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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 039, ex. 001 (P466641)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 039, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P466641 |
| Museum no. | unknown |
| 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 | _e2-gal_ | the palace |
| 2 | {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su | Sin-papmešsu |
| 3 | _lugal gal# lugal_ dan-nu | Great king, strong king |
| 4 | _lugal szu2# lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} | King of the world, king of Assyria |
| 5 | _lugal_ kib#-rat _limmu2_-tim | king of the four quarters |
| 6 | mi-gir _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | favorite of the great gods, |
| 7 | {d}asz-szur _ad# dingir-mesz_ ina kul-lat | Ashur, father of the gods, in all |
| 8 | ma-li-ki ke-nisz _igi-bar_-ni-ma | Look upon me steadfastly and |
| 9 | _ugu_ gi#-mir a-szib pa-rak-ki | Concerning the totality of those who sit on daises |
| 10 | u2-szar#-ba-a _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia# | and made my weapons greater |
| 11 | i#-na [u4-me]-szu-ma _e2-gal murub4 iri#_ | At that time, the palace in the middle of the city |
| 12 | sza {iri}ni-na-a sza _lugal-mesz_-ni | of Nineveh, of the kings |
| 13 | _ad-mesz_-ia u2-sze-pi-szu-ma | my fathers I had make, and |
| 14 | s,u#-uh#-hu-rat szu-bat-sa {i7}te-bil-ti | The ṣuḫuratu of her dwelling is the Tebilti River |
| 15 | i-ta-a-sza2 i-ba-'u-u2-ma ina _illu_-sza2 | he took, and in her flood |
| 16 | gap-szi u2-ri-ib#-bu tem-me-en-sza2 | “It is a flood, it is its foundation, |
| 17 | _e2-gal_ sza2-a-tu a-na si-hir-ti-sza2 | that palace in its entirety |
| 18 | aq#-qur sza# {i7#}te-bil-ti ma-lak-sza2 | I burned with fire the waters of the Tebilti River. |
| 19 | [usz-t,ib-ma u2]-sze-szir mu-s,u-sza2 | I wrote and collated (it).(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20 | qe2#-reb a-sur-rak-[ki-sza2] szap-la-a-nu | in the middle of her threshing floor(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21 | _gi-mesz_ e-la-nisz _esir-[ud]-a_ it#-ti# | reeds, above, with esirudu-wood |
| 22 | {na4}pi-i-li _gal#-mesz_ [dun-nu-nisz] | large pilī-stones(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23 | ak-si 3(disz) _me_ 4(u)? ina _1(disz) kusz3 gid2-[da_] | I cut. 3 hundred 40? cubits long |
| 24 | 2(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(u)? 9(disz) ina _1(disz) kusz3 dagal_ | 299 cubits the width, |
| 25 | qaq-qa-ru ul-tu qe2-reb ma-a-<me> u2-sze-lam-ma | I made the earth tremble from all of the lands and |
| 26 | a-na tar-pa-szi-i u2-ter s,e-er me-szi-ih-ti | I turned it into a mound of dust. |
| 27 | tam-li-i mah-ri-i lu u2-rad-di-ma a-na# 7(disz) _me_ ina _as4-lum_ | I enlarged the former terrace and for 7 hundred (shekels) in the meadow. |
| 28 | _gal#_-ti _usz_ u3 4(disz) _me_ 4(u)? ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _sag-ki_ si-hir-ti tam-le-e | the great one, the length, and 4 hundred, 40? in the great aslum, the width, the middle of the sea, |
| 29 | u2-ter-ma i-na 1(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 3(u)? ti-ib-ki ul-la-a re-szi-szu2# _e2-gal_ | I restored and, in one hundred and 110(?) tibku, I raised its superstructure the palace. |
| 30 | _{na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da {na4}gesz-nu11-gal zu2 am-si {gesz}esi {gesz}tug2 {gesz}mes-ma2-kan-na_ | Durmīnabanda-stone, alabaster, amsu-wood, ebony, a cloth, (and) meskanna-wood. |
| 31 | {gesz}ere-ni _{gesz}szur-min3 {szim}li_ {gesz}e-lam-ma-ku# a-na# mu-szab _lugal_-ti-ia | cedar, cypress, burāšu-juniper, and elamakku-tree for my royal residence |
