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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 060 composite (P462910)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 060 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P462910 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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' | u3 {disz}te-usz-pa-a {kur}gi-mir-a-a ina _ki_-tim {kur}hu-bu-usz-na a-di gi-mir um-ma-ni-szu2 | and Teušpâ, the Cimmerians, in the territory of the land Ḫubušina, together with all of his army, |
| 2' | u2-ra-sib ina _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ ak-szud {iri}s,i-du-nu sza2 ina _muru2_ tam-tim {disz}ab-di-mil-ku-ut-ti _man_-szu2 | I conquered with the sword the city Sidon, which is in the middle of the Sea: Abdi-Milkūti, his king, |
| 3' | _gin7 ku6_ a-bar-szu-ma a-kis _sag-du_-su ak-szud {iri}ar-za-a sza2 i-te-e? na-hal mu-s,ur | like a fish I cast upon him and cut off his head. I conquered the city Arzâ, which is on the edge of the wadi |
| 4' | {disz}a-su-hi-li _man_-szu2 bi-re-tu2 ad-di-ma al-qa-a-szu2 a-na _kur_ asz-szur{ki} ak-szud {iri}ba-a-su | Asuḫili, his king, I gave orders and took him to Assyria. I conquered the city Basu. |
| 5' | na-gu-u2 sza2 a-szar-szu2 ru-u2-qu _ugu_ {disz}qa-na-a _man_ ni-tuk{ki} man-da-at-tu2 _en_-ti-ia2 u2-kin | I imposed upon Qanâ, the king of Nippur, the payment of my lordly tribute. |
| 6' | ak-szud {kur}szub-ri-a a-na pat, gim-ri-szu2 {disz}ik-te-szup _man_-szu2 la sze-mu-u2 a-mat qi2-bit-ia | I conquered the land Šubria to its full extent. Ikte-Šap, his king, did not hear the word of my command. |
| 7' | a-nir ina _{gesz}tukul_ ak-szud {iri}s,ur-ru sza2 _muru2_ tam-tim {disz}ba-'a-lu _man_-szu2 sza2 a-na {disz}tar-qu-u2 | I conquered with the sword the city Ṣurru in the middle of the Sea. Baʾalu, his king, who to Tarqû |
| 8' | _man_ {kur}ku-u-si it-tak-lu-ma gi-mir _iri-mesz_-szu2 _nig2-szu_-szu2 e-kim-szu2 ak-szud {kur}mu-s,ur {kur}pa-tu2-ri-si | king of the land Kusi, rebelled and took away all of his cities (and) possessions. I conquered the lands Muṣur and Paturisi. |
| 9' | u {kur}ku-u-si {disz}tar-qu-u _man_-szu2 5(disz)-szu2 ina mul-mul-li am-ha-su-ma gi-mir _kur_-szu2 a-bel asz2-pur | and the land Kusi, Tarqû, his king, five times in a battle, I struck down and I sent a messenger to all of his land. |
| 10' | _man-mesz_ sza2 _muru2_ tam-tim _du3_-szu2-nu _ta_ {kur}ia-da-na-na {kur}ia-man a-di {kur}tar-si-si | the kings of the interior of the Sea built them. From the land Yadanānu (I) to the land Iaman, as far as the land Tarsisi |
| 11' | a-na _giri3-min_-ia ik-nu-szu2 _gun_-sun2? _dugud_-tu2 am-hur _ugu_ mal-ki sza2 kib-rat _limmu2_-tim li-i-tu2 | I received a large payment from him. To the rulers of the four quarters (of the world). |
| 12' | asz2-tak-kan2-ma _ugu_ kul-lat na-ki-ri as-lu-ha i-mat mu-u-ti _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar nig2-szu nig2-ga_ | I placed, and over all the enemies I slew. The name of my husband was: gold, silver, possessions, property |
| 13' | _ug3-mesz tur gal ansze-kur-ra-mesz gu4-mesz u8-udu-hi-a_ szal-lat-sun2 _dugud_-tu2 sza2 la ni-ba i-szu2-u | the large and small people, horses, oxen, sheep and goats, their heavy booty, without number, |
| 14' | asz2-lu-la a-na _kur_ asz-szur _lugal-mesz {lu2}nam-mesz {lu2}gar-nu-mesz {lu2}gal-kar-mesz_ ina _ugu kur-kur_-szu2-nu | I marched to Assyria. The kings, governors, prefects and chiefs over their lands |
| 15' | asz2-kun-ma ni-ri {d}asz-szur _en_-ia e-mid-su-nu-ti sat-tuk-ki gi-nu-u ana {d}asz-szur u | I imposed upon them the yoke of the god Aššīr, my lord, (and) imposed on them sattukku-offerings, regular offerings, to the gods Ashur and |
