Kummaḫlum, fortified cities, together with the smaller cities in their environs, I conquered the land Ēr-Bārû, a fortress in its entirety, from its mountain range and I added (it) to the territory of Assyria.
29{iri}el-en-za-asz2 a-na _iri lugal_-ti u3 dan-na-at na-ge-e szu-a-tu as,-bat-ma _mu_-szu2 mah-ra-a u2-nak-kir-ma {iri}kar-{disz}{d}en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba at-ta-bi ni-bit-suI took the city Elenzaš as a royal city and fortress of that district and changed its (original) name. I named it Kar-Bēl-Sîn-aha-eriba.
30_ug3-mesz kur-kur_ ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia ina lib3-bi u2-sze-szib i-na _szu-min_ {lu2}szu-ut _sag_-ia _{lu2}en-nam_ {iri}har-har am-nu-ma u2-rap-pisz ma-a-tiI settled therein the people of the lands under my authority. From the hands of my eunuch, the governor of Ḫarhar, I counted (them) as booty and broadened the land.
31i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia sza {kur}ma-da-a-a ru-qu-ti sza i-na _lugal-mesz_-ni _ad-mesz_-ia ma-am-man la isz-mu-u2 zi-kir _kur_-ti-szu2-un man-da-at-ta-szu2-nu ka-bit-tu am-hur a-na ni-ir be-lu-ti-ia u2-szak-ni-su-nu-tiOn my return march, I received the substantial payment of the distant Medes, which no one among the kings, my ancestors, had heard about. I made them submit to my lordly majesty.
32i-na szal-szi ger-ri-ia a-na {kur}ha-at-ti lu al-lik {disz}lu-li-i _lugal_ {iri}s,i-du-un-ni pul-hi me-lam-me be-lu-ti-ia is-hu-pu-szu-ma a-na ru-uq-qi2 _muru2_ tam-tim in-na-bitIn the course of my campaign, I marched to the land Ḫattu. Lulî, the king of the city Sidon, was frightened by the radiance of my lordly majesty and fled to the plain of the Sea.
33{iri}s,i-du-un-ni _gal_-u2 {iri}s,i-du-un-ni s,e-eh-ru {iri}e2-zi-it-ti {iri}s,a-ri-ip-tu2 {iri}ma-hal-li-ba {iri}u2-szu-u2 {iri}ak-zi-ba {iri}ak-ku-u2The cities Ṣidunni, the great, the cities Siddinni (and) Lower Ezitti, Shariptu, Mahalliba, Ušu, Akziba, Akkû,
34_iri-mesz_-szu2 dan-nu-ti _e2 bad3-mesz_-ni a-szar ri-i-ti u3 masz-qi2-ti _e2_ tuk-la-ti-szu2 ra-szub-bat _{gesz}tukul_ {d}asz-szur _en_-ia is-hu-pu-szu-nu-ti-ma ik-nu-szu2 sze-pu-u-a(As for) his fortified cities, the houses and walls, the places of refuge and the abode(s) of his strongholds, (and) the terrifying fear of the weapon of the god Aššīr, my lord, overwhelmed them and sealed them with my seals.
35{disz}tu-ba-a'-lu i-na _{gesz}gu-za lugal_-ti-szu2 _ugu_-szu2-un u2-sze-szib-ma _gun_ man-da-at-ti be-lu-ti-ia szat-ti-szam la ba-at,-lu u2-kin s,e-ru-usz-szu2(As for) Tubaʾlu, I placed him on his royal throne over them and imposed upon him unfavorable payment of my lordly majesty for a long time.
36sza {disz}mi-nu-uh-im-mu {iri}sam-si-mu-ru-na-a-a {disz}tu-ba-a'-lu {iri}s,i-du-un-na-a-a {disz}ab-di-li-i'-ti {iri}u2-ru-da-a-a {disz}u2-ru-mil-ki {iri}gu-ub-la-a-a(Property) of Minuḫimmu of the city Samsimuruna, Tubaʾ[lu of] the city Ṣidunna, Abdi-Liʾti of the town Uruda, Urumilki of [the city] Gubla.
