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RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 136 composite (P462985)

Official or display, Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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Designation	RINAP 4 Esarhaddon 136 composite
ID	P462985
Language	Akkadian
Period	Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Genre	Official or display
Find spot	uncertain (mod. uncertain)

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	a-na {d}na-na-a szar-rat unu{ki} _gaszan gal_-ti _gaszan_-szu2	To Nanaya, queen of Uruk, great lady, his lady:
2	{disz}an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na _man kur_ asz-szur _szagina_ babila2{ki}	Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon.
3	_man kur_ szu-me-ri u uri{ki} musz-te-e'-u asz2-rat _dingir-me gal-me_	king of Sumer and Akkad, who constantly seeks out the sanctuaries of the great gods,
4	ba-nu-u _e2_ an-szar2 e-pisz e2-sag-il2 u babila2{ki}	creator of the temple of the god Aššar, builder of Esagil and Babylon,
5	mu-ud-disz e2-an-na mu-szak-lil2 esz-ret kul-lat ma-ha-zi	Who renovates Eanna, who purifies the shrines of all the cult centers,
6	sza ina qer-bi-szi-na isz-tak-ka-nu si-ma-a-ti	[who] have set up rites [in] their midst,
7	ka-szid ul-tu tam-tim e-li-ti a-di tam-tim szap-li-ti	conqueror from the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea,
8	sza gi-mir ma-li-ki u2-szak-ni-szu sze-pu-usz-szu	[(As for) the one who] makes [all of the cult daises bow down at his feet],
9	_dumu_ {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _man kur_ asz-szur _dumu_ {disz}man-gin _man kur_ asz-szur{ki}	son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, son of Sargon (II), king assyrian.
10	_szagina_ babila2{ki} _man kur_ szu-me-ri u uri{ki}	governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad.
11	e2-hi-li-an-na _e2_ pa-pah {d}na-na-a _gaszan_-ia	Eḫiliana, the temple of the cella of Nanaya, my lady
12	sza {disz}na-zi-muru2-tasz _man_ babila2{ki} i-pu-szu	which Nazi-murūtaš king of Babylon built.
13	{disz}eri-ba-mar-duk _man_ babila2{ki} u2-ke-esz-szu-u	Erība-Marduk, king of Babylon, established.
14	la-ba-risz il-lik-ma ma-qit-ti ir-szi	He went old and took up residence.
15	asz2-ra-ti-szu2 asz2-te-'e ina a-gur-ri _udun ku3_-tim	I sought out its sanctuaries. With baked bricks (made) of silver
16	ma-qit-ta-szu2 ak-szir3 _szu-min_ {d}na-na-a _gaszan_-ia	I conquered his enemy. Hand of Nanāya, my lady.
17	as,-bat-ma a-na qer-bi-szu2 u2-sze-rib szu-bat da-rat u2-szar-me	I seized him and brought him inside. I made him dwell in a glorious dwelling.
18	szi-pir sza2-a-szu2 {d}na-na-a ha-disz ina nap-lu-si-sza2	The work of Nanāya is well.
19	ia-a-ti {disz}an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na _man kur_ asz-szur _man_ ka2-disz{ki}	As for me, Esarhaddon, king of Assyria (and) king [of Babylon],
20	a-mat _munus saga_-ia ina ma-har {d}muati _en_-ia2 lisz-sza2-kin szap-tusz-sza2	May the word of my good woman be established in the presence of Nabû, my lord.
21	sza szu-mi3 szat,-ru ina szi-pir ni-kil-ti i-pa-asz2-szi-t,u	Whoever erases my inscribed name with a crafty device,
22	_mu-sar_-u-a i-ab-bat lu-u a-szar-szu2 u2-nak-ka-ru	my inscribed object shall seize, or his place shall alter
23	{d}na-na-a ag-gesz lik-kil-me-szu2-ma _mu_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 lu-hal-liq	May Nanāya protect him, and may his name (and) his seed be destroyed.

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