RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 001, ex. 006 (P450390)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 001, ex. 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P450390 |
| Museum no. | VA 03458 + VA 03459 + VA 03460 + VA 03827 + VA 03829 (+) VA 03826 + VA 03461 + VA 03462 + VA 03463 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] u3# {d}ag | ... and Nabu(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | [...] {iri}limmu2-dingir | ... Limmu-dingir(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | [...]-bu#-u zi-kir-szu | ... his name(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | [...] s,e-eh-ru a-na-ku | I am a young ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | [...] u3 {d}ag | and Nabû(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6' | [...] _limmu2-dingir ad_ ba-nu-u-a | ... the gods, fathers who created me, |
| 7' | [...]-ia ke-nisz ul-li-ma | ... my ... faithfully, and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | [...] ri-du-ti-ia | ... my pleasure(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | [...]-szal-ma an-nu ke-e-nu | ... is complete, this is true(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | [...]-u2 te-nu-ka | … your supplication(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11' | [...]-id-ma _ug3-mesz kur_ asz-szur{ki} _tur gal_ | ... and the people of Assyria, the small ones |
| 12' | [...] isz#-te-nisz u2-pa-hir | ... he has reorganized ... together.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | [... {d}]marduk# _dingir-mesz kur_ asz-szur{ki} | Marduk, the gods of Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | [...] asz2-szu2 na-s,ar ri-du-ti-ia | ... because of the guardian of my life |
| 15' | [x]-ki-ir-szu-nu kab#-ti | their large ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | [...]-i qi2-bi-ti-szu2-nu s,ir-ti | ... their exalted command(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17' | [...]-lud#-di sza2 szi-kin3 _lugal_-u-ti | ... of kingship(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18' | [...] e#-ru-um-ma | ... entered and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 19' | [_...]-mesz_-ia it-ta-bik-ma | ... my ... he seized and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20' | [...] ep-sze-te-szu2-nu szur-ru-ha-a-ti | ... their exalted deeds(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21' | [...] le-mut-tu | ... evil(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 22' | [...] ki-i la lib3-bi _dingir-mesz_ | ... without the heart of the gods(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23' | [...]-ti la szal-ma-a-ti | ... not good ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 24' | [...] ze-ra-a-ti | ... my slander(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 25' | [...] la# _dingir-mesz_ u2-ze-en-nu-u _ki_-ia2 | ... not the gods will be angry with me. |
| 26' | [...]-mu# ra-szi-szu-ma | ... his own ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 27' | [...]-na _igi-min_-szu | ... his eyes(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 28' | [...] usz#-ta-bi-la ka-bat-ti | ... brought to my mind(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 29' | [...] a-na t,e3-me ra-ma-ni-szu2-nu | ... for their own information(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 30' | [...] ip-pu-szu | ... they will do(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 31' | [...] sza nu-ul-la-a-ti ik-kib-szu2-un | (Sum) ... they blocked off the ... of the night (Akk) They blocked off ... which was blocked off |
| 32' | [...] la-ban ap-pi | ... laban api(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 33' | [...]-ru# qi2-be2-ti | ... my command(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 34' | [...]-ia# la-pa-an ep-szet _hul_-tim | ... my ... before the evil deeds |
| 35' | [...]-ma s,u-lul-szu2-nu _du10-ga_ | ... and their protection is good.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 36' | [...]-ru#-in-ni a-na _lugal_-ti | ... to me for kingship(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 37' | [...] mim-ma sza _ugu dingir-mesz_ | ... whatever pertains to the gods(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 38' | [...]-pu-da _munus-hul_ | ... ... evil.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 39' | [...] ba-lu _dingir-mesz_ | ... of the gods(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 40' | [...]-ki-pu la-la-'i-isz# | “... ... a lalaʾiš ritual(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 41' | [...] _nina_ [...] | ... a lady ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 42' | [...] x [...] | |
| 43' | [...] ta-kil-[...] | ... you libate ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 44' | [...] a-lik la ka-la-[...] | ... the one who does not ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 45' | [...]-tal-lak-ma ni-na-a-ra ga-re#-[...] | I want to go to the ... of Nīnara(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 46' | [...] ul# uq-qi2 pa-an _erin2 hi-a_-ia ul [...] | ... I did not wait for the workers, my wages did not ... |
| 47' | [...] pi-qit-ti _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ s,i-[...] | ... the allocation of horses ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 48' | [...] ul [...] | ... not ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 49' | [...] | |
| 50' | [...]-kap [...] | |
