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RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 002 composite (P462810)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 002 composite |
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| ID | P462810 |
| 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.
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| 1 | {disz}{d}en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _lugal_ la sza2-na-an _re-e2-um_ mut-nen-nu-u2 pa-lih _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | [Sennacherib, great king, strong king], king of Assyria, unrivalled king who reveres the great gods, |
| 2 | na-s,ir kit-ti ra-'i-im mi-sza2-ri e-pisz u2-sa-a-ti a-lik tap-pu-ut a-ki-i sa-hi-ru dam-qa-a-ti | Who guards truth, loves justice, who performs good deeds, who goes to the aid of the weak, like a good shepherd, |
| 3 | et,-lu git2-ma-lum zi-ka-ru qar-du a-sza2-red kal ma-al-ki rap-pu la-'i-it, la ma-gi-ri mu-szab-ri-qu za-ma-a-ni | (Sum) Perfect young man, hero, foremost of all rulers, wide-spread one, unrivalled in strength, who illuminates the darkness, |
| 4 | {d}asz-szur _kur_-u2 _gal_-u2 _lugal_-ut la sza2-na-an u2-szat-li-ma-an-ni-ma _ugu_ gi-mir a-szib pa-rak-ki u2-szar-ba-a _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia | Assur, the great mountain, granted me unrivalled sovereignty and made my weapons greater than those of all who sit on (royal) daises. |
| 5 | i-na _sag lugal_-ti-ia sza {disz}{d}marduk-ibila-szum2-na _lugal_ {kur}kar2-dun-ia2-asz2 a-di _erin2 hi-a_ elam-ma{ki} re-s,i-szu2 i-na ta-mir-ti kisz{ki} asz2-ta-kan _bad5-bad5_-szu2 | In my first regnal year, when Marduk-apla-iddina (II), king of Karduniaš, together with the troops of Elam, his helper, I established in the plain of Kish his defeat. |
| 6 | i-na _muru2_ tam-ha-ri szu-a-tu e-zib _karasz_-su e-disz ip-par-szid-ma a-na {kur}gu-zu-um-ma-ni in-na-bit qe2-reb {i7}a-gam-me u3 ap-pa-ra-a-te e-ru-um-ma na-pisz-tusz e-t,i2-ir | in that narrow meadow, he abandoned his camp and fled to the land Guzummānu. In the waters of the Euphrates and the Aparnaeans he entered and his life was short. |
| 7 | _{gesz}gigir-mesz_ {gesz}s,u-um-bi _ansze-kur-ra-mesz {ansze}kunga-mesz ansze-mesz {ansze}gam-mal-mesz_ u3 {ansze}ud-ri sza i-na qit-ru-ub ta-ha-zi u2-masz-szi-ru ik-szu-da _szu-min_-a-a | The chariots, wagons, horses, mules, donkeys, camels, and horṣūru-horses, which they had abandoned in the middle of battle, they carried off my hands. |
| 8 | a-na _e2-gal_-szu2 sza qe2-reb babila2{ki} ha-disz e-ru-um-ma ap-te-e-ma _e2_ ni-s,ir-ti-szu2 _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar_ u2-nu-ut _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar na4_ a-qar-tu mim-ma szum-szu _nig2-szu nig2-gur11_ ni-s,ir-tu ka-bit-tu | to his palace, which is in Babylon, joyously entered, and opened (it) and the house of his treasure, gold, silver, utensils of gold, precious stones, anything of his, possessions, property, (and) substantial treasure |
| 9 | _dam_-su {munus}_ug3-mesz e2-gal_-szu2 _{lu2}tirum-mesz_ {lu2}man-za-az pa-ni si-hir-ti {lu2}um-ma-a-ni ma-la ba-szu-u2 mut-tab-bi-lu-tu _e2-gal_ u2-sze-s,a-am-ma szal-la-tisz am-nu | his wife, the people of his palace, the tīru-officials (and) the commander-in-chief in front of all the Ummānu, as many as there were, the captives of the palace I brought in and I counted them as booty. |
