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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 060, ex. 001 (P450447)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 060, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P450447 |
| Museum no. | Ist EŞEM 06262 |
| Collection | Eski Şark Eserleri Müzesi, Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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' | u3# {disz#}te#-usz#-pa#-a# [{kur}gi-mir-a-a] | and Teušpâ of Cimmeria(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2' | u2-ra-sib ina _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ ak-szud {iri#}s,i-[du-nu _man_-szu2] | I defeated with weapons (and) captured the city Sidon, his king. |
| 3' | _gin7 ku6_ a-bar-szu-ma a-kis _sag-du_-su ak-szud# [{iri}]na#-hal mu-s,ur | Like a fish I cast its net and cut off its head. I conquered the city Nahal, the guard. |
| 4' | {disz}a-su-hi-li _man_-szu2 bi-re-tu2 ad-di-ma al-qa-a-[szu2 a-na _kur_ asz-szur{ki} ak]-szud# {iri}ba-a-su | Asuḫili, his king, I gave orders and took him to Assyria. I conquered the city Basu. |
| 5' | na-gu-u2 sza2 a-szar-szu2 ru-u2-qu _ugu_ {disz}qa-na#-a _man_ ni#-tuk#{ki#} man-da-at-tu2 _en_-ti-ia2 u2-kin | I imposed upon Qanāya, the king of Nippur, the payment of my lordly tribute. |
| 6' | ak-szud {kur}szub-ri-a a-na pat, gim-ri-szu2 {disz}ik-te-szup _man_-szu2 la sze-mu-u2 a-mat qi2-bit-ia | I conquered the land Šubria to its full extent. Ikte-Šap, his king, did not hear the word of my command. |
| 7' | a-nir ina _{gesz}tukul_ ak-szud {iri}s,ur-ru sza2 _muru2_ tam-tim {disz}ba-'a-lu _man_-szu2 sza2 a-na {disz}tar-qu-u2 | I conquered with the sword the city Ṣurru in the middle of the Sea. Baʾalu, his king, who to Tarqû |
| 8' | _man_ {kur}ku-u-si it-tak-lu-ma gi-mir _iri-mesz_-szu2 _nig2-szu_-szu2 e-kim-szu2 ak-szud {kur}mu-s,ur {kur}pa-tu2-ri-si# | king of the land Kusi, fought and captured all of his cities (and) possessions. I conquered the lands Muṣur and Paturisi. |
| 9' | u {kur}ku-u-si {disz}tar-qu-u _man_-szu2 5(disz)-szu2 ina mul-mul-li am-ha-su-ma gi-mir _kur_-szu2 a-bel asz2-pur | and the land Kusi, Tarqû, his king, five times in a battle, I struck down and I sent a messenger to all of his land. |
| 10' | _man-mesz_ sza2 _muru2_ tam-tim _du3_-szu2-nu _ta_ {kur}ia-da-na-na {kur}ia-man a-di {kur}tar-si-si | the kings of the interior of the Sea built them. From the land Yadanānu (I) to the land Iaman, as far as the land Tarsisi |
| 11' | a-na _giri3-min_-ia ik-nu-szu2 _gun_-[su-nu] _dugud#_-tu2 am-hur _ugu_ mal-ki sza2 kib-rat _limmu2_-tim li-i-tu2# | I received their heavy tribute from the rulers of the four quarters (of the world). |
| 12' | asz2-tak-kan2-ma _ugu_ kul-lat na-ki-ri# as-lu-ha i-mat mu-u-ti _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar nig2-szu nig2-gur11_ | I placed, and over all the enemies I slew. The name of my husband was: gold, silver, possessions, property |
| 13' | _ug3-mesz tur gal ansze-kur-gesz-ra-mesz gu4-mesz u8-udu hi-a_ szal-lat-sun2 _dugud_-tu2 sza2 la ni-ba i-szu2-u | the large and small people, horses, oxen, sheep and goats, heavy booty without number, |
| 14' | asz2-lu-la a-na _kur_ asz-szur _lugal-mesz {lu2}nam-mesz {lu2}gar-nu-mesz {lu2}gal-kar-mesz_ ina _ugu kur-kur_-szu2-nu | I marched to Assyria. The kings, governors, prefects and chiefs over their lands |
| 15' | asz2-kun-ma ni-ri {d}[asz-szur] _en_-ia e-mid-su-nu-ti sat-tuk-ki gi-nu-u ana {d}asz#-szur# [u] | I imposed upon them the yoke of the god Aššīr, my lord. I gave them regular offerings and regular offerings to the god [Ashur] and |
| 16' | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-[mesz_-ia] u2-kin da3-ri-szam _gun_ man-da-at-tu2 _en_-ti-ia | the great gods, my lords, I established forever as a pledge a payment of my royal majesty. |