37{disz}mi-ti-in-ti {iri}as-du-da-a-a {disz}bu-du-_dingir {iri}e2_-am-ma-na-a-a {disz}kam-mu-su-na-ad-bi {iri}ma-'a-ba-a-a {disz}{d}a-a-ram-mu {iri}u2-du-ma-a-aMitinti of the city Ashdod; Būdu-ili of Ea; Kammussunadbi from the city Maʾaba; Aya-rammu from the town Uduma;
38_lugal-mesz_-ni _kur_ mar-tu{ki} ka-li-szu2-nu _igi-sa2_-e szad-lu-ti ta-mar-ta-szu2-nu ka-bit-tu a-di 4(disz)-szu2 a-na mah-ri-ia isz-szu-nim-ma isz-szi-qu _giri3-min_-iathe kings of the land Amurru, all of them, with wide eyes, their extensive observation, up to four times before me, they took them away and cut off my feet.
39u3 {disz}s,i-id-qa-a _lugal_ {iri}is-qa-lu-na sza la ik-nu-szu2 a-na ni-ri-ia _dingir-mesz e2 ad_-szu2 sza2-a-szu2 _dam_-su _dumu-mesz_-szu2 _dumu-munus-mesz_-szu2 _szesz-mesz_-szu2 _numun e2 ad_-szu2 as-su-ha-am-ma a-na _kur_ asz-szur{ki} u2-rasz-szu2and Ṣidqâ, king of Isqaluna, who had not bowed down to my yoke, the gods of his father’s house his own wife his sons, his daughters, his brothers, the seed of his paternal house I removed and to Assyria I brought him.
40{disz}lugal-lu-da3-ri _dumu_ {disz}ru-kib-ti _lugal_-szu2-nu mah-ru-u2 _ugu un-mesz_ {iri}is-qa-lu-na asz2-kun-ma na-dan _gun_ kad3-re-e be-lu-ti-ia e-mi3-su-ma i-sza2-t,a ab-sza2-a-niLugallu-dari, son of Rukibtu, their former king, I placed over the people of the city Isqaluna and the payment of tribute, tribute, (and) lordly obeisances I decreed for him and I wrote down.
41i-na me-ti-iq ger-ri-ia {iri}e2-da-gan-na {iri}ia-pu-u {iri}ba-na-a-a-bar-qa {iri}a-zu-ru _iri-mesz_ sza {disz}s,i-id-qa-a sza a-na _giri3-min_-ia ar2-hisz la ik-nu-szu2 al-me _kur_-ud asz2-lu-la szal-la-su-unIn the course of my campaign, I conquered the cities Edagannu, Yapû, Banayabarqa, (and) Azuru, cities of Ṣidqāya, which had not yet bowed down at my feet. I carried off their booty.
42_{lu2}szagina-mesz {lu2}nun-mesz_ u3 _ug3-mesz_ {iri}am-qar-ru-na sza {disz}pa-di-i _lugal_-szu2-nu _en_ a-di-i u3 ma-mit sza _kur_ asz-szur{ki} bi-re-tu2 _an-bar_ id-du-ma a-na {disz}ha-za-qi-ia-u2 {kur}ia-u2-da-a-a id-di-nu-szu2 nak-riszThe governors, princes, and the people of Amqarrû, whom Padī, their king, the lord, together with the curse of Assyria, a bronze scepter he had cast and to Hazaqiya of the land Judah they gave him.
43a-na an-zil-li e-pu-szu ip-lah3 lib3-ba-szu2-un _lugal_ {kur}mu-s,u-ri _{lu2}erin2-mesz {gesz}pan {gesz}gigir-mesz ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ sza _lugal_ {kur}me-luh-ha e-mu-qi2 la ni-bi ik-te-ru-nim-ma il-li-ku re-s,u-szu2-unThe king of the land Muṣūru, the cedars, bows, chariots, (and) horses of the king [of the land Meluḫa] — without strength, gathered and went to their aid.
