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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 046, ex. 001 (P466655)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 046, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P466655 |
| Museum no. | BM 118815a-b (+) BM 118817 (+) BM 118819 (+) BM 118821 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 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 {disz}{d}suen-szesz-mesz-eri-ba _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur _lugal#_ kib#-rat _limmu2#_-tim mi-gir _dingir#-mesz# gal#-mesz_ er-szu it#-pe#-szu2 zi-ka-ru qar-du# [a]-sza2-red kal# mal#-ki# | Palace of Sîn-ahhē-eriba, great king strong king, king of the world, k[ing of Assyria, ki]ng of the four quarters (of the world), favorite of the great gods, wise one, hero, foremost of all rulers |
| 2 | rap#-pu la-'i-it, la ma-gi-ri mu-szab-ri-qu za-ma-a-ni {d}asz-szur _kur# gal# lugal_-ut la sza2-na-an u2-szat-li-ma-an-ni-ma _ugu#_ gi#-mir a-szib pa-rak-ki# u2-szar-ba-a _{gesz#}[tukul]-mesz#_-ia | The god Assur, the great mountain, granted me a reign without equal and made my weapons greater than those of all who sit on (royal) daises. |
| 3 | ul-tu _a-ab-ba_ e#-le-ni-ti sza szul-mu _{d}utu_-szi a-di tam-tim [szap]-li-ti sza s,i-it _{d}utu_-szi gim-ri ma-al-ki sza kib-ra-a-ti u2-szak#-nisz sze-pu-u-a i-na# mah#-ri#-i | From the Upper Sea of the Protection of Šamaš to the Lower Sea of [the Rising Sun] I made all of the lands of the world bow down at my feet. |
| 4 | ger-ri-ia sza {disz}{d}marduk-ibila#-szum2-na _lugal_ {kur}kar2-{d}dun-ia2-asz3 a-di _erim#-hi#-a#_ elam-ma{ki} re-s,i-szu i-na ta-mir#-ti kisz{ki} asz2-ta-kan# _bad5-bad5_-szu2 szu-u2 a-na szu-zu-ub na-pisz-ti-szu2# e-disz | My campaign of Marduk-apla-iddina (II), king of Karduniaš, together with the troops of Elam, his helper, I set up in the plain of Kish (and) defeated him. For the sake of his life I dedicated (this) to him. |
| 5 | ip-par-szid-ma _{gesz}gigir-mesz_ {gesz}s,u-um-bi _ansze-kur-ra-mesz ansze-kunga-mesz_ sza# u2-masz-szi-ru ik-szu-da _szu-min_-a-a a-na _e2-gal_-szu2 sza# qe2-reb babila2#{ki} e-ru-um-ma ap-te-e-ma | The chariots, wagons, horses, (and) mules, which I had abandoned, I captured. I entered its palace, which is inside Babylon, and opened (it). |
| 6 | _e2_ ni-s,ir-ti-szu2 _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar_ u2-nu-ut _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar na4#_ a-qar#-tu2# _nig2#-szu# nig2#-ga e2-gal_-szu2 asz2-lu-la _iri-mesz_-szu2 dan-nu-ti _e2 bad3-mesz_ sza {kur}kal-di a-di# _iri#-mesz tur-mesz_ sza li-mi-ti-szu2-nu | the house of his trust, gold, silver, utensils of gold, stones of aqartu-stone, his property, property of his palace, I carried off. His fortified cities, the temples of Chaldea, together with the small cities in their environs |
| 7 | _kur_-ud-ma asz2-lu-la szal-la-su-un i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia {lu2#}a-ra#-me# sza szid-di {i7}idigna {i7}buranun{ki} ak-szud{ud}-ma# asz2-lu-la szal-la-su-un i-na me2-ti-iq ger-ri-ia | On my return march, I captured the Arāmu of the bank of the Tigris and Euphrates and carried off their booty in the course of my campaign. |
| 8 | sza {lu2}qi2-pi {iri}ha-ra-ra-ti man-da-ta-szu2 ka-bit-tu am-hur ba#-hu#-la#-a-ti {iri}hi-rim-me _{lu2}kur2_ ak-s,i i-na _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ u2#-szam-qit-ma e-du# ul e-zib _iri_ szu-a-tu a-na esz-szu-ti | I received the substantial payment of the qīpu of the city Ḫararatu. I conquered the city Hirimme with the weapons and fled. I did not abandon that city for rebuilding. |
| 9 | as,-bat 1(disz)-en _gu4_ 1(u)? _udu-mesz_ 1(u)? _ansze# gesztin#-mesz_ 2(u)? _ansze# zu2-lum-ma_ re-sze-ti-szu2# a#-na _dingir-mesz kur_ asz-szur{ki} u2-kin i-na 2(disz)-e ger-ri-ia a-na _kur_ {lu2}kasz-szi-i# u3# _kur_ {lu2}ia-su-bi#-gal#-la-a-a lu al-lik qe2-reb hur#-sza2#-a-ni | I seized one ox, 10 sheep, 10 homers of wine, and 20 homer of dates, his first-fruits offerings, to the gods of Assyria. In my second campaign, I marched to the land of the Kassites and the land Yasubigalla. I settled them in the mountains. |
| 10 | _a-sza3_ nam-ra-s,i i-na _ansze-kur-ra_ ar#-kab# asz2#-ru szup-szu-qu i-na _giri3-min_-ia ri-ma-nisz at-tag-gesz {iri}e2-{disz}ki-lam-za-ah {iri}har#-disz#-pi {iri}e2-{disz}ku-bat-ti _iri-mesz_-szu2-nu _e2 bad3#-mesz_-ni dan-nu-ti | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered with my feet a field of namraṣi land with a horse. The cities Elamzaḫ, Ḫardišpi, and El-Kūbattu, their fortified walls, |
| 11 | _kur_-ud-ma asz2-lu-la szal-la-su-<nu> u3 _iri-mesz_-szu2-nu _tur#-mesz#_ sza ni-ba la i-szu-u2 ap-pul aq-qur _e2 edin_ kul#-ta#-ri-szu2-nu i-na {d}gesz-bar aq-mu u2-ter-ma {iri}e2-{disz}ki-lam-za-ah szu-a-tu | I conquered and plundered them. Moreover, I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the small cities of theirs that had no nība status. I razed, burned, and reconstructed that E-Kilamzaḫ. |
| 12 | a-na bir-tu-ti as,-bat _ug3-mesz kur-kur_ ki-szit-ti# _szu#-min#_-ia i-na lib3-bi u2-sze-szib i-na _szu-min {lu2}en-nam {iri}limmu2_-ha am-nu-szu2-nu-ti pa-an ni#-ri-ia u2-ter-ma a-na {kur}el-li-pi | I seized between them. I settled the people of the lands under my authority therein. With the help of the governor of Limmuha, I returned them before my expeditionary force and went to Ellipi. |
| 13 | as,-s,a-bat har-ra-nu el-la-mu-a {disz}is-pa-ba#-a#-ra# _lugal_-szu2-un _iri-mesz_-szu2 dan-nu-ti u2-masz#-szir#-ma# a-na ru-qe2-e-ti in-na-bit {iri}mar-u2-bisz-ti {iri}ak-ku-ud-du _iri-mesz e2 lugal_-ti-szu2 | I took the road up to Elam. Ispabāra, their king, his fortified cities, abandoned and fled to the desert. The cities Marūbišti and Akkuddu, cities of his royal house, |
