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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 007, ex. 001 (P450407)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 007, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P450407 |
| Museum no. | WMV — |
| Collection | Wiener Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna, Austria |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 _erin2 hi-a_-szu2 {disz}isz-pa-ka-a-a {iri}]as#-gu#?-za-a#-a# | and his labor-troops, Išpakâ of the city Asguza |
| 2' | [kit-ru la mu-sze-zi-bi-szu2 a-na-ar] ina _{gesz}tukul_ | I shall strike with a weapon that cannot be dispelled. |
| 3' | [asz2-lul {kur}e2-{disz}dak-ku-ri sza2 qe2-reb {kur}kal-di a]-a#-ab babila2{ki} | I carried off to the land E-Dakkūri, which is in Chaldea, the father of Babylon. |
| 4' | [ak-mu {disz}{d}sza2-masz-ib-ni _lugal_-szu is-hap-pu] hab-bi-lum | I, Šamaš-ibni, his king, washed the habbilum-plant. |
| 5' | [la pa-li-hu zik-ri _en en-en_ sza2 _a-sza3-mesz dumu]-me#?_ babila{ki} | The one who does not fear the utterance of the lord, the en priest of the fields of the citizens of Babylon |
| 6' | [u3 bar2-sipa{ki} ina pa-rik-te it-ba-lu-u-ma u2-ter-ru] ra#-ma-nu-usz | And Borsippa became frightened in the steppe and returned to its place. |
| 7' | [asz2-szu2 ana-ku pu-luh-ti {d}en u {d}ag i-du]-u2 | Because I am afraid of Bel and Nabû, |
| 8' | [_a-sza3-mesz_ sza2-ti-na u2-ter-ma pa-an _dumu-mesz_] babila2#{ki} | I returned those fields and before the citizens of Babylon |
| 9' | [u bar2-sipa{ki} u2-szad-gil2 {disz}{d}muati-szal-lim _dumu_ {disz}ba]-la-si | and Borsippa he made perfect. Nabû-šallim, son of Balasi |
| 10' | [ina _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2 u2-sze-szib-ma i-sza2-t,a ab-sza2]-a-ni | I sat on his throne and wrote (it).(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11' | [{disz}en-ba-sza2 _dumu_ {disz}bu-na-ni {lu2}gam-bu]-la-a-a | Bel-baša, son of Bunanu, Gambulean |
| 12' | [sza ina 1(u) 2(disz) _danna_ qaq-qa-ru ina _a-mesz_ u3 _gi-ambar-mesz_] szit#-ku-na? szub-tu2 | who in 12 danna-measures of ground water and reed-beds have been abandoned, |
| 13' | [ina qi2-bit {d}asz-szur _en_-ia hat-tu ra-ma-ni-szu2 im]-qut-su-ma | by the command of the god Aššīr, my lord, his own fear fell upon him and |
| 14' | [ki-i t,e3-me]-szu2#?-ma bil#-[tu2] | According to his report, the debt(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| surface a col 2' | ||
| 1' | sza# a-na# {kur#?}[...] | who to the land(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | la isz-mu-u2 [...] | They did not hear(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | _ug3-mesz kur_ asz-szur{ki} sza2 hi-it,-t,u# [ih-t,u-u ...] | The people of Assyria, who had committed a crime, |
| 4' | hab-ba-tum szar-ra-qu a-mir [da-me ...] | (Sum) The stag, the wild bull, the one who sees (Akk) The wild cow, the hero, the she-goat that sees |
| 5' | la pa-li-hi zik-ri _en_-szu2 [...] | He who does not fear the utterance of his lord .... |
| 6' | {lu2}ak-li {lu2}sza2-pi-ri {lu2#}[re-du-u ...] | The baker, the šapīru-official, the [re]dû-official |
| 7' | lu-u sza2 ina _giri3-min sar_-ti il#-[...] | or that which on the feet of a scribe ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | isz-ri-qu _sar#_-[...] | ... he heaped up ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | a-na _kur_-szu2 u2-[...] | to his land ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | x x tur#-ru gi#?-[mil-li ...] | ... small reed ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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