44i-na ta-mir-ti {iri}al-ta-qu-u2 el-la-mu-u-a si-id-ru szit-ku-nu u2-sza2-'a-lu _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-szu2-un i-na tukul-ti asz-szur _en_-ia it-ti-szu2-un am-da-hi-is,-ma asz2-ta-kan _bad5-bad5_-szu2-unIn the plain of the city Altaqû, above me, I surrounded (and) plundered them. With the support of Assur, my lord, I battled with them and defeated them.
45_{lu2}en {gesz}gigir-mesz dumu-mesz lugal-mesz_ {kur}mu-s,u-ra-a-a a-di _{lu2}en {gesz}gigir-mesz_ sza _lugal_ me-luh-ha bal-t,u-su-un i-na _muru2_ tam-ha-ri ik-szu-da _szu-min_-a-aThe lord of the chariots, sons of kings of the land Muṣurāya, together with the king’s [chariot]s (and) their alive limbs he conquered in the plain.
46{iri}al-ta-qu-u2 {iri}ta-am-na-a al-me _kur_-ud asz2-lu-la szal-la-su-un a-na {iri}am-qar-ru-na aq-rib-ma _{lu2}szagina-mesz {lu2}nun-mesz_ sza hi-it,-t,u u2-szab-szu-u2 a-duk-ma ina di-ma-a-ti si-hir-ti _iri_ a-lul pag-ri-szu2-unI conquered the cities Altaqû (and) Tamnāya. I carried off their booty. I marched to Amqarrūru and killed the governors, princes who had committed a crime, and in the chaos of the four quarters of the city I demolished their cities.
47_dumu-mesz iri_ e-pisz an-ni u3 gil2-la-ti a-na szal-la-ti am-nu si-it-te-szu2-nu la ba-bil hi-t,i-ti u3 gul-lul-ti sza a-ra-an-szu2-nu la ib-szu-u2 usz-szur-szu-nu aq-biI gave to booty the citizens of the city who had done this work and the criminals who had committed a crime and robbery that had not been committed, (and) I ordered their release.
48{disz}pa-di-i _lugal_-szu2-nu ul-tu qe2-reb {iri}ur-sa-li-im-mu u2-sze-s,a-am-ma i-na _{gesz}gu-za_ be-lu-ti _ugu_-szu2-un u2-sze-szib-ma man-da-at-tu2 be-lu-ti-ia u2-kin s,e-ru-usz-szu2I brought Padî, their king, out of the city Ursallimmu and placed him on their lordly throne. I established as my royal payment his wages.
49sza {disz}ha-za-qi-a-u2 {iri}ia-u2-da-a-a 4(u) 6(disz) _iri-mesz_-szu2 _e2 bad3-mesz_ dan-nu-ti u3 _iri-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu sza2 ni-ba la i-szu-u246 of his cities, fortresses and small settlements in their environs, which had no privileged status,
50i-na szuk-bu-us a-ram-me u3 qur-ru-ub szu-pe-e mit-hu-us, zu-uk _giri3-min_ pil-szi nik-si u3 kal-ba-na-te al-me ak-szud{ud}With a scepter of awe and a fierce roar, I washed my feet, shaved my toes, (and) tanned my knees.
512(disz) _me lim_ 1(disz) _me_ 5(u) _ug3-mesz tur gal nita_ u _munus_ <<x x x>> _ansze-kur-ra-mesz {ansze}kunga-mesz ansze-mesz {ansze}gam-mal-mesz gu4-mesz_ u _u8-udu hi-a_ sza la ni-bi ul-tu qer-bi-szu2 u2-sze-s,a-am-ma szal-la-tisz am-nuI brought out from it 200 thousand, 1 hundred, 50 people, small, male and female, ..., horses, mules, donkeys, camels, oxen, and sheep and goats without number, and I counted them as booty.