| 14 | a-di _iri-mesz_ sza li-mi-ti-szu2-nu _kur_-ud-ma# asz2-lu-la szal-la-su-un ap-pul aq-qur i-na {d}gesz-bar aq-mu {iri}s,i-s,i-ir-tu2 {iri}ku-um-ma-ah-lu _iri-mesz_ dan-nu-ti# a-di _iri-mesz tur#-mesz_ | I conquered and plundered them. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities Shiṣirtu and Kummahlu, fortified cities, together with small cities. |
| 15 | sza li-mi-ti-szu2-nu _kur#_-ud {kur}e2-{disz}ba-ar-ru-u2 na-gu-u2 a-na gi-mir-ti-szu2# ul#-tu# qe2#-reb# _kur#_-szu2# ab#-tuq#-ma _ugu_ mi-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur{ki#} u2#-rad-di {iri}el-en-za-asz2 a-na dan-na-at na-ge-e | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the land Ēr-Bārû in its entirety. I crossed the Euphrates River from his land and imposed upon it the borders of Assyria. I reorganized the city Elenzaš as a fortified district. |
| 16 | szu-a-tu as,-bat _mu_-szu2 u2-nak-kir-ma {iri}kar-{disz}{d}suen-szesz-mesz-eri-ba at-ta#-bi# ni#-bit#-su# _ug3-mesz kur-kur_ ki-szit-ti _szu#-min_-ia i-na lib3-bi u2-sze-szib i-na _szu-min {lu2}en-nam_ {iri}har-har | I seized that city, Kar-Sîn-ahhē-eriba, (and) I settled therein the people of the lands that I had conquered. From the hands of the governor of Harhar |
| 17 | am-nu i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia sza {kur}ma-da-a-a ru-qu-u2-ti sza _lugal-mesz ad#-mesz#_-ia# la# isz#-mu#-u2# zi#-kir# _kur_-szu2-un man-da-ta-szu2-nu am-hur a-na ni-ri-ia u2-szak-ni-su#-nu-ti | On my return march, I received the payment of the distant Medes, which no kings, my ancestors, had heard about. I made them bow down at my feet. |
| 18 | i-na szal-szi ger-ri-ia a-na {kur}ha-at-ti lu al-lik {disz}lu-li-i _lugal_ {iri}s,i-du-un-ni pu#-luh#-ti# me#-lam#-me#-ia# is#-hup#-szu-ma ul-tu qe2-reb {iri}s,ur-ri a-na {kur}ia-ad-na-na | In the course of my campaign, I marched to the land Ḫattu. Lulî, the king of the city Sidon, was afraid of my brilliance and fled from the city Ṣurru to Yadnanu. |
| 19 | sza _murub4_ tam-tim in-na-bit-ma# _kur_-szu2 e-mid {disz}tu-ba-a'-lu i-na _{gesz}gu-za lugal_-ti-szu2 u2-sze-szib-ma man#-da#-at#-tu# be#-lu#-ti#-ia# u2#-kin# s,e-ru-usz-szu2 _lugal-mesz kur_ mar-tu{ki} bi#-lat#-su#-un# ka#-bit-tu2 | Tubaʾ[lu] sat on his royal throne and established the payment of my lordly majesty over him. The kings of the land Amurru (Babylonia) imposed upon him a heavy punishment. |
| 20 | i-na ta-mir-ti {iri}u2-szu-u2 a-di mah-ri-ia u2-bi-lu-ni u3 {disz}s,i-id-qa-a _lugal_ {iri#}is#-qa#-al#-lu#-na# sza# la# ik#-nu#-szu2# a#-na# ni#-ri-ia _dingir-mesz e2 ad_-szu2 sza2-a-szu a-di ki-im-ti-[szu] | In the plain of the city Ušû, before me, they brought it, and Ṣidqāya, king of Isqalluna, who had not bowed down to my yoke, the gods of his father’s house, together with his family, |
| 21 | as#-su#-ha#-am-ma a-na# _kur_ asz-szur{ki} u2-rasz#-szu {disz}lugal-lu-da3-a-ri# _dumu_ {disz}ru-kib-ti _lugal_-szu2-nu [mah-ru-u2 _ugu ug3]-mesz#_ {iri#}is#-qa#-al#-lu#-na# asz2#-kun-ma man-da#-at#-tu# be#-lu#-ti#-ia# u2-kin s,e-[ru]-usz-szu | I removed and brought him to Assyria. I placed Lugallu-dari, son of Rukibtu, their former king, over the people of the city Isqalluna and established his lordly tribute. |
| 22 | i#-na# me2#-ti#-iq# ger#-ri-ia _iri-mesz_-szu2 sza a-na _giri3-min_-ia la ik-nu-szu-ma#? asz2#-lu#-la# szal#-la#-su#-un# _szagina#-mesz#_ u3# _ug3-mesz_ {iri#}am#-qar#-ru#-na sza {disz}pa-di-i _lugal#_-szu-nu | In the course of my campaign, his cities, which had not been sealed with my feet, I plundered. Their booty, the generals and the people of Amqarrû, belonging to Padī, their king, |
| 23 | _en#_ a#-de#-e# sza# _kur#_ asz-szur{ki} bi-re-tu _an-bar_ id-du-ma a-na# {disz}ha-za-qi-a-u2 {kur}ia-u2-da#-a#-a# id#-di#-nu#-szu2# a#-na an-zil-[li] e-pu-szu2 ip#-lah3# _<sza3>_-szu2#-nu# _lugal-mesz_ {kur}mu-s,u-ri _erim-mesz {gesz}pan_ | the lord of the treaty of Assyria, a bronze shield he cast and to Hazaqiau of the land Judah they gave him. They performed (the ritual) to anoint (them) and he feared them. The kings of Egypt, spearmen |
| 24 | _{gesz#}gigir#-mesz# ansze#-kur#-ra#-mesz#_ sza _lugal_ {kur}me-luh-ha e-mu-qi2 la ni-bi ik-te-ru-ni i-na ta#-mir-ti {iri}al-ta-qu-u2 it-ti-szu2-un am-da-hi-is,-ma asz2-ta-kan _bad5-bad5_-szu2-un _{lu2}[en] {gesz}gigir-mesz_ | The chariots and horses of the king of Meluḫa, without force, I captured with them in the plain of the city Altaqû and put them to the sword. I defeated them. The lord of the horses |
| 25 | u3# _dumu#-mesz# lugal#_ {kur#}mu#-s,u#-ra-a-a a-di _{lu2#}en# {gesz}gigir-mesz_ sza _lugal_ {kur}me-luh-ha bal#-t,u#-su#-un# i#-na# qa#-ti# as,#-bat# a#-na# {iri#}am#-qar#-ru#-na# [aq-rib-ma] _szagina#-mesz#_ sza# hi#-it,#-t,u# | and the sons of the king of the land Muṣurāya together with the lord of the Meluḫaḫa chariots, I captured them alive. I approached the city Amqarrûna and appointed the generals who had committed a crime. |
| 26 | u2-szab-szu-u2 i-na _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ a-duk _dumu-mesz iri_ e-pisz an-ni a-na szal-la-ti am-nu si-it-tu#-te#-szu2#-nu# sza# gul#-lul#-ta-szu2#-un# la# ib#-szu#-u2# [usz-szur-szu-un aq-bi] {disz}pa-di-i _lugal_-szu2-nu | I slaughtered with weapons the citizens of the city who had performed this for booty. The rest of them, who had not been killed, I carried off. I told Pādî, their king: |
| 27 | ul#-tu qe2-reb {iri}ur-sa-li-im-ma u2-sze-s,a-am-ma i-na _{gesz}gu-za ugu#_-szu2-un u2-sze-szib-ma man-da-at-tu2 be#-lu#-ti-ia u2-kin s,e-ru#-usz#-szu2# sza# {disz#}ha#-za#-qi#-a#-u2# [{kur}]ia#-u2-da-a-a <sza> la ik-nu-szu2 | I brought out from the city Ursallium and sat on their throne. I established the payment of my lordly majesty and imposed upon him the tribute of Hazaqiâ of the land Judah, which he had not received. |
