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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 042, ex. 001 (P466645)

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

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DesignationRINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 042, ex. 001
IDP466645
Museum no.unknown
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreOfficial or display
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

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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.

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1_e2-gal {d}suen-szesz-mesz-eri-ba _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szu2 lugal [kur_ asz-szur{ki}]Palace of Sîn-ahhē-eriba great king strong king king of the world and king [of Assyria]
2[_lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim mi-gir _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ {d}asz]-szur _ad dingir-mesz_ i-na kul-lat ma-li-ki ke-nisz _igi-bar_-ni-ma [_ugu_ gi-mir]king of the four quarters (of the world), favorite of the great gods; Ashur, father of the gods, looked upon me faithfully among all rulers and over all
3[a-szib pa-rak-ki u2-szar-ba-a _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia i]-na ta-ha-az _edin_ i-na ta-mir-ti kisz{ki} as-kip {disz}{d}marduk#-[ibila-szum2-na _lugal_ {kur}kar2-dun-ia2-asz3](As for) Marduk-apla-iddina (II), king of Karduniaš (Babylonia), (who) had sat down on the throne of the god Asalluḫi, my lord, (and) who had made my weapons bow down at the border of the plain in the plain of Kish.
4[e-ki-ma be-lut-su] gim-ri _kur_ {lu2}kal-di a-di gi-pisz um-ma-na-a-ti {lu2}elam-ma{ki} [re-s,i-szu u2-ra-sib i-na _{gesz}tukul-mesz_]I took away his lordship over all the Chaldeans, together with all of the troops, (and) the people of Elam. With weapons
5{disz}{d}asz-szur-szum2-mu _dumu_ resz-tu-u2 tar-bit bir-ki-ia i-na _{gesz}[gu-za lugal_-ti-szu u2-sze-szib-ma _kur uri{ki} dagal_-tum u2-szad-gil pa-nu-usz-szu2]Assurnasirpal (II), the first-born son, a descendant of mine, I placed on his royal throne and made the wide land of Akkad greater than before.
6as-suh na-gab {lu2}ah-la-mi3-i {lu2}su-ti-i ba-hu-la-ti {iri}[hi-rim-me i-na _{gesz}tukul_ u2-szam-qit-ma la ez-zi-ba pe-re-'i-szu2-un]I annihilated the enemy, the Aḫlamû (and) the Sutians, the captives of the city Ḫirimme, with the sword, but they were not afraid of their enemies.
7ak-szud{ud} _kur_ {lu2}ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-a _{lu2}kur2_ ak-s,i {kur}el#-[li-pi u2-szal-pit-ma u2-ab-bit da-ad2-me-sza2 u3 {disz}lu-li-i]I conquered the land of the Yasubigallaeans, a hostile land. I destroyed the land Ellipi and annihilated its settlements. Further, Lulî
8_lugal_ {iri}s,i-du-un-ni# e#-du-ra ta-ha-zi a-na {kur}ia-ad-na-[na sza qe2-reb tam-tim in-na-bit-ma i-hu-uz]The king of Sidon came out and battle raged. He fled to the land Yadnanu, which is in the sea, and fled.
9mar-qi2-tu i-na _kur_-tim#-ma sza2-a-tu i-na ra-szub-bat _{gesz}tukul_ {d}asz-szur [_en_-ia e-mid szad-da-szu2 {disz}tu-ba-a'-lu i-na _{gesz}gu-za lugal_-ti-szu2]In that land, in the rage of the weapon of the god Ashur, my lord, I brought about the defeat of Tubaʾlu on his royal throne.
10u2-sze-szib-ma man-da-at-tu be-lu-ti-ia u2-kin s,e-ru-usz-szu2 [u2-szal-pit rap-szu na-gu-u2 {kur}ia-u2-di szep-s,u mit-ru][I imposed upon him a wide sw]eet, a broad border of the land Yaudu, (and) a narrow road.
11{disz}ha-za-qi-a-a-u2 _lugal_-szu sze-pu-u-a u2-szak-nisz-ma i-sza2-t,a ab-sza2-a-[ni _lu2-mesz_ {iri}tu-mur-ra-a-a a-szi-bu-ut {kur}ni-pur _kur_-i]Ḫazaqiāyu, his king, made my foundations firm and wrote (them) down. The Tumurruans who dwell in the land Nipur
12mar-s,i i-na _{gesz}tukul_ u2-szam-qit {iri}uk-ku a-di nap-har da-ad2-[me-szu2 ki-ma _du6_ a-bu-bi u2-ab-bit i-na u4-me-szu-ma te-ne-szet]At that time, he conquered the city Ukku with all of its settlements like a mound of swamps.
