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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 133, ex. 001 (P450555)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Babylon · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 133, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P450555 |
| Museum no. | BM 045793 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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) |
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| 1 | a-na {d}isz-tar _gaszan_ szur-bu-ti e-tel-let _an_-e u _ki_-tim qa-rit-ti _dingir-mesz_ sza2-ru-uh-ti | For the goddess Ištar, supreme lady, pre-eminent one of heaven and netherworld, foremost of the exalted gods, |
| 2 | {d}inanna unu{ki} ru-ba-a-ti s,ir-ti le-qa-a-ti pa-ra-as, {d}a-nu3-u2-tu | O Inanna of Uruk, the exalted princess, the one who takes care of the Anu gods, |
| 3 | sza2 ri-kis te-re-e-ti ha-am-mat | (Sum) I am the one who binds the ritual assemblages, (Akk) The one who bound the ritual arrangements, |
| 4 | ru-um-ti ti-iz-qar-ti sza2 a-na _lugal_ mi-ig-ri-sza2 ke-nisz ip-pal-la-su | a noble prince who reveres the king her majesty faithfully |
| 5 | _bala_-szu2 u2-szal-ba-ru i-szar-ra-ku#-usz# da-na-nu u3 li-i-ti | his reign they shall renew, they shall make great for him. Mighty and mighty |
| 6 | sza2-nun-ka-at ad2-na-a-ti sza2-qu-ti _dingir-mesz_ a-szi-bat e2-nir-gal2-an-na | the foremost of the high-priestess of the gods, who dwells in Enirgalana, |
| 7 | sza2 qe2-reb e2-an-na be-let unu{ki} _gaszan gal_-ti _gaszan_-szu2 | in Eanna, lady of Uruk, great lady, his lady: |
| 8 | {disz}an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na _lugal gal_-u2 _lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-ti _szagina_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} _lugal kur_ szu-me-ri u3 uri{ki} | Esarhaddon, great king strong king, king of the world, k[ing of Assyria, ki]ng of the four quarters (of the world), governor of Babylon, kin[g of Sumer and Akkad], |
| 9 | ti-ri-is, _szu-min an-szar2_ i-tu-ut kun lib3-bi {d}en-lil2 ni-bit {d}marduk mi-gir {d}ir-ni-ni | The one who restores the hand of Anšar, the one who carries off the heart of the god Enlil, the beloved of Marduk, the favorite of the goddess Irnini, |
| 10 | sza2 ul-tu s,e-he-ri-szu2 a-na _an-szar2_ {d}a-nim {d}en-lil2 {d}e2-a {d}3(u) {d}utu {d}iszkur {d}marduk {d}ag {d}u-gur u _{d}1(u)-5(disz)_ | who from his childhood for (the god) Aššar, the gods Anu, Enlil, Ea, Sin, Šamānu, Adad, Marduk, Nabû, Nergal, and the goddess Issar-rabutika |
| 11 | _dingir-me gal-me en-me_-szu2 it-tak-lu-ma ni-iz-mat-su u2-szak-szi-du-usz i-mu-ru da-na-an-szu2-un | The great gods, his lords, trusted in him and made his destinies surpassing; they saw their strength. |
| 12 | a-na nu-uh-hu lib3-bi _dingir_-u2-ti-szu2-nu u nu-up-pu-usz ka-bat-ti-szu2-nu _gissu_-szu2-nu da-ru-u2 | for the well-being of their divinity and the well being of their mood, their eternal yoke |
| 13 | it-ru-s,u _ugu_-szu2 | they have sinned against him |
| 14 | ina e-muq _an-szar2_ {d}en _dumu_ {d}en u _{d}1(u)-5(disz) dingir-me_ ti-ik-li-szu2 kul-lat _kur-kur_ i-be-lu-ma | By the strength of (the god) Aššar, the god Bel, son of Bel, and the goddess Ishtar, all the gods, ruled over all the lands and |
| 15 | gi-mir ma-li-ku u2-szak-ni-szu sze-pu-usz-szu | I had all the cult centers built for him. |
| 16 | ba-nu-u2 _e2_ an-szar2 e-pisz e2-sag-il2 u babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} mu-ud-disz e2-an-na | creator of the temple of the god Aššar, builder of Esagil and Babylon, who renovates Eanna, |
| 17 | mu-szak-lil esz-re-e-ti u ma-ha-zu mu-kin sat-tuk-ku | Who completes shrines and cult centers, who establishes sattukku-rites, |
| 18 | _lugal_ sza2 ina u4-me _bala_-szu2 _en gal_-u2 {d}marduk a-na babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} sa-li-mu ir-szu-u2 | king who on the day of his reign the great lord Marduk granted peace to Babylon. |
| 19 | ina e2-sag-il2 _e2-gal_-szu2 ir-mu-u2 szu-bat-su | in Esagil, his palace, he built, and his dwelling |
| 20 | {d}a-num _gal_-u2 ana _iri_-szu2 bad3-an{ki} u3 _e2_-szu2 e2-dim-gal-kalam-ma u2-sze-ri-bu-ma | The great god Anu brought into his city, the city of Dēr, and his house, the Edimgalkalama, and |