| 10 | as,-bat-ma _egir_-szu2 a-na {kur}gu-zu-um-ma-ni {lu2}mun-dah-s,i-ia a-na qe2-reb {i7}a-gam-me u3 ap-pa-ra-a-te u2-ma-'e-er-ma 5(disz) u4-me i-pa-ru-nim-ma ul in-na-mir a-szar-szu | Afterwards, to the land Guzummānu, the Mudaḫṣiya, in the waters of the Euphrates and the Aparnaeans, I brought out, and five days they abandoned me, and I did not see its place. |
| 11 | i-na e-muq {d}asz-szur _en_-ia 1(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz) _iri-mesz_-ni dan-nu-ti _e2 bad3-mesz_-ni sza {kur}kal-di u3 8(disz) _me_ 2(u) _iri-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu al-me ak-szud{ud} asz2-lu-la szal-la-su-un | With the strength of the god Ashur, my lord, I conquered 89 fortified cities, the fortresses of Chaldea, and 820 small cities in their environs. I carried off their booty. |
| 12 | {lu2}ur2-bi {lu2}a-ra-mu u3 {lu2}kal-du sza qe2-reb _unu{ki} nibru_{ki} kisz{ki} hur-sag-kalam-ma{ki} gu2-du8-a{ki} a-di _dumu-mesz iri en_ hi-it,-t,i u2-sze-s,a-am-ma szal-la-tisz am-nu | I brought out the corpses of the Arameans and Chaldeans who were inside Uruk, Nippur, Kish, Hursagkalama, (and) Cutha, together with the citizens of the city, the lords of crime, and I counted them as booty. |
| 13 | {disz}en-du3 _dumu {lu2}gal-du3_ pe-er-'i szu-an-na{ki} sza _gim_ mi-ra-ni s,a-ah-ri qe2-reb _e2-gal_-ia ir-bu-u2 a-na _lugal_-ut _kur eme-gi7_ u3 uri{ki} asz2-ta-kan _ugu_-szu2-un | Bel-ibni, son of the chief builder, descendant of Šuanna, who like a wild bull entered my palace, I placed over them as king of the land of Sumer and Akkad. |
| 14 | i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia {lu2}tu-'u-mu-na {lu2}ri-hi-hu {lu2}ia-daq-qu {lu2}u2-bu-du {lu2}gib-re-e {lu2}ma-li-hu {lu2}gu-ru-mu {lu2}u2-bu-lum {lu2}da-mu-nu | On my return march, the Tuʾūna, the Riḫihu, the Yadaqqu, the Ubudu, the Gibrî, the Malīḫu, the Gurumu, (and) the Ubulum, the Damunu, |
| 15 | {lu2}gam-bu-lu {lu2}hi-in-da-ru {lu2}ru-'u-u-a {lu2}pu-qu-du {lu2}ha-am-ra-a-nu {lu2}ha-ga-ra-nu {lu2}na-ba-tu {lu2}li-i'-ta-a-u2 {lu2}a-ra-mu la kan-szu2 mit-ha-risz ak-szud{ud} | I conquered together the Gambulu, Hindāru, Ruʾūa, Puqūdu, Ḫamrânu, Hagaranu, Nabatu, Liʾtau, (and) Arameans without number. |
| 16 | 2(disz) _me_ 8(disz) _lim un-mesz_ zik-ru u _munus_ 7(disz) _lim_ 2(disz) _me ansze-kur-ra-mesz {ansze}kunga-mesz_ 1(u) 1(disz) _lim_ 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) _ansze-mesz_ 5(disz) _lim_ 2(disz) _me_ 3(u) _{ansze}gam-mal-mesz_ 1(gesz2) 2(u) _lim_ 1(disz) _me gu4-mesz_ 8(disz) _me lim_ 6(disz) _me u8-udu hi-a_ szal-la-tu ka-bit-tu asz2-lu-la a-na qe2-reb _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | 2,800 people, cult actors, and women, 7,200 horses and mules, 11,133 donkeys, 5,200 camels, 1,100 oxen, 8,600 sheep, heavy booty, I carried off to Assyria. |
| 17 | i-na me-ti-iq ger-ri-ia sza {disz}{d}ag-en-mu-mesz {lu2}qi2-pi {iri}ha-ra-ra-ti _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar_ {gesz}mu-suk-kan-ni _gal-mesz ansze-mesz {ansze}gam-mal-mesz gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu hi-a_ ta-mar-ta-szu2 ka-bit-tu am-hur | In the course of my campaign, I received from Nabû-bel-mūmeš, the official in charge of the city Ḫararatu, gold, silver, large musukkannu-vessels, donkeys, camels, oxen, and sheep and goats, his substantial audience gift. |
