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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 113 composite (P462963)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Babylon · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 113 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P462963 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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) |
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| 1 | {disz}an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na _lugal gal_-u2 _lugal_ dan-nu _lugal_ kisz-szat _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} | Esarhaddon, great king strong king, king of the world, [king of Assyria] |
| 2 | _szagina_ babila2{ki} _lugal kur eme-gi7_ u3 uri{ki} ni-bit {d}marduk {d}numun-du3-tu | general of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, favorite of Marduk and Zeru-utu. |
| 3 | _sipa_ ke-e-nu mi-gir an-szar2 u3 {d}nin-lil2 | true shepherd, favorite of Anšar and Ninlil, |
| 4 | _lugal_ sza2 ul-tu s,e-he-ri-szu2 a-na {d}ag {d}tasz-me-tum u3 {d}na-na-a it-tak-lu-ma | king who from his childhood trusts in Nabû, Tašmetu and Nanaya, |
| 5 | e-mu-ru da-na-an-szu2-un _a_ {disz}{d}sin-szesz-mesz-su _lugal gal_-u2 _lugal_ dan-nu | they saw their strength. son of Sennacherib, great king, strong king |
| 6 | _lugal_ kisz-szat _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _a_ {disz}man-gin _lugal gal_-u2 _lugal_ dan-nu _lugal_ kisz-szat _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} | king of the world, king [of Assyria, son of Sargon (II), great king, strong king], king in the world (and) [king of] Ass[yr]ia: |
| 7 | _szagina_ babila2{ki} _lugal kur eme-gi7_ u3 _uri{ki} sza3-bala-bala {disz}en_-ba-ni | general of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, commander-in-chief: Bel-bani. |
| 8 | _numun_ da-ru-u2 sza du-rug-szu2 bal-til{ki} ul-la-nu-u2-a _en gal_-u2 {d}marduk | (As for) the eternal seed which is the foundation(s) of Baltil (Akkadian): For my life, the great lord, Marduk, |
| 9 | it-ti e2-sag-gil2 u3 babila2{ki} e-zi-iz _sza3_-szu2 ze-nu-tu ir-szi | with Esagil and Babylon he stood, his angry heart set |
| 10 | _ug3-mesz_-szu2 an-na ul-la a-ha-mesz e-tap-pa-la i-dab-bu-ba la sza2-lim-tu | his people he has gathered together and spoken unfavourable things, |
| 11 | a-na nig2-gur11 _en gal_-i {d}marduk _szu-min_-su-nu u2-bi-lu-ma a-na {kur}elam-ma{ki} id-di-nu t,a-a'-tu2 | for the property of the great lord, Marduk, their hands they brought and to Elam they gave good. |
| 12 | ep-sze-ti-szi-na _ugu {d}marduk {d}numun-du3_-tu im-ra-s,a-ma iq-bu-u2 sa-pah-szin | their deeds upon Marduk and Zeru-uballiṭ he smote, and commanded their destruction. |
| 13 | _ugu iri a-mesz_ usz-bi-i'-ma u2-sze-me ki-szub-bi-isz3 | I poured water over the city and he heard about the abandoned settlements. |
| 14 | _dingir-mesz_-szu2 _{d}1(u)-5(disz)-mesz_-szu2 ip-ri-du-ma e-lu-u2 sza2-ma-mesz szu-bat _iri_ in-na-si-ih-ma | his gods (and) his goddesses he entrusted, and above the heavens the dwelling of the city he overwhelmed, and |
| 15 | ul in-na-t,al te-me-en-szu2 i-na re-esz _lugal_-u2-ti-ia ina mah-ri _bala_-ia | At the beginning of my kingship, before my reign |
| 16 | sza i-na _{gesz}gu-za lugal_-u2-ti ra-bisz u2-szi-bu re-me-nu-u2 {d}marduk | who sat on the great royal throne, merciful Marduk, |
| 17 | _sza3_-szu2 i-nu-uh-ma it-ti _iri_ sza2 iz-nu-u2 sa-li-mu ir-szi | his heart trembled, and with the city that he had destroyed peace he established. |
| 18 | e2-sag-gil2 u babila2{ki} esz-szisz u2-sze-pisz s,a-lam _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ud-disz ina _ki-tusz_-szu2-nu | I had Esagil and Babylon rebuilt. I had statues of the great gods erected therein. |