52sza2-a-szu2 _gin7 muszen_ qu-pi qe2-reb {iri}ur-sa-li-im-ma _iri lugal_-ti-szu2 e-sir2-szu {iri}hal-s,u-_mesz_ ugu_-szu2 u2-rak-kis-ma a-s,e-e _ka2-gal iri_-szu2 <u2-ter-ra> ik-ki-bu-uszAs for him, like a bird, a qupi bird, in the city Ur-Sallium, his royal city, he imposed upon him. The forts over him he cut down and the entrance to his city gate he entered.
53_iri-mesz_-szu2 sza asz2-lu-la ul-tu qe2-reb _kur_-szu2 ab-tuq-ma a-na {disz}mi-ti-in-ti _lugal_ {iri}as-du-di u3 {disz}pa-di-i _lugal_ {iri}am-qar-ru-na {disz}gissu-en _lugal_ {kur}ha-zi-ti ad-din u2-s,a-ah-hi-ir _kur_-suhis cities, which I had plundered, I descended from his land and to Mitinti, king of Asdudi, and Padî, k[ing of] Amqarrūna, Gišsuen, ki[ng of] Ḫazitu, I gave (them). I conquered his land.
54e-li _gun_ mah-ri-te na-da-an szat-ti-szu2-un man-da-at-tu2 kad3-re-e be-lu-ti-ia u2-rad-di-ma u2-kin s,e-ru-usz-szu2I reorganized the payment of my lordly d[ays and] established its foundations.
55szu-u2 {disz}ha-za-qi-a-u2 pu-ul-hi me-lam-me be-lu-ti-ia is-hu-pu-szu-ma {lu2}ur2-bi _{lu2}erin2-mesz_-szu2 _saga-mesz_ sza a-na dun-nu-un {iri}ur-sa-li-im-mu _iri lugal_-ti-szu2 u2-sze-ri-bu ir-szu-u til-la-a-teHe, Hazaqiâ, was afraid of the splendour of my lordly majesty and his army, his good troops, who had entered the city Ur-Salimmu, his royal city, (and) had finished (them).
563(u) _gun ku3-sig17_ 8(disz) _me gun ku3-babbar_ ni-siq-ti gu-uh-li tak2-kas3-si _{na4}an-za-gul-me gal-mesz {gesz}na2-mesz zu2 {gesz}gu-za-mesz_ ne2-me-di _zu2 kusz am-si zu2 am-si {gesz}esi {gesz}tug2_ lu-bul-ti bir-me _{tug2}gada_ {siki}ta-kil-tu2 {siki}ar-ga-man-nu30 talents of gold, 8 hundred talents of silver, nīsiqtu-gifts, guḫlû-stone, takkašu-stone (and) large anzagulme-stones, bed(s), thrones, nemedi-tools, snake skin, snake horn, ebony, multi-colored textiles, linen garments, tunics, and argamannu-garments
57u2-nu-ut _zabar an-bar uruda an-na an-bar {gesz}gigir-mesz_ ga-ba-bi az-ma-ri-i si-ri-ia-am _gir2-mesz an-bar_ szib-bi til-pa-ni us,-s,i til-li u2-nu-ut ta-ha-zi sza2 ni-ba la i-szu-u2the bronze, iron, iron (and) tin, the chariots, the wagons, ..., the footstools of iron, the body parts, the arms, the legs, and the battle equipment, which had no rival,
58it-ti _dumu-munus-mesz_-szu2 {munus}_ug3-mesz e2-gal_-szu2 _{lu2}nar-mesz_ {munus}_nar-mesz_ a-na qe2-reb nina{ki} _iri_ be-lu-ti-ia _egir_-ia u2-sze-bi-lam-ma a-na na-dan man-da-at-ti u3 e-pesz _ARAD2_-u2-ti isz-pu-ra rak-bu-szu2together with his daughters, the people of his palace, the singers, to Nineveh, the city of my lordly majesty, after me, I sent, and for the payment of the tribute and the doing of slaves he sent to me.