13na-ki-ri ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia tup-szik-ku u2-sza2-asz2-szi-szu2-nu-ti-ma il-[bi-nu _sig4 e2-gal murub4 iri_ sza {iri}ni-na-a sza 3(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2)](As for) the enemies of the kišītu-disease in my hands, I had a tablet made of them and they brought (them). The brickwork of the palace in the middle of the city of Nineveh, of 300 (shekels)
14i-na _1(disz) kusz3 usz_ 1(gesz2) 3(u)? 5(disz) ina _1(disz) kusz3 sag-ki_ ma-ra-ku szit-ku-na-at-ma [s,u-uh-hu-rat szu-bat-sa sza _lugal-mesz_ a-li-kut mah-ri]by 1 cubit the length, 95? cubits by the width, I was able to reach, and its dwelling, which kings who came before me
15_ad-mesz_-ia a-na ri-mit be-lu-ti-szu2-un u2-sze-pi-szu-ma la u2-nak-[ki-lu szi-pir-sza2 _udu-mesz_ szad-di _{d}lamma_ sza {na4}pi-i-li pe-s,e-e]my ancestors for their lordly majesty I had built and did not neglect its work. I fashioned a šaddu-sheep tiara of pilītu-stone.
16i-na {iri}ta-as-ti-a-te ib-tu-qu a-na mu-kil _ka2-mesz_-szi-in [a-na szu-pu-usz _{gesz}ma2-mesz_ qe2-reb _{gesz}tir-mesz gesz-mesz gal-mesz_]in Taštāte they fell, to the owner of their gates, to lift the boats in the woods of the great trees
17u2-qe2-ru i-na nap-har _kur-mesz_-szu2-un i-na _{iti}gu4_ u4-mu a-dan-ni e-[de-e pa-an szat-ti i-na _{gesz}ma2-mesz_ s,i-ra-a-ti]In the month Ayyāru (II), on the day that the stipulated term has passed, in the old boats
18a-na a-ha-an-na-a u2-szeb-bi-ru-ni mar-s,i-isz i-na ne2-[ber ka-a-ri _{gesz}ma2-gu-la-mesz_ u2-t,e-eb-bu-u2]they had sent to me, and they quickly sank the ox-boats at the crossing of the river.
19ba-hu-la-ti-szu2-un u2-sza2-ni-hu u2-lam-me-nu ka-ras-sin i-[na da-na-ni u3 szup-szu-qi mar-s,i-isz u2-bi-lu-nim-ma](As for) the one who removes their inscriptions, removes (them), (or) destroys their clay cones, (then) brought them to me quickly with strength and skill.
20u2-sza2-as,-bi-tu _ka2-mesz_-szi-in {i7}[te]-bil#-ti a-gu-u2 szit-mu#-[ru sza ul-tu _u4-mesz su3-mesz_ t,e-eh _e2-gal_]The Tebilti canal, a šitamuru canal, which since distant days had been a part of the palace
21i-ba-'u-u2-<ma> i#-na _illu_-sza2 gap#-[szi u2-ri]-ib#-bu tem-me-en-sza2 _e2-[gal-tur-ra_ sza2-a-tu a]-na# si-hir#-[ti-sza2 aq-qur sza] {i7#}te#-bil#-tiIn its wide flood, I raised its foundations. I enlarged that small palace in its entirety. I dug the Tigris River.
22ma-lak-sza2 usz-te-[esz-na-a u2-sze-szir mu-s,u-sza2 qe2]-reb a-sur-rak-ki-sza2 [szap-la-nu] _gi#-mesz_ e#-[la-nisz] _esir#?-ud?-a_I made its way straight (and) deposited its foundation pit inside its embankment. I surrounded it with reeds above and below.
23it-ti [{na4}pi-i-li _gal-mesz_ dun-nu-nisz ak]-si#? 3(disz) _me_ 4(u)? ina _1(disz) kusz3# [gid2-da_ 2(disz) _me_] 1(gesz2) 2(u)? 9(disz) ina _1(disz) kusz3 dagal a-sza3_ ul-tu ma-a-meI surrounded it with large limestone slabs. 3 hundred 40? cubits the length, 2 hundred 89? [cubits] the width, the field from the sea
24u2-sze-lam#-[ma na-ba-lisz u2-ter tar-pa-szu-u2] _ugu#_ sza u4-me pa-ni u2-szar#-bi s,e-er me-szi-ih-ti _e2-gal_I made (them) shine again and again. I made the remission of debts greater than those of earlier days. I brought about the renovation of the palace's dilapidated sections.