| 17' | szat-ti-szam-ma la na#-[par-ka]-a e-mid-szu-nu-ti i-szu2-t,u ab-sza2-a-ni ina u4-me-szu2-ma | At that time, without interruption, I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered them. |
| 18' | _e2_ {d}asz-szur mah-ru-u# sza2# [{disz}{d}]szul3#-ma-nu-masz _dumu_ {disz}{d}iszkur-erim-[tah2] _dumu#_ {disz}a-rikx(BU)-de-ni-dingir | The earlier temple of the god Aššar, belonging to Shalmaneser, son of Adad-nārārī (I), son of Akkad-deni-ili |
| 19' | a-bi ina pa-ni e-pu-szu an-hu-ta la-bi-ru-ta il#-[lik] _e2#_ szu2-a-tu2 aq-qur | My father before whom I had built a new wall he went, that house I destroyed. |
| 20' | dan-na-su ak-szud _usz8_-szu2 ina pi-i-li _na4 kur_-i dan-ni ki-ma ki-s,ir _kur#_-i# ar#-[me] | I annihilated its foundations with a strong stone from a mountain, like a forest of a mountains. |
| 21' | _ta usz8_-szu2 a-di gaba-dib-bi-szu2 ar-s,ip# u2-szak-lil _gesz-ur3#-mesz {gesz}eren mah-mesz_ tar-bit {kur}si-ra#-[ra] | I built (and) completed (them) from its foundations to its crenellations. I planted groves of great cedar, which are on Mount Sirara. |
| 22' | sza2 ina me-ti-iq _kaskal_-ia ak-ki-su _ugu_-szu2 u2-s,a-lil _{gesz}ig-mesz {gesz}szur-min3_ sza2 i-ri-si-na | which in the course of my campaign I cut down, I made complete over him. The doors of cypress, which had become old, |
| 23' | t,a-a-bu me-ser _ku3-sig17_ u2-rak-kis-ma u2-ra-ta-a _ka2-mesz_-szu2# at-man asz-szur _en_-ia _ku3-sig17_ uh-hi-iz | I fashioned a beautiful crown of gold and decorated its gates. I decorated the gates of Ashur, my lord, with gold. |
| 24' | {d}lah3-me {d}ku-ri-bi sza2 s,a-ri-ri ru-usz-szu2-u i-di ana i-di ul-ziz _e2_ pa-pah asz-szur _en_-ia | The gods Laḫmu (and) Kurību, whose radiance is exalted, the wise one, stood before the wise. The assembly of Assur, my lord, |
| 25' | _alam-mesz ku3-sig17_ bi-nu-ut _zu-ab za3#_ u _gub3_ ul-ziz _e2-gar8-mesz ku3-sig17_ ki-ma si-i-ri a-si-ir | The gold statues, the creations of the right and left he set up. The gold towers he erected like a stele. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _bara2 nam-mesz bara2_ s,i-i-ru sza2 {d}asz-szur ina qer-bi-szu2 e-ram-mu-[u] szi-mat _an_-e u _ki_-tim | a stele of fates, a lofty dais, which Ashur fashioned inside it, the fate of heaven and netherworld, |
| 2 | i-szi-mu sza2 _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia a-gur2-ri szu-pu-szu2-ma za-ha-lu-u# lit#-bu-szu2 ina 3(disz) _usz gun_ [pi]-ti#-iq | The kings, my ancestors, had baked bricks made for him and they had zaḫalû-flour poured out for him in three lengths. |
| 3 | isz-ma-re-e nak-lisz u2-sze-pisz s,a-lam _lugal_-ti-ia mu-sa-pu-u _dingir_-ti-szu2-un mu-te-risz {ba}_ti_-ia2 | I had a statue of my royal majesty, the one who makes their divinity resplendent, who restores my life, |
| 4 | u3 s,a-lam {disz}asz-szur-du3-a _dumu_ ri-du-ti-ia ab-ta-ni s,e-ru-usz-szu2 2(disz) ku-sa-rik-ki szu2-ta-tu2-te | and the statue of Ashurbanipal, son of Rīduštiya, I fashioned for him. Two sashes |
| 5 | sza2 pa-ni-szu2-nu pa-nu u ar-ka i-na-t,a-lu a-da-pi ku-lul _ka2_ na-szu2-u sza2 _uruda_ nam-ri | who before them, face and back they saw, the door bolt of the gate bearing the bright copper, |
| 6 | ap-tiq-ma _ka2 kaskal_ szu-ut {d}en-lil2 ul-ziz 2(disz) a-bu-ub nad-ru-tu2 ina szi-pir um-ma-nu-te nak-[lisz] | I opened the gate of the road of the god Enlil and stood (there) for two abūbu-offerings with the craft of the craftsmen. |
| 7 | u2-sze-pisz-ma# _ka2# lugal#_-ti# _zag#_ [u] _gub3_ u2-sza2#-as,#-bi#-ta# _si-gar_-ru a-bu-bi masz-sze2-e pi-ti#-iq | I had a gate of kingship opened on the right and left side and I placed a sigarru-measure of water and oil in it. |