| 18 | ba-hu-la-ti {iri}hi-rim-me _{lu2}kur2_ ak-s,u sza ul-tu ul-la a-na ni-ri-ia la kit-nu-szu i-na _{gesz}tukul_ u2-szam-qit-ma na-pisz-tu ul e-zib | (As for) the people of the city Ḫirimmu, a hostile enemy who had fled from the east to my city without number, I struck with the sword and I did not leave (them). |
| 19 | na-gu-u2 szu-a-tu a-na esz-szu-ti as,-bat 1(disz)-en _gu4_ 1(u) _udu-mesz_ 1(u) _ansze gesztin-mesz_ 2(u) _ansze zu2-lum-ma_ re-sze-te-szu2 a-na _dingir-mesz_-ni _kur_ asz-szur{ki} _en-mesz_-ia u2-kin da3-ri-szam | I took away that nagû-vessel as a gift. I established for the gods of Assyria, my lords, one ox, 10 sheep, 10 homers of wine, and 20 homer of dates as his first fruits. |
| 20 | i-na 2(disz)-e ger-ri-ia {d}asz-szur be-li2 u2-tak-kil-an-ni-ma a-na _kur_ {lu2}kasz-szi-i u3 _kur_ ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-a _{lu2}kur2_ ak-s,i sza ul-tu ul-la a-na _lugal-mesz_-ni _ad-mesz_-ia la kit-nu-szu lu al-lik | In my second campaign, the god Aššīr, my lord, entrusted me and I marched to the land of the Kassites and the land Yasubigallâ, a hostile enemy who since time immemorial had not trusted in the kings, my fathers. |
| 21 | qe2-reb hur-sza2-a-ni zaq-ru-te _a-sza3_ nam-ra-s,i i-na _ansze-kur-ra_ ar-kab-ma _{gesz}gigir giri3-min_-ia i-na ti-ik-ka-a-te u2-sza2-asz2-szi asz2-ru szup-szu-qu i-na _giri3-min_-ia ri-ma-nisz at-tag-gisz | In the midst of distant mountains, a fertile field, with a horse I came down and with my feet a chariot I raised up. With my feet I was constantly frightened. |
| 22 | {iri}_e2_-{disz}ki-lam-za-ah _iri_ dan-nu-ti-szu2-nu al-me ak-szud{ud} _ug3-mesz tur gal ansze-kur-ra-mesz {ansze}kunga-mesz ansze-mesz gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu hi-a_ ul-tu qer-bi-szu u2-sze-s,a-am-ma szal-la-tisz am-nu | I conquered the city Bit-Kilamzaḫ, their fortified city. I brought out from it people, young and old, horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats, and I counted them as booty. |
| 23 | _iri-mesz_-szu2-nu _tur-mesz_ sza ni-ba la i-szu-u2 ap-pul aq-qur u2-sze-me kar-mesz _e2 edin_ kul-ta-ri tu-kul-ti-szu2-nu i-na {d}gesz-bar aq-mu-ma di-tal-lisz u2-sze-mi | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire their small cities, which were without number. I burnt down, plundered, (or) burned down with fire the quays, houses, and mounds of their cult centers. |
| 24 | u2-ter-ma {iri}e2-{disz}ki-lam-za-ah szu-a-tu a-na bir-tu-ti as,-bat _ugu_ sza u4-me pa-ni u2-dan-nin a-muh-husz _ug3-mesz kur-kur_ ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia ina lib3-bi u2-sze-szib | I reorganized that city Ēl-Kilamzaḫ and strengthened (its) fortresses. I settled therein the people of the lands of the four quarters (of the world). |
| 25 | _un-mesz kur_ {lu2}kasz-szi-i u3 _kur_ ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-a sza la-pa-an _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia ip-par-szi-du ul-tu qe2-reb _kur_-i u2-sze-ri-dam-ma i-na {iri}har-disz-pi {iri}_e2_-{disz}ku-bat-ti u2-szar-me | The people of the land of the Kassites and the land Yasubigallāya, who had fled from my weapons, I brought down from the mountains and I settled them in the cities Ḫardišpi (and) Bit-Kubattu. |