| 28 | a#-na# ni#-ri-ia 4(u)? 6(disz) _iri-mesz_-szu2 _e2 bad3-mesz_ dan-nu-ti u3 _iri-mesz_ sza li-me-ti-szu2-nu sza# ni#-ba la i-szu-u2 al-me _kur_-ud# asz2#-lu#-la# szal#-la#-tisz# am#-nu# sza2#-szu# [_gin7 muszen_ qu-up-pi] qe2-reb | to my city, 46 of his cities, houses, fortified walls, and cities in their environs, which were without number, I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered. Therein I sat like a bird nest. |
| 29 | {iri#}ur#-sa#-li#-im-ma _uru lugal_-ti-szu2 e-sir2-szu {iri}hal-s,u-mesz _ugu_-szu u2-rak-kis _iri-mesz_-szu2 sza asz2#-lu-la ul-tu qe2-reb _kur_-szu2 ab-tuq-ma# a#-na# _lugal#-[mesz_ {iri}as-du]-di# {iri#}is#-qa#-al#-lu#-na# | I conquered the cities Ur-Salimma, his royal city. I imposed upon him the cities Ḫalṣu. I deported his cities, which I had plundered, from his land and to the kings of the cities Asdudu (and) Isqalluna |
| 30 | {iri#}am#-qar#-ru#-na {iri}ha-zi-ti ad-din-ma u2-s,a-ah-<hi>-ir# _kur_-su e-li _gun_ mah-ri-ti na-dan szat-ti-szu2-un man-da-at-tu2 u2-rad-di#-ma u2-kin s,e#-ru#-usz#-szu#-un# szu#-u2# {disz#}ha#-za#-qi#-a#-u2# pul#-hi# me#-lam#-me# | I gave the cities Amqarrûna (and) Ḫazītu, and I made his land greater than before. I reorganized the distribution of that gift and established its status as a fortress. That Hazaqiau, the purifier of the radiance, |
| 31 | be#-lu#-ti#-ia is-hu-pu-szu-ma {lu2}ur2-bi u3 _{lu2}erim-mesz_-szu2 _sig5-mesz_ sza a-na qe2-reb {iri}ur-sa-li-im-ma _uru lugal_-ti-szu2 u2-sze-ri-bu-ma it-[ti 3(u)?] _gun# ku3-sig17_ 8(disz) _me gun# ku3#-babbar#_ | my lordly majesty overwhelmed him and his good troops who were brought into Ursalium, his royal city, together with 30? talents of gold, 8 hundred talents of silver |
| 32 | mim#-ma# szum#-szu ni-s,ir-ti _e2#-gal_-szu2 u3 _dumu-munus-mesz_-szu2 _{munus#}ug3-mesz e2-gal_-szu2 _{lu2}nar-mesz {munus}nar#-mesz_ a#-na# qe2-reb nina{ki} u2-sze-bi-lam-ma a-na na#-dan# man-da#-at#-ti# isz#-pu#-ra# rak#-bu-szu2 | I sent to Nineveh musicians and singers whatever his name, the protection of his palace, and his daughters (and) heirs, as well as his palace servants, and for the payment of the price he wrote to me, (saying): |
| 33 | i#-na# 4(disz)#-e ger-ri-ia a-na {kur}e2-{disz}ia-kin7 lu al-li-ik i-na me2-ti-iq ger-ri-ia sza# {disz#}szu#-zu#-bi# {lu2#}kal#-da#-a-a a-szib qe2-reb {i7}a-gam#-me# i#-na# {iri}bi-it#-tu#-ti# asz2#-ta-kan | On my fourth campaign, I marched to the land Ekīn. In the course of my campaign, which Šuzubu, a Chaldean who dwells in the midst of the Euphrates, set up in the city Bittutu. |
| 34 | _bad5#-bad5#_-szu2# szu-u2 _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia e-dur2-ma e-disz ip-par-szid-ma ul in-na-mir a-szar-szu2 pa#-an# ni#-ri#-ia# u2#-ter a-na {kur}e2#-{disz#}ia#-kin7# as,-s,a-bat har-ra-nu# szu#-u2 | I imposed upon him his defeat. I fought with my weapons, but he became frightened and did not see his place. I returned to Ezida-Yakīn (and) took the road. |
| 35 | _{disz#}{d#}marduk-ibila-szum2-na_ sza i-na a-lak ger-ri-ia mah#-re-e asz2-ku-nu _bad5-bad5_-szu2 ri-gim _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia dan-nu-ti e-dur2-ma a-na# {iri#}na#-gi#-i#-ti sza _murub4_ tam-tim in-na-bit | Marduk-apla-iddina (II), who had been stationed on my previous campaign, fought with him (and) fought like my mighty weapons and fled to the city Nagītu, which is in the middle of the Sea. |
| 36 | _szesz#-mesz_-szu2 _numun e2 ad_-szu2 sza u2-masz-szi-ru# a-hi tam-tim si-it-ti _ug3-mesz kur_-szu2 ul-tu {kur}e2-ia-kin7 qe2-reb {i7}a#-gam#-me# u# ap#-pa#-ra#-a-ti asz2#-lu#-la# u2-ter-ma _iri-mesz_-szu2 | (As for) his brothers, the seed of his father’s house, which had been abandoned along the shore of the Sea, I carried off the people of his land from the land Eyakin to the Euphrates River and to its environs. I returned and his cities |
| 37 | ap-pul i-na {d}gesz-bar aq-mu i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia {disz}asz-szur-na-din-mu _dumu_-u2#-a i-na _{gesz}gu-za_ be-lu-ti-szu2 u2-sze#-szib#-ma u2#-szad-gi-la pa-nu-usz-szu2 i-na 5(disz) ger#-ri-ia | On my return march, I settled Assurnadin-šumi, my son, on his lordly throne, and made his face bright. In my fifth campaign |
| 38 | _lu2-mesz_ {iri}tu-mur-ra-a-a sza2 _gin7_ qin-ni _ti8#{muszen#}_ s,e-er zuq-ti {kur}ni-pur _kur_-i mar-s,i szu-bat-su-un szit-ku-na-at-ma la kit#-nu#-szu# a-na# ni#-ri-ia i-na _giri3-min_ {kur}ni-pur ka-ra-szi | The people of the city Tumurru, who like a flock of eagles, the foot of Mount Nipur, a rugged mountain, their dwellings were abandoned and they did not belong to him. To my yoke, by the feet of Mount Napur, I slew them. |
| 39 | u2-sza2-asz2-kin-ma it-ti _{lu2}erim-mesz me3_-ia la ga-me-lu-ti a-na-ku _gin7 {gu4}am_ ek-di pa-nu-usz-szu2-un as,-bat hur-ri me#-le-e _kur-mesz_ mar-s,u-ti i-na _{gesz}gu#-za#_ asz2#-ta#-am#-di-ih | I sat on a throne like a wild bull in front of them and surrounded them with rugged mountains. |
| 40 | a-szar a-na _{gesz}gu#-za#_ szup#-szu-qu i-na _giri3-min_-ia asz2-tah-hi-it, _gin7_ ar-me a-szar bir-ka-a-a ir-ma-a i-sza2-a ma-na-ah#-tu2# s,e#-er _na4 kur_-i u2-szib-ma _a-mesz {kusz#}ummu3_ | where for a throne was to be set, with my feet I fell. Like a mountain, where my feet were bound, he became frightened. I sat down in a cloud of mountain stone and bathed with water from a dead person. |
| 41 | ka-s,u-ti a-na s,u-me-ia lu asz2-ti i-na _szu-si-mesz_ hur-sza2-a-ni ar-de-szu2-nu-ti-ma asz2-ta-kan tah-ta-szu2-un _iri-mesz_-szu2-nu _kur_-ud-ma asz2-lu-la szal-la#-su#-un | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered them on the peaks of the mountains. I captured their cities and carried off their booty. |
