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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 001, ex. 017 (P450393)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 001, ex. 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P450393 |
| Museum no. | BM 138184 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 1 | ||
| 1' | it#-[...] | He ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2' | um-[...] | |
| 3' | tak-lu-ma [...] | you trust and .(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | {d}asz-szur _lugal dingir-mesz_ reme2-nu-u {d}[...] | Ashur, king of the gods, merciful god, |
| 5' | ina ik-ri-bi ut-nen-ni [...] | (Sum) In the prayer, he blesses me (Akk) Through the prayer(s), ... bless me |
| 6' | im-gu-[x] qi2-be2-ti ki-i _umusz#_ [...] | ... my command like a snake ... |
| 7' | la-pa-an ep-szet _hul_-tim a-szar ni-[...] | Before the evil deeds at the place of ... |
| 8' | s,u-lul-szu2-nu _du10-ga ugu_-ia it-ru-s,u-ma [...] | Their good protection grew over me and ... |
| 9' | ar-ka-a-nu _szesz-mesz_-ia im-ma-hu-ma [...] | Afterwards, my brothers rejoiced and ... |
| 10' | u3 a-me-lu-ti la _du10-ga_ e-pu-szu-ma ik-pu-[...] | and men not good did they do and ... |
| 11' | is-se-hu-ma _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ ina qe2-reb nina{ki} ba-lu [x x] | they turned and the weapons were not in Nineveh(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | a-na e-pesz _lugal_-u-ti it-ti a-ha-mesz it-tak-ki-pu la-la-'i-[x] | for the exercise of kingship with each other they conspired |
| 13' | {d}asz-szur {d}3(u) {d}utu {d}en u {d}ag _{d}1(u)-5(disz)_ sza2 {iri}ni-nu-[x] | the gods Aššīr, Sin, Šamaše, Bel and Nabû, the goddess Ishtar of Nineveh, |
| 14' | _{d}1(u)-5(disz)_ sza2 {iri}limmu2-dingir ep-szet {lu2}ha-am-[...] | Ištar of Limmu-ilum, the deeds of the ... |
| 15' | sza ki-i la lib3-bi _dingir-mesz_ in-ne2-ep-szu2 lem-nisz it-ta-[...] | who had performed evil deeds against the heart of the gods |
| 16' | i-da-szu-un ul i-zi-zu e-mu-qa-szu2-un [...] | Their arms did not stand, their armies |
| 17' | u2-sza2-lik-u-ma szap-la-nu-u2-[...] | They made (them) go up and down . |
| 18' | _ug3-mesz kur_ asz-szur{ki} sza a-de-e [...] | The people of Assyria, whose treaty |
| 19' | a-na na-s,ar _lugal_-ti-ia [...] | to guard my royal majesty ... |
| 20' | ul# il-li-ku# [...] | They did not go ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] x | |
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