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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 007 composite (P462857)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 007 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P462857 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | u3 _erin2-hi-a_-szu2 {disz}isz-pa-ka-a-a {iri}as-gu?-za-a-a | and his troops, Išpakâ of Ašāya |
| 2' | kit-ru la mu-sze-zi-bi-szu2 a-na-ar ina _{gesz}tukul_ | (and) a weapon that cannot be dispelled, I shall strike with the sword |
| 3' | asz2-lul {kur}e2-{disz}dak-ku-ri sza2 qe2-reb {kur}kal-di a-a-ab babila{ki} | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the land E-Dakkūru, which is in Chaldea, the father of Babylon. |
| 4' | ak-mu {disz}{d}sza2-masz-ib-ni _lugal_-szu is-hap-pu hab-bi-lum | Šamaš-ibni, his king, washed the habbilum. |
| 5' | la pa-li-hu zik-ri _en en-en_ sza2 _a-sza3-mesz dumu-me?_ babila{ki} | the one who does not fear the utterance of the lord of lordes of the fields of the citizens of Babylon |
| 6' | u3 bar2-sipa{ki} ina pa-rik-te it-ba-lu-u-ma u2-ter-ru ra-ma-nu-usz | And Borsippa became frightened in the steppe and returned to its place. |
| 7' | asz2-szu2 ana-ku pu-luh-ti {d}en u {d}ag i-du-u2 | Because I know the fear of Bel and Nabû, |
| 8' | _a-sza3-mesz_ sza2-ti-na u2-ter-ma pa-an _dumu-mesz_ babila2{ki} | I returned those fields and before the citizens of Babylon |
| 9' | u bar2-sipa{ki} u2-szad-gil2 {disz}{d}muati-szal-lim _dumu_ {disz}ba-la-si | and Borsippa I made perfect. Nabû-šallim, son of Balasi |
| 10' | ina _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2 u2-sze-szib-ma i-sza2-t,a ab-sza2-a-ni | I sat on his throne and wrote (it). |
| 11' | {disz}en-ba-sza2 _dumu_ {disz}bu-na-ni {lu2}gam-bu-la-a-a | Bel-baša, son of Bunanu, Gambulean |
| 12' | sza ina 1(u) 2(disz) _danna_ qaq-qa-ru ina _a-mesz_ u3 _gi-ambar-mesz_ szit-ku-na? szub-tu2 | which in 12 danna-measures of ground in water and reeds were abandoned, |
| 13' | ina qi2-bit {d}asz-szur _en_-ia hat-tu ra-ma-ni-szu2 im-qut-su-ma | by the command of the god Aššīr, my lord, his own fear fell upon him and |
| 14' | ki-i t,e3-me-szu2?-ma bil-tu2 | According to his report, the debt |
| 15' | sza a-na {kur?}[...] | who to the land(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 16' | la isz-mu-u2 [...] | They did not hear(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 17' | _ug3-mesz kur_ asz-szur{ki} sza2 hi-it,-t,u ih-t,u-u [...] | The people of Assyria, who had committed a crime, |
| 18' | hab-ba-tum szar-ra-qu a-mir da-mi [...] | (Sum) The ḫabātu-priestess, the šarrû-priest, the one who sees ... (Akk) The habbatu, the splendor, the light of ... |
| 19' | la pa-li-hu zik-ri _en_-szu2 [...] | Who does not fear the utterance of his lord, .... |
| 20' | {lu2}ak-li {lu2}sza2-pi-ri {lu2}re-du-u [...] | The baker, the šapīru-official (and) the rēdû-official |
| 21' | lu-u sza2 ina _giri3-min sar_-ti il-[...] | or that which on the feet of a scribe ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22' | isz-ri-qu _sar-[...]_ | ... he heaped up ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 23' | a-na _kur_-szu2 u2-[...] | to his land ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 24' | x x? tur-ru gi?-mil-li [...] | ... small reed mats(?)(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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