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RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 009 composite (P462817)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 009 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P462817 |
| 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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
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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 | _{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. |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | _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. |
| 9 | [...] a-na qe2-reb {i7}a-gam-me x x x x x x x x [...] | ... into the Euphrates ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | {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, Hursagkalamma, (and) Cutha together with the citizens of the city, the lords of crime, and I counted them as booty. |
| 12 | 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, |
| 13 | {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, Ruʾua, Puqudu, Hamranu, Ḫagārānu, Nabatu, Liʾtâ, (and) Arameans without number. |
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