| 21 | u2-sze-szi-bu pa-rak-ka da-ra-a-ti | they made dwell on your eternal daises. |
| 22 | _dingir-mesz kur-kur_ sza2 a#-<na> _kur_ asz-szur#{ki} i-hi-szu-ni szu-kut-ta-szu2-nu ud-disz-ma ul-tu qe2-reb _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | The gods of the lands who had fled to Assyria, I removed their šukuttu-offerings and brought them out of As[syrian territory]. |
| 23 | ana asz2-ri-szu2-nu u2-ter-szu2-nu-ti-ma u2-kin is-qu-usz-szu2-un | I returned them to their places and established their foundations. |
| 24 | _nun_ en-qu it-pe-szu ha-sis kal szip-ri sza2 ina ma-ha-zu _gal-mesz_ | The prince is enquished; he is ill; all the work that is in the great temples |
| 25 | si-ma-a-ti isz-tak-ka-nu usz-te-szi-ru szu-luh-ha | They set the rites in order, they made the šuluḫa-disease pass by. |
| 26 | _dumu_ {disz}{d}3(u)-szesz-mesz-eri-ba _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _dumu_ {disz}lugal-gin _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} | son of Sîn-ahhē-eriba, king of the world (and) king [of Assyria], descendant of Sargon (II), (who was) also [king of] Ass[yr]ia. |
| 27 | _szagina_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} _lugal kur_ szu-me-ru u3 uri{ki} | governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad. |
| 28 | li-ip-li-pi da-ru-u2 sza2 {d}en#-ba#-ni _dumu_ {disz}a-da-si _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} | eternal rejoicing of Bel-bani, son of Adasi, king of Assyria. |
| 29 | _nunuz_ bal-til{ki} szu-qu-ru _numun# lugal#_-u2-tu ki-sit2-ti s,a-a-ti | the populace of Baltil (Assur) is plundered, the seed of kingship is high, |
| 30 | i-nu-ma e2-an-na _e2_ a-nu#?-u2#-tu na-ram _{d}1(u)-5(disz) gaszan_-ia sza2 _lugal_ ma-har i-pu-szu | When Eanna, the temple of the habitation beloved of the goddess Ishtar, my lady, which the king had built before |
| 31 | la-ba-risz il-lik-ma i-qu-pu _e2-gar8-mesz_-szu2 | a long time ago he went and plundered his walls |
| 32 | asz2-ra-ti-szu2 asz2-te-e'-e ma-qit-ta-szu2 as-suh te-me-en-szu2 u2-s,ab-bi-ma ki-ma si-ma-ti-szu2 | (As for) his abode, I sought out his shrines, seized his foundation(s), (and) made (them) as bright as his (own) appearance. |
| 33 | la-bi-ra-a-ti ina szi-pir {d}kulla ar-s,ip u2-szak-lil ki-ma _kur_-i re-e-szi-szu2 ul-li | With the craft of the god Kulla, I built (and) completed old (buildings). I raised its superstructure as high as a mountain. |
| 34 | _{d}1(u)-5(disz) gaszan_ szur-bu-ti szi-pir szu-a-tu ha-disz lip-pa-lis-ma a-mat _munus-saga_-ia lisz-sza2-kin szap-tusz-sza2 | May the goddess Ishtar, the exalted lady, look upon this work with pleasure and may she set the word of my good deed upon her lips. |
| 35 | muh-hi# kul-lat na-ki-ri li-szam-ri-ir _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia | May my weapons surpass all enemies. |
| 36 | ma-ti-ma ina ah-rat _ud-mesz# nun egir_-u2 sza2 ina _ud-mesz bala_-szu2 szi-pir szu-a-tu | If at any time in the future, during the days of the reign of a future ruler, this work |
| 37 | in-na-hu-ma ma-qit-ti i-rasz-szu-u2 asz2#-ra-ti-szu2 lisz-te-e'-e ma-qit-ta-szu2 lik-szir3 | (If) he is afraid and frightened, may he seek out his (own) places (and) forgive his sin! |
| 38 | _mu-sar_-u2 szi-t,ir _mu_-ia _i3-gesz#_ lip-szu-usz _{udu}siskur2 bal_-qi2 ina asz2-ri-szu2 lisz-kun | May an inscribed object bearing my name be cleaned with oil; may a sacrifice be made; may it be placed in his place. |
| 39 | ik-ri-bi-szu2 _dingir-mesz_ i-szem-mu-u2 ur-rak _u4-mesz_ u2-rap-pa-asz2 kim-ti | May the gods hear his prayers. In the future, may they widen my family |
| 40 | sza2 _mu-sar_-u2 szi-t,ir _mu_-ia ina szi-pir ni-kil-ti ib-ba-tu lu-u2 a-szar-szu2 u2-nak-ka-ru | Whoever in the future, at any time, breaks the inscription written in my name or changes its position, |
| 41 | {d}isz-tar _gaszan gal_-ti ag-gisz lik-kil-me-szu2-ma _mu_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 ina nap-har _kur-kur_ li-hal-liq | May Ištar, the great lady, look upon him with favor and make his name (and) his seed disappear from all the lands. |
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