| 8 | za-ha-le-[e] eb#-bi [x x] _ka2_ kam-su# {d}i2-gi3-gi3 ul-ziz ina _mu-an-na_ szu-a-tu | a pure zahalû-vessel ... the gate of the kamsu-priestess Igigi stood in that year. |
| 9 | e2-sag-il2# _e2-gal# [dingir]-mesz_ im#-gur#-{d}en-lil2 _bad3_-szu2 ne2#-[med-{d}en]-lil2# szal-hu#-u2-szu | Esagil, the palace of the gods, Imgur-Enlil, his wall, and Nēmed-enlil his sanctuary |
| 10 | ul-tu _usz8#_-szu2# a-di na#-bur#-[ri-szu2 esz-szisz] u2-sze-pisz-ma _ugu_ sza2 [mah-re]-e ma#-a'#-disz ut-tir | I had a new structure built from its foundations to its crenellations and I made (them) larger than before. |
| 11 | {d}en u3 {d}gaszan-ia _dingir-mesz#_ mur-ta-a#-me ki-i t,e3-me-szu2-nu# [ina] qe2#-reb {iri}asz-szur ib#-ba-nu-ma | Bel and Beltiya, the gods of Urtāmu, heard their reports in Assur and |
| 12 | ina e2-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra ke-nisz im-ma-al-du {d}be-let#-babila2{ki} {d}e2-[a] {d}di-ku5 | In Eḫursaggalkurkurra, the Bēlet-bābili, Ea, (and) Diku |
| 13 | ina qe2-reb {iri#}asz#-szur# a-szar nab-ni-it _dingir-mesz_ in-ne2-ep-szu-ma u2-szak-li-la nab-ni-su#-un# | In Assyria, the place of creation of the gods, they performed (the ritual) and made their creation resplendent. |
| 14 | ina _5(u)-am3 gun_ s,a-ri-ru ru-usz-sze-e nab-ni-it {kur}a-ra-al-li e-per szad-di-i-szu2 | In fifty talents of ṣarīru, the wild bull, the offspring of the land Arallu, its foothills |
| 15 | sza2 ana szi-ip-ri la pat-qu u2-szar-ri-ih gat-ta-szu2-un ti-iq-ni s,i-ru szu2-kut-tu2 a-qar-tu2 | (As for) the one who does not obey (my) instructions, I have made their heads tremble (lit.: “cutting-of-the-throat’) (and) slackening (their) necks. |
| 16 | sza2 ana be-lu-ti-szu2-un ma-disz szu-lu-kat3-ma ki-szad-su-un u2-taq-qi2-in-ma u2-mal-a i-rat-su-un | (As for) the one who was very devoted to their lordship, he raised up their yoke and adorned their faces. |
| 17 | in-nesz-ru-ma ul-tu2 qe2#-reb# e2-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-<ra> _gin7_ {d}sza2-masz ana _kur_ nam-risz it-ta-s,u-u2 | They became enraged and, like Šamaš, they marched to the land of Nisannu from Ehursaggalkurkurra. |
| 18 | [har]-ra-an szu-an-na{ki} is,-ba-tu2 u2-ru-uh ta-szi-il-ti ul-tu2 bal-til{ki} a-di [_kar_] | The road to Šuanna he took, the road to Tašilti from Baltil (Assur) to Kar |
| 19 | babila2{ki} a-na 1(u) _usz-ta-am3_ qaq#-[qa]-ru# ab-ru ut-tap-pi-ha ana _danna-ta-am3_ u2-pal-li-qu2 | Babylon for 10 hundred (shekels) of silver, the ground, the threshing floor, (and) the abru-tree he filled. To Nanna they let pass. |
| 20 | le-e ma-ru-ti u3 ana-ku {disz}asz-szur-pap-mu# [qa]-at# _dingir_-ti-szu2 _gal_-ti s,ab-ta-ku-ma x x x x x x-ku-ha ma-har-szu2 | I, Esarhaddon, seized the hand of his great divinity and ... before him. |
| 21 | ina qe2-reb _babila2{ki} iri e2_-ti-szu2-[nu] ha#-disz u2-sze-rib-szu2-nu-ti ina s,ip-pat _{gesz}kiri6_ | In Babylon, the city of their house, I gladly brought them in. In the midst of the orchard |
| 22 | _pa5 mu-sar_-e sza2 e2-kar-za-gin3-na asz2-ri el-li ina szi-pir _abgal ka-luh-u3-da_ | The inscription of the Ekarzagina, the pure abode, with the work of the scribe Kaluhuda |
| 23 | _ka-du8-u3-da_ rim-ki te-lil-te ma-har _mul#-[mesz an_-e {d}e2-a] {d}sza2-masz {d}asal#-lu2#-hi# | Gatekeeper of the pure gate, before the stars of heaven, Ea, Šamaš, Asalluhi, |
| 24 | _dingir-mah_ {d}ku3-su3 {d}nin-girima3 [{d}nin-kur-ra {d}nin-a2-gal {d}ku3-sig17-banda3{da} {d}nin-ildu2 {d}nin-zadim] e-ru-bu | the great gods Kusu, Ningirima, Ninkurra, Ningal, Kusigbanda (and) Ninildu, Ninzadim entered. |
| 25 | x x x x [...] x | |
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