| 51' | [x]-ra-an nina{ki} pa-[...] | ... of Nineveh ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 52' | el-la-mu-u8-a ina _ki_-tim [...] | Elamua in the netherworld ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 53' | s,i-ru-ti pa-an ger-ri-ia s,ab-tu u2-szal#-[...] | (As for) the one who removes my inscriptions from the face of my campaign, |
| 54' | pu-luh-ti _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-ia# [...] | The fear of the great gods, my lords, . |
| 55' | ti-ib _me3_-ia dan-ni e-mu-ru-[...] | I saw the sign of my strong battle |
| 56' | {d}isz-tar be-[x]-et _muru2_ u _me3_ ra-[...] | Ištar ... the foot and the womb ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 57' | i-da-a-a ta-zi-iz-ma _{gesz}pan_-su-nu tasz-bir | you stood on the river, and you split their bow. |
| 58' | ta-ha-za-szu2-nu ra-ak-su tap-t,u-ur-ma | You strike them with a sword, and |
| 59' | ina _ukken_-szu2-nu iq-bu-u2 um-ma an-nu-u2 _lugal_-a-ni | they said in their assembly: "This is the king." |
| 60' | ina qi2-bi-ti-sza2 s,ir-te i-da-a-a it-ta-na-as-ha-ru ti-bu-u | By her exalted command, she constantly seeks me out, (saying): |
| 61' | _egir_-ia ka-lu-mesz i-dak-ka-ku u2-s,al-lu-u be-lu-ti | Afterwards, they slaughtered all the lords. |
| 62' | _ug3-mesz kur_ asz-szur{ki} sza a-de-e _mu dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ina muh-hi-ia iz-ku-ru | The people of Assyria, who by the treaty the name of the great gods had bestowed upon me |
| 63' | a-di mah-ri-ia il-li-ku-nim-ma u2-na-asz2-szi-qu _giri3-min_-ia | before me came and smashed my feet. |
| 64' | u3 szu-nu {lu2}ha-am-ma-'e-e e-pisz si-hi | And they, the Hamma'eans, have performed extispicy. |
| 65' | u3 bar-ti sza2 a-lak ger-ri-ia isz-mu-u-ma | and the outside of my campaign heard, and |
| 66' | _{lu2}erin2-mesz_ tuk-la-te-e-szu2-nu e-zib-u-ma a-na _kur nu zu_ in-nab-tu2 | the captives of them fled and fled to a foreign country. |
| 67' | ak-szu-dam-ma ina _kar_ {i7}idigna | I conquered, and at the source of the Tigris |
| 68' | ina qi2-bit {d}3(u) u3 {d}utu _dingir-mesz en_ ka-a-ri | By the command of Sin and Šamaš, the gods, lords of the quay, |
| 69' | gi-mir _erin2 hi-a_-ia {i7}idigna _dagal_-tum a-tap-pisz u2-sza2-asz2-hi-it, | all my labor-troops (and) the wide Tigris I flooded with water. |
| 70' | ina {iti}sze _iti_ mit-ga-ri _u4 8(disz)-kam2 u4 esz3-esz3_ sza2 {d}ag | In Addaru (XII), the month of Miṭaru, the 8th day, the day of the shrines of Nabû |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1' | szi-pir mah-[...] | a great work(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | ka-a-a-an u2-szad#-di#-ru#-u#-[...] | They constantly ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | _{lu2}erin2-mesz en_ hi-it,-t,i sza a-na e-pesz _lugal#_-[...] | The people, lords of crime, who to do kingship |
| 4' | a-na _szesz-mesz_-ia u2-szak-pi-du le#-[x x] | I have sent to my brothers. May ... |
| 5' | pu-hur-szu-nu ki-ma isz-ten2 a-hi-[x x] | their bundles like one ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | an-nu kab-tu e-mid-su-nu-ti-ma u2-hal-li-qa [...] | (As for) the one who removes this inscription and destroys (it) |
| 7' | a-na-ku {d}asz-szur-szesz-szum2-na _lugal kisz lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} | I, Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king [of Assyria], |
| 8' | zi-ka-ru qar-du a-sza2-red kal ma-al-ki | (Sum) Hero, foremost of all rulers, |
| 9' | _dumu_ {disz}{d}3(u)-pap-mesz-su _lugal szu2 lugal <<man>> kur_ asz-szur{ki} | son of Sîn-ahhēšu (III), king of the world, king [of Assyria]: |
| 10' | _dumu_ {disz}lugal-gi-na _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki}-ma | son of Sargon (II), king of the world, kin of Assyria |
| 11' | bi-nu-ut _an-szar2_ {d}nin-lil2 na-ram {d}3(u) {d}utu | the creation of (the god) Aššar, the goddess Ninlil, beloved of the gods Sîn (and) Šamātu, |
| 12' | ni-szit {d}ag {d}marduk mi-gir {d}isz-tar szar-ra-ti | The one who reveres Nabû, Marduk, the favorite of Ištar, the queen, |
| 13' | hi-szih-ti _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ le-'u-um it-pe-szu2 | the rejoicing of the great gods, the wisdom that he has acquired, |
| 14' | ha-as-su mu-du-u2 sza2 a-na ud-du-usz _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | the wise one, who for the life of the great gods |
| 15' | u3 szuk-lul esz-re-e-ti sza kul-lat ma-ha-zi | and the complete renovation of the shrines of all the cult centers. |
| 16' | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ isz-szu-u2-szu a-na _lugal_-u-ti | the great gods entrusted him to kingship |
| 17' | ba-nu-u2 _e2_ an-szar2 e-pisz e2-sag-gil2 u babila{ki} | creator of the temple of the god Aššar, builder of Esagil and Babylon, |
| 18' | mu-di-isz _dingir-mesz_ u {d}isz-ta-ri sza qe2-reb-e-szu2 | Who knows the gods and goddesses inside it, |
| 19' | sza _dingir-mesz kur-kur_ szal-lu-ti ul-tu qe2-reb {iri}asz-szur | From Assyria |
| 20' | a-na asz2-ri-szu2-nu u2-ter-ru-ma u2-sze-szi-bu _ki-tusz_ ni-ih-tu2 | they returned to their places and settled (therein) a peaceful dwelling. |
| 21' | a-di _e2-kur-mesz_ u2-szak-lil-u-ma _dingir_ [...] | they made complete as far as the temples, and the god ... |
| 22' | u2-szar-mu-u2 szu-bat da-[...] | They made (them) dwell in the abode of(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23' | ina tu-kul-ti-szu2-nu _gal_-ti ul-[...] a#-na# e#-reb# {d#}[x x] | With their great support, I ... to the midst of the god |