25mah-ri#-[ti u2-rad-di-ma i-na 1(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 3(u)? ti-ib-ki] ul-la-a re-szi-szu2 la-ba-risz _u4-mesz_ i-na _illu_ kisz-sza2-tiBefore me, I reorganized and, in one hundred and 110(?) tibku days, the lengthening of days, during the flood of the world,
26tem-me-[en-szu la e-ne2-sze {na4}pi-i-li _gal-mesz_] ki-su-szu u2-sza2-as-hi-ra u2-dan-ni-na szu-pu#-uk-szu2(As for) its foundation(s), I had large limestone slabs piled up on its base (and) reinforced its base.
27a-na 7(disz)? [_me_ i-na _as4-lum gal_-ti _usz_ u3 4(disz) _me_ 4(u)?] i#-na _as4-lum gal_-ti _sag-ki_ szi-kit-ti _e2-gal_ u2-ter-maFor 7? hundred (shekels of) copper from the great aslum, the length, and 4 hundred 40? from the large aslum the width of the building of the palace I restored and
28szu-bat-sa# [usz-rab-bi] _e2#-[gal] {na4#}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da {na4}gesz-nu11-gal zu2 am-si {gesz}esi {gesz}tug2 {gesz}mes-ma2-kan-na_The palace of Durmi-Nabanda, alabaster, amsu-stone, ebony, meskannu-wood
29_{gesz}eren {gesz}[szur-min3 {szim}]li#_ {gesz#}e-lam-ma-ku a-na mu-szab be-lu-ti-ia ab-ni-ma _e2_ ap-pa-a-tiI planted cedar, cypress, burāšu-juniper, (and) elamaku-trees for my lordly residence and (then) I built a house in the open country.
30tam-szil _e2-gal_ [{kur}ha-at]-ti# me2-eh#-ret ba-ba-a-ti u2-sze-pisz _gesz-ur3-mesz_ {gesz}ere-ni _{gesz}szur-min3_I had a wall of the palace of the land Ḫattu built adjacent to the alleys. I had beams of cedar, cypress,
31sza i-ri-su-un# [t,a-a-bu] bi#-nu-[ut] {kur}ha-ma-nim {kur}si-ra-ra _kur-mesz ku3-mesz_ u2-szat-ri-s,a e-li-szinI made the lands Hamānu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III) and Sirara, holy lands, surpass them.
32'[...]-e# nina{ki}... of Nineveh(low confidence: few signs survive)
33'ina er#-s,e#-[x x] ba-la-t,a-a-<a>in the ... of life(lower confidence: line is broken)
34'ki-i t,e3#-em# _dingir_-ma {na4}pi#-[...]according to the order of the god(lower confidence: line is broken)
35'[x]-na# mu-[x]-de-e... he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
36'in-na-mir#-ma _{d}alad#-{d}lamma-mesz_he saw, and the guardians
37'[...]-te# _{na4#}gesz-nu11-gal_... šnugal stone(lower confidence: line is broken)
38'[...]-ti szuk-lu-lu(Sum) ... is pure(?) ... (Akk) I am pure
39'i-[x] ki-[...]
40'[...] sza2 zi-i-me... of the rise.(low confidence: few signs survive)
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47'[...]-s,e-et {iri}ba-la-t,a#-a#-a# [...]-szak#?-li-la... the people of Balaṭu ... šaklila(lower confidence: line is broken)
48'[...]