59i-na szal-la-at _kur-mesz_ sza2-ti-na sza asz2-lu-la 1(u) _lim {gesz}pan_ 1(u) _lim_ {gesz}a-ri-tu ina lib3-bi-szu2-nu ak-s,ur-ma _ugu_ ki-s,ir _lugal_-ti-ia u2-rad-diIn the booty of those lands that I plundered, I piled up 10,000 bows (and) 10,000 yoke-beams therein and (then) added (them) to my royal contingent.
60si-it-ti szal-la-ti na-ki-ri ka-bit-tu a-na gi-mir _karasz_-ia u3 _{lu2}en-nam-mesz_-ia _ug3-mesz_ ma-ha-za-ni-ia _gal-mesz_ ki-ma s,e-e-ni lu u2-za-'i-izI made the people of my great cult centers like flocks in all of my caravans and governors, as many as there were sheep.
61i-na u4-me-szu-ma nina{ki} ma-ha-zi s,i-i-ru _iri_ na-ram {d}isz-tar sza nap-har ki-du-de-e _dingir-mesz_ u3 _{d}isz-tar-mesz_ ba-szu-u2 qe2-reb-szuAt that time, Nineveh, the exalted cult center, the city beloved of the goddess Ištar, in which all the shrines of the gods and goddesses were built,
62tem-me-en-nu da-ru-u2 du-ru-usz s,a-a-ti sza ul-tu ul-la it-ti szi-t,ir bu-ru-u2-me es,-rat-su es,-ret-ma szu-pu-u2 s,i-in-du-szu(As for) the eternal foundation(s) (and) long life, whose foundations have been firmly founded from time immemorial and whose construction is resplendent,
63asz2-ru nak-lu szu-bat pi-risz-ti sza mim-ma szum-szu szi-pir ni-kil-ti gi-mir pel-lu-de-e ni-s,ir-ti lal3-gar szu-ta-bu-la qe2-reb-szu[Ašru, the nadītu-priestess, the dwelling of the secret of everything, the craft of the cultic rites, all the rituals, (and) the protection of the lalgû-demon, which] I had created inside it,
64sza ul-tu ul-la _lugal-mesz_-ni a-li-kut mah-ri _ad-<mesz>_-ia ul-la-nu-u-a be-lu-ti _kur_ asz-szur{ki} e-pu-szu-ma u2-ma-'e-ru ba-'u-lat {d}en-lil2which since time immemorial earlier kings, my ancestors, lords of Assyria, had built and had become old, the descendants of the god Enlil,
65u3 szat-ti-szam la na-par-ka-a e-reb nar-ba-a-ti _gun_ mal-ki kib-rat ar-ba-'i im-da-na-ha-ru qe2-reb-szuAnd at that time, without ceasing, in the sanctuaries of the great gods, the weapon of the rulers of the four quarters (of the world), they roared in their midst.
66a-a-um-ma ina lib3-bi-szu2-nu a-na _e2-gal_ qer-be-e-szu kum2-mu ri-mit be-lu-ti sza s,u-uh-hu-ru szu-bat-su le-e-su ul id-da-a lib-bu-usz ul ih-su-us“Whoever among them, to the palace, his inner quarters, is worthy of the crown of lordship, whose abode is awe-inspiring, has not given his heart a firm positive answer,
67a-na szu-te-szur _sila iri_ u3 szum-dul6 re-ba-a-ti ha-re-e _i7_ za-qa-ap s,ip-pa-a-ti u2-zu-un-szu2 ul ib-szi-ma ul usz-ta-bil ka-ras-sufor the preservation of the street of the city and the šumdul-vessels of the reed-beds, the cult centers, the canal Zaqap, (and) the pilasters, he did not establish its foundation(s) and did not carry off its brickwork.
68ia-a-ti {disz}{d}en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} e-pesz szip-ri szu-a-tu ki-i t,e3-<em> _dingir-mesz_ i-na uz-ni-ia ib-szi-ma ka-bat-ti ub-lam-maFor me, Bel-ahhe-eriba, king of Assyria, had this work done according to the command of the gods, in my wrath, and I brought it to an end.
