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RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 038, ex. 002 (P450385)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 038, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P450385 |
| Museum no. | BM 124800 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}{d}en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba | Enzu-ahhe-eriba |
| 2 | _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szu2_ | great king, strong king; king of the world. |
| 3 | _lugal kur_ asz-szur _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-ti | king of Assyria, king [of the four quarters (of the world),] |
| 4 | mi-gir _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ {d}asz-szur | the favorite of the great gods, the god Aššar, |
| 5 | u3 {d}inanna ka-ak la ma-har | and Ištar, without rival, |
| 6 | u2-szat-li-mu-in-ni-ma | they made me whole, and |
| 7 | a-na ra-sa-ab nak-ru-ti _kur_ asz-szur{ki} ip-tu-u2 | to conquer the enemies of Assyria opened |
| 8 | ia-da-a-a i-na tu-kul-ti-szu2-un _gal_-tim | my side with their great support |
| 9 | ul-tu s,i-tasz a-di szil-la-an um-ma-na-ti-ia | From the beginning to the end of my days, |
| 10 | szal-mesz lu at-ta-bal-ma gim-ri mal-ki a-szib pa-rak-ki | I seized all of the rulers who dwell on your daises. |
| 11 | sza kib-rat ar-ba-'i sze-pu-u-a u2-szak-nisz-ma | I made my foundations of the four quarters (of the world) stronger than before and |
| 12 | i-szu-t,u ab-sza2-a-ni i-na u4-mi-szu2-ma | At that time, |
| 13 | sza {iri}ni-na-a _iri_ be-lu-ti-ia szu-bat-su | of Nineveh, my lordly city, his residence |
| 14 | usz-rab-bi su-qi2-szu me-ti-iq ger-ri _lugal_ | he made enter his street, the path of the king, |
| 15 | u2-sza2-an-dil-ma u2-nam-mir ki-ma u4-mi _bad3_ | I made resplendent and brightened like the day of the wall. |
| 16 | u3 szal-hu-u2 nak-lisz u2-sze-pisz-ma u2-za-qir | I had a šalhû-demon built anew and raised it as high as a mountain. |
| 17 | hur-sza2-nisz 1(disz) _me_ ina 1(disz) _kusz3 gal_-tim ha-ri-s,u-usz | in the mountains, 1 hundred in 1 large cubit, the haruš, |
| 18 | usz-rap-pisz ah-ra-tasz _u4-mesz_ ger-ri _lugal_ | I extended the days of the reign of the king. |
| 19 | a-na la s,u-uh-hu-ri _{na4}na-ru2-a-mesz_ u2-sze-pisz-ma | I had steles made in order not to be forgotten and |
| 20 | sza2 a-hi ul-le-e ina me2-her-ti i-za-zu | (Sum) (His word) is a flood that rages in the steppe (Akk) He who is raged in the Steppe |
| 21 | 5(u) 2(disz) i-na 1(disz) _kusz3 gal_-tim sza ger-ri _lugal_ | 52 cubits in 1 large cubit of the royal road |
| 22 | a-di _ka2-gal {gesz}kiri6-mesz_ am-szu-uh | I cleared away as far as the gate of the orchards. |
| 23 | ru-pu-us-su ma-ti-ma _ug3-mesz_ a-szi-bu-ut _iri_ | at any time, the people living in the city |
| 24 | sza2-a-szu2 sza _e2_-su la-bi-ru i-na-aq-qa-ru-ma | that of his old house they shall demolish and |
| 25 | esz-szu i-ban-nu-u2 sza usz-sze _e2_-szu | new ones, who the foundations of his house |
| 26 | a-na ger-ri _lugal_ ir-ru-ba s,e-er _e2_-szu | to the king’s campaign enters his house. |
| 27 | a-na ga-szi-szi il-la-lu-szu | to the throne they shall lift him up. |
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