| 32 | ab#-ta-ni qe2-reb-szu2 _e2_ ap-pa-a-ti tam-szil _e2-gal#_ {kur}ha-at-ti me2-eh#-ret | Inside it, a house of windows, the rear part of the palace of the land Ḫattu, adjacent to |
| 33 | ba-ba-a-ti u2-sze-pisz _gesz-ur3-mesz_ {gesz}ere-ni _{gesz}szur-min3_ u2-szat-ri-s,a e-li#-szin | I had towers built. I had cedar and cypress trees erected over them. |
| 34 | _[{gesz}]ig#-mesz_ {gesz}li-ia-ri _{gesz#}szur-min3_ me-ser _ku3-babbar_ u3 _uruda_ u2-rak-kis-ma | I bound doors of liyari-wood, cypress, a ring of silver and copper, and |
| 35 | u2-rat-ta-a ba-bi-szin i-na ba-rak-ka-ni ap-ti bi-ir-ri u2-pat-ta-a | I opened their gates at the threshing floor (and) opened the courtyard. |
| 36 | _{d}lamma-mesz {na4}gesz-nu11-gal zu2 am-si_ ina ba-bi-szin ul#-ziz sik-kat3 kar-ri kas-pi | Lammāmu-stone, alabaster, amsu-flour, in their midst he set up a scepter of silver. |
| 37 | u3 _uruda_ qe2-reb-szin u2#-szal-me i-na a-gur-ri _{na4}zu2 {na4}za-gin3_ us-si-ma | and copper within them I filled. With baked bricks, date-stones, and lapis lazuli I surrounded and |
| 38 | [se]-el-lum ne2-be2-hi u3 gi-mir pa#-as#-qi2-szin asz2-szu2 szip-ri _e2-gal_-ia szu-te-szu2-ri# | Relentless, merciful, and all of their sacrifices, concerning the work of my palace, may they be released. |
| 39 | i#-na# u4-me-szu2-ma {d}asz-szur u3 {d}isz-tar ra-'i-mu _{lu2#}sanga_-ti-ia gesz-mah-hi | At that time, the gods Aššīr and Ishtar, the love of my priestly majesty, (and) the scepter |
| 40 | {gesz#}ere-ni sza ul-tu _u4-mesz su3-mesz_ ik#-bi-ru qe2-reb {kur}si-ra-<ra> _kur_-i | cedar, which since distant days had grown old in the land Sirāra |
| 41 | [na]-an-zu-<zu> u2-szak-li-mu-in-ni s,i-<i>-su#-un sza _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ sza ina tar-s,i# | They made me bow down, and the horns of the alabaster, which in the middle |
| 42 | [_lugal]-mesz ad-mesz_-ia a-na kar-ri nam-s,a-ri szu-qu-ru ina sa-pan {kur}am-ma-na-na# | The kings, my ancestors, were slaughtered at the quay of battle in the territory of the land Ammanānu. |
| 43 | u2#-szap-tu-ni pa-ni-szu u3 _{na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da_ ma-la {dug}bur-zi-gal-li | he sent before him, and the Dur-mina-banda-stone as much as the burzigallu-vessel |
| 45 | ra-ma-nu-usz ina er-s,e-et {iri}ba-la-t,a-a-a {na4}pi-i-lu pe#-s,u-u2 | In the territory of the city Balāṭu, pilû-stone is plentiful. |
| 46 | a-na mu-'u-de-e in-na-mir-ma _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz {munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti | he saw the light and the guardians of the throne-dais |
| 47 | _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ u3 _kun4-mesz {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ a-di _kun4-mesz {na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da#_ | šunūgal-stone and alum, together with styrofol and lapis lazuli |
| 48 | s,i-ra-a-ti ab-ni ki-lal-la-an ina szad-di-szu2-un ab-tuq-ma a-na szip-ri# | (As for) the highlands, I crossed the Euphrates River (and) surrounded (them) in their environs and went to work. |
| 49 | _e2-gal_-ia u2-szal-di-da qe2-reb nina{ki} {na4}pi-i-lu pe-s,u-[u2] | I had my palace built. Inside Nineveh, I had pilû-stones made. |
| 50 | sza# ina er-s,e-et# {iri}ba-la-t,a-a-a in-nam-ru a-na _{d}alad#-{d}lamma-[mesz_] | who were seen in the territory of the Balāṭaeans, to the guardians |
| 51 | u3 _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-te u2-sze-pisz ki-i t,e3-em _dingir_-ma sza gesz-mah-[hi] | and the adolescent women I had made. According to the divine order of the scepter |