| 24' | szal-t,i-isz at-tal-lak-u-ma [x x]-ra# ul i-szi | I went safely, but he did not have ... |
| 25' | ma-al-ki sza kib-rat _limmu2_-ti# u2-szak-ni-szu2 sze-pu-u8-a | I imposed upon him the rites of the four quarters (of the world). |
| 26' | _kur_ a-na {d}asz-szur ih-t,u-u2 u2-ma-'e-ru-u-in-ni ia-a-szi | the land to the god Aššīr he wronged, and he made me enter. |
| 27' | {d}asz-szur _ad dingir-mesz_ szu-ud-du-u szu-szu-bu | Ashur, father of the gods, exalted, supreme, |
| 28' | mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur{ki} ru-up-pu-szu2 u2-mal-la-a _szu-min_-u-a | I filled the territory of Assyria with splendor. My hands |
| 29' | {d}3(u) _en aga_ du-un-ni zik-ru-u2-ti | O Sin, lord of the crown, who gives orders, |
| 30' | ma-le-e ir-ti i-szi-im szi-ma-ti | “It is enough, it is enough! The destiny of the destinies |
| 31' | {d}utu _zalag2 dingir-mesz_ ni-bit _mu_-ia kab-ti a-na re-sze-e-ti u2-sze-s,i | Šamaš, light of the gods, the one who knows my great name, I brought out to the beginning. |
| 32' | {d}marduk _lugal dingir-mesz_ pu-luh-ti _lugal_-ti-ia | Marduk, king of the gods, fear of my kingship |
| 33' | _gin7 im-dugud_ kab-ti u2-sza2-as-hi-pu _kur-mesz_ kib-ra-a-ti | Like heavy rain, they made the lands of the world tremble. |
| 34' | {d}u-gur dan-dan-ni [x _x]-mesz#_ uz-zu na-mur-ra-tu | Nergal, the strong one, the ...s, the ears, the audience gift |
| 35' | u3 sza2-lum-ma-[x] isz#-ru-ka szi-rik-ti | And Šalumma-... granted you a life of life. |
| 36' | {d}isz-tar be-let [x] u _me3 {gesz}pan_ dan-na-tu | Ištar, lady of ... and thousand strong bows |
| 37' | [x] szil-ta-hu szam#-[x] i-qi-sza2-an-ni a-na qisz-ti | ... šiltahu-plant, ...-plant he presented to me for the offering. |
| 38' | [...]-numun-kit-ti-li#-szir# | ...-zerkitti-ilišir(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 39' | [_...]-na {lu2}gar kur kur_ tam-tim | ...na, governor of the land of the Sea |
| 40' | [...] a-de-e la ha-si-is _mun_ sza _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | ... treaty not to be broken, salt of Assyria. |
| 41' | [...] _ad#_-ia in-szi-ma ina da-li-ih-ti _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | ... my father, he became angry and in the fury of Assyria |
| 42' | [...]-su# id-ke-e-ma a-na {disz}{d}nin-gal-szum2-na | ... he gave and to Ningal-šumna(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 43' | [...] szesz-unu{ki} ar-du da-gil2# pa-ni-ia | ... of Šešunu, the one who reveres me |
| 44' | [...] il#-me-szu-ma is,-ba-tu mu-s,a-a-szu | ... they heard him and grasped his feet.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 45' | [...] {d}utu {d}en u {d}ag _{d}1(u)-5(disz)_ sza2 [x]{ki} | ... Šamaš, Bel and Nabû, the Ishtar of ... |
| 46' | [...]-limmu2-dingir ia-a-ti {disz}{d}asz-szur-pap-mu | ...-limmu-ilī, me, Aššra-papmu, |
| 47' | [...] _ad#_-ia t,a-bisz u2-sze-szi-bu-ni-ma | ... my good father, they settled me, and |
| 48' | [...]-szad-gi-lu pa-ni-ia szu-u2 ul ip-lah3 | ...-šadgilu is my face, he does not fear me. |
| 49' | [...] ul# ir-szi-ma ar-di ul u2-masz-szir | ... did not arise and I did not release my guilt. |
| 50' | [...]-szu a-di mah-ri-ia ul isz-pu-ra-am-ma | ... before me he did not send me and |
| 51' | [x x] _lugal#_-ti-ia ul isz-al | ... did not listen to my royal ... |
| 52' | [...] lem-ne2-e-ti ina qe2-reb nina{ki} asz2-me-e-ma | I heard the evil ... in Nineveh and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 53' | [...] is,-s,a-ri-ih ka-bat-ti | (Sum) ..., he is the one who keeps watch over the heart of the people (Akk) The ... of the heart is guarding the heart |
| 54' | [_...]-mesz_-ia _{lu2}nam-mesz_ | my , the governors(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 55' | [...] u2-ma-'e-er s,e-ru-usz-szu2 | (Sum) ... he made his sheepfold greater than before. (Akk) I made its sheepfold larger than before |
| 56' | [...] muati-numun-kit-ti-li-szir | ... Mati-zer-kitti-lišir |
| 57' | [...]-u2# na-bal-kat3-ta-nu | “..., the fugitive,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 58' | [...] isz-me-e-ma | ... heard and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 59' | [...] sze#-la-bisz in-na-bit | ... he smashed with a shovel(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 60' | [...] sza# e-ti-qu {d}asz-szur {d}3(u) {d}utu | ... who passed by, the gods Aššīr, Sîn, (and) Utu |
| 61' | [...]-du#-szu-ma | ... his ... and(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 62' | [...] | |
| 63' | [...] e-lam-ti | ... of the Elam(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 64' | [...] e-mu-ur-ma | ... I saw ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 65' | [...] in-nab-tam-ma | ... he took away and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 66' | [...]-ia a-na _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | my to Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 67' | [...]-s,al#-la-a be-lu-u2-ti | ... my lordship(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 68' | _kur_ tam#-tim# a#-na# si-hi-ir-ti-sza2 ri-du-ut _szesz_-szu | the land of the Sea in its entirety, the inheritance of his brother |
| 69' | u2-szad-gil2 pa-nu-usz-szu2 szat-ti-szam-ma la na-par-ka-a | He made his face bright, forever without ceasing. |
| 70' | it-ti ta-mar-ti-szu2 ka-bit-tu a-na nina{ki} | with his substantial audience gift to Nineveh |