| 16' | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-ia u2-kin da3-ri-szam _gun_ man-da-at-tu2 _en_-ti-ia | the great gods, my lords, I established forever as a pledge a payment of my royal majesty. |
| 17' | szat-ti-szam-ma la na-par-ka-a e-mid-szu-nu-ti i-szu2-t,u ab-sza2-a-ni ina u4-me-szu2-ma | At that time, (as for) the ones whom I had imposed upon you without your permission, they became ill (and) died. |
| 18' | _e2_ {d}asz-szur mah-ru-u sza2 {disz}{d}sal2-ma-nu-masz _dumu_ {disz}{d}iszkur-erin2-tah2 _dumu_ {disz}a-rikx(BU)-de-ni-i?-li? | The former temple of the god Aššar, belonging to Shalmaneser (III), son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also a son of Akkad-deni-ili(?) |
| 19' | a-bi ina pa-ni e-pu-szu an-hu-ta la-bi-ru-ta il-lik-u-ma _e2_ szu2-a-tu2 aq-qur | my father before had done, a new one came and that house I destroyed. |
| 20' | dan-na-su ak-szud _usz8_-szu2 ina pi-i-li _na4 kur_-i dan-ni ki-ma ki-s,ir _kur_-i ar-mi | I secured its foundation(s) with a bolt of strong mountain stone like a chain of mountain stone. |
| 21' | _ta usz8_-szu2 a-di gaba-dib-bi-szu2 ar-s,ip u2-szak-lil _gesz-ur3-mesz {gesz}eren-mah-mesz_ tar-bit {kur}si-ra-ra | I built (and) completed (it) from its foundations to its crenellations. I erected cypress trees, which are on the border of the land Sirara. |
| 22' | sza2 ina me-ti-iq _kaskal_-ia ak-ki-su _ugu_-szu2 u2-s,a-lil _{gesz}ig-mesz {gesz}szur-min3_ sza2 i-ri-si-na | which in the course of my campaign I cut down, I made complete over him. The doors of cypress, which had become old, |
| 23' | t,a-a-bu me-ser _ku3-sig17_ u2-rak-kis-ma u2-ra-ta-a _ka2-mesz_-szu2 at-man asz-szur _en_-ia _ku3-sig17_ uh-hi-iz | I fashioned a beautiful crown of gold and decorated its gates. I decorated the gates of Ashur, my lord, with gold. |
| 24' | {d}lah3-me {d}ku-ri-bi sza2 s,a-ri-ri ru-usz-szu2-u i-di ana i-di ul-ziz _e2_ pa-pah asz-szur _en_-ia | The gods Laḫmu (and) Kurību, whose radiance is exalted, the wise one, stood before the wise. The assembly of Assur, my lord, |
| 25' | _alam-mesz ku3-sig17_ bi-nu-ut _abzu za3_ u _gub3_ ul-ziz _e2-gar8-mesz ku3-sig17_ ki-ma si-i-ri a-si-ir | The gold statues, the creations of Apsu, on the right and on the left I erected. The gold towers I surrounded like a mound. |
| 26' | _bara2 nam-mesz bara2_ s,i-i-ru sza2 {d}asz-szur ina qer-bi-szu2 e-ram-mu-u szi-mat _an_-e u _ki_-tim | the dais of fates, the exalted dais which Ashur fashioned inside it, the fate of heaven and earth, |
| 27' | i-szi-mu sza2 _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia a-gur2-ri szu-pu-szu2-ma za-ha-lu-u lit-bu-szu2 ina 3(disz) _usz gun_ pi-ti-iq | of the kings, my ancestors, baked bricks for him and a zaḫalû-vessel for him. In three lengths he took the torch. |
| 28' | isz-ma-re-e nak-lisz u2-sze-pisz s,a-lam _lugal_-ti-ia mu-sa-pu-u _dingir_-ti-szu2-un mu-te-risz _{ba}ti_-ia2 | I had a statue of my royal majesty, a recitation of their divinity, (and) a restoration of my life. |
| 29' | u3 s,a-lam {disz}asz-szur-du3-a _dumu_ ri-du-ti-ia ab-ta-ni s,e-ru-usz-szu2 2(disz) ku-sa-rik-ki szu2-ta-tu2-te | and the statue of Ashurbanipal, son of Rīduštiya, I fashioned for him. Two sashes |
| 30' | sza2 pa-ni-szu2-nu pa-nu u ar-ka i-na-t,a-lu a-da-pi ku-lul _ka2_ na-szu2-u sza2 _uruda_ nam-ri | who before them, face and back they saw, the door bolt of the gate bearing the bright copper, |
| 31' | ap-tiq-ma _ka2 kaskal_ szu-ut {d}en-lil2 ul-ziz 2(disz) a-bu-ub nad-ru-tu2 ina szi-pir um-ma-nu-te nak-lisz | I opened the gate of the road of the god Enlil and I stood (there) for two abūbu-offerings with the craft of the craftsmen. |
