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RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 003 composite (P462811)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 003 composite |
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| ID | P462811 |
| 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} i-na ta-mir-ti kisz{ki} asz2-ta-kan _bad5-bad5_-szu2 | In my first regnal year, I placed Marduk-apla-iddina (II), king of Karduniaš, together with the troops of Elam in the territory of Kish (and) defeated him. |
| 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 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 troops, (and) the commander-in-chief, all of the army, 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 in 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 _gin7_ mi-ra-a-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 Ekalamzaḫ, 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 | _ug3-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) Ekbattu. |
| 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-e-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 he abandoned and to the desert he 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 sza ni-ba la i-szu-u2 | I conquered all of his extensive land like a fog. The cities Maru-bišti (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 | _ug3-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-tu _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 exercised lordship over Assyria and had entrusted to 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-szu 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 his strength did not have, and did not carry off his booty. |
| 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 _masz_-mu-ri 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) ina 1(disz) _kusz3 dagal_ | The previous palace, which is 3 hundred, 60 cubits long by the side of Zamê, the temple Ziqqurrat, 1 hundred, 20 with 1 cubit wide in the side (of) Namari; the temple of the goddess Ishtar, 100, 34 with 1cubit wide by the (side) of Namari, the cult site of the mašmuru-priestess, 115 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-u u2-ri-ib-bu tem-me-en-sza2 | and from distant days, a report of the palace was missing, and in its wide flood, by its foundations, the flood swept over it, its foundation |
| 48 | _e2-gal-tur-ra_ sza2-a-tu a-na si-hir-ti-sza2 aq-qur-ma sza {i7}te-bil-ti ma-lak-sza2 usz-te-esz-na-a ab-bu usz-t,ib-ma u2-sze-szir mu-s,u-sza2 | I enlarged that small palace in its entirety and, along the Tebilti River, I made its course straight. I deposited my clay cone (therein) and made its foundations firm. |
| 49 | qe2-reb ka-tim-ti a-sur-rak-ki-sza2 szap-la-nu _gi-mesz_ e-la-nisz _na4-mesz kur_-i dan-ni it-ti _esir-ud-a_ ak-si-ma _a-sza3_ ul-tu ma-a-me u2-sze-lam-ma na-ba-lisz u2-ter | In the midst of the thickets of its meadowland, below, reeds, above, strong mountain stone I piled up with a pile of bricks and I brought a field from afar and I restored it. |
| 50 | 7(disz) _me_ ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _usz_ 1(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(disz) ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _sag-ki an-ta {im}si-sa2_ 2(disz) _me_ 1(u) 7(disz) ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _sag-ki muru2_-tim | 7 hundred in the Great Assyria, the length, 1 hundred 12 (shekels) in the Large Assumption, the upper front on the north, 2 hundred 17 (shkels), the lower front (on the south), |
| 51 | 3(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(u) 6(disz) ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _sag-ki ki-ta {im}u18-lu us2-sa-du_ {i7}idigna tam-la-a u2-mal-li-ma am-szu-uh me-szi-ih-ta | 326 in the Great Aslum, the lower front on the bank of the Euphrates, next to the Tigris River, I filled, and I extinguished the Mešiḫta River. |
| 52 | la-ba-risz _u4-mesz_ i-na _illu_ kisz-sza2-ti tem-me-en-szu2 la e-ne2-sze as-kup-pat {na4}pi-i-li rab-ba-a-ti a-sur-ru-szu u2-sza2-as-hi-ra u2-dan-nin szu-pu-uk-szu2 | In the distant future, through the flood of the world, its foundations would not be firm, I had its walls clad with large limestone slabs, (and) I strengthened its foundation(s). |
| 53 | _mu-sar_-e szi-t,ir szu-mi-ia 1(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) ti-ib-ki tam-li-i qe2-reb-szu2 al-t,u-ur-ma szap-la-nu i-na usz-szi-szu e-zib ah-ra-tasz | I wrote an inscribed object bearing my name, 100 (shekels of) red wool, inside it, and deposited (it) on its foundations. Afterwards, |
| 54 | ar-ka-nu szu-usz-qu-u2 tam-li-i ka-bat-ti ub-lam-ma 2(u) ti-ib-ki s,e-er mah-ri-i us,-s,ip-ma 1(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(u) ti-ib-ki u2-szaq-qi2 e-la-nisz | In the future, I will bring forth a new terrace on the riverbank, and I will build a wall of 20 tibku in front of me, so that I will raise 100 720 tibiku above. |
| 55 | tar-pa-szu-u2 el sza u4-me pa-ni u2-szar-bi s,e-er me-szi-ih-ti _e2-gal_ mah-ri-ti u2-rad-di-ma u2-sza2-an-di-la szi-kit-tasz | (As for) the tower, I made it greater than the days of the past. I enlarged the meadowland of the former palace and made its foundations firm. |
| 56 | _e2-gal zu2 am-si {gesz}esi {gesz}tug2_ {gesz}mu-suk-kan-ni _{gesz}eren {gesz}szur-min3_ {szim}_li_ u3 {gesz}bu-ut,-ni e2-gal-za3-di-nu-tuku-a a-na mu-szab _lugal_-ti-ia u2-sze-pi-sza2 qe2-reb-szu | I had a palace of amsi, ebony, musukkannu-wood, cedar, cypress, juniper, and baltu-trees, (and) Egalzadinutukua, for the residence of my royal majesty, built inside it. |
| 57 | _{gesz}kiri6-mah_-hu tam-szil {kur}ha-ma-nim sza gi-mir _szim hi-a gurun_ s,ip-pa-a-ti _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 in it a large orchard, a replica of Mount Amanus, with all kinds of aromatic plants, fruit trees, (and) trees from the mountains and Chaldea. |
| 58 | asz2-szu2 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 ṣippati of the plain above the city, 2 barig each for the citizens of Nineveh the work I performed, and I made their faces bright. |
| 59 | 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 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) rise and descend into the Harru River. |
| 60 | 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. |
| 61 | sza nina{ki} _iri_ be-lu-ti-ia szu-bat-su usz-rab-bi re-ba-ti-szu2 u2-sza2-an-dil-ma bi-re-e-ti u3 su-qa-a-ni usz-par-di u2-nam-mir _gin7_ u4-me | (As for) Nineveh, the city of my lordly majesty, I made its dwelling resplendent. I surrounded its reed-beds and I cleared out alleys and moats. I made (them) shine like daylight. |
| 62 | a-na _egir u4-mesz_ 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-tu 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 |
| 63 | an-hu-sa lu-ud-disz _mu-sar_-e szi-t,ir szu-mi-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-szu i-szem-me | may she renovate its dilapidated section(s). May she find an inscribed object bearing my name, anoint it with oil, make an offering, (and) return (it) to its place. The god Aššar will (then) hear his prayers. |
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