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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 108 composite (P462958)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 108 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P462958 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] _lu_ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] a-ma-ta | ... from the word(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | ha-ba-lu szag-ga-szu | whose head is swollen |
| 5' | ina zu-um-ri-szi-na | in their bodies |
| 6' | isz-sza2-kin-ma | he placed, and |
| 7' | en-szu i-hab-bi-lu | his lord they shall kill |
| 8' | i-szar-ra-ku a-na dan-ni | “He will be great to the strong. |
| 9' | ina qe2-reb _iri_ dul-lu-lu | in the city of the work |
| 10' | ma-har kad3-re-e | before the kadrê-offering |
| 11' | ib-ba-szi-ma | he created, and |
| 12' | _ud_-szam la na-par-ka-a | The day is not favourable. |
| 13' | im-szu-'u _nig2-szu-mesz_ sza a-ha-mesz | he has taken, the possessions of each other |
| 14' | ma-a-ru ina su-u2-qi | (Sum) The stag in the street (Akk) In the street |
| 15' | e-ta-ra-ar _ad_-szu | has returned, his father |
| 16' | re-e-szu a-na _en_-szu | the head to his lord |
| 17' | [...] x [...] | |
| 18' | ka-bat-tusz is,-s,a-ri-ih | (Sum) She sat down in her bed (Akk) She was seated on her bed |
| 19' | {d}en-lil2-la2 _dingir-mesz_ | the Enlil of the gods |
| 20' | _en kur-kur_ | lord of the lands |
| 21' | a-na sa-pah _kur_ u _ug3-mesz_ | to gather the land and people |
| 22' | ik-ta-pu-ud | he smote |
| 23' | le-mut-tu | evil |
| 24' | a-na sa-pan _kur_ | in order to widen the land |
| 25' | u3 hul-lu-uq _ug3-mesz_-sza2 | and the destruction of her people |
| 26' | lib-bu-usz | heart |
| 27' | ik-pu-ud-ma | he wrote, and |
| 28' | ar-rat ma-ru-usz-ti | the curse of marištu |
| 29' | isz-sza2-kin | he established. |
| 30' | ina pi-i-szu | by his mouth |
| 31' | ina _an_-e u _ki_-tim | in heaven and netherworld |
| 32' | _a2-mesz hul_-tim | omens of evil |
| 33' | it-tab-sza2-a | he brought. |
| 34' | sza2 ha-laq mit-har-ti | who has lost a wife, |
| 35' | x x? x x | |
| 36' | x x _iri_ | ... city(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 37' | u2-szab-szi-ma | he caused to dwell, and |
| 38' | _gi-ambar-mesz_ | reeds |
| 39' | u3 {gesz}s,ar-ba-ti | and arrows |
| 40' | ina qer-bi-szu2 | inside it |
| 41' | ma-gal i-szir-ma | “It is great! It was great! |
| 42' | u2-s,ar-ri-sza2 | he sent her. |
| 43' | pa-pal-lu | |
| 44' | _muszen-mesz an_-e | birds of the sky |
| 45' | _ku6-mesz zu-ab_ | fish of the bone |
| 46' | sza la ni-bi | without number, |
| 47' | ina qer-bi-szu | inside it |
| 48' | ib-ba-szu-ma | he created, and |
| 49' | x x [...] | |
| 50' | _geszkim-mesz saga-mesz_ | good judgments |
| 51' | ina sza2-ma-mi u qaq-qa-ri | In heaven and earth |
| 52' | sza szu-szu-ub _iri_ | of the abandonment of the city |
| 53' | u3 ud-du-usz | and continually |
| 54' | esz-re-e-ti-szu | his shrines |
| 55' | isz-tap-pa-ra | he sent |
| 56' | gis-kim-bu-usz | (a kind of sign) |
| 57' | ad-ke-e-ma | I swore, and |
| 58' | gi-mir um-ma-ni | all the scholars, |
| 59' | {kur}kar-{d}dun-ia2-asz3 | of Kar-Duniaš |
| 60' | ka-la-ma | all |
| 61' | _gesz-mesz_ u _gi-ambar-mesz_ | trees and reeds |
| 62' | ina qul-me2-e ik-szi-t,u | (Sum) The king, my lord, has slain me in battle (Akk) In battle, I slandered myself in battle |
| 63' | is-su-hu szu-ru-us-su | “He has sinned, his heart |
| 64' | _a-mesz_ {i7}pu-rat-ti | the waters of the Euphrates |
| 65' | ab-bu isz-tu qer-bi-szu2 | (Sum) The cow from its inside (Akk) From its inside |
| 66' | ap-ru-us-ma | I sent, and |
| 67' | a-na ma-la-ki-szu-nu | to their lordship |
| 68' | mah-re-e | before |
| 69' | u2-szar-di | he made great. |
| 70' | x x x [...] | |
| 71' | lisz-sza2-kin ina pi-i-szu | May it be placed in his mouth. |
| 72' | ik-rib _u4-mesz su3-mesz_ | long days |
| 73' | lik-ru-ban-ni-ma | May they bless me, and |
| 74' | szu-lum _bala-mesz_-ia | the well-being of my reign |
| 75' | liq-ta-bi | may he command. |
| 76' | a-na du-ri2 da-ri2 | forever. |
| 77' | _{iti}gu4-si-sa2_ | Ayyaru (II) |
| 78' | _mu-sag-nam-lugal-la_ | the first-born kingship |
| 79' | {disz}{d}asz-szur-szesz-i-di-nam | Assurnasirpal |
| 80' | _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} | king of Assyria, |
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