| 26 | i-na _szu-min_ {lu2}szu-ut _sag_-ia _{lu2}en-nam_ {iri}ar-rap-ha am-nu-szu2-nu-ti _{na4}na-ru2-a_ u2-sze-pisz-ma li-i-tum ki-szit-ti _szu-min_ sza _ugu_-szu2-un asz2-tak-ka-nu s,e-ru-usz-szu2 u2-sza2-asz2-t,ir-ma ina qer-bi _iri_ ul-ziz | From the hands of my eunuch, the governor of Arrapha, I had them fashioned a stele and I had a replica of the inscription that I had placed upon them written upon it and placed it inside the city. |
| 27 | pa-an ni-ri-ia u2-ter-ma a-na {kur}el-li-pi as,-s,a-bat har-ra-nu el-la-mu-u-a {disz}is-pa-ba-a-ra _lugal_-szu2-un _iri-mesz_-szu2 dan-nu-ti _e2_ ni-s,ir-ti-szu2 u2-masz-szir-ma a-na ru-qe2-ti in-na-bit | I turned my attention to the land Ellipi and took the road up to my land. Ispabāra, their king, his fortified cities, his treasury, I abandoned and to the desert I fled. |
| 28 | gim-ri _kur_-szu _dagal_-ti ki-ma _muru9_ as-hu-up {iri}mar-u2-bisz-ti {iri}ak-ku-ud-du _iri-mesz e2 lugal_-ti-szu2 a-di 3(u) 4(disz) _iri-mesz_ dan-nu-ti u3 _iri-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu sza2 ni-ba la i-szu-u | I conquered all of his extensive land like a fog. The cities Marubišti (and) Akkuddu, cities of his royal house, together with 34 fortified cities and small settlements in their environs, which were without number, |
| 29 | ap-pu-ul aq-qur i-na {d}gesz-bar aq-mu-ma _kiri6-mesz_-szu2-nu ak-szit, _ugu a-gar3-mesz_-szu2-un hab-s,u-ti sza2-hur-ra-tum at-bu-uk {kur}el-li-pi a-na pat, gim-ri-sza2 ar-bu-ta u2-sza2-lik | I cut down, burned, (and) burned with fire. I demolished their orchards and piled up heaps of bricks upon their ruined fields. I conquered the land Ellipi to its full extent. |
| 30 | _un-mesz tur gal nita_ u _munus ansze-kur-ra-mesz {ansze}kunga-mesz ansze-mesz gu4-mesz_ u3 _u8-udu hi-a_ la mi-nam asz2-lu-lam-ma a-di la ba-sze20-e u2-sza2-lik-szu2-nu-ti | I carried off people, young and old, male and female, horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats without number, and I made them go without number. |
| 31 | {iri}s,i-s,i-ir-tu {iri}ku-um-ma-ah-lum _iri-mesz_ dan-nu-ti a-di _iri-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu {kur}e2-bar-ru-u2 na-gu-u a-na gi-mir-ti-szu2 ul-tu qe2-reb _kur_-szu2 ab-tuq-ma _ugu_ mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur{ki} u2-rad-di | The cities Ṣiṣirtu (and) Kummaḫlum, fortified cities, together with the smaller cities in their environs, I conquered the land Barrû, a fortress in its entirety, from its mountain range and I added (it) to the territory of Assyria. |
| 32 | {iri}el-en-za-asz2 a-na _iri lugal_-ti u3 dan-na-at na-ge-e szu-a-tu as,-bat-ma _mu_-szu2 mah-ra-a u2-nak-kir-ma {iri}kar-{disz}{d}en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba at-ta-bi ni-bit-su | I took the city Elenzaš as a royal city and fortress of that district and changed its (original) name. I named it Kar-Bēl-Sîn-aha-eriba. |
| 33 | i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia sza {kur}ma-da-a-a ru-qu-ti sza i-na _lugal-mesz_-ni _ad-mesz_-ia ma-am-man la isz-mu-u zi-kir _kur-mesz_-szu2-un man-da-ta-szu2-nu ka-bit-tu2 am-hur a-na ni-ri be-lu-ti-ia u2-szak-ni-su-nu-ti | On my return march, I received the substantial payment of the distant Medes, which no one among the kings, my ancestors, had heard about. I made them bow down to the yoke of my lordship. |