| 32' | u2-sze-pisz-ma _ka2 man_-ti _za3_ u _gub3_ u2-sza2-as,-bi-ta _si-gar_-ru a-bu-bi masz-sze2-e pi-ti-iq | I had built and a royal gate on the right and left I had erected. A sīgarru-wall, a well, an interest-bearing loan |
| 33' | za-ha-le-e eb-bi x x? ba-ab kam-su {d}i2-gi3-gi3 ul-ziz ina _mu-an-na_ szu-a-tu | a pure zahalû-vessel ... he sat down. The Igigi stood in that year |
| 34' | e2-sag-il2 _e2-gal dingir-mesz_ im-gur-{d}en-lil2 _bad3_-szu2 ne2-met_-{d}en-lil2_ szal-hu-u2-szu | Esagil, the palace of the gods, Imgur-Enlil, his wall, and Nēmetti-enlil his šalḫu’u |
| 35' | ul-tu _usz8_-szu2 a-di na-bur-e-szu2 esz-szisz u2-sze-pisz-ma _ugu_ sza2 mah-re-e ma-a'-disz ut-tir | From its foundations to its crenellations I had anew built and I restored much of what had previously been built. |
| 36' | {d}en u3 {d}gaszan-ia _dingir-mesz_ mur-ta-a-me ki-i t,e3-me-szu2-nu ina qe2-reb {iri}asz-szur ib-ba-nu-ma | Bel and Beltiya, the gods of Urtāmu, heard their reports in Assyria and |
| 37' | ina e2-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra ke-nisz im-ma-al-du {d}be-let-babila2{ki} {d}e2-a {d}di-ku5 | In Eḫursaggalkurkurra, the Bēlet-Bābili, Ea, (and) Diku |
| 38' | ina qe2-reb {iri}asz-szur a-szar nab-ni-it _dingir-mesz_ in-ne2-ep-szu-ma u2-szak-li-la nab-ni-su-un | In Assyria, the place of creation of the gods, they performed (the ritual) and made their creation resplendent. |
| 39' | ina _5(u)-am3 gun_ s,a-ri-ru ru-usz-sze-e nab-ni-it {kur}a-ra-al-li e-per szad-di-i-szu2 | In fifty talents of ṣarīru, the wild bull, the offspring of the land Arallu, its foothills |
| 40' | sza2 ana szi-ip-ri la pat-qu u2-szar-ri-ih gat-ta-szu2-un ti-iq-ni s,i-ru-tu2? szu?-kut-tu2 a-qar-tu2 | (As for) the one who does not obey (my) instructions, I made their heads tremble (lit. “cutting-of-the-throat) (and) squatting(?) (i.e., slackening?) limbs; |
| 41' | sza2 ana be-lu-ti-szu2-un ma-disz szu-lu-kat3-ma ki-szad-su-un u2-taq-qi2-in-ma u2-mal-a i-rat-su-un | (As for) the one who was very devoted to their lordship, he raised up their yoke and adorned their faces. |
| 42' | in-nesz-ru-ma ul-tu2 qe2-reb e2-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra _gin7_ {d}sza2-masz ana _kur_ nam-risz it-ta-s,u-u2 | they were gathered, and from Eḫursaggalkurkurra like the sun they went out to the bright mountain. |
| 43' | har-ra-an szu-an-na{ki} is,-ba-tu2 u2-ru-uh ta-szi-il-ti ul-tu2 bal-til{ki} a-di _kar_ | the road to Šuanna he seized, the tašīlti-offering from Baltil (Assur) to Kar |
| 44' | babila2{ki} a-na 1(u) _usz-ta-am3_ qaq-qa-ru ab-ru ut-tap-pi-ha ana _danna-ta-am3_ u2-pal-li-qu2 | Babylon for 10 (sixties) (cubits) the upper side, the threshing floor (and) sand dunes he cleared away to the east. |
| 45' | le-e ma-ru-ti u3 ana-ku {disz}asz-szur-pap-asz qa-at _dingir_-ti-szu2 _gal_-ti s,ab-ta-ku-ma x x x? x x-ku-ha ma-har-szu2 | I, Esarhaddon, seized the hand of his great divinity and ... before him |
| 46' | ina qe2-reb babila2{ki} _iri e2_-ti-szu2-nu ha-disz u2-sze-rib-szu2-nu-ti ina s,ip-pat _{gesz}kiri6_ | In Babylon, the city of their house, I gladly brought them in. In the midst of the orchard |
| 47' | _pa5 mu-sar_-e sza2 e2-kar-za-gin3-na asz2-ri el-li ina szi-pir _abgal ka-luh-u3-da_ | The inscription of the Ekarzagina, the pure abode, with the work of the scribe Kaluhuda |
| 48' | _ka-du8-u3-da_ rim-ki te-lil-te ma-har _mul-mesz an_-e {d}e2-a {d}sza2-masz {d}asal-lu2-hi | the gate of purity, before the stars of heaven, Ea, Šamaš, Asalluhi, |
| 49' | _dingir-mah_ {d}ku3-su3 {d}nin-girima3 {d}nin-kur-ra {d}nin-a2-gal {d}ku3-sig17-banda3{+da} {d}nin-ildu2 {d}nin-zadim e-ru-bu | the great gods Kusu Ningirima Ninkurra Ninagal Kusigbanda Ninildu Ninzadim entered |
| 50' | x x x x? [...] x | |
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