| 71' | il-lak-am-ma u2-na-asz2-sza2-qa _giri3-min_-ia | he goes and makes my feet tremble |
| 72' | {disz}ab-di-mil-ku-ut-ti _lugal_ {iri}s,i-dun-ni | Abdi-Milkūti, king of Sidon. |
| 73' | la pa-lih3 be-lu-ti-ia la sze-mu-u2 zi-kir szap-ti-ia | Who does not fear my lordly majesty, does not hear the utterance of my lips, |
| 74' | sza _ugu_ tam-tim gal-la-te it-tak-lu-ma is-lu-u {gesz}[x] asz-szur{ki} | who sat upon the great seas and carried off the ... of Assyria, |
| 75' | {iri}s,i-du-un-nu _iri_ tuk-la-te-szu2 | Ṣidunnu, his fortified city |
| 76' | sza2 qe2-reb tam-tim na-du-u2 a-bu-bisz as-[x x] | who dwells in the sea, I ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 77' | _bad3_-szu2 u3 szu-bat-su as-suh-[x] | his wall and his dwelling I razed.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 78' | qe2-reb tam-tim ad-di-ma a-szar masz-kan2-szu2 u2-hal#-[x] | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered (them) in the sea. |
| 79' | {disz}ab-di-mil-ku-ut-ti _lugal_-szu | Abdi-Milkūti, his king |
| 80' | la-pa-an _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia ina _muru2_ tam-tim [...] | Before my weapons in the middle of the sea |
| 81' | ina qi2-bit {d}asz-szur _en_-ia ki-ma nu#-u#-ni# | According to the command of the god Ashur, my lord, like no one |
| 82' | ul-tu qe2-reb tam-tim a-bar-szu-ma ak-ki-sa _sag#-[x_ x] | I removed it from the sea and cut off its ... |
| surface a col 3 | ||
| 1 | [...]-szu2 | ... his(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2 | [...]-x | |
| 3 | [...]-szu2 | ... his(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 4 | [...]-szu | ... his(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 5 | [x x] mu-'u-de-e | [... m]uʾudê(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6 | [...] ni-ba la i-sza2-a | ... has no fear.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | [...] _ansze-mesz_ | ... donkeys(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8 | [x x]-ka# a-na qe2-reb _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | your to Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | [x x] x x [...] ha-at-ti | ... ... haittu(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10 | [x x]-hi tam-tim [x]-li-szu2-nu | ... the sea their ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | [x x]-ri# sza2-nim-ma [x] u2#-sze-pisz-ma | ... another ... I had built and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | [x x]-{disz}asz-szur-pap-asz at-[x]-bi ni-bit-su | [...-Ašs]ur-pāṣir, his ...,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | [x] e2#-s,u-pu-ri {iri}sik-ku-u2# {iri}gi-i' | [x] eṣupuri-houses in Sikkû and Giʾu |
| 14 | [x] in#-im-me {iri}hi-il#-du-x | ... spoke to Hildu-...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | [x x]-ti-im-me {iri}bi-i'-ru-u2# [...] | ... the city Biʾru(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16 | {iri}bi-ti-ru-me {iri}sa-gu-[...] | Bitirume, Sagu[...](lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17 | {iri}e2-gi-si-me-ia {iri}[...] | Egisimeya(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18 | {iri}ga-am-bu-lu {iri}da-la-im-me {iri}[...] | (The cities) Ĝambulu, Dalamme,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19 | _iri-mesz_ sza li-me-et {iri}s,i-dun-[x] | the cities in the environs of Ṣidun-(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20 | a-szar ri-i-ti u masz-qi-ti _e2_ tul-la-x [x x] | where pleasure and pleasure the house ... |
| 21 | sza ina tu-kul-ti asz-szur _en_-ia ik-szu-da _szu-min_-a-a | who with the support of Ashur, my lord, reached my hands, |
| 22 | _ug3-mesz_ hu-bu-ut _{gesz}pan_-ia sza _kur_-i tam-tim s,i-it {d}utu-szi | the people, the robbers of my bow, from the mountains and the sea, the descendants of the god Šamaš |
| 23 | ina lib3-bi u2-szi-szib-ma a-na mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur{ki} u2-ter | therein I settled and to the territory of Assyria I returned. |
| 24 | na-gu-u2 szu-a-tu2 a-na esz-szu-ti as,-bat | I took this stele away as a gift. |
| 25 | {lu2}szu-ut _sag_-ia a-na _{lu2}nam_-u2-ti _ugu_-szu2-nu asz2-kun | I placed a eunuch of mine as provincial governor over them. |
| 26 | _gun#_ [...]-at#-tu# _ugu_ sza mah-ri# ut-tir-ma e-mid-su | I imposed upon him ...-attu as tribute a tribute that had previously accrued and imposed on him. |
| 27 | _ta# sza3 iri-mesz_-szu2 sza2-tu-nu {iri}ma-a'-ru#-ub-bu {iri}s,a-ri-ip-tu2 | From those cities, the cities Maʾrabbu and Ṣariptu |
| 28 | ina# _szu-min_ {disz}{d}ba-'a-li _lugal_ {iri}s,ur#-ri am-nu | I have received it from Baʾalu, king of Tyre. |
| 29 | _ugu gun_ mah-ri-ti na-dan _mu-an-na_-szu2 | upon the first talent he shall give; his year |
| 30 | man#-da-at-tu _en_-ia | payment of my lord |
| 31 | u2-rad-di-ma u2-kin s,e-ru-usz-szu | I added to it and deposited its foundation pit. |
| 32 | u3 {disz}sa-an-du-ar-ri _lugal_ {iri#}kun-di | and Sanduri, king of Kundi |
| 33 | u3 {iri}si-is-su-u2 _{lu2}kur2_ ak-s,u | and Sissû, the enemy attacked. |
| 34 | la pa-lih be-lu-ti-ia sza _dingir-mesz_ u2-masz-szir | (As for) the one who does not fear my lordly majesty, I made the gods disobey me. |
| 35 | a-na _kur_-i mar-s,u-ti it-ta-kil | to the desert he piled up. |
| 36 | szu-u2 {disz}ab-di-mil-ku-ut-ti _lugal_ {iri}s,i-dun-ni | Abdi-Milkūti, king of Sidon. |
| 37 | a-na re-s,u-u2-ti a-ha-mesz isz-szak-nu-u-ma | They placed each other as shepherds. |