| 19 | u2-szar-ma-a szu-bat da-rat _e2_ an-szar2 u2-szak-lil ina kul-lat ma-ha-zi asz2-tak-ka-nu si-ma-a-te | I made (them) dwell on the dais of the temple of the god Ashur. In all the cult centers I placed statues. |
| 20 | i-na u4-me-szu2-ma e2-nig2-gidri-kalam-ma-sum-ma _e2_ {d}ag sza2 ha-re-e sza a-szar-szu2 ik-kam-ru-ma | At that time, E-niggidri-kalama-summa, the temple of Nabû of the cult centers, whose location had become dilapidated, |
| 21 | e-mu-u2 ti-la-nisz s,e-er usz-sze-szu2 la in-na-t,a-lu la us,-s,ab-bu-u2 nab-nit-su | (As for) the one who does not keep watch on his own, (or) does not seize his foes, |
| 22 | a-na-ku {disz}an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} sza an-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu {d}en {d}ag | I, Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who (among) the deities Aššar, Sîn, Šamātu, Bēlet-Nabu |
| 23 | a-na szuk-lu-lu ma-ha-zi ud-du-sze esz-re-e-ti ip-tu-u2 ha-si-su-usz | (As for) the one who renovates cult centers (and) restores sanctuaries, |
| 24 | e-pesz e2-nig2-gidri-kalam-ma-sum-ma ina lib3-bi-ia ib-szi-ma usz-ta-bil ka-bat-ti ep-ri-szu2 kam-ru-te | (As for) the construction of Eniĝidri-kalammasum, he engendered (it) in my heart and carried away the hunger of its foundation pit. |
| 25 | u2-pat-ti-ma szi-kit-ta-szu2 us,-s,ab-bi-ma a-hi-it, te-me-en-szu2 ki-i pi-i _gesz-hur_-szu2 mah-ri-te | he opened his ears, he grasped his foundations, and the foundations of his foundation were as firm as before. |
| 26 | am-szu-uh-ma e-du _sig4_ la u2-rad-di ina muh-hi ina _iti_ szal-me u4-me _sze-ga_ usz-sze-szu2 ad-di-ma | In a favorable month, on a propitious day, I laid its foundations and |
| 27 | u2-kin _sig4_-su _e2_ sza-a-szu2 ul-tu usz-sze-szu2 a-di gaba-dib-bi-szu ar-s,ip u2-szak-lil | I built and completed that temple from its foundations to its crenellations. |
| 28 | ki-ma u4-me u2-nam-mir szip-ru sza2-a-szu2 {d}ag _ibila_ s,i-i-ru ha-disz li-pal-lis | May Nabû, exalted heir, look upon this work with pleasure. |
| 29 | i-na kun-ni _sza3_-szu2 lik-tar-rab _lugal_-u2-ti _{gesz}gidri_ i-szar-tu mu-rap-pi-szat _kur_ li-szat-me-eh rit-tu-u-a | May my royal majesty be exalted in his steadfast heart! May the scepter of justice, the widening of the land, make my hand bow down. |
| 30 | a-na {disz}asz-szur-du3-a _dumu_ ri-du-tu2 _kur_ asz-szur{ki} u3 {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-na _dumu_ ri-du-te babila2{ki} | To Ashurbanipal, descendant of Gimil-Assyria, and to Gešnu-mudammīna, descendent of Babylonia: |
| 31 | _szesz-mesz_ ki-lal-la-an s,i-it lib3-bi-ia szim-tu t,a-ab-tu szim-tu _munus saga_ sza ur-ruk u4-me | the brothers who are devoted to my heart’s desire, who have a good fate and a favorable wife, who for a long time |
| 32 | _bala-mesz_-szu2-un na-s,ir _{gesz}gu-za_ sza2-an-gu-ti-szu2-un li-szi-mu szi-mat-su-un | their reigns, the guardian of their thrones, their šangû-offerings, may they determine as their fate |
| 33 | _lugal_-su-un x x x x x x x ina kit-ti u3 mi-sza2-ri li-ir-du-u2 | their kings may they establish in truth and justice |
| 34 | ma-ti ru?-bu-u2 ke-e-nu-tu2 {d}sin u {d}utu an-nu ke-e-nu li-tap-pa-lu a-ha-mesz | May the gods Sîn and Šamaš look after the well-being of the land. |
| 35 | a-na _egir-mesz_ u4-me a-na u4-me s,a-a-ti e-nu-ma _e2_ sza2-a-szu2 e-na-hu-ma la-ba-risz il-la-ku | In the future, in the days to come, when that house becomes dilapidated and old, they shall go. |
| 36 | ru-bu-u2 ar-ku-u2 sza an-hu-us-su ud-da-szu2 szu-mi3-ia2 szat,-ru it-ti _mu_-szu2 lisz-kun | (As for) a future ruler who renovates its dilapidated section(s) (and) writes my name with his name, |
| 37 | {d}ag _ibila_ s,i-i-ru na-din _{gesz}gidri {gesz}gu-za bala_-e ik-ri-bi-szu2 i-szem-me | Nabû, exalted heir, the one who gives the scepter (and) the throne of the reign, his prayers he shall hear. |
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