| 42 | ap-pul aq-qur# i-na {d}gesz-bar aq-mu pa-an ni-ri-ia u2-ter-ma s,e-er {disz}ma-ni-ia-e _lugal_ {iri}uk-ki la kan-sze as,-s,a-bat har-ra-nu ur-hi pa-asz2-qu-ti sza la-pa#-an# _kur-mesz_ | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire. I returned before my yoke and took the foot of Manniyâ, the king of the city Ukki, a mountain without number. I imposed upon him a long road, treacherous paths, which were not open to the lands. |
| 43 | mar-s,u-ti qe2-reb-szu2-un ma-nam-ma la il-li-ku _lugal_ pa-ni mah-ri-ia i-na _giri3-min_ {kur}a-na-ra u3 {kur}up-pa _kur-mesz_ dan-nu-ti ka-ra-szi u2-sza2-asz2-kin-ma | No king of the past who had come before me had ever set foot on Mounts Anara and Uppa, mighty mountain ranges, and |
| 44 | a-na-ku i-na _{gesz}gu-za_ ne2-me-di it-ti _{lu2}erim-mesz me3_-ia mar-s,i-isz i-te-el-la-a _szu-si-mesz kur-mesz_ pa-asz2-qa-a-ti | I sat on the throne of the assembly with my warriors. The horns of the hostile mountains |
| 45 | szu-u2 {disz}ma-ni-ia-e a-lak ge-er-ri-ia isz#-me-ma {iri}uk-ku _uru lugal_-ti-szu2 e-zib-ma a#-na# ru#-qe2-ti in-na-bit e-ru-um-ma | He, Maniāyu, heard about my campaign and fled to the city Ukku, his royal city. He fled to a desert. He entered and |
| 46 | a-na qe2-reb _e2-gal_-szu2 mim-ma szum-szu2 _nig2-szu nig2-ga_ la ni#-bi asz2-lu-la ni-s,ir-ta-szu2 ka-bit-tu2 _iri-mesz_-szu2 ap-pul aq-qur i-na _{d#}gesz#-bar#_ aq-mu-ma | I carried off into his palace whatever he had, possessions (and) property without number, his substantial treasure, his cities I destroyed, demolished, and burned with fire. |
| 47 | ki#-ma _du6_ a-bu-bi u2-sze-me# | like a mound of a flood he will hear. |
| 48 | i-na 6(disz) ger-ri-ia a#-na# | In my 6th campaign to |
| 49 | {iri}na-gi-ti {iri}na-gi-ti#-di-i'-bi-na | (The cities) Nagiti (and) Nagitidiʾbina |
| 50 | _iri-mesz_ sza# _lugal_ {kur}e#-lam#-ti sza i-na | the cities of the king of the land Elam, which are in |
| 51 | e#-ber#-tan# {i7}mar-ra-ti szit-ku#-na#-at | above the Marratu River, on your right |
| 52 | szu#-bat#-[su-un _ug3]-mesz_ {kur}e2-{disz}ia-kin7 la-pa#-an# | their dwelling, the people of Eki-Yakin, without |
| 53 | _{gesz}tukul_ {d}asz#-szur# [dan]-nu-ti isz-hu-[tu]-ma ez-ze-bu | The mighty weapons of the god Aššīr fell upon me and I became furious. |
| 54 | da-ad2-me-szu#-nu# {i7#}mar#-ra#-tu3# i-[bi]-ru-u2-ma | their settlements, the Marratu River, they crossed, and |
| 55 | ki-sza2-da a-he-en-na-[a x x x]-u2 x x ni-ih-ti | together [......] ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 56 | {d}asz-szur be#-li2# u2-tak#-kil#-an#-ni-ma# s,e-ru#-usz-szu2-un a-na | (As for) the one who removes me, may the god Ašsūr, my lord, look upon me with pleasure. |
| 57 | {kur}na-gi-ti a-la#-[ku] aq#-bi# _{lu2#}erim#-mesz#_ {kur}[ha]-at#-ti hu#-bu#-ut# | I marched to the land Nagītu. The cedars of the land Ḫattu were killed. |
| 58 | _[{gesz}pan-mesz_]-ia i-na nina#{ki#} u2#-sze#-szib#-ma _{gesz}ma2#-mesz#_ s,i-ra#-a#-ti | I settled my bows in Nineveh, and the lofty boats |
| 59 | e#-pisz#-ti# _kur#_-szu#-un# ib#-nu#-u2# nak#-lisz# _{lu2}ma2-lah5#-mesz#_ {iri}s,ur#-ra#-a#-a# | The craftsmen of the Tyreans built their mountain(s) anew. |
| 60 | {iri#}s,i#-du-un#-na#-a#-a# {kur#}ia#-[am?]-na#-a-a ki-szit-ti _szu#-min#_-ia u2-sza2#-hi#-su#-nu#-ti | I subjugated the people of the cities Sidon and Yamna under my authority. |
| 61 | ur#-tum# qe2#-reb# _{i7#}idigna#_ it#-ti# szi#-na-ti a-na qid-da#-ti a-di {iri}u2-pi-a | After that, in the middle of the Tigris River, with those people, to the border of the city Upia |
| 62 | u2-sze-qel-pu-u2# u3# _ta#_ {iri#}u2#-pi#-a# na#-ba#-lisz# u2#-sze#-lu#-szi#-na-ti-ma | And they brought them up from Upia and |
| 63 | s,e#-er {gesz}gur2#-gu#-ge#? a#-[na? _zimbir{ki?}]_ il#-du#-du#-szi#-na#-[ti-ma] qe2#-reb {i7}a-rah-ti | They marched to Sippar, and in the Araḫtu River |
| 64 | id-du#-szi#-na#-ti# a#-na# har#-ri# _e2_-dak#-ku#-ri sza# {kur#}kal-di u2-sze-qel-pu-u2 | They brought them down on the road to Bit-Dakkūru of Chaldea. |
| 65 | szu-x i-na [x] an# al-lik# x [x] ma qu# x x? _mesz#_-ia szam-ru#-ti# | ... I marched in ... ... my bright ...s |
| 66 | sza2 la i#-[du-u2] a#-da#?-ru# {lu2#}qur-bu-ti _giri3#-min#_-ia# git2#-ma#-lu#-ti# u3# _{lu2}erim-mesz_ ta-ha#-zi#-ia# | Who did not know the rites of the royal bodyguards, my perfect feet, and the troops of my rivals |
| 67 | qar-du-ti sza# la# x x x i#-na# qe2#-reb _{gesz}ma2-mesz#_ u2-szar-kib-szu-nu-ti-ma | I placed the warriors who did not , in boats, and |
| 68 | s,i-di-tu ad-din-[szu-nu]-ti _sze#-im#_ u3# _{sze#}in#-nu#-hi#-a#_ a#-na# mu-ur-ni#-is#-qi2# u2-sze-la-a# | I gave them rations. I brought the barley and straw to the cult centers. |
| 69 | it-ti#-szu2#-un# qu#-ra#-du#-u2#-a i-na _{gesz}ma2#-mesz#_ i#-qel#-pu#-u2 {i7#}pu-rat-tu a#-na#-ku# | With them, my warriors moored on boats, and I dug the Euphrates. |
| 70 | a#-na# i#-ti#-szu2#-un# na#-ba#-lu# s,ab#-ta-ku-ma a-na {iri}ka2-sa-li#-me#-ti# u2#-szar#-da#-a# ur#-hi# | I was captured in their midst and brought down to Kasallimētu. |
| 71 | i#-na# ul#-lu#-u2# re#-szi#-[ia] ul#-tu a-hi {i7}pu-rat-ti a-di kib-ri# [tam-tim] ma#-lak# 2(disz)# _danna#_ qaq#-qa#-ru# | From the banks of the Euphrates River to the shores of the Sea, I reached the land of the Two Rivers. |
| 72 | ka#-li# ka#-lu#-[...] sza2 i-na a-a-ri-du#-u2-a x x x | The kali-plant, the kalu-plant ..., which in my wailing ... |
| 73 | x x x a-mat x x x [a]-na# [lib3-bi-ia ul] asz2#-du-ud | I did not listen to the word of ... in my heart. |
| 74 | i#-na# asz2#-ri# szu#-a#-tu3# at#-ta#-di# ka#-ra-szi e-du-u2 ta-ma-ti gap#-szisz# isz#-sza2#-am#-ma# qe2#-reb# | I dwelled in that abode, surrounded by a darkened horizon, a wide sea, and entered it. |
| 75 | {gesz}za-ra-ti-ia e-ru-um-ma ni#-ti#-isz il-ma-a gim-ri# ka-ra-szi-ia i#-na# [_a]-mesz#_ dan#-nu#-ti | I entered with my yoke, and with the help of the gods, all of my possessions, with strong water |