| 38 | _mu dingir-mesz_-szu2-nu _ki_ a-ha-mesz iz-kur#-u-ma | the name of their gods changed with each other, and |
| 39 | a-na e-mu-qi2 ra-ma-ni-szu2-nu it-tak-lu | [they have sworn] by their own strength. |
| 40 | a-na-ku a-na asz-szur {d}3(u) {d}utu {d}en u3 {d}ag | I pray to (the gods) Aššīr, Sîn, Utu, Enlil, and Nebuchadnezzar. |
| 41 | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-ia at-ta-[x x] | I ...ed the great gods, my lords. |
| 42 | ni-i-tu al-me-szu2-ma ki-ma is,-s,u-ri [x x] qe2#-reb# _kur#_-[x] | We heard this and, like a trap, ... inside the land ... |
| 43 | a-bar-szu-ma ak-ki-sa _sag-du#_-su | I removed him and cut off his head. |
| 44 | ina {iti}du6 _sag-du_ {disz}ab-di-[x]-ku#-ut-ti | In the month Tašritu (VII), the head of Abdi-x-kutti |
| 45 | ina {iti}sze _sag-du_ {disz}sa-an-[x]-ar-ri | In the month of Addaru, the head of San-x-arri |
| 46 | ina 1(disz)-et _mu-an-na_ u2-nak-ki-[x]-ma | in one year he ... and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 47 | mah-ru-u2 la u2-hi-[...]-t,a _egir_-u | Before, he did not ... ... afterwards.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 48 | asz2-szu2 da-na-an asz-szur _en_-ia [...]-lu-mi-im-me | As for the strength of (the god) Ashur, my lord, |
| 49 | ina ki-sza2-di _{lu2}gal-mesz_-szu-un [...]-ti _{lu2}nar_ | in the territory of their magnates ... the singer(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 50 | u3 _{gesz}za3-mi2_ ina re-bet nina{ki} [x x]-et-ti-iq | and the altar in the middle of Nineveh ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 51 | {iri}ar-za-a sza2 pa-a-t,i na-[x x] mu-s,ur | The city Arzâ, which is inaccessible, is guarded. |
| 52 | asz2-lu-lam-ma {disz}a-su-hi-li _lugal_-szu | I carried off, and Asuḫili, his king |
| 53 | bi-re-tu2 ad-di-ma a-na _kur_ asz-szur [x] u2#-ra-a | I gave orders and sent ... to Assyria. |
| 54 | ina t,e-hi _ka2-gal muru2 iri_ sza _nina_ [x x]-ti a-si | at the gate of the middle of the city of the mistress ... |
| 55 | [...] _szah#_ u2-sze-szib-szu#-nu#-ti ka#-mi3-isz | ... he made the pigeons dwell in peace. |
| 56 | u3 {disz}te-usz-pa-a {lu2}gi-mir-[x x x] | and Teušpâ, the ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 57 | _erim_-man-da sza2 a-szar-szu2 ru-[x x] | a cavalryman whose place ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 58 | ina er-s,e-et {kur}hu-bu-usz-na a-di [...] | In the territory of the land Ḫubušna, as far as |
| 59 | u2-ra-as-si-ib ina [x x] | ... he sat down in ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 60 | ak-bu-us ki-sza2-di _ug3-mesz kur#_ [...] | I conquered the territory of the people of the land ... |
| 61 | szad-du-u-a a-szi-bu-tu2 hur-sza2-a-ni [...] | My highlands, dwellings in the mountains |
| 62 | sza t,e-hi {kur}ta-ba-la {lu2}hat-te-e [...] | of the command of Tabal, the Hittite .(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 63 | sza _ugu kur-mesz_-ni-szu2-nu dan-nu-u-ti [...] | who over their fortified lands ... |
| 64 | ul-tu u4-me pa-ni la kit-nu-szu [...] | From a time when the face was not his truth |
| 65 | 2(u) 1(disz) _iri-mesz_-szu2-nu dan-nu-ti u3 _iri-mesz#_ [...] | 21 of their fortified cities and cities ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 66 | sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu al-me _kur_-[...] | I conquered the land ... in their environs.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 67 | ap-pul aq-qur ina {d}[...] | I destroyed, devastated, (and) inflicted (them) upon the god . |
| 68 | si-it-tu-te-szu2-nu sza hi-it,-[...] | Their limbs, which ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 69 | la i-szu2-u2 kab-tu ni-ir [...] | (Sum) He does not have ... (Akk) He did not have (anything) ... |
| 70 | ad#-isz# {kur}bar-na-ka-a-a [...] | As far as the land Barnak(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 71 | [...] {kur}du6-a#-szur#-[...] | ... the land Duašur(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 72 | [...] | |
| 73 | u2-sap-pi-ih _ug3-mesz_ {kur}[x]-na-a-a | the people of the land na(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 74 | qu-tu2-u2 la sa-an-qu u3 _erim-[x_ x]-szu2 {disz}isz-pa-ka-a-a | He is not to be negligent, and his ... Išpakāyu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 75 | {kur}as-gu-za-a-a kit-ru la mu-sze-zi-bi-szu2 a-na-ar ina _{gesz}tukul_ | I attacked the Assyrians, who had not abandoned him, with weapons. |
| 76 | asz2-lul {kur}e2-{disz}dak-ku-ri sza qe2-reb {kur}kal-di a-a-ab babila[{ki}] | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the land E-Dakkūru, which is in Chaldea, the father of Babylon. |
| 77 | ak-mu {disz}{d}utu-ib-ni _lugal_-szu is-hap-pu ha-bi-lum | Šamaš-ibni, his king, was struck down. The city |
| 78 | la pa-li-hu zik-ri _en en-en_ | The one who does not fear the utterance of the lord, |
| 79 | sza _a-sza3-mesz dumu-mesz_ babila{ki} u bar2-sipa{ki} | of the fields of the citizens of Babylon and Borsippa |
| 80 | ina pa-rik-ti it-ba-lu-ma u2-ter-ru ra-ma-nu-usz | They roamed around in the pānu-house and redeemed themselves. |
| 81 | asz2-szu2 ana-ku pu-luh-ti {d}en u {d}ag i-du-u2 | Because I know the fear of Bel and Nabû, |
| 82 | _a-sza3-mesz_ sza2-ti-na u2-ter-ma pa-an _dumu-mesz_ babila{ki} | I returned those fields and before the citizens of Babylon |
| 83 | u3 bar2-sipa{ki} u2-szad-gil2 | and Borsippa he made flourish. |
| 84 | {disz}{d}muati-szal-lim _dumu_ {disz}ba-la-si# | Nabû-šallim, son of Balasi |