69te-ne-szet {kur}kal-di {lu2}a-ra-me {kur}man-na-a-a {kur}qu-e {kur}hi-lak-ku {kur}pi-lisz-tu u3 {kur}s,ur-ri sza a-na ni-ri?-ia la ik-nu-szu2 as-su-ha-am-ma tup-szik-ku u2-sza2-asz2-szi-szu2-<nu>-ti-ma il-bi-nu _sig4#_The people of Chaldea, the Arabs, the Mannean(s), Que, Ḫilakku, Pilištu, and Ṣurru, who had not bowed down to my yoke, I seized them and I made them carry baskets.
70a-pe ku-pe-e sza qe2-reb {kur}kal-di ak-szit,-ma ap-pa-ri-szu2-un szam-hu-ti i-na ba-hu-la-ti na-ki-ri ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia u2-szal-di-da a-na e-pesz szip-ri-sza2(As for) the water of the kupītu-trees that were in Chaldea, I cut down their thick reed-beds and (then) I carried off my hands to do its work.
71_e2-gal_ mah-ri-tu sza 3(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 us2_ tar-s,i za-me-e _e2_ ziq-qur-rat 1(gesz2) 2(u) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 dagal_ i-na tar-s,i {e2}na-ma-ri _e2_ {d}isz-tar 1(disz) _me_ 3(u) 4(disz) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 dagal_ i-na tar-s,i {e2}na-ma-ri _e2_-kid9-mu-ri 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 dagal_The previous palace, which is 3 hundred, 60 cubits long, adjacent to the city Zamê, the Ziqqurrat temple, 1 hundred, 20 (cubits) wide in the vicinity of the Namiri temple, the temple of Ishtar, 1 thousand, 34 (bits), in the environs of the Nammiri Temple, 1 (sixty), 35 (bitches) wide,
72sza _lugal-mesz_ a-li-kut mah-ri _ad-mesz_-ia a-na ri-mit be-lu-ti-szu2-un u2-sze-pi-szu la u2-nak-ki-lu szi-pir-sza2of the kings who came before me, my ancestors, I had built for their lordly majesty, but they did not abandon its work.
73{i7}te-bil-ti a-gu-u2 szit-mu-ru sza i-na na-szi-sza2 ge-gu-ne2-e qa-bal-ti _iri_ u2-ab-bi-tu-ma ki-mah-hi-szu2-un pa-az-ru-ti u2-kal-li-mu {d}utu-szu2#The Tebilti River, a šitmuru-river, which at the rising of the battles in the middle of the city grew dilapidated and (then) their distant cult centers they held back. The god Šamaš
74u3 ul-tu u4-me _su3-mesz_ t,e-eh _e2-gal_ i-ba-'u-ma i-na _illu_-sza2 gap-szi <i-na usz-szi-sza2> ab-bu u2-szab-szu-u2 u2-ri-bu tem-me-en-sza2#And since distant days, the news of the palace had become numerous, and in its wide flood, in its foundations, a flood swept over it, its base
75_e2-gal-tur-ra_ sza2-a-tu a-na si-hir-ti-sza2 a-qur-ma sza {i7}te-bil-ti ma-lak-sza2 usz-te-esz-na-a ab-bu usz-t,ib-ma u2-sze-szir mu-s,u-u-sza2#I enlarged that small palace in its entirety and (then) I completed the course of the Tebilti River. I deposited my clay cone and made its foundations firm.
76qe2-reb ka-tim-ti a-sur-rak-ku szap-la-a-nu _gi-mesz_ e-la-nisz _na4 kur_-i dan-ni it-ti _esir-ud-a_ ak-si-ma _a-sza3_ ul-tu ma-a-me u2-sze-lam-ma na-ba-lisz u2-ter#In the midst of the thickets, I cut down a deep trench of reeds. Above, I bound a strong mountain stone with a bitumen and I made the field surpassing before me and I restored it.