| 52 | u3 a-la-mit-ta 1(u)? 2(disz) _ur-mah-mesz_ ne2-'i-ru-ti a-di | and alamitta, 12 lions of the Neʾirutu, together with |
| 53 | [1(u)? 2(disz)] _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz mah-mesz_ 2(u)? 2(disz) _{munus}ab2-za-za_-<a>-te zi-i'-pi | 12 exalted shield-bearers, 22 sucklings, ziʾpi-offerings |
| 54 | [t,i]-it,-t,i ab-ni-ma e-ra-a qe2-reb-szu2 asz2-tap-pa-[ka] | I imposed a punishment upon him and sent you inside it. |
| 55 | u2-szak-li-la | he made complete. |
| 56 | nab-nit-sun2 _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ | the nabnitsun-priestess of the protective deities |
| 57 | _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ u3# _uruda_ | alabaster and copper |
| 58 | sza 2(disz) ina lib3-bi za-ha#-lu-u lit-bu-szu2 | that two in the middle of the zaḫalû-demons may be present, |
| 59 | _{d#}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ u3# _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-te | Alad-Lamma and Babzazitu |
| 60 | {na4}pi-i-li pe-s,e-e sza _e2-gal-mesz_-ia | a piece of pilî-stone from my palaces |
| 61 | u2-sza2-as,-bi-ta _si#-gar_-szin _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti | I imposed upon them their supplications. |
| 62 | _[{na4}]gesz-nu11-gal_ u3 pi-ti#-iq u2-ru-de-e | alabaster and a bitumen ring(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 63 | ih-ze-et kas-pi eb-bi# _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-te pi-ti-iq | The silver is paid completely. The apsûtu-priestess is acquired. |
| 64 | _gu#-an-na_ a-di 1(u)? 2(disz) _ur#-mah#-mesz zabar#_ ne2-'i-ru-u2-ti | the throne together with 12 bronze lions |
| 65 | tim-me _uruda_ s,i-ru-ti# {gesz}tim-me _{gesz#}eren gal-mesz_ a-di tim-me | the old copper, the old cedar, the great cedars, until the old |
| 66 | _{gesz}esi {gesz}szur-min3_ {gesz}dup#-ra#-ni {gesz}ta-ti-di ih-ze-et# pa-szal-li | The ebony, cypress, šurminu-wood, tabidu-tree, and tattidi-wood he cut down. |
| 67 | kas-pi u3 _uruda_ s,e-ru-usz-szu2-un ul-ziz-ma dap2-pi ku-lul _ka2-mesz_-szin# | I placed silver and copper in their hands, and I secured the opening of their gates. |
| 68 | e-mid _kun4-mesz {na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3#-da {na4}gesz-nu11-gal#_ u3# _kun4-mesz#_ | I surrounded (them) with slabs of Dur-mina-banda, alabaster, and slabs. |
| 69 | {na4}pi-i-li _gal-mesz_ u2-sza2-as-hi-ra a-sur-ru-szi-in | I piled up large limestone slabs and (then) I surrounded them. |
| 70 | asz2-szu2 u4-me-szam-ma _a-mesz_ di-lu-ti da-lum eb-li gu#-has,-s,a-te _zabar#_ | In order that in the days of the distant days water of the pure eblû-plant, bronze arrowheads |
| 71 | u3# har-ha#-ri _zabar#_ u2-sze-pisz-ma ki-mu-u2 ma-ka-a-ti | and bronze bolts I had made, and like a boat |
| 72 | gesz-mah-hi a-la-mit-ta s,e-er _pu2-mesz_ ul-ziz _e2-gal-mesz_ | a threshing floor, a wall, and a well I built. The palaces |
| 73 | sza-ti-na u2-sza2-lik as-mi3-isz si-hir-ti# _e2-gal_ a-[x] tab-rat# | I made that palace greater than before. |
| 74 | kisz#-szat _ug3-mesz_ ul-la-a re-szi-sza2 _e2-gal_ sza sza2-[x x] | the totality of the people, her first-born son, the palace of ... |
| 75 | la i-szu-u2 ni-bit-sa az-kur i-na qi2-bit {d}asz-szur _ad dingir#-[x_] | By the command of the god Ashur, the father of ..., I sought her out. |
| 76 | u3 {d}isz-tar szar-ra-ti _{d}alad_ dum-qi2 _{d}lamma_ dum-[qi2] | and the goddess Ištar, my queen: Alad, good health, Lamma, good he[alth] |
| 77 | qe2#-reb-sza2 lisz#-tab#-ru-u2 a-a ip-par-ku-u2 i#-da#-[a-sza2] | May they be reconciled inside it, may they not be separated from her. |
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