| 85 | ina _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2 u2-sze-szib-ma i-sza2-t,a ab-[...] | I sat on his throne and wrote ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 86 | {disz}en-ba-sza2 _dumu_ {disz}bu-na-ni {lu2}gam-bu-la-a-a | Bel-baša, son of Bunanu, Gambulean |
| 87 | sza2 ina 1(u) 2(disz) _danna_ qaq-qa-ru ina _a-mesz_ u _gi-ambar-mesz#_ | which in 12 danna-measures of earth in water and reeds |
| 88 | ki-ma nu-u-ni szit-ku-nu szu-ub-tu | As if you were a ghost, your dwelling was abandoned. |
| 89 | ina qi2-bit {d}asz-szur _en_-ia hat-tu ra-ma-ni-szu2 im-qut-su-[x] | By the command of the god Aššīr, my lord, his own fear fell upon him. |
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| 1 | ki-i t,e3-me-szu-ma bil-tu u man-da-at-tu2 | According to his report, the bill and the payment |
| 2 | _gu4-mah_-hi szuk-lul-u2-ti s,a-ma-da-ni _{ansze}kunga-mesz babbar-mesz_ | oxen, mules, šukulû-offerings, white mules |
| 3 | ul-tu {kur}e-lam-ti il-qa-am-ma a-na nina{ki} | From the land Elam he took and to Nineveh |
| 4 | a-di mah-ri-ia il-lik-am-ma u2-na-szi-iq | Before me, he came and passed by. |
| 5 | _giri3-min_-ia re-e-mu ar-szi-szu-ma u2-szar-hi-is-su lib3-bu | my feet I prayed mercifully to him and made him happy. |
| 6 | {iri}sza2-pi-i-{d}en _iri_ dan-nu-ti-szu | Ša-pî-Bēl, his fortified city |
| 7 | dan-na-as-su u2-dan-nin-ma | he strengthened his strength, and |
| 8 | sza2-a-szu2 a-di _{lu2}erin2-mesz {gesz}pan#_-szu2 ina lib3-bi u2-sze-li-szu2-ma | I made him, together with the cedar troops, lift his bow from it and |
| 9 | _gin7 {gesz}ig_ ina _igi_ {kur}e-lam#-ti e-dil-szu2 | Like a door in front of the land Elam he hung it. |
| 10 | {iri}a-du-mu-tu _iri_ dan-na#-[x] {lu2}a-ri-bi | the city Adumūtu, the city of Danna..., the šandabakku |
| 11 | sza# {disz#}3(u)#-pap#-mesz#-su# [...] _ad#_ ba-nu-u-a | of Sîn-ahhēssu, the father who had engendered me |
| 12 | [_...]-mesz#_-szu2# | ... his ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 13 | [...]-bi# | ... its(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 14 | [...] | |
| 15 | [...] {lu2#}a#-ri#-[...] | ... the Arameans(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 16 | [...] x [...] | |
| 17 | [x x]-am-ma u2-[...] | ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 18 | [x x] na#-dan _dingir-mesz_-[...] | ... the gods ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 19 | re#-e-mu ar-szi-szu#-[...] | Merciful, Aršišu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20 | {d}da-a-a {d}nu-ha#-[...] | Daya, Nuḫa(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21 | {d}a-bi-ri-il-lu {d}[...] | Abi-rīlu, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22 | _dingir-mesz_ sza2 {lu2}a-ri-bi an-[...] | the gods of the Arameans(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23 | da-na-an {d}asz-szur _en_-ia u3# [...] | The strength of Assur, my lord, and |
| 24 | {munus}ta-bu-u-a tar-bit _e2-gal_ [...] | Tabūa, descendant of the palace(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25 | _ugu_-szu2-nu asz2-kun-ma it-ti _dingir-mesz_-sza2 [...] | I placed upon them and ... with her gods ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 26 | 1(gesz2) 5(disz) _{ansze}gam-mal-mesz_ 1(u) _ansze_ [...] | 65 camels, 10 ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 27 | mah-ri-ti u2-rad-di-ma u2-[...] | I added before me and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 28 | {disz}ha-za-dingir szim-tu u2-bil-[...] | Ḫazaddingir carried out the ritual |
| 29 | ina _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2 u2-sze-szib-ma 1(u) _ma#-[x_ ...] | I sat on his throne, and 10 ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 30 | 5(u) _{ansze}gam-mal-mesz_ 1(disz) _me_ kun-[...] | 50 camels, 100 ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 31 | _ugu_ man-da-at-ti _ad_-szu2 u2#-[...] | upon the payment of his father ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 32 | ar-ka {disz}u2-a-bu a-na# [...] | After Uabu to(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 33 | {lu2}a-ru-bu ka-li-szu2 _ugu_ [...] | The all-powerful Arubu on ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 34 | a-na-ku {disz}asz-szur-pap-asz _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki#} [...] | I, Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 35 | sza2 kit-tu i-ram-mu-ma s,a-[...] | who reveres truth and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 36 | _{lu2}erin2-mesz me3_-ia a-na na-ra#-[...] | The troops of my battle to Nara |
| 37 | asz2-pur-ma {lu2}a-ru-bu ka-[...] | I wrote and the Arubu-official ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 38 | [...] u2#-a-bu a-di _{lu2}erin2-mesz_ [...] | ... the city Uabu together with the troops ... |
| 39 | [...]-nim#-ma# {gesz#}szi#-ga#-[...] | ... the šiga tree(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 40 | {disz}up-[...] | Up-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 41 | {disz}za-na-sa-nu _{lu2#}en#_ [...] | Zanasanu, the lord(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 42 | {disz}ra-ma-te-ia _{lu2}en-iri_ [...] | Ramateya, the governor of(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 43 | {kur}ma-da-a-a sza a-szar-szu2-nu# [...] | The Medes, whose land . .(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 44 | mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur{ki} la ib-bal#-[...] | The border of Assyria should not be crossed |
