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RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 024 composite (P462832)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 024 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P462832 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 1 | ||
| 1 | {disz}{d}en-zu-szesz-mesz-eri-ba _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu | Bel-ahhe-eriba, great king, strong king |
| 2 | _lugal_ kisz-sza2-ti _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim | king of the world, king [of Assyria] and [king] of the four quarters (of the world), |
| 3 | _re-e2-um_ it-pe-szu mi-gir _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | the shepherd, the favorite of the great gods, |
| 4 | na-s,ir kit-ti ra-'i-im mi-sza2-ri | guardian of truth, who loves justice, |
| 5 | e-pisz u2-sa-a-ti a-lik tap-pu-ut a-ki-i | “I performed the utensils (and) marched alongside (them) as follows: |
| 6 | sa-hi-ru dam-qa-a-ti et,-lum git2-ma-lum | [Exalted] one, perfect man, |
| 7 | zi-ka-ru qar-du a-sza2-red kal mal-ki | Hero, foremost of all rulers, |
| 8 | rap-pu la-'i-it, la ma-gi-ri | “Exalted one, unrivalled, |
| 9 | mu-szab-ri-qu za-ma-a-ni {d}asz-szur _kur_-u2 _gal_-u2 | who makes the praise of the god Ashur, the great mountain, |
| 10 | _lugal_-ut la sza2-na-an u2-szat-li-ma-an-ni-ma | a king without rival made me submit, and |
| 11 | _ugu_ gim-ri a-szib pa-rak-ki u2-szar-ba-a | I made greater than all who dwell in pārātu. |
| 12 | _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia ul-tu _a-ab-ba_ e-le-ni-ti | my weapons from the Upper Sea |
| 13 | sza sza2-lam {d}utu-szi a-di tam-tim szap-li-ti | of the totality of the gods Šamaš to the Lower Sea, |
| 14 | sza s,i-it {d}utu-szi gim-ri s,al-mat _sag-du_ | of the rising of the sun all the black-headed people |
| 15 | u2-szak-nisz sze-pu-u2-a u3 mal-ki szep-s,u-ti | (As for) the one who removes my inscriptions and the ruler who breaks (them), |
| 16 | e-du-ru ta-ha-zi da-ad2-me-szu2-un | (Sum) The eduru-priestess, the battle-array of their father(s), (Akk) The bull, battle, their fathers |
| 17 | iz-zi-bu-ma ki-ma su-tin-ni{muszen} ni-gi-is,-s,i | they stood, and like a Sutinnu-bird they screamed. |
| 18 | e-disz ip-par-szu2 a-szar la 'a-a-ri | (Sum) He swore an oath against him, where he was not able to go (Akk) He has sworn against him wherever he did not go |
| 19 | i-na mah-re-e ger-ri-ia sza {disz}{d}marduk-ibila-szum2-na | Before the campaign of Marduk-ibilašumna |
| 20 | _lugal_ {kur}kar2-{d}dun-ia2-asz3 a-di _erin2 hi-a elam-ma{ki}_ | king of Karduniaš, together with the troops of Elam |
| 21 | re-s,i-szu i-na ta-mir-ti kisz{ki} asz2-ta-kan | I placed his head in the midst of Kish. |
| 22 | _bad5-bad5_-szu2 i-na _muru2_ tam-ha-ri szu-a-tu e-zib | his defeat in that district he did not cast. |
| 23 | _karasz_-su e-disz ip-par-szid-ma na-pisz-tusz e-t,i2-ir _{gesz}gigir-mesz_ | his camp he cut down and his life he saved. The chariots |
| 24 | _ansze-kur-ra-mesz_ [...] | horses ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 25 | x x x [...] | |
| 26 | x x x [...] | |
| 27' | {d}iszkur {d}sza-la _dingir-mesz_ sza {iri}e2-gal-mesz | The gods Adad and Šala, the gods of the palaces, |
| 28' | sza {disz}{d}marduk-szum2-szesz-mesz _lugal kur_ uri?{ki?} a-na tar-s,i | of Marduk-šuma-ahhe, king of the land Akkad, in order to return |
| 29' | {disz}tukul-ti-_a_-e2-szar2-ra _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} | Tiglath-pileser (III), king of Assyria. |
| 30' | il-qu-ma a-na babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} u2-bil-lu | they took and brought to Babylon. |
| 31' | i-na 4(disz) _me_ 1(u) 8(disz) _mu-an-na-mesz_ ul-tu babila2{ki} u2-sze-s,a-am-ma | In 498 years I brought out from Babylon and |
| 32' | a-na {iri}e2-gal-mesz asz2-ri-szu2-nu u2-ter-szu2-nu-ti | I returned them to the fortresses. |
| 33' | _iri_ u3 _e2-mesz_ ul-tu _usz8_-szu2 a-di gaba-dib-bi-szu2 | the city and houses from its foundations to its crenellations |
| 34' | ap-pul aq-qur i-na {d}gesz-bar aq-mu _bad3_ szal-hu-u2 | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the fortified wall. |
| 35' | _e2-mesz dingir-mesz_ ziq-qur-rat _sig4_ u3 _sahar hi-a_ ma-la ba-szu-u | temples of the gods, ziqqurat-stone, bricks and earth, as much as there are |
| 36' | as-suh-ma a-na {i7}a-ra-ah-ti ad-di | I dug and drew (it) down to the Araḫtu River. |
| 37' | i-na qe2-reb _iri_ szu-a-tu _i7_ ah-re-e-ma | In that city I drew a canal and |
| 38' | er-s,e-es-su-nu ina _a-mesz_ as-pu-un szi-kin usz-szi-szu2 | I buried their foundations in water, (and) established its foundations. |
| 39' | u2-hal-liq-ma _ugu_ sza a-bu-bu na-as-pan-ta-szu2 | he destroyed, and upon that of the flood his remission |
| 40' | u2-sza2-tir asz2-szu ah-rat u4-me qaq-qar _iri_ szu-a-tu2 | because of the return of the days of that city |
| 41' | u3 _e2-mesz dingir-mesz_ la musz-szi-i | and the temples of the gods, without number |
| 42' | i-na ma-a-mi usz-har-mit,-su-ma ag-da-mar u2-szal-lisz | (Sum) In the land, I destroyed him and made him vanquish (Akk) I destroyed his land and made it vanish |
| 43' | [...] x-_bi_ a-lik mah-ri | ... ... the one who goes before |
| 44' | [...] x _lu2?_ a-[...] | ... a man ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
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