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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 012 composite (P462862)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 012 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P462862 |
| 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 | {disz}asz-szur-szesz-szum2-na _lugal_ [...] _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _szagina_ babila2{ki} _lugal kur eme-gi7_ u uri{ki} | Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king [of Assyria, governor of Babylon, kin]g of the land of Sumer and Akkad, |
| 2 | _nun_ na-a'-du asz2-ru [...] sza pa-lah _dingir-mesz_ u {d}isz-ta-ri ka-la-ma i-du-u2 | the exalted prince who reveres the gods and the goddess Ištar all he knows. |
| 3 | lib3-bu rap-szu2 ma-[...] | The wide heart ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | sza ul-tu s,e-he-ri-szu2 [...] | who from his youth(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | sza a-na ud-du-usz [...] | who for the future(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6 | ba-nu-u2 _e2_ {d}asz-szur [...] | the builder of the temple of the god Aššīr, |
| 7 | _lugal_ szah-tu mu-szak-li-il [...] | The king, who purifies ..., the šaḫtu-priestess, |
| 8 | _dumu_ {disz}{d}sin-szesz-mesz-su _lugal_ [...] | son of Sennacherib, king(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | s,a-lam {d}sin {d}nin-gal [...] | Stele of Sîn and Ningal(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | e-pu-szu-ma u2-[...] | did, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | ku-um-mu sza masz-tak be-lu-ti-szu2-nu la e-pu-szu2 [...] | Instead of the maštak offerings of their lordly majesties they did not perform |
| 12 | a-na-ku {disz}an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} x [...] | [I], Esarhaddon, king of the world, [king of Assyria, ...] |
| 13 | _e2_ {d}sin {d}nin-gal {d}utu {d}a-a [...] | temple of the gods Sîn, Ningal, Šamaš, Aya |
| 14 | ina qe2-reb _muru2 iri_ sza2 nina{ki} a-na mu-szab [...] | in the middle of the city of Nineveh to dwell ... |
| 15 | ina _iti_ szal-me u4-me sze-me-e ina {na4}pi-i-li _na4 kur_-i dan-ni [...] | In a favorable month, on a propitious day, with pīlu-stone, strong mountain stone ... |
| 16 | s,e-er tam-le-e szu-a-tu usz-szi-szu2 ad-di [...] | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered that meadow. |
| 17 | _e2_ szu-a-tu2 a-na si-hir-ti-szu2 ar-s,ip u2-szak-lil [...] | I built that house in its entirety, completed . . |
| 18 | _gesz-ur3-mesz {gesz}eren-mah-mesz_ u2-szat-ri-s,a _ugu_-szu2 [...] | I had cypress and juniper cut down upon him. |
| 19 | _{gesz}ig-mesz {gesz}szur-min3_ sza2 e-re-es-si-na t,a-a-ba x [...] | Doors of cypress, whose scent is sweet, ... |
| 20 | mim-ma u2-na-a-ti hi-szih-ti _e2_ sza2 _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17_ [...] | All the utensils, the reed bundles of the house of silver and gold ... |
| 21 | ul-tu _e2_ szu-a-tu u2-szak-li-lu u2-qat-tu-u ag-mu-ra szi-pir-szu2 [...] | After they had completed that house, I completed its work, ... |
| 22 | {d}sin {d}nin-gal {d}utu {d}a-a _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ [...] | the gods Sîn, Ningal, Šamaš, Aya, the great gods |
| 23 | _iti_-szam-ma la na-par-ka-a [...] | The month of Tammuz, without ceasing, ... |
| 24 | a-na szat-ti {d}sin {d}utu _en-mesz gal-mesz_ x [...] | In the future, may Sîn and Šamaš, the great lords, ... |
| 25 | ia-a-ti {disz}an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na _lugal_ mi-gi-ir [...] | For me, Esarhaddon, king of Sumer and Akkad, |
| 26 | ina ta-mar-ti e-lat _an_-e u3 _{iti}bara2?_ [...] | At the appearance of heaven and Nisannu . .(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 27 | it-tu da-mi3-iq-tu sza a-rak u4-me x [...] | (Sum) The good one, the one who ... the day (Akk) With the good one of the day |
| 28 | ka-szid lit-tu-ti szu-muh pe-er-'i szum-dul na-an-na-bi [...] | (Sum) The one who crushes the reed screen, the one who covers it with a tuft of hair (Akk) The person who crush[es] the radiance, the šumduʾû-plant |
| 29 | li-tap-pa-lu a-ha-mesz i-na s,i-it pi-i-szu2-nu la szu-un-ne2-e _{lu2}kur2-mesz_-ia? li-ne2-ru | May they be gathered together, but their mouths are not open. May my enemies be released. |
| 30 | a-a-be2-e-a lis-ki-pu li-szam-qi2-tu ga-re-e-ia ina li-i-ti ki-szit-ti _szu-min_ s,e-er _{lu2}kur2-mesz_-ia | May my enemies be cut off, may they make my corpses fall in the middle of the netherworld. The hand of my enemies |
| 31 | li-sza2?-zi-zu-ni-ma e-ma lib3-bi i-qab-bu-u la-be-el la-asz2-pur | Let them stand with me and, whatever they say, let me rule. |
| 32 | a-na _egir_ u4-me i-na _lugal-mesz dumu-mesz_-e-a sza2 {d}sin {d}utu ut-tu-szu-u2-ma | In the future, among the kings, my descendants, whom the gods Sîn and Šamaš have appointed, |
| 33 | a-na be-lut _kur_ u3 _ug3-mesz_ i-nam-bu-u zi-kir-szu2 e-nu-ma esz-re-e-ti sza-ti-na | to the lordship of the land and the people his name when those shrines |
| 34 | i-lab-bi-ra-ma en-na-ha an-hu-us-si-na lu-ud-disz | “If he becomes frightened, may he renovate their dilapidated section(s). |
| 35 | _mu-sar_-u2 szi-t,ir _mu_-ia li-mur-ma _i3-gesz_ lip-szu-usz _{udu}siskur bala_-qi2 | May he find an inscribed object bearing my name, and may he anoint it with oil, make an offering, (and) restore (it). |
| 36 | szu-mi3 it-ti szu-me-szu2 lisz-t,ur a-na asz2-ri-szu2 li-ter | May he write my name with his name, may he return it to its place. |
| 37 | {d}sin u {d}utu _iti_-szam-ma la na-par-ka-a liq-bu-u _saga-mesz_-szu2 | May Sîn and Šamaš decree his good health in a month without interruption. |
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