| 45 | qaq-qar-sza2 pu-ul-hi me-lam-me [...] | (Sum) Its ground is a pitfall of splendor (Akk) On its ground, the pitfalls of radiance |
| 46 | {ansze}mur-ni-is-qi _gal-mesz_ [...] | large mules ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 47 | a-na nina{ki} _iri_ be-lu-ti-ia# [...] | to Nineveh, my lordly city |
| 48 | asz2-szu2 _{lu2}en iri-mesz_ sza2 qa-tu id#-[...] | Because the lord of the cities whom he had captured |
| 49 | be-lu-ti u2-s,al-lu-ma e-ri#-[...] | (Sum) My lordly majesty was raised up and ... (Akk) I raised up my lordeliness and .... |
| 50 | {lu2}szu-ut _sag-mesz_-ia _{lu2}nam_ [...] | the eunuchs of mine, the governor(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 51 | it-ti-szu2-nu u2-ma-'e-er-[...] | ... with them(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 52 | sza-tu-nu ik-bu-su-ma u2-[...] | They grasped their hands and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 53 | _gun_ u man-da-at-tu [...] | ... talent and payment ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 54 | [...] | |
| 55 | [...] | |
| 56 | [...]-ia# | My ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 57 | [...]-un | ...-un(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 58 | [...]-nu#-ti | ...-nu-ti(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 59 | [_...]-mesz_-szu2-nu | their ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 60 | [...] {ansze#}u2-du-ri | ... mules(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 61 | [...]-reb _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | ... of Assyria(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 62 | [...] ru-u2-qu | “... ruqu(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 63 | [...] s,u-ma-mi | ... ṣūmamu(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 64 | [...]-ti u _{na4}zu2#-masz-[x_] | ... and date palm(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 65 | [...]-bi ma-lu-u _a-gar3_ | ... its ... is abundant, the meadow(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 66 | [...] _{na4}sag-gil-mud_ | ... saggilmud stone(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 67 | [...] e-ti-iq | ... passed by.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 68 | [...]-tu# u4-me ul-lu-ti | ... days of distant days(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 69 | [...] pa-ni mah-ri-ia | ... before me(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 70 | [...]-reb-szu2 szal-t,a-nisz at-tal-lak | ... its ... I went safely.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 71 | [...]-su {disz}ak-ba-ra _lugal_ {iri}il-pi-a-tu2 | ... Akbara, king of Illitu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 72 | {disz}ma-[...] _lugal_ {iri}ma-gal-a-ni | [Ma-...], king of Magan(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 73 | {munus}ia#-[x x] szar-rat {iri}di-ih-ra-a-ni | Ya..., queen of Diḫranni(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 74 | {disz}ha-bi#-su# _lugal_ {iri}qa-da-ba-a' | Ḫabisu, king of Qadabbaʾ |
| 75 | {disz}ni-ha-ru# _lugal_ {iri}ga-a'-u-a-ni | Niḫaru, king of Ga'ua |
| 76 | {munus}ba-as-lu# szar-rat {iri}i-hi-lu | Baslu, queen of Iḫilu |
| 77 | {disz}ha-ba-zi-ru _lugal_ {iri}pu-da-a' | Habaziru, king of Pudaʾ |
| 78 | 8(disz) _lugal-mesz_-ni sza qe2-reb na-ge-e szu-a-tu2 a-duk | 8 kings who were in that district I killed. |
| 79 | ki-ma _munu4_ asz2-ta-t,i pa-gar _lu-qu_-ra-di-szu2-un | I have smashed the body of their bodyguards like flour. |
| 80 | _dingir-mesz_-szu2-nu _nig2-szu_-szu2-nu _nig2-gur11_-szu2-nu _ug3-mesz_-szu2-nu asz2-lu-la a-na qe2-reb _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | their gods, possessions, property, (and) people I carried off to Assyria. |
| 81 | {disz}la-a-a-le-e _lugal_ {iri}ia-di-i' sza2 la-pa-an _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia | Lā-alê, king of Iadiʾ, who before my weapons |
| 82 | in-nab-tu ha-at-tu ra-ma-ni-szu2 im-qut-su-ma | “He was seized, his own land fell upon him, and |
| 83 | a-na nina{ki} a-di mah-ri-ia il-lik-am-ma | went to Nineveh, before me, and |
| 84 | u2-na-asz2-sziq _giri3-min_-ia re-e-mu ar-szi-szu2-ma | he made my feet tremble. I prayed to him and |
| 85 | na-ge-e {iri}ba-a-zi szu-a-tu2 u2-szad-gil2 pa-nu-usz-szu2 | I made that district of the city Bazi tremble before him. |
| 86 | ina e-muq {d}asz-szur {d}3(u) {d}utu {d}ag {d}marduk _{d}1(u)-5(disz)_ sza2 nina{ki} | By the strength of the deities Aššīr, Sin, Šamaše, Nabû, Marduk, (and) Ishtar of Nineveh, |
| 87 | _{d}1(u)-5(disz)_ sza2 {iri}limmu2-dingir ak-szud kul-lat na-ki-ri mul-tar-hi | I conquered the Ishtar of Limmu-ilī, all the enemies (and) all the rebels. |
| 88 | ina zik-ri _dingir_-ti-szu2-nu ma-al-ki na-ki-ri-ia | By the command of their divinity, my enemies, |
| 89 | [x]-ma qa-ne2-e me-he-e i-szu-ub-bu | ... and they fall in the middle of the storm.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| surface a col 5 | ||
| 1 | _lugal-mesz_ a-szi-bu-te# [...] | The kings who dwell in .......(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | e-du-u szal-hu-szu-[...] | (Sum) The šalhūḫušu-priestess, the one who knows ... (Akk) The young man, the young woman |
| 3 | ku-um _ansze-kur-ra-mesz#_-[...] | Instead of horses ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | pal-hisz ul-ta-nap-sza2-[...] | (Sum) I am pacified, I am soothed (Akk) I have been soothed, [I am] soothed |