| 34 | i-na u4-mi-szu-ma nina{ki} ma-ha-zu s,i-i-ru _iri_ na-ram {d}isz-tar sza nap-har ki-du-de-e _dingir-mesz_ u3 _{d}isz-tar-mesz_ ba-szu-u2 qe2-reb-szu | At that time, Nineveh, the exalted cult center, the city beloved of the goddess Ištar, in which all the shrines of the gods and goddesses were built, |
| 35 | tem-me-en-nu da-ru-u2 du-ru-usz s,a-a-ti sza ul-tu ul-la it-ti szi-t,ir bu-ru-um-me es,-rat-su es,-ret-ma szu-pu-u2 s,i-in-du-szu | (As for) the eternal foundation(s) (and) the forever-lasting foundation (of the ṣātu) that [had been fashioned] from afar with a writing-board, [its foundations had become dilapidated and crumbled]. |
| 36 | asz2-ru nak-lu szu-bat pi-risz-ti sza mim-ma szum-szu szi-pir ni-kil-ti gi-mir pel-lu-de-e ni-s,ir-ti lal3-gar szu-ta-bu-lu qe2-reb-szu | [(As for) the exalted abode, the dwelling of the secret of everything, the craft of the cult daises, the totality of the protective deities, (and) the protection of the lalgar-priestess, which] had become dilapidated, |
| 37 | sza ul-tu ul-la _lugal-mesz_-ni a-li-kut mah-ri _ad-mesz_-ia ul-la-nu-u-a be-lu-ut _kur_ asz-szur{ki} e-pu-szu-ma u2-ma-'e-ru ba-'u-lat {d}en-lil2 | which since time immemorial earlier kings, my ancestors, before me had built, the lordship of Assyria had become dilapidated, (and) who revered the god Enlil, |
| 38 | u3 szat-ti-szam la na-par-ka-a e-reb la nar-ba-a-ti _gun_ mal-ki kib-rat ar-ba-'i im-da-na-ah-ha-ru qe2-reb-szu | And for a long time, without ceasing, in the midst of the insubmissive, the weapon of the rulers of the world quarters the four quarters, therein |
| 39 | a-a-um-ma i-na lib-bi-szu2-nu a-na _e2-gal_ qer-bi-szu kum2-mu ri-mit be-lu-ti sza s,u-uh-hur szu-bat-su le-e-su ul i-da-a lib-bu-usz ul ih-su-us | “Whoever among them, to the palace in its environs, may the lordly majesty, whose dwelling has been plundered, not know; his heart did not fear him. |
| 40 | a-na szu-te-szur _sila iri_ u3 szum-dul re-ba-a-ti ha-re-e _i7_ za-qa-ap s,ip-pa-a-ti u2-zu-un-szu2 ul ib-szi-ma ul usz-ta-bil ka-ras-su | for the preservation of the streets of the city and the protection of the reed-beds, the canals of the Zaqap River, (and) the ṣippātu canals its foundations did not establish and its foundation(s) did not become weak. |
| 41 | ia-a-ti {disz}{d}en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} e-pesz szip-ri szu-a-tu ki-i t,e3-em _dingir-mesz_ i-na uz-ni-ia ib-szi-ma ka-bat-ti ub-lam-ma | For me, Bel-ahhe-eriba, king of Assyria, had this work done according to the command of the gods, in my wrath, and I brought it to an end. |
| 42 | te-ne-szet {kur}kal-di {lu2}a-ra-mu {kur}man-na-a-a {kur}qu-e u3 {kur}hi-lak-ku sza a-na ni-ri-ia la kit-nu-szu as-su-ha-am-ma tup-szik-ki u2-sza2-asz2-szi-szu2-nu-ti-ma il-bi-nu _sig4_ | The people of Chaldea, the Arabs, the Manneans, Que, and Ḫilakku, who were not loyal to my yoke, I removed and I made your tablet binding on them and they brought bricks. |
| 43 | a-pe ku-pe-e sza qe2-reb {kur}kal-di ak-szit,-ma ap-pa-ri-szu2-un szam-hu-ti i-na ba-hu-la-ti na-ki-ri ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia u2-szal-di-da a-na e-pesz szip-ri-sza2 | (As for) the water of the kupītu-trees that were in Chaldea, I cut down their thick reed-beds and (then) I carried off my hands to do its work. |
