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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 050, ex. 001 (P466659)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 050, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P466659 |
| Museum no. | unknown |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
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_ {disz}{d}suen-szesz-mesz-su _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-ti] mi-gir | Palace of Sîn-ahhē-šuma-iqbi great king strong king king of the world king [of Assyria king] of the four quarters (of the world) favorite |
| 2 | [_dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ lu-li-mu er-szu mal-ku pit-qu-du _re-e2-um_ ba-hu-la-ti mut-ta-ru-u2 _ug3-mesz_ rap-sza2]-a#-ti | the great gods, lords of wisdom, wise, competent, shepherd who provides for the numerous peoples, |
| 3 | [a-na-ku {d}be-let_-dingir-mesz_ be-let nab-ni-ti i-na _sza3-tur3_ a-ga-ri-in-ni a-lit-ti-ia ke-nisz _igi-bar_-an-ni-ma u2-s,ab]-ba#-a | I, the goddess Bēlet-ilī, the mistress of supplication, saw me faithfully in the womb of my mother, my wife, and captured her. |
| 4 | [nab-ni-ti u3 {d}nin-szi-ku3 id-di-na kar-szu rit-pa-szu2 szin-na-at _abgal_ a-da-pa3 isz-ru-ka pal-ka-a ha]-sis#-su | Nabnītu and Ninšiku gave to him, his hands were bound, the mighty apkallu-priest of Adapa gave to you, his mouth was open. |
| 5 | [{d}asz-szur _ad dingir-mesz_ gi-mir s,al-mat _sag-du_ u2-szak-nisz sze-pu-u2-a a-na _re-e2-um_-ut _kur_ u3 _ug3-mesz_ ul-la-a re-szi]-ia | Ashur, father of the gods, made the totality of the black-headed (people) bow down at my feet and raised my head to the shepherdship of the land and people. |
| 6 | [id-di-na _{gesz}gidri_ i-szar-tu mu-rap-pi-szat ma-a-ti _{gesz}tukul_ la pa-du-u2 a-na szum-qut za-'i]-ri#? [u2-szat-me]-eh | He gave a scepter of strength, the widening of the land, a weapon without equal, for the defeat of the enemy. |
| 7 | [rit-tu-u2-a ... gim-ri ma]-al-ki kib#-[ra]-a-ti | My hand ... all of the lands, |
| 8 | [ar-ba-tim ... ina u4-me-szu-ma te-ne-szet na-ki-ri ki-szit]-ti# _szu-min_-ia# [tup]-szik#-ku | The four quarters of the world ... At that time, in order to overthrow the enemies of my handiwork, I had a tablet made. |
| 9 | [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) ina _1(disz) kusz3 usz_] 1(gesz2) 2(u)? i#-na# [_1(disz) kusz3] sag-ki_ | The brickwork of the palace in the citadel of Nineveh, which is 300 cubits long, 210? (cubits) wide, |
| 10 | [ma-ra-ku szit-ku-na-at-ma s,u-uh-hu-rat szu-bat-sa {i7}te-bil-ti i-ta-a-sza2 i-ba-'u-u2-ma] i-na _illu_-[sza2] gap-szi | “I was afraid, I was frightened, and her dwelling, the Tebilti River, had become dilapidated, and in its flood it was wide. |
| 11 | [i-na usz-szi-sza2 ab-bu u2-szab-szu-u2 u2-ri-ib-bu tem-me-en-sza2 sza _lugal-mesz_ a-li-kut] mah#-ri _ad-mesz#_-e-a | In its foundations, a flood swept over the land. The foundations of the kings who came before me, my ancestors, |
| 12 | [a-na ri-mit be-lu-ti-szu-un u2-sze-pi-szu-ma la u2-nak-ki-lu szi-pir-sza2 _e2-gal-tur-ra_ sza2-a-tu a-na si]-hi-ir-ti-sza2 x [x?] x _szur szu_ | I had their lordly majesty built and did not neglect its work. That small palace in its entirety ... |
| 13 | [... sza {i7}te-bil-ti ma-lak-sza2 ul-tu qa-bal-ti _iri_ ap-ru-us-ma s,e-er ta-mir-ti ku]-tal# _iri_ u2-sze-szir | ... of the Tebilti River, its course I cut off from the middle of the city and I made rise above the plain behind the city. |
| 14 | [mu-s,u-sza2 i-na 1/2(disz) _iku_ ma-lak _a-mesz_ 4(disz) {na4}pi-i-li _gal-mesz_ it-ti _esir-ud-a_ ak?]-si#?-ma _gi-mesz_ a#?-pe | I dug out its foundation pit from 1/2 ikû of water, 4 large limestone slabs with bitumen, and I covered it with reed. |
| 15 | [u3 ku-pe-e u2-szat-ri-s,a _ugu_-szu2-un 5(disz) _me_ x x? ina _1(disz) kusz3 gid2-da_ 2(disz) _me_ 1(gesz2) 2(u)? ina _1(disz) kusz3 dagal_ qaq-qa-ru ul-tu] qe2#-reb {i7}hu-su-ur | I imposed upon them 5 hundred ... cubits long, 2 hundred 1020? [cubits wide] from the Euphrates River. |
| 16 | [u3 ta-mir-ti _iri_ ki-ma a-tar-tim-ma lu as,-ba-ta ...] x na x x u | and the plain of the city like a flood I seized ... |
| 17 | [...] x-ku? | |
| 18 | [...]-ti# | ... ...-ti(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 19 | [...]-qa# | ...-qa(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 20' | i-na sa#-[pan {kur}am-ma-na-na] | in the territory of the land Ammanāna(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21' | u2#-[szap-tu-ni pa-ni-szu2] | he sent before him.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22' | _{na4}[{d}sze-tir_ sza _gin7 numun_ qisz-sze-e] | the stone of Šētir, which is like the seed of a qišši-plant |
| 23' | _gar_-[szu2 nu-su-qu ma-la _na4 gu2_ aq-ru] | whose position is unalterable, as much as a stone on the neck of a lion |
| 24' | _na4#_ [qa-be2-e ma-ga-ri u3 ri-ih-s,i] | stone of the utterance of a dream, and the recitation |
| 25' | szu#?-[tu-qi mur-s,u a-na _lu2 nu te_-e] | The illness will not approach a man. |
| 26' | i#?-[na _giri3-min_ {kur}ni-pur _kur_-i ra-ma-nu-usz ud-dan-ni] | by means of the feet of Mount Nipur he strengthened me. |
| 27' | [...] | |
| 28' | [...] | |
| 29' | x [...] | |
| 30' | x [...] | |
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