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RIMA 3.0.104.005, ex. 01 + frag. (P464290)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Dur-Katlimmu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RIMA 3.0.104.005, ex. 01 + frag. |
|---|---|
| ID | P464290 |
| Museum no. | BM 131124 + frag. |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Dur-Katlimmu (mod. Tall Shekh Hamad) |
| Coordinates | 35.6463, 40.7436 |
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 | [{disz}{d}u-erin2-tah2 _man_] dan-nu _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur _a_ {disz}szam-szi-u | Nergal-nārārī (I), mighty king, king of the world, [king of Assyria], son of Šamšî |
| 2 | [_man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur _a_ {disz}]{d}di-ma-nu-masz _man_ kib-rat _limmu5_-ti | [king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Di]mān-nūrāriš (I), [king] of the four quarters (of the world). |
| 3 | [_{gesz}gigir-mesz erin2 hi-a-mesz] karasz_ lu-u2 ad-ki a-na _kur_ hat-ti# | I had chariots, laborers, and wagons brought, and to the land Ḫatti |
| 4 | [a-na _du_-ki lu aq-bi] {i7#}a-rad ina mi-li#-sza2 e-bir# | I told you to go. I crossed the Euphrates in flood. |
| 5 | [a-na {iri}pa-qi-ra-hu]-bu-na a-ta-rad {disz}a-tar-szum2-ki# | I went down to the city Paqiraḫubuna. Atar-šumki |
| 6 | [_a_ {disz}ad-ra-me a-di _8(disz) man]-mesz_-ni sza2 _kur#_ hat#-ti sza2 i-si-hu-ma# | son of Arame, together with eight kings of the land Ḫatti, who had fled and |
| 7 | [a-na _a2-mesz_-szu2-nu it-tak-lu] pu#-ul-hi me-lam-me sza2 asz-szur _en#_-[ia] | They have turned their attention to the splendor of Ashur, my lord. |
| 8 | [is-hu-pu-szu2-nu-te ina isz]-te#-et _mu-an-na kur_ hat-ti# | In the middle of the year, the land Hatti |
| 9 | a#-di# pa#-[at, gim-ri-sza2 lu-u2 ak]-szud# ina _ugu_ {i7}[tam-ti] | I reached its full extent. On the Tamtu River |
| 10 | sza2 _di_-me {d}utu-szi lu#-u2# [a-lik s,a-lam _en_-ti]-ia# | May I be the one who marches for the life of the god Šamaš and the image of my lordly majesty. |
| 11 | ina {iri}ar-me-di sza2 _murub4_ {i7}tam-ti lu# az#-qu-pu | I drew near the city Armedu, which is in the middle of the Tigris. |
| 12 | a-na _kur_ lab-na-ni e-li _{gesz}ur!-mesz_ {gesz}e-ri-ni | I went up to the land Labnānu with cypress and cedar. |
| 13 | dan-nu-ti a-kis ina _u4_-me-szu-ma {gesz}e-ri-ni szu-a-tu2-nu | At that time, those cedars |
| 14 | _ta_ qe2-reb _kur_ lab-na-ni lu asz2-sza2-a ina _ka2 e2_ {d}di-ma-ni _en_-a | I went out from the land Labnani. At the gate of the temple of Damascus, my lord, |
| 15 | lu u2-kin _e2-dingir_ la-bi-ru sza2 {disz}{d}di-ma-ni-masz a-bi | The old temple of Damascus, my father, |
| 16 | e-pu-usz e-na-ah-ma u a-na-ku ina hi-sa-at lib3-bi-ia | “I did it, it became dilapidated, and I in my womb |
| 17 | _e2-dingir-mesz_ szu-a-tu2 _ta_ u2-szi-szu a-di _gaba-an-dib_-szu2 lu e-pu-usz | I built those temples from its foundations to its crenellations. |
| 18 | _{gesz}ur3-mesz_ {gesz}e-ri-ni sza2 _ta_ qe2-reb _kur_ lab-na-ni ina _ugu_-hi lu-u u2-kin | I erected trees of cedar which are from the land Labnānu over them. |
| 19 | e-nu-ma _e2-dingir_ szu-a-tu2 u2-szal-bar-u2-ma e-na-hu | When that temple had become old and dilapidated, |
| 20 | _nun egir_-u2 an-hu-su lu-u2-disz _mu_ szat,-ru a-na _ki_-szu2 lu-ter | May a future ruler restore its dilapidated section(s) and return my inscribed name to its place. |
| surface b | ||
| 1' | a-szib {iri}bad3#-duk#-[1(disz)-lim ki-is,-s,i] | who dwells in the city Dūr-Duk-aplim |
| 2' | _ku3_ szu-bat na-ra-me-szu2 _en gal en_-szu2 | the silver, his beloved dwelling, the great lord, his lorde, |
| 3' | {disz}{d}igi#-du#-kam# _[gar]-kur kur_ ra#-[s,a-pi] | Igidukam, governor of the land Raṣappa |
| 4' | {iri#}[ne-med-{d}1(u)-5(disz) {iri}ap]-ku# | Nemed-Issār, Apku(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | nam-s,a-ru# [ku3]-sig17# u2-sze-pisz-ma | I had a gold guardian make |
| 6' | _alam_ {disz}u-erin2-tah2 _man kur_ asz-szur _en_-szu2 | The statue of Erība-nārāri’i, king of Assyria, his lord. |
| 7' | ana {d}<{disz}di-ma-nu> _en_-szu2 | To Damascus, his lord: |
| 8' | _pab_-ir _{gesz}asz-te sanga_-ti-szu2 | in all, the throne of his priesthood |
| 9' | _{gesz}gidri_ mur-te-'a-at | a scepter |
| 10' | _ug3-mesz_ szu-ut-mu-hi _szu-min_-szu2 | the people in his hands |
| 11' | _di numun_-szu2 <si> _di ug3! kur_ asz-szur | his seed, the people of Assyria |
| 12' | u _di kur_ asz-szur za-'i-ri-szu2 ana _mar_-e | and the land of Assyria, his enemies, to the west |
| 13' | asz2-t,u-ti-szu2 a-na _zah2-mesz_ | his offspring to flee |
| 14' | mil-ki _kur-mesz_-szu2 ana _giri3-min-mesz_-szu2 | the advice of his lands to his feet |
| 15' | szuk-nu-sze _du3_-usz-ma i-qisz | establish for him, and he shall receive. |
| 16' | sza2 _nu_ szu2-a-tu2 _ta igi_ | that which is not this from the front |
| 17' | {d}di-ma-nu _szub_ ana _ki man_-ma _gar_-nu | Dimanu fell; they were placed in the place of the king. |
| 18' | lu-u ina _a-mesz szub_-u2 lu-u | or he has fallen into water, or |
| 19' | ina _sahar hi-a_ i-kat2-ta-mu | in the dust he shall wash. |
| 20' | lu-u ina _e2 azag_ a-szar | or in an orchard where |
| 21' | la-ma-a-ri u2-sze-ra-bu-ma _gar_-nu | they brought out the stag-gods and placed them. |
| 22' | {d}di-ma-nu _en gal_-u | Dimanu, great lord |
| 23' | _lugal_-su lis-kip _mu_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 | may his king overthrow his name and his seed. |
| 24' | ina _kur_ li-hal-liq it-ti | may he be destroyed in the land. With |
| 25' | _geme2 kur_-szu2 ina mi-nu-ti lu-szi-ib | the slave woman of his land by whatever means may she dwell, |
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