| 76 | 5(disz) u4-me u3# _ge6#_ ki#-ma# qu2#-up-pe#-e szur-bu-s,a gi-mir ba-hu#-la#-a-ti-ia _{gesz#}ma2#-mesz#_ qu#-ra#-di#-ia | For five days and nights like a quppû-demon, I carried off all of my possessions (and) boats. |
| 77 | a-na raq-[qa]-at pi-i _i7#_ ik#-szu#-da# a-szar {i7}pu-rat-tu _a-mesz_-sza2 u2#-szesz#-sze#-ru# | to the source of the mouth of the river he reached, where the Euphrates its waters were brought forth |
| 78 | qer-bu-[usz tam]-tim ga-lit#-ti# a#-na-ku# a#-na me2-he-er-ti-szu2-un i-na _gu2_ {i7}mar#-ra#-ti | in the middle of the wide sea, I to their flanks, on the bank of the Amorites, |
| 79 | az-ziz-ma a-na# {d}e2-a _lugal? zu-ab_ u2-sze-pi-sza2 _{udu}siskur-mesz ku3-mesz_ it#-ti# _{gesz}ma2 ku3-sig17 ku6 ku3-sig17_ | I stood and for Ea, the king of Apsu, I had her make holy offerings with a gold boat and a silver fish. |
| 80 | al-lut-tu2 _ku3-sig17_ a-na qe2-reb tam-tim [ad-di-ma] _{gesz}ma2-mesz_-ia a#-na# _ugu kur_ {iri}na-gi-i-ti | I carried off gold and alûtu-bowls into the sea and my boats to the land Nagītu. |
| 81 | ur-ru-hi-isz u2-sze-bir i-na kib-ri tam-tim gal-la-ti sza# a-na szi-ik-nu a-na e-le-e | In the wide sea, which is above and below, I surrounded (it) with a wall of bricks. |
| 82 | _ansze#-kur-ra-mesz_ u3# szit-kun _giri3-min lu2_ la na#-t,u ma-gal szum#-ru#-us,#-ma ba-hu-la-ti {kur}kal-di | horses and šitkun-garments, the feet of a man who is not able to ride a great boat, and the protection of Chaldea |
| 83 | [a]-szib# {iri}na-gi-ti# {iri}na-gi-ti-di#-i'#-bi#-na _ug3-mesz_ {kur}hi-il-mu {kur}pil-la-tu2 | the people of the land Ḫilmu (and) the land Pilatu |
| 84 | u3 {kur}hu-pa-pa-nu _{gesz#}ma2-mesz_ qu-ra-di-ia# i-mu-ru-ma _erim-mesz {gesz}pan_ {gesz}s,u-um-bi# | and the land Ḫupapānu saw the boats of my warriors and the bowmen and the ṣumbu-army |
| 85 | _ansze-kur-ra-mesz ansze-kunga-mesz_ e-muq [la] ni-bi u2-kap-pi-tu2 mit#-ha-risz | horses, mules, (and) armed forces without number they split up together. |
| 86 | el-la-me-szu2-un i-na | their glory in |
| 87 | {i7}u2-la-a na-a-ru sza kib-ru-sza2 | the Euphrates, the dike of its quay |
| 88 | _dug3-ga_ si-id-ru szit-ku-nu | a good šidru of yours |
| 89 | me-le-e _erin2-hi-a_-ia s,ab-tu-ma | the strength of my troops seized, and |
| 90 | u2-sza2-'a-lu _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-szu2-un | they made their weapons greater. |
| 91 | qu-ra-du-u2-a a-na ka-a-ri | My warriors to the quay |
| 92 | ma-kal-le-e ik-szu-du s,e-ru-usz-szu2-un | he conquered the cult centers of them. |
| 93 | ul-tu qe2-reb _{gesz}ma2-mesz_ a-na kib-ri a#-ri#-bisz | From inside the boats I marched to the quay. |
| 94 | ip-par-szu-ma isz-ku-nu tah-ta-szu2-un {iri}na-gi-tu | They slew him and set fire to them. The city Nagitu |
| 95 | {iri}na-gi-tu-di-i'-bi-na {kur}hi-il-mu {kur}pil-la-tu | The cities Nagitudiʾbina, Ḫilmu, (and) Pilatu. |
| 96 | u3# {kur}hu-pa-pa-nu _iri-mesz_ sza _lugal_ {kur}e-lam-ti ik-szu#-du | and Ḫupadanu, cities of the king of the land Elam, they conquered. |
| 97 | dan#-nu#-su#-un te-ne-szet {lu2}kal-di _dingir-mesz_ gim-ri {kur}e2#-{disz#}ia#-kin7# | Their strength is the strength of the Chaldeans, all the gods of the land Ekiakin. |
| 98 | [a-di] _nig2#-ga#_-szu2#-nu# u3# _un#-mesz_ e-la-mi3-i {gesz}s,u-um-bi [_ansze-kur-ra-mesz_] | together with their property, and the Elamite people, their wagons, horses |
| 99 | _ansze#-kunga-mesz ansze-nita2-mesz_ isz-lu-lu-ni qe2-reb _{gesz}ma2-[mesz_-szu2-nu] | the mules and donkeys that they carried, inside their boats |
| 100 | u2#-sze-lu-ma a-ha-an-na-a a-na {iri}ka2-sa-li-me-ti a#-[di mah-ri-ia] | Afterwards, I marched to Kasallimētu, before me. |
| 101 | u2-sze-bi-ru-ni _iri-mesz_ sza2-tu-nu ip-pu-lu iq-qu-ru i-na {d}gesz-bar aq-mu | I destroyed those cities and burned them with fire. |
| 102 | _ugu {kur}elam-ma{ki} dagal_-tim it-bu-ku sza2-ah-ra-ar#-tu2 i-na szal-lat _kur-mesz_ | he conquered the wide land Elam, and in the booty of the lands |
| 103 | 3(u)? _lim_ 5(disz) _me {gesz}pan#_ 2(u)? _lim_ 2(disz)#? _me_ {gesz}a-ri-tu2 i-na lib3-bi-szu2-nu ak#-s,ur#-ma _ugu_ [ki-s,ir] | I planted therein 30(?) thousand, 500 bows, (and) 20,200 ariātu-trees. |
| 104 | _lugal_-ti-ia u2-rad-di# si#-it#-ti szal-lat na#-ki#-ri# ka#-bit-ti a-na gi#-[mir] | my royal majesty I enlarged. The totality of the large enemy forces in all |
| 105 | _karasz_-ia _{lu2}en#-nam#-mesz#_-ia u3 _ug3-mesz_ ma#-ha#-za#-ni#-ia# _gin7#?_ s,e-e#-[ni] | my quay, my governors, and the people of my cult centers like sheep |
| 106 | lu u2-za-'i-iz i-na u4-me-szu2-ma _e2-gal murub4# iri#_ sza# nina#{ki#} sza 3(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) ina _1(disz) kusz3 [usz_] | At that time, the palace in the citadel of Nineveh, which is 300 cubits long, |
| 107 | 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_] | 105 cubits, the width, is a šitkû-measure, and its position is elevated. The kings |
| 108 | a-li-kut mah-ri _ad-mesz_-ia a-na ri-mit be-lu-ti-szu2-un u2-sze-pi-szu2-ma la u2-nak-[ki-lu] | Before the time of my ancestors, I had their lordly majesty made manifest and they did not let them be forgotten. |
| 109 | szi-pir-sza2 _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ sza {na4}pi-i-li pe-s,e-e i-na {iri}ta-as-ti-a-te ib-[tu-qu] | the work of the shield-bearers of pilītu-stone in Taštiate destroyed. |
| 110 | a-na mu-kil _ka2-mesz_-szin a-na szu-pu-usz _{gesz}ma2-mesz_ qe2#-reb# _{gesz}tir-mesz gesz-[mesz] gal-mesz_ u2-qe2#-[ru] | for the opening of their gates, for the lifting of boats, in the forest of large trees, I erected. |