49'tam-szil gat-[x x]-un a-na szu-zu-zi# [...]-ma... to stand ... and(lower confidence: line is broken)
50'i-na e-pisz#-ti-szu2-nu u2-sza2-ni-[...]In their work ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
51'i-na la bi-szit uz-ni# la ha-[...]Without ceasing, without ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
52'_i3-gesz_ isz-ku-ru na-al-ba#-asz2# [...]he poured oil, he washed ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
53'ia-a-ti {disz}{d}sin-szesz-mesz-[...]Sin-ahhe-(lower confidence: line is broken)
54'szip-ri ka-la-ma tim-[...]all the work(lower confidence: line is broken)
55'pe-tan bir-[...]... open ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
56'_lugal_ pa-[...]The king ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
57'sza u2-szat-li-ma ru-bu-u2 {d}nin-szi-ku3 i-na szi-tul-ti ram-ni-ia a-na e#-pesz [x]-ri#(As for) the prince Ninšiku, through the counsel of my lord, to do (this)
58'szu-a-tu ra-bisz am-tal-lik-ma i-na mi3-lik t,e3-me-ia u3 me-resz ka-bat-ti-iaI went up to that place with great difficulty and, with my hearing and my understanding,
59'pi-ti-iq _uruda_ u2-ba-asz2-szim-ma u2-nak-ki-la nik-la2-su sza gesz-mah-hi u3 a-la-mit-ta _gesz_ mesz-re#-e#I cast a copper arrow, and I made its bolts of mahhu-wood and alamittu wood, meshrê-wood,
60'1(u)? 2(disz) _ur-mah-mesz_ ne2-i'-ru-ti a-di 1(u)? 2(disz) _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz mah-mesz_ sza szuk-lu-lu nab-ni-tu 2(u)? 2(disz) _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-te sza ku-uz-bu12 exalted lions, together with 12 mighty shield-bearers, whose appearance is resplendent, 22 sucklings,
61'u3 ul-s,u hi-it-lu#-pa# bal-tu la-la-a kum2-mu-ru s,e-ru-usz-szin ki-i t,e3-em _dingir_-ma zi-i'-pi t,i-it,-t,iAnd the remission of the debts, the life of the living, the joy of their lives, according to the order of the god, the destruction of life,
62'ab-ni-ma e-ra-a qe2#-reb#-szu2 asz2-tap-pa-ka ki-i pi-ti-iq 1/2(disz) _gin2-ta-am3_ u2-szak-li-la nab#-ni#-su-un _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_I imposed upon it, and I sent you inside it. I made their nabnīšu-offerings as plentiful as half a shekel of silver.
63'nab-ni-<it> _uruda_ sza 2(disz) ina lib3-bi za#-ha-lu-u lit-bu-szu2 _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz {na4#}gesz#-nu11#-gal_ a-di _{d}alad-{d}lamma#-mesz#_ u3 _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti<It is> a copper nabnītu-vessel, whose two parts are zaḫalû-silver, alad-lamma-stone, alabaster, as far as Aladdamma and Babzaziti.
64'{na4}pi-i-li pe-s,e-e# sza# _e2-gal-mesz_-ia u2-sza2-as,-bi-ta _si-gar_-szi-in tim-me _uruda mah-mesz_ a-di {gesz}tim-me {gesz}ere-ni _gal-mesz_I surrounded the walls of my palaces with large copper beams, as well as large cedar beams.
65'bi-ib-lat _kur-ha_-ma-nim me-ser# _uruda_ u2-rak-kis-ma s,e#-er pirig-gal-le-e ul-ziz-ma dap2-pi ku-lul _ka2-mesz_-szi-in e-mi3-idI secured a shield of copper on the border of the land Ḫamānu, and I set up a lion-headed lion and I surrounded its gates with a protective wall.
66'_{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti _{na4}gesz-nu11#-gal_ a-di {munus}[_x]-za-za_-a-ti# pi-ti-iq u2-ru-de-e sza za-ha-lu-u2 lit-bu-sza2The babza-za-tīti of alabaster, together with the ...-zāia-totality of sulphur, may they bind the zaḫalû-stone.
67'u3 _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti pi-ti-iq _gu#-an#-na_ sza# nu-um-mu-ru gat-ta-szin {gesz}tim-me _{gesz}esi {gesz}szur-min3_ {gesz}ere-niand the babzāza-priestess, the cut off of the throne, whose horns are not torn out: tamarisk, ebony, cypress, cedar,
68'{gesz}dup-ra-ni _{szim#}li#_ u3 {gesz#}ta#?-ti#?-du# ih#-ze#-et pa-szal-li u3# [x]-pi s,e-ru-usz-szin ul-ziz-ma sza kum2#-me#I hung a stela of burāšu-juniper (and) tattidu-tree (on them). I erected their ... and (then) I made (them) as bright as the sun.
69'mu-szab be-lu-ti-ia e#-mid# _{gesz}gan-du7#-mesz#_-szu2-un _kun4-mesz# {na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da {na4}gesz-nu11#-gal_ u3 _kun4-mesz_ {na4}pi#-i-liI surrounded their gates with slabs of dunmīna-stone, alabaster, and limestone.
70'_gal-mesz_ a-sur-ru-szin u2-sza2-as-hi-ra# a-na tab-ra-a-te u2-sza2-lik asz2#-szu2# u4#-mi#-szam-ma _a-mesz_ di#-lu#-u2-ti da-lum#I surrounded their trenches with great embankments and made (them) long lasting. Because of this, daily, water of abundance and abundance
71'eb-li gu-has,-s,a-a-ti _zabar_ u3# har-ha-ri _zabar_ u2-sze-pisz#-ma ki-mu-u2 ma-ka-a-ti gesz-mah-hi# u3# a-la-mit#-taI had bronze arrowheads and bronze harharu-axes made and, instead of poles, I had poles and bolts made.
