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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 164, ex. 001 (P466840)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 164, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P466840 |
| Museum no. | VA 05634 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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' | [ina] u4-me-szu2#-ma kum2-mu# x [x] _e2#?-gal#?_ {iri#}bal#-til{ki#} szu#-bat _lugal#?-mesz#?_ | At that time, the palace of Baltil (Assur) was the residence of the kings |
| 2' | _ad#?-mesz_-ia sza#? ul#?-tu#? u4#-me#? s,a#?-a-te sza2? {disz}tukul#-ti#-a-e2-szar2-ra# | my fathers, who from distant days of Tiglath-pileser |
| 3' | _dumu#_ {disz}asz-szur-sag-i-szi _man kur_ asz-szur{ki} e-na#-ah-[ma?] | son of Assurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, became angry and |
| 4' | {disz}asz-szur-pap-ibila _man kur_ asz-szur{ki#} _dumu_ {disz}tukul-ti-{d#}masz _man kur_ asz-szur#{ki#} | Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta II, (who was) also [king of] Ass[yr]ia. |
| 5' | an-hu-sa# ud#-disz kum2-mu sza2-a-tu# a#-na x x x x x x | Now that cold to ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | ul nu-uk-ku-lat e-pisz-tusz ki-is,-s,u# sza2#?-a#?-tu2 aq-qur#-[ma?] | I was not able to comprehend the process of this work, so I prayed to my lord |
| 7' | kum2#-mu ra-ba-a a-na szu-bat be-lu-ti-ia esz-szisz u2-sze#-pisz#-[ma?] | I had a large stele built anew for my lordly residence and |
| 8' | ina szi-pir _{lu2}szitim-gal_-le-e en-qu-ti ul-tu2 usz#-szi#-szu2 | By the craft of the chief builder, from its foundations to its crenellations |
| 9' | a#-di na-bur-ri-szu2 ar-s,ip u2-szak-lil2# gu_-szur#-mesz#?_ ere#-ni | I built and completed it as far as its base. I surrounded it with cedar beams. |
| 10' | s,i#-ru-ti tar#-bit# {kur}ha-ma-nim u2-szat-ri-s,a ta-ra-an-szu2 | (As for) the exalted one, the one who roams the land Hamānu, I raised his yoke. |
| 11' | _{gesz}ig-mesz_ li-ia-a-ri szu#-ta#-ha-te u2#-ra#-kis#-[ma] | I cut off the doors of the liyari and the šutaḫtu-doors and |
| 12' | u2-rat-ta-a _ka2_-szu2 asz-szur _en gal_-u2 _dingir-mesz_ u3#? _[{d}]isz#?-[tar?-mesz?_] | The gate of Assur, the great lord, the gods and goddesses |
| 13' | a-szi-bu-ut bal-til{ki} ina qer-bi-szu2 aq-re ri-i#?-[me?] | I prayed to the one who dwells in Baltil (Ašared) in his midst. |
| 14' | bit-ru-te szu-'e-e ma-ru-ti _{udu}siskur#-mesz_ tasz-ri-ih#-[te] | “Favorable, exalted, pious (and) merciful šuʾû-priests’, |
| 15' | ma#-har-szu2-nu aq-qi2 ina qi2-bi-ti s,ir-te sza#? {d#?}[asz?]-szur#? | I spoke before them. By the exalted command of the god Aššram, |
| 16' | _en# gal_-e a-bu _dingir-mesz_ mu-szim# szi-ma-te qe2-reb _e2-gal#_ x x [x?] | The great lord, father of the gods, who decrees fates, in the palace ... |
| 17' | [lit?]-tu#?-tu lu-ul-lik#? sza2# la x [x] x lu#-usz-ba-a bu#-'a#-[a?-ri?] | Let me go for a life of not ..., let me sit on a throne. |
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