| 111 | i-na nap-har _kur-me_-szu2-un i-na _{iti}gu4_ u4-mu a-dan#-ni# e-de-e [pa-an szat]-ti i-na _{gesz}ma2-[mesz_] | in all of their lands, in the month Ayyāru (II), the stipulated term, on that day, with boats |
| 112 | s,i-ra-a-ti a-na a-ha-an-na#-a u2-szeb-bi-ru-ni# mar-s,i-isz i#-na# ne2#-ber ka#-a-ri | When they had brought forth the steles to each other, it was very quickly at the crossing of the river. |
| 113 | _{gesz#}ma2-[gu]-la#-mesz_ u2-t,e-eb-bu-u2 ba-hu-la-ti-szu2-un u2-sza2-ni-hu [u2-lam-me]-nu | They made the chariots bow down, smashed their hulls, (and) decorated them. |
| 114 | [ka-ras]-sin i-na da-na-ni u3 szup-szu-qi2 mar-s,i-isz# u2#-bi#-lu-nim-ma u2-[sza2-as,-bi-tu] | They brought the kalassu-vessels quickly to me with strength and bridle, and I made them carry (them). |
| 115 | [_ka2-mesz]_-szi-in {i7}te-bil-ti a-gu-u2 szit-mu-ru sza [ul-tu _ud]-mesz su3#-[mesz_ t,e-eh] | The gates of the Tebilti River, a šitmû-watercourse, which since distant days had become dilapidated |
| 116 | [_e2-gal_] i-ba-'u-u2-ma i-na _illu_-sza2 gap-szi u2-rib-bu [tem-me]-en-[sza2 _e2-gal-tur-ra_] | The palace became dilapidated and, in its wide flood, its foundations, the small palace |
| 117 | [sza2-a-tu] a#-na# si-hi-ir-ti-sza2 aq-qur sza {i7}te-bil-ti ma-lak#-sza2# ul#-tu# [qa-bal-ti _uru_] | I poured out that water in its entirety. From the Tebilti River, its course, from the middle of the city |
| 118 | [ap-ru-us-ma i-na ta-mir-ti ku-tal _uru_] u2-sze-szir mu-s,u-sza2 [i-na 1/2(disz) _iku_ ma-lak _a-mesz_] | I cut off and in the plain behind the city I brought her out. For 1/2 iku the journey of water |
| 119 | [4(disz) {na4}pi-i-li _gal-mesz_ it-ti _esir-ud-a_ ak]-si#-ma _gi-mesz_ a-pe# [u3 ku-pe-e u2-szat-ri-s,a _ugu_-szu2-un] | I piled up four large limestone slabs with bitumen and I imposed upon them reeds of water and kupsu. |
| 120 | [5(disz) _me_ 5(u)? 4(disz) ina _1(disz) kusz3 usz_ 2(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(u)? 9(disz) ina _1(disz)]-kusz3# sag#-[ki_ qaq-qa-ru ul-tu qe2-reb {i7}hu-su-ur u3] | 500? 54 cubits, the length, 219? (cubits), the breadth, from the Euphrates River and |
| 121 | [ta-mir-ti _iri_ ki-ma a-tar-tim]-ma [lu as,-ba-ta s,e-er me-szi-ih-ti tam-li-i mah-re-e lu u2-rad-di-ma] | I seized the surface of the city like a mountain. I brought down the foothills of the former sea and |
| 122 | a-na si-hi-ir-ti-szu i-na 1(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 3(u)? ti-ib-ki ul-la-a re-szi-szu a-na 9(disz)# _me#_ [1(u)? 4(disz) i-na] _as4#-lum# gal_-tim _usz_ u3 4(disz) _me_ 4(u)? ina _as4-lum_ | In its entirety, for 1 hundred 104? tibku (of grain) I raised its superstructure. For 9 hundred 14? (ikû) of large grain I measured its length and 4 hundred 40? in grain |
| 123 | _gal_-tim _sag-ki_ szi-kit-ti _e2-gal_ u2-ter-ma szu-bat-sa usz-rab-bi _e2-gal-mesz ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar zabar {na4}an-za-gul-me {na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da_ | I restored the great foundation(s) of the palace and (then) its (original) position had become stable. The palaces of gold, silver, bronze, lapis lazuli, and duri-mineral |
| 124 | _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal zu2 am-si {gesz}esi {gesz}tug2 {gesz}mes-ma2-kan-na_ {gesz}ere-ni _{gesz}szur-min3 {szim}li_ {gesz}e-lam-ma-ku {gesz}si-in-da-a a-na mu-szab be-lu-ti-ia | nīnugal-stone, amsu-wood, ebony, meskannu-tree, cedar, cypress, juniper, ellamku-wood (and) sindû-wood for my lordly residence. |
| 125 | ab-ni-ma _e2_ mu-ter-re-te tam-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_ sza e-ri-su-un | I built a house of terraces, a replica of the palace of the land Ḫattu, adjacent to the alleys. I had beams of cedar (and) cypress, whose scent is sweet, built. |
| 126 | [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-szin _{gesz}ig-mesz_ {gesz}ere-ni _{gesz}szur-min3 {szim}li_ [me]-ser _ki-sag_ u3 _uruda_ | I made the lands Hamānu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III) (and) Sirara, holy mountains, resplendent over them. Doors of cedar, cypress, juniper, musukkannu-aromatic, ebony, and copper |
| 127 | u2-rak#-kis-ma u2-rat-ta-a ba#-bi#-szin# i#-na ba-rak-ki sza qe2-reb _{e2}pa-pah-mesz_-ni ap-ti bi-ir-ri u2-pat-ta-a _{munus}{d}lamma-mesz {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ | At the opening of the gates, I opened the doors of the cloisters. The lamma-priestess of alabaster |
| 128 | _zu2 am-si_ sza il-lu-ru na-sza2-[a] kit#-mu-sa [rit]-ta-szin bal-tu ku-uz-bu hi-it-lu-pa lu-le#-e ma-la-a i-na _ka2-mesz_-szi-in ul-zi-iz-ma | The wild bull's limbs, which had come out, were covered in their completeness. They stood at their gates in full vigour, fullness of joy, as much as there were. |
| 129 | a-na tab#-ra-a-ti u2-sza2-lik [s,u-lul ta]-ra#-[a]-ni sza qe2-reb ba-rak-ka-ni e-t,u-su-un u2-szah-la-a u4-mi3-isz usz-nam-mir sik-kat3 kar-ri | I made the protection of the tārānu-vessel, which is inside the gates, shine like daylight. |
| 130 | kas-pi u3 _uruda_ qe2-reb-szin u2#-szal#-[me i]-na [_sig4]-al-ur3-ra {na4}zu2 {na4}za-gin3_ us-si-ma se-el-lum ne2-be2-hi u3 gi-mir pa-as-qi2-szu asz2-szu2 szip-ri _e2-gal_-ia | I filled their interiors with silver and copper. With baked bricks made of date palm and lapis lazuli I surrounded them and (then) I had a protective spirit, protection, and all of his possessions, as well as the work of my palace, |
| 131 | szu-te-szu-ri u3 li-pit _szu-min_-ia szul-[lu-me] i-[na] u4-me-szu-ma {d}asz-szur u3 {d}isz-tar ra-'i-mu _{lu2}sanga_-ti-ia na-bu _mu_-ia gesz-mah-hi {gesz}ere-ni | At that time, the gods Aššīr and Ishtar, the love of my priesthood, the one who names my name, planted me a grove of cedars. |