72's,e-er _pu2-mesz_ ul#-ziz# _e2-gal-mesz#_ sza2#-ti-na u2-sza2-lik [x]-mi3#-[x x]-hir-ti _e2-gal_ a-na [...]I erected wells and made those palaces greater. ... ... of the palace to ...
73'ul-la-a re#-szi#-[x] _e2-gal_ sza# sza2-[x]-na la [x]-szu-u2 ni-bit-sa# [...]After the ... of the palace, whose ... was not ..., its foundation ...
74'_szim#-hi-a gurun#_ s,ip#-pa#-a-ti _gesz-mesz_ [x x] szad-di_-[...]-kal_-di [x]-reb-szu2# hur-ru#-szu2# i#-ta-a-sza2 [x]-qup# a-na mit,#?-[x]-a-[x]aromatics, juniper, saplings, wood ... ... his ..., he ... its ... and ... to ...
75'szum-mu#-hi ul-tu# pa#-a#-t,i {iri}ki-si#?-ri a-di [...] nina#{ki#} [x]-a i-na# ak#-ku#-la-ti [x x] u2-szat-tir#-ma#If from the border of the city Kisiri to the ... of Nineveh ..., I made a new ... and
76'u2-[x]-szir# {i7}har#-[x] 1(disz)# 1/2(disz)# _danna#_ qaq#-qa#-ru# ul#-tu# qe2#-reb# {i7#}hu#-su#-ur# ma#-a#-me# da#-ru#-u2#-ti# a#-szar#-sza2#I dug out a canal of 1 1/2 danna in the middle of the area from the Euphrates, a long-lasting river.
77'u2-szar#-da#-a# qe2#-reb# mit,#-ra-a-ti sza2-ti-na# [u2-szah]-bi#-ba# pat#-ti#-[...]I made them flourish inside those habitations, I made (them) rise up like a mountain.
78'{i7}a-gam#-mu u2-szab-szi#-ma# s,u-[x]-u2#? qe2#_-[...]-mesz {gesz#}gi_ a-lap [...]I made the Agammu River rise up and ... in the midst of ... reeds
79'i-na# lib3#-bi u2-masz#-[x x]-na# [...]therein ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
80'ma-gal# isz#-mu-hu# _{gesz}szur-min3 {gesz}mes-ma2#-[..._]Greatly they listened to the cymbals, the mesma-wood
81'i-szi-ra _muszen# an#_-e _igira2{muszen#}_ [...] _gi_ a-lap qi2-[x x] u2-[...]The bird of heaven, the fox ... reed ...
82'tar-bit# [x x]-a-ti _gi ambar-mesz_ sza# qe2-reb# [...]-me# ak#-szit,-ma a-na szip-ri# hi#-szih#-[...]I removed the reeds of the marshes that were inside ... and to work on them ...
83'ul-tu# [x]-ri _e2-gal_-ia u2-qat#-[x x] asz-szur _en gal# dingir-mesz_ u3# _{d}isz#-tar#-mesz_ [...]From the ... of my palace ... Assur, great lord of the gods and goddesses ...
84'aq-re#_-[...]-mesz_ tasz-ri-ih#-[...] u2#-szat-lim kad3-ra-a-a [_x]-gesz#_ {gesz}ser2-di u3# [...]I ... aqrē ..., tašriḫ ... I made (them) shine like daylight. ... cedar and ...
85'a-na ru#-usz#-te# i-na tasz#-ri#-[...] ba-hu-la-te _kur_-ia u2-sza2-asz2-qa#-a muh-ha-[x x] _gesztin-mesz_In order to increase the prosperity of my land, I raised ... wine.
86'du-usz#-szu#-pu [...] qi2#-bit [x]-szur a-bu _dingir-mesz_ u3 {d}isz-tar szar-ra-ti _{d}alad_ dum-qi2... the command of ..., father of the gods, and Ištar, queen, the god Almighty,
87'_{d}lamma_ dum#-qi2 <qe2>-reb _e2#-[...]_-tu# da#-a-risz lisz#-tab-ru-u2 a-a ip-par-ku-u2 i-da-a-sza2May the protective deity, the good lamma-priestess, be constantly present in the E... temple, and may she not be afraid of her.

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