| 5 | i-ma-'u-u2 mar-[...] | They see ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6 | ul im-ma-ha-ra# [...] | He did not accept ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | u3 ina ma-al-ki a-lik mah#-[...] | And in your presence, the exalted one |
| 8 | sza a-na _lugal-mesz_ [...] | which to the kings ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | ina _szu-min_-ia im-ma-[...] | in my hands ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | ki-ma kar-pat# [...] | Like a stag ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11 | pa-gar qu3-ra-[...] | The pit ... for you.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12 | nak-mu [...] | The enemy ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13 | _dingir#-mesz#_ [...] | the gods ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 1' | usz#-[...] | I ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2' | ad-ke-[...] | Adke-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | {disz}ba-'a-dingir [...] | Baʾa-ilu(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | _lugal_ {iri}ia-u2-[...] | king of Yau(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | {disz}mu-s,ur-i _lugal_ {iri}[...] | Muṣuri, king of the city(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | _lugal_ {iri}ha-zi-ti [...] | king of Ḫazītu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | {disz}i-ka-u2-su [...] | Ikūssu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | {disz}mil-ki-a-sza2-pa [...] | Milki-ašapa(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | {disz}ma-ta-ba#-'a#-al# [x] {iri}a-ru-ad-da# | Matab'al, [x] from Aruad(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | {disz#}a#-bi#-ba-'a-al _lugal#_ {iri}sam-si-mur-ru-na | Abī-Baʾal, king of Samsimurrûna. |
| 11' | {disz}bu-du-_dingir lugal {iri}e2_-am-ma-na | Būdu-ilum, king of Emana |
| 12' | {disz}pap-mil-ki _man_ {iri}as-du-di 1(u) 2(disz) _lugal-mesz_ sza2 _gu2_ tam-tim | Papmilki, king of Assyria: 12 kings on the bank of the Sea. |
| 13' | {disz}e-ki-isz-tu-ra _lugal_ {iri}e-di-'i-il | Ekišturra, king of Ediʾil. |
| 14' | {disz}pi-la-a-gu-ra-a _man_ {iri}ki-it-ru-si | Pila-gūrā, king of the city Kitrusi. |
| 15' | {disz}ki-i-su _lugal_ {iri}si-il-lu-u8-a | Kīssu, king of Sillua. |
| 16' | {disz}i-tu-u2-an-da-ar _lugal_ {iri}pa-ap-pa | Itu-andār, king of Pappa. |
| 17' | {disz}e-re-e-su _lugal_ {iri}si-il-lu | Eresu, king of Sillu. |
| 18' | {disz}da-ma-su _man_ {iri}ku-ri-i | Damascus, king of Commagene. |
| 19' | {disz}ad2-me-e-su _lugal_ {iri}ta-me-si# | Addesu, king of Tamesi |
| 20' | {disz}da-mu-u2-si _lugal_ {iri}qar-ti-ha-da-as-ti | Damu-usi, king of Qartiḫadasti. |
| 21' | {disz}u2-na-sa-gu-su _lugal_ {iri}li-di-ir | Unasagūsu, king of Lidar |
| 22' | {disz}bu-s,u-su _lugal_ {iri}nu-ri-ia | Buṣusu, king of Nuriya |
| 23' | 1(u) _lugal-mesz_ sza {kur}ia-ad-na-na _muru2_ tam-tim | 10 kings of the land Yadnana in the middle of the Sea |
| 24' | _szu-nigin_ 2(u) 2(disz) _lugal-mesz_ {kur}hat-ti a-hi tam-tim _muru2_ tam-tim | total: 22 kings of the land Ḫatti, along the shore of the Upper Sea, in the middle of the Sea; |
| 25' | ka-li-szu2-nu u2-ma-'e-er-szu2-nu-ti-ma | I overwhelmed all of them and |
| 26' | _gesz-ur3-mesz gal-mesz_ {gesz}tim-me _mah-mesz_ | the great beams, the magnificent beams |
| 27' | {gesz}a-dap2-pi szu-hu-u-ti sza _{gesz}eren {gesz}szur-min3_ | šuḫūtu-wood of cedar and cypress, |
| 28' | tar-bit {kur}si-ra-ra {kur}lab-na-na | descendant of the land Sirara (and) the land Labnana |
| 29' | sza ul-tu u4-me pa-ni ma-gal ik-bi-ru-u-ma | [(As for) the one who] has sinned [against me since] a long time, |
| 30' | i-szi-hu la-a-nu _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ sza {na4}[...] | The stag-gods of the stone(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 31' | _{munus}{d}lamma-mesz {munus}ab2-za-za_-a-te _{na4}kun4-mesz_ a-gur2-ri | the lamma-priestess, the ababzāte women, the baked bricks, |
| surface a col 6 | ||
| 1' | qe2-[...] | |
| 2' | na-s,ir [...] | the guardian of(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | da-risz lisz-[...] | May ... forever ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | [x x] _egir_ u4-me ina _lugal_ [...] | ... after a day in the king ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | [...]-ut _kur_ u _ug3-mesz_ [...] | ... the land and the people ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | e-nu-ma _e2-gal_ sza2-a-tu i-lab-bi-[...] | When that palace ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | an-hu-us-sa lu-disz ki-i sza a-na-ku _mu-sar#_-[...] | May I renovate its dilapidated section(s) as I did. |
| 8' | [...] it-ti _mu-sar_-e szi-t,ir _mu_-ia asz2-ku-nu-[x x] | ... with an inscribed object bearing my name I ... |
| 9' | at-ta ki-i ia-a-ti-ma _mu-sar_-u2 szi-t,ir _mu_-ia | You, like me, write an inscribed object bearing my name. |
| 10' | a-mur-ma _i3-gesz_ pu-szu-usz _{udu}siskur bal_-qi2 | I saw, and with oil I poured out a sacrifice. |
| 11' | it-ti _mu-sar_-e szi-t,ir _mu_-ka szu-kun | With an inscribed object bearing your name place it. |
| 12' | asz-szur u3 {d}isz-tar ik-ri-bi-ka i-szem-mu-u2 | (As for) Aššīr and Ishtar, they will hear your prayers. |
| 13' | {iti}bad-ka2 lim-mu {disz}a-tar-_dingir {lu2}gar-kur_ {iri}la-hi-ra | Month Durka, eponym year of Atar-ilī, governor of Lahiru. |
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