| 44 | _e2-gal_ mah-ri-tu sza 3(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 us2_ i-na tar-s,i za-me-e _e2_ ziq-qur-rat 1(gesz2) 2(u) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 dagal_ i-na tar-s,i {e2}na-ma-ri _e2 {d}1(u)-5(disz)_ 1(disz) _me_ 3(u) 4(disz) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 dagal_ i-na tar-s,i {e2}na-ma-ri _e2_-kid9-mu-ri 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 dagal_ | The previous palace, which is 3 hundred 1(six) cubits long by the side of Zamû, the temple of Ziqqurrat, 1 (sixty) twenty-one cubit wide by the wall of Namāri, temple of the goddess Ištar, 1 hundred 34 (shekels) by the window of Namamari, the courtyard of Kidmuri, 135 cubit width |
| 45 | sza _lugal-mesz_-ni a-li-kut mah-ri _ad-mesz_-ia a-na ri-mi3-ti be-lu-ti-szu2-un u2-sze-pi-szu-ma la u2-nak-ki-lu szi-pir-sza2 | of the kings who came before me, my ancestors, for their lordly majesty I had built and did not alter its work. |
| 46 | {i7}te-bil-ti a-gu-u2 szit-mu-ru sza i-na na-szi-sza2 ge-gu-ne2-e qa-bal-ti _iri_ u2-ab-bi-tu-ma ki-mah-hi-szu2-un nak-mu-ti u2-kal-li-mu {d}utu-szu2 | The Tebilti River, a šitamuru-river, which in the middle of the city (lit. “house of the throne’s encirclement, was irrigated, and whose embankment(s) had become dilapidated, its god was Šamaš. |
| 47 | u3 ul-tu _ud-mesz su3-mesz_ t,e-hi _e2-gal_ i-ba-'u-u2-ma i-na _illu_-sza2 gap-szi i-na usz-szi-sza2 ab-bu u2-szab-szu-u2 u2-ri-ib-bu tem-me-en-sza2 | and from distant days, a report of the palace was missing, and in its wide flood, at its foundations, flooded with floods, its foundation |
| 48' | _e2_ ap-pa-a-te tam-szil _e2-gal_ {kur}hat-ti sza i-na li-sza2-a-ni _kur mar-tu{ki} e2_ hi-la-a-ni i-sza2-as-su-szu a-na mul-ta-'u-u-ti be-lu-ti-ia u2-sze-pi-sza2 qe2-reb-szin | (As for) the house of windows, a replica of the palace of the land Ḫatti, which in the environs of Mount Amurru had been built, I had a house of hilānu-flour built therein for my lordly pleasure. |
| 49' | 8(disz) _ur-mah-mesz_ pe-tan bir-ki szu-ta-tu-ti sza i-na 3(szar2) 1(gesz'u) _gun uruda_ nam-ru pi-ti-iq {d}nin-a2-gal szu-pu-szu ma-lu-u2 nam-ri-ri | 8 lion-headed lions, clad in reddish tiaras, who, with 900 talents of bright copper, the gift of the goddess Ninagal, were fashioned, full of brilliance, |
| 50' | u3 2(disz) tim-me szu-ta-hu-ti sza 1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) gun_ pi-ti-iq si-par-ri szu-ub-bu-'u a-di 2(disz) tim-me _{gesz}eren gal-mesz ugu_ pirig3-gal-le-e u2-kin-ma dap2-pi ku-lul _ka2_-szi-in e-mid | and two šutaḫūtu-vessels of 1,400 talents of tiqqû-wood, piled up, together with two large cedar trees, I established over the great lions and I imposed a heavy rain on their gates. |
| 51' | er-bet _udu_ szad-di _{d}lamma_ sza _ku3-babbar_ si-par-ri it-ti _udu_ szad-di _{d}lamma_ sza _na4 kur_-i esz-qi2 nak-lisz ab-ni-ma a-na er-bet-ti sza2-a-ri u2-sza2-as,-bi-ta _si-gar_-szi-in as-mu | four sheep, half of the protective spirit of the sippar-silver, together with a sheep, two of the protection spirit of mountain stone, I fashioned anew, and I had (them) entrusted to the four quarters of the world. I called her name. |