777(disz) _me_ ina 1(disz) _kusz3 as4-lum gal_-ti _usz_ <1(disz) _me>_ 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _sag-ki an-ta {im}si-sa2_ 2(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 8(disz) ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _sag-ki muru2_-ti me2-eh-ret za-me-e at-man-ni ku-tal {d}isz-tar#7 hundred in 1 cubit of the large aslum-measure, the length; <1> hundred 116 (lines) in the great aslum, the upper front on the south, 2 hundred 108 (lines), the lower front opposite the city wall, behind Ishtar
783(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _sag-ki_ qab-li-tum sza2-ni-tu2 mu-uh-hur-ti sza2-a-ri a-mur-ri ku-tal _e2_ ziq-qur-rat _e2_ {d}isz-tar383 in the Great Aslum, the upper front, the second side, opposite the courtyard, behind the house Ziqqurrat, the temple of Ištar,
793(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _sag-ki ki-ta {im}u18-lu us2-sa-du_ {i7}idigna tam-la-a u2-mal-li-ma am-szu-uh me-szi-ih-tum326 (cubits) in the Great Aslum, the lower front on the bank of the Euphrates, next to the Tigris River, I filled and I swept over the Mešiḫtum River.
80la-ba-risz u4-me i-na _illu_ kisz-sza2-ti tem-me-en-sza2 la e-ne2-sze as-kup-pat {na4}pi-i-li rab-ba-a-ti ki-is-su-sza2 u2-sza2-as-hi-ra u2-dan-ni-na szu-pu-uk-sza2At that time, during the flood of the world, its foundations were not firm, I had a stele made of large limestone slabs (and) reinforced its base.
81_mu-sar_-e szi-t,ir szu-mi-ia 1(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) ti-ib-ki tam-li-i qe2-reb-szu al-t,u-ur-ma szap-la-a-nu ina usz-szi-szu2 e-zib ah-ra-taszI wrote an inscribed object bearing my name, 100 (shekels of) red wool, inside it, and deposited (it) under its foundations. Afterwards,
82ar-ka-a-nu szu-usz-qu-u2 tam-li-i ka-bat-ti ub-lam-ma 2(u) ti-ib-ki s,e-er mah-ri-i us,-s,ip-ma 1(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(u) ti-ib-ki u2-szaq-qi2 e-la-niszAfterwards, I brought out the terrace of the abode and I had 20 tibku-measures of brick made from the ground before me, and I made 1 hundred and 210 tibiku (measures) of brick rise up.
83tar-pa-szu-u2 _ugu_ sza u4-me pa-ni u2-szar-bi s,e-er me-szi-ih-ti _e2-gal_ mah-ri-tum u2-rad-di-ma u2-sza2-an-di-la szi-kit-tasz(As for) the tarpašû-vessel that I had built over the days of my earlier years, I added to it the meadowland of the former palace and made its foundations firm.
84_e2-gal gesz-nu11-gal zu2 am-si {gesz}esi {gesz}tug2_ {gesz}mu-suk-kan-ni _{gesz}eren {gesz}szur-min3_ {gesz}dap2-ra-nu {szim}_li_ u3 {gesz}bu-ut,-nu e2-gal-za3-di-nu-tuku-a a-na mu-szab _lugal_-ti-ia u2-sze-pi-sza2 qe2-reb-sza2I had the palace of šunugal-trees, amsi, ebony, musukkannu-wood, cedar, cypress, daprānu, juniper, and budunu trees, (and) Egalzadinutukua, for my royal residence, built inside it.
85_{gesz}kiri6-mah_ tam-szil {kur}ha-ma-nim sza gi-mir _szim hi-a gurun_ s,ip-pa-a-ti _{gesz}mesz_ tuk-lat _kur_-i u3 {kur}kal-di qe2-reb-sza2 hur-ru-szu i-ta-a-sza2 az-qu-up#I planted in it a large orchard, a replica of Mount Amanus, with all kinds of aromatic plants, fruit trees, (and) trees that support mountains and Chaldea.