| 132 | sza ul-tu _u4-mesz su3-mesz_ [i-szi]-hu#-[ma] ik-bi-ru ma-gal i-na qe2-reb {kur}si-ra-ra szad-di#-i# i-na pu-uz-ri na-an#-zu#-zu u2-szak-li-mu-in-ni | (As for) the one who, in the middle of distant days, had become frightened and was very afraid in the land Sirara, he made me bow down at my feet. |
| 133 | s,i-i-su-un# sza# _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ sza# i#-na# [tar]-s,i _lugal-mesz_-ni _ad-mesz_-ia a-na kar-ri nam-s,a-ri szu-qu-ru i-na sa-pan {kur}am-ma-na#-na# u2-szap#-tu#-ni# pa-ni-szu | I had a wall of alabaster, which in the time of the kings, my ancestors, had fallen into disrepair in the territory of the land Ammanānu, erected before him. |
| 134 | u3 _{na4}dur2#-[mi]-na-ban3-da_ ma-la {dug}bur-zi#-gal#-li sza la in-nam-ru ma-ti-ma i-na {iri}kap-ri-da-ar-gi-la-a sza2 pa#-a#-t,i# {iri}du6-bar-si-ip | And as much alum, as there is of the burzigallu-vessel, which has never been seen before, in Kapridargilâ, which is on the border of Til-Barsip |
| 135 | u2-kal-lim ra#-ma-nu-usz i-te-e nina{ki} i-na er-s,e-et {iri}ba-la-t,a-a-a ki-i t,e3-em _dingir_-ma {na4}pi-i-lu pe-s,u-u2 a-na mu-'u-de-e | As for the border of Nineveh, in the territory of the city Balaṭu, according to the god’s order, pilû-stone was poured out as a stela. |
| 136 | in-na-mir-ma _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ u3 s,a-lam mesz-re-ti _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ sza i-na 1(disz)-en _na4_ ib-ba-nu-u2 mi#-na-a-ti szuk-lu-lu i-na ki-gal-li | The gods Alad-Lamma and the statues of the towers of alabaster, who with one stone were made perfect, in the quay |
| 137 | ram-ni-szu2-nu# [sza2]-qisz na-an-zu-zu _{munus}ab2-za-[za]_-a-ti _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ sza zi-i-me nu-us-su-qa _gin7_ u4-me na-par-de-e nu-um-mu-ru zu-mur-szin _kun4#-mesz {na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da_ | their ramnīšu-dishes, the nanzuzû-vessels of alabaster, whose brilliance is brightened like the daylight of the day, and whose limbs are covered with lapis lazuli, |
| 138 | s,i-ra-a-ti# ab#-ni ki-lal-la-an i-na szad-di#-szu2#-un# ab-tuq-ma a-na szip-ri _e2-gal_-ia u2-szal-di-da qe2-reb nina{ki} _{d}alad-{d}lamma#-mesz# gal#-mesz_ u3 _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti {na4}pi-i-li | (As for) the high priestess(s) and the ṣillītu-priests, I sat on their thrones and, for the work of my palace, I made (them) roam around in Nineveh. The great protective spirit(s), and the female slaves, with pīlu-stone |
| 139 | pe-s,e-e i#-na# lip-ta-at {d}nin#-kur-ra i-na er-s,e-et {iri}ba-la-t,a-a-a u2-sza2-a'-lid-ma u2-szak-li-la gat-ta-szu2-un sza# ul#-tu ul-la _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia s,a-lam _uruda_ | By the wrath of the goddess Ninkurra, I made them dwell in the territory of the city Balaṭu and adorned their heads. Whoever from the time of the kings, my ancestors, a statue of copper |
| 140 | tam-szil gat-ti-[szu2]-un a-na szu-zu-zi qe2-reb _e2-kur-mesz_ ib-nu-ma i-na e-pisz-ti-szu2-nu u2-sza2-ni-hu gi-mir _dumu-mesz_ um-ma-a-ni i-na la [bi-szit] uz-ni la ha-sa-as a-ma-ti a-na szip-ri | In order to dwell in the midst of their sanctuaries, they erected temples and by their craft they made them flourish. All the citizens of the army without number, without difficulty, to work |
| 141 | hi-szih-ti-[szu2-nu _i3-gesz_] isz-ku-ru na#-al#-ba-asz2 s,e-e-ni u2-qe2-ru qe2-reb _kur-mesz_-szu2-un ia-a-ti {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su a-sza2-red kal mal-ki# [mu]-de-e szip-ri ka-la-ma tim-me _uruda gal-mesz_ | I poured out oil for their ḫišihtu-disease. I surrounded the plain with sheep and goats. Inside their lands, for me, Sîn-papmešsu, foremost of all rulers, the one who knows everything, the great copper tools, |
| 142 | ur-mah-hi [pe-tan] bir-ki sza ma-na-ma la# ip-ti-qu _lugal_ pa-ni mah-ri-ia i-na uz-ni ni-kil-ti sza u2-szat-li-ma ru-bu-u2 {d#}nin#-szi-ku3 i-na szi-tul-ti ram-ni-ia | (As for) a lion, a furious lion that no king of the past who had come before me had conquered, with the support of the deity Ninšiku, through the counsel of my lordship |
| 143 | a-na e-[pesz szip]-ri# szu-a-tu ra-bisz# am#-tal-lik-ma i-na mi3-lik t,e3-me#-ia u3 me-resz ka-bat-ti-ia pi-ti-iq _uruda#_ u2-ba-asz2-szim-ma u2-nak-ki-la nik-la2-su sza gesz-mah-hi | In order to do this work, I went with great difficulty and, by my commānu and supplications, I had a copper tiara cast and I had its bolts of mahhu-wood cast. |
| 144 | u3# a-la-mit#-[ta] _gesz_ mesz-re-e 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-ti sza ku-uz-bu u3 ul-s,u | and the balaŋ-measure of the mešrê-wood, 12 lions of the heroism, together with 12 mighty shield-bearers, whose appearance is supreme, 22 babzazitu-weavers, who are pregnant and ill. |
| 145 | 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,i ab-ni-ma e-ra-a qe2-reb-szu2 asz2-tap-pa-ka ki-i pi-ti-iq 1/2(disz) _gin2-ta-am3_ | I imposed upon you a remission of debts, a reign of abundance, and a life of long days. By the command of a god, I fashioned a statue of myself and placed it inside it. I gave you as a gift 1/2 shekel each. |
| 146 | u2-szak-li-la# nab-ni-su-un _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ nab-nit _uruda_ sza 2(disz) ina lib3-bi za-ha-lu-u2 lit-bu-szu2 _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ a-di _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz {munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti | Alad-lammāni, the creator of copper, whose two parts are zaḫalû-silver, alad lamma-stone, alabaster, as far as Aladdad (and) babzaziti, |
| 147 | {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_ bi-ib-lat {kur}ha-ma-nim me-ser _uruda_ | I surrounded the walls of my palaces with large copper columns, as well as large cedar columns, which are native to the land Hamānu, (and) copper slabs. |