| 52' | as-kup-pat {na4}pi-i-li rab-ba-a-ti da-ad2-me na-ki-ri ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia qe2-reb-szi-in e-si-ha a-sur-ru-szi-in u2-sza2-as-hi-ra a-na tab-ra-a-ti u2-sza2-lik | I surrounded them with large limestone slabs, (and) imposed upon them the nākītu-demons (lit. “the kišitu-diseases of my hands. I widened their meadows and made (them) larger than (those of) earlier times. |
| 53' | _{gesz}kiri6-mah_-hu tam-szil {kur}ha-ma-nim sza gi-mir _szim hi-a gurun_ s,ip-pa-a-te _gesz-mesz_ tuk-lat _kur_-i u3 {kur}kal-di qe2-reb-szu hur-ru-szu i-ta-a-sza2 az-qu-up | I planted a large orchard in the territory of the land Hamānu, with all kinds of aromatics, fruit, ṣippatu-trees, (and) trees, the support of the mountains and Chaldea, inside it. |
| 54' | asz2-szu za-qa-ap s,ip-pa-a-ti _a-sza3_ ta-mir-ti e-le-en _iri 2(barig)-ta-am3_ a-na _dumu-mesz_ nina{ki} pil-ku u2-pal-lik-ma u2-szad-gi-la pa-nu-usz-szu2-un | Concerning the clearing of the ṣippātu field above the city, 2 barig each for the citizens of Nineveh the work I performed and made their faces bright. |
| 55' | a-na mit,-ra-a-ti szum-mu-hi ul-tu pa-a-t,i {iri}ki-si-ri a-di ta-mir-ti _nina{ki} kur_-a u3 bi-ru-tu2 i-na ak-kul-la-te _an-bar_ u2-szat-tir-ma u2-sze-szir {i7}har-ru | From the border of the city Kisiri to the plain of Nineveh, the mountain, and the fortifications, I made (them) shine like bronze using bitumen and I made the Harru River rise. |
| 56' | 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _danna_ qaq-qa-ru ul-tu qe2-reb {i7}hu-su-ur ma-a-me da-ru-u2-ti a-szar-sza2 u2-szar-da-a qe2-reb s,ip-pa-a-ti sza2-ti-na u2-szah-bi-ba pat-ti-isz | (and) from the Euphrates River, a long-lasting river, I made its place more plentiful. I made those bricks rise up like a mountain. |
| 57' | ul-tu szip-ru _e2-gal_ be-lu-ti-ia u2-qat-tu-u u2-sza2-an-di-la re-ba-a-ti bi-re-e-ti su-qa-a-ni usz-par-du-ma u2-nam-mir _gim_ u4-me | After I had finished the work on my lordly palace, I had the outer quarters of the city quarters cleared away, and I made (them) shine like daylight. |
| 58' | {d}asz-szur _en gal_-u2 _dingir-mesz_ u3 _{d}isz-tar-mesz_ a-szi-bu-ut _kur_ asz-szur{ki} i-na qer-be-sza2 aq-re _{udu}siskur-mesz_ tasz-ri-ih-ti aq-qi2-ma u2-szat-lim kad3-ra-a-a | I prayed to the god Ashur, great lord of the gods, and the goddesses who dwell in Assyria. I offered sacrifices, offerings, (and) offerings, and I received my payment. |
| 59' | a-na ar2-kat3 u4-me i-na _lugal-mesz_-ni _dumu-mesz_-ia sza {d}asz-szur a-na _re-e2-um_-ut _kur_ u3 _ug3-mesz_ i-nam-bu-u zi-kir-szu2 e-nu-ma _e2-gal_ sza2-a-tu2 i-lab-bi-ru-ma en-na-hu | In the future, among the kings, my descendants, whom the god Ashur nominates for shepherding the land and people, when that palace becomes old and dilapidated |
| 60' | an-hu-sa lu-ud-disz _mu-sar_-e szi-t,ir szu-me-ia li-mur-ma _i3-gesz_ lip-szu-usz _{udu}siskur_ liq-qi2 a-na asz2-ri-szu2 li-ter {d}asz-szur ik-ri-bi-szu2 i-szem-me | may she renovate its dilapidated section(s). May she find an inscribed object bearing my name, anoint it with oil, offer an offering, return (it) to its place, (and) may the god Aššar hear his prayers. |
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