86asz2-szu2 za-qa-ap s,ip-pa-a-ti _a-sza3_ ta-mir-ti e-le-en _<iri> 2(barig)-ta-am3_ a-na _dumu_ nina{ki} pil-ku u2-pal-lik-ma u2-szad-gi-la pa-nu-usz-szu2-unConcerning the clearing of the reed-beds of a field above the city, 2 barig each for the citizen of Nineveh the work I performed and made their faces bright.
87a-na mit,-ra-a-te szum-mu-hi ul-tu pa-a-t,i {iri}ki-si-ri a-di ta-mir-ti _nina{ki} kur_-a u3 bi-ru-ti i-na ak-kul-la-a-ti _<<ag>>_ u2-szat-tir-ma u2-sze-szir {i7}har-ru#From the border of the city Kisiri to the plain of Nineveh, the mountain, and the fortifications, I made (them) rise and descend to the Euphrates River.
881(disz) 1/2(disz) _danna_ qaq-qa-ru ul-tu qe2-reb {i7}hu-su-ur ma-a-me da-ru-u2-ti a-szar-sza2 u2-szar-da-a qe2-reb s,ip-pa-a-ti sza2-ti-na u2-szah-bi-ba pat-ti-isz(and) from the Euphrates River, a long-lasting river, I made its place more plentiful. I made those bricks rise up like a mountain.
89sza {iri}nina _iri_ be-lu-ti-ia szu-bat-su usz-rab-bi re-ba-ti-szu2 u2-sza2-an-dil-ma bi-re-e-ti u3 su-qa-a-ni usz-par-di-ma u2-nam-mir _gin7_ u4-me(As for) Nineveh, the city of my lordly majesty, I made its habitations flourish. I filled its reed-beds with brickwork, walls and alleys, and I made (them) shine like daylight.
90i-na me2-eh-ret _ka2-gal muru2 iri_ i-na a-gur2-ri {na4}pi-i-li pe-s,e-e a-na me-ti-iq be-lu-ti-ia u2-szak-bi-is ti-tur-ruIn the middle of the city gate, with baked bricks (made) of pilî-stone, I made a rampart to pass through my lordly majesty.
91_mu-sar_-a u2-sze-pisz-ma li-i-tu2 u3 da-na-nu sza i-na tukul-ti asz-szur _en gal en_-ia _ugu_ kul-lat na-ki-ri asz2-tak-ka-nuI had a inscription written on it and, with the support of (the god) Ashur, the great lord, [my] lo[rd], I established for all enemies.
92u3 mim-ma ep-szet e-tep-pu-szu qe2-reb-szu u2-szat,-t,ir-ma i-na tem-me-en-ni _e2-gal_ be-lu-ti-ia e-zib ah-ra-taszAnd whatever deeds I had done inside it I wrote down and, by the foundation of my lordly palace, I sealed it. Afterwards,
93a-na ar-kat3 u4-me i-na _lugal-mesz_-ni _dumu-mesz_-ia sza {d}asz-szur a-na _re-e2-um_-ut _kur_ u3 _ug3-mesz_ i-nam-bu-u2 zi-kir-szu e-nu-ma _e2-gal_ sza2-a-tu i-lab-bi-ru-ma en-na-huIn the future, among the kings, my descendants, whom the god Ashur names for shepherding the land and people, his name when that palace becomes old and dilapidated
94an-hu-sa lu-ud-disz _mu-sar_-e szi-t,ir szu-mi-ia li-mur-ma _i3-gesz_ lip-szu-usz _{udu}siskur_ liq-qi2 a-na asz2-ri-szu2 li-ter {d}asz-szur ik-ri-bi-szu i-szem-memay she renovate its dilapidated section(s). May she find an inscribed object bearing my name, anoint it with oil, make an offering, (and) return (it) to its place. The god Aššar will (then) hear his prayers.
95_1(disz) usz 3(u) 4(disz)-ta-am3 mu-didli mu-sar_-e {iti}gu4-si-sa2 li-mu {disz}mi-tu-nu _{lu2}gar-kur_ {iri}i-sa-na1 UŠ 34 each, the interpreter of the inscription. Month Ayyāru (II), eponymy of Mitunu, governor of Isana.

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