| 148 | u2-rak-kis-ma s,e-er pirig-gal-le-e ul-ziz-ma dap2-pi ku-lul _ka2-mesz_-szin e-mid _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ a-di _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti pi-ti-iq u2-ru-de-e | I set up a flock of lion-gods and I surrounded their gates with a wall of baked bricks, as many as there were sphinxes. |
| 149 | sza za-ha-lu-u2 lit-bu-sza2 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}eren_ {gesz}dup-ra-ni _{szim}li_ | of zaḫalû-wood, her hair, and the babzāza-women, the cut off of the throne, whose necks are not trimmed, tamarisk, ebony, cypress, cedar, dupranu-tree, (and) juniper |
| 150 | u3 [{gesz}]si#-in-da-a ih-ze-et pa-szal-li u3 kas-pi s,e-ru-usz-szin ul-ziz-ma sza kum2-me mu-szab be-lu-ti-ia e-mid _{gesz}gan-du7-mesz_-szu2-un as-kup-pa-a-ti | And the sīndâ-tree was smashed, and the silver was paid. I erected a statue of my lordly abode and (then) I set up their hoes. |
| 151 | _{na4}dur2-[mi]-na-ban3-da {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ u3 _kun4-mesz_ {na4}pi-i-li _gal-mesz#_ a-sur-ru-szin u2-sza2-as-hi-ra a-na tab-ra-a-ti u2-sza2-lik asz2-szu u4-mi-szam-ma _a-mesz_ di-lu-ti | I surrounded their perimeters with large limestone slabs, dunānda-stone, alabaster, and large pilî-stone. I made (them) flow as cargoes. In order to prolong the days of the dilute water |
| 152 | da#-lum# 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-ta s,e-er _pu2-mesz_ usz-ziz _e2-gal-mesz_ sza2-ti-na | I had bronze bolts and bronze harharu-beams made and, instead of kātu-vessels, mashmahhu-wood and alamittu wood, (and) the branches of the wells I built. Those palaces |
| 153 | [u2]-sza2#-lik# as-mi-isz si-hir-ti _e2-gal_ a-na tab-rat kisz-szat _ug3-mesz_ ul-la-a re-szi-sza2 _e2-gal_ sza sza2-ni-na la i-szu-u2 ni-bit-sa az-kur _{gesz}kiri6-mah_-hu | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered the whole palace for the protection of all of the people. I raised up its superstructure a palace that had no rival. I planted an orchard. |
| 154 | [tam-szil] {kur#}ha#-ma#-nim sza gi-mir _szim-hi-a gurun_ s,ip-pa-a-ti _gesz-mesz_ tuk-lat szad-di-i u3 {kur}kal-di qe2-reb-szu2 hur-ru-szu i-ta-a-sza2 az-qup a-na mit,-ra-a-ti | I conquered the territory of the land Hamānu, which was surrounded with all kinds of aromatics, juniper, ṣippatu-trees, trees, the support of the mountains and Chaldea, inside it, (and) I plundered (it) as booty. |
| 155 | [szum-mu]-hi ul-tu pa-a-t,i {iri}ki-si-ri a-di ta-mir-ti {iri}ni-na-a _kur_-a i-na ak-kul-la-ti _an-bar_ u2-szat-tir-ma u2-sze-szir {i7}har-ru | If from the border of the city Kisiri to the plain of Nineveh, my land, using bitumen, I had iron piercings made and I had (them) flow down the Euphrates River. |
| 156 | [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 u2-szar-da-a qe2-reb mit,-ra-a-te sza-ti-na u2-szah-bi-ba pat-ti-isz | I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered 1 1/2 shekels of earth from the Euphrates River, a long-lasting river. I made those settlements flourish in their entirety. |
| 157 | [a-na szup-szu]-uh a-lak-ti _a-mesz_ sza _{gesz}kiri6-mesz_ {i7}a-gam-mu u2-szab-szi-ma s,u-s,u-u2 qe2-reb-sza as-ti-il _igira2{muszen}-mesz szah-mesz {gesz}gi_ | I settled the water of the orchards of the Agammu River in its midst and carried off birds, pigeons, (and) reeds. |
| 158 | [a]-lap# qi2-i-szi i-na lib3-bi u2-masz-szir i-na t,e3-em _dingir_-ma qe2-reb _{gesz}kiri6-mesz {gesz}gesztin_ gi-mir _gurun_ {gesz}se-er-du u3 _szim-hi-a_ ma-gal isz-mu-hu _{gesz}szur-min3#_ | By the command of the god, in the gardens, vineyards, all kinds of fruit, cedars, and many aromatics they gathered. |
| 159 | _[{gesz}]mes-ma2-kan-na_ nap-har _gesz-mesz_ i-szi-hu-ma u2-s,ar-ri-szu pa#-pa-al-lum ap-pa-ra-a-te ma-gal i-szi-ra _muszen an_-e _igira2{muszen}_ qin-na iq-nun-ma | all the meskannu-wood, all of the wood, fell upon it and its branches were very thick. The bird of heaven, the bird of the open country, roared and |
| 160 | _szah# {gesz#}gi#_ a#-lap# qi2#-i-szi u2-rap-pi-szu ta-lit-tu _{gesz}mes-ma2-kan-na {gesz}szur-min3_ tar-bit s,ip-pa-a-ti _gi ambar-mesz_ sza qe2-reb {i7}a-gam-me ak-szit,-ma | I cut down a reed harrow, a half-brick of its hand, (and) widened its width. I planted meskannu-trees, cypress, ṣippatu-beads, and marshes, which are in the Euphrates River, and |
| 161 | [a-na szip-ri] hi#-szih#-ti _e2-gal-mesz_ be-lu-ti-ia lu _du3_-usz ul-tu szip-ri _e2-gal_-ia u2-qat-tu-u2 {d}asz-szur _en gal dingir-mesz_ u3 _{d}isz-tar-mesz_ | For the construction of the cult centers of my lordly sanctuaries I built. From the work of my palace I finished (them). The god Ashur, the great en-priestess of the gods, and the goddesses |
| 162 | [a-szi-bu-ut _kur_ asz-szur{ki}] i-na qer-bi-sza2 aq-re-ma _{udu}siskur-mesz_ tasz-ri-ih-te aq-qi2-ma u2-szat-lim kad3-ra-a-a _i3-gesz_ {gesz}ser2-di u3 hi-bi-isz-ti | I erected therein a fortress of Assyria. I appointed exalted priestesses and made (them) great. I received my rations of oil, šerdi and ḫibištu-offerings. |
| 163 | [u2-raq-qa-a a-na ru-usz-te] i#-na tasz-ri-it _e2-gal_ sza ba-hu-la-ti _kur_-ia u2-sza2-asz2-qa-a muh-ha-szin _gesztin-mesz_ du-usz-szu-pu s,ur-ra-szin am-kir i-na qi2-bit | In the tašrītu of the palace, which is on the outskirts of my land, I made them drink wine. I covered their heads with wine. By the command |
| 164 | [asz-szur a-bu _dingir-mesz_ u3 {d}isz-tar] szar#-ra#-ti# _{d}alad_ dum-qi2 _{d}[lamma_ dum-qi2] qe2#-reb _e2-gal_ sza2-a-tu da-a-risz lisz-tab-ru-u2 a-a ip-par-ku-u2 i-da-a-sza2 | May Assur, father of the gods, and Ištar, queen, a good protective spirit (and) a favorable protective deity constantly flourish in this palace, and may they never cease to be angry with her. |
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