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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 165, ex. 001 (P466841)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 165, ex. 001 |
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| ID | P466841 |
| Museum no. | VA 05061 + VA 05632a + VA 05632b + VA 07512 (+)? Ist A 00061 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; 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 |
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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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| 29 | _{gesz#}gigir#-mesz# ansze#-kur#-ra#-mesz#_ {gesz}s,u-um-bi | The chariots, the horses and the yoke |
| 30 | _ansze-[kunga-mesz_] sza i-na qit-ru-ub# ta-ha-zi | the horses that are in the middle of battle(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 31 | u2-masz-szi-ru ik-szu#-da# _szu#-min_-a-a | he removed and sealed my hands |
| 32 | a#-na# _e2-gal_-szu2 sza qe2-reb _ka2#-dingir#-ra#{ki#}_ | to his palace which is inside Babylon |
| 33 | ha-disz e-ru-um-ma# ap-te-e-ma | I entered happily and opened. |
| 34 | _e2_ ni-s,ir-ti-szu2 _ku3-sig17 ku3#-babbar_ | the house of his trust, gold and silver |
| 35 | u2-nu-ut _ku3-sig17 ku3#-babbar na4_ a-qar-tu | the gold, silver, and aqartu-stone |
| 36 | mim#-ma szum-szu2 _nig2-szu nig2#-ga#_ la ni-bi | any property, property, or anything unclean |
| 37 | ka#-bit-tu _gun munus-ug3-mesz e2-gal_-szu2 | the mighty one, the weapon of the people of his palace |
| 38 | _{lu2}tirum-mesz_ {lu2#}man-za-az pa-ni | the commander-in-chief and the mannequin before |
| 39 | _{lu2}nar-mesz {munus#}nar-mesz_ | singers, female singers |
| 40 | si#-hir#-ti um-ma-a-ni [ma]-la# ba-szu-u2 | All the scholars, as many as there are(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 41 | mut#-tab-bi-lu-tu2 _e2-gal_-usz# | the slave-girls of the palace |
| 42 | u2#-sze-s,a-am-ma szal#-la#-tisz# am-nu | I brought out and counted them as booty. |
| 43 | i#-na e-muq {d}asz-szur _en_-ia 1(gesz2) 1(u)?-5(disz) | by the strength of the god Aššīr, my lord, 105 (men) |
| 44 | _iri-mesz_-szu2 dan#-nu-ti _e2# bad3-mesz_ | his fortified cities, houses, walls |
| 45 | sza {kur#}kal#-di u3 4(disz) _me_ 2(u)? _iri#-mesz tur-mesz_ | of Chaldea and 420 small cities |
| 46 | sza# li#-me#-ti#-szu2#-nu# al#-me _kur_-ud | I gained dominion over all of them. |
| 47 | asz2-lu-la# szal#-la#-su-un | I carried off their booty. |
| 48 | {lu2}ur2-bi {lu2}a-ra-mu# {lu2#}kal-du | The Urbi, the Arameans, the Chaldeans |
| 49 | sza qe2#-reb _unu{ki} nibru{ki#}_ kisz{ki} | in Uruk, Nippur, Kish |
| 50 | {iri}hur-sag-kalam-ma gu2-du8-a{ki#} zimbir{ki} | Hursagkalama, Kutha, Sippar |
| 51 | a-di _dumu-mesz iri# en#_ [hi]-it,-t,i# | together with the citizens of the city, the owner of the stolen property, |
| 52 | u2#-sze-s,a-am-ma# [szal-la]-tisz am-nu | I brought out and counted them as booty. |
| 53 | i-na ta-a-a-ar-[ti-ia] | on my return march(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 54 | {lu2#}tu-'u-mu-na [{lu2}ri-hi-hu] | the Tu'umuna (and) the Riḫihu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 55 | {lu2#}ia#-daq#-qu# [{lu2}u2-bu-du] | The yadaqqu-official and the ubudu-official |
| 56 | {lu2#}gib-re-e [{lu2}ma-la-hu] | The charioteers and the malahu-men(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 57 | {lu2#}gu#-ru-mu [{lu2}u2-bu-lu] | the Gurumu, the Ubulu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 58 | {lu2#}da-mu-nu [{lu2}gam-bu-lu] | the Damūnu, the Gambulu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 59 | {lu2#}hi-in-da-ru [{lu2}ru-'u-u2-a] | The Hindāru-official (and) the R[uʾua]-official |
| 60 | {lu2#}pu#-qu#-du# [{lu2}ha-am-ra-a-nu] | The Puqudu, the Hamranu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 61 | {lu2#}ha#-ga#-ra#-nu# [{lu2}na-ba-tu] | The Hagarānu and the Nabatu(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 62 | {lu2#}li#-i'#-ta#-[a-u2 {lu2}a-ra-mu] | The Li'tāyu, the Aramean(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 63 | la# kan#-szu#-ti# [mit-ha-risz ak-szud{ud}] | I conquered the insubmissive.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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| 1 | [_ad-mesz_]-ia# la# kit#-nu#-szu# lu# al#-[lik] | I marched against my fathers who were not his. |
| 2 | [qe2-reb hur]-sza2-a-ni zaq-ru-te _a-sza3_ nam-ra-s,i# | in the midst of the high mountains, a fertile field |
| 3 | [i-na _ansze]-kur-ra_ ar-kab#-ma# _{gesz#}gigir# giri3#-min#_-ia# | with a horse behind me, my footstool |
| 4 | i#-[na ti]-ik#-ka#-te# u2#-sza2#-asz2#-szi# | He places it in the tikkatu-vessel.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | asz2#-ru# [szup-szu-qu] i-na _giri3-min_-ia ri#-ma-nisz at-tag#-gesz# | With my feet I raised up a scepter of supplication. |
| 6 | {iri}e2-{disz}[ki]-lam#-za#-ah# {iri#}ha#-ar#-disz-pi | Ekalamzaḫ, Ḫardišpi(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | {iri}e2-{disz}ku#-bat-ti _iri-mesz_-szu2#-nu# _e2 bad3-mesz_ | the cities of E-Kūbattu, their cities, the houses and walls |
| 8 | dan-nu-ti al#-me _kur_-ud _ug3-mesz# ansze#-kur-ra-mesz_ | I conquered the fortified cities, the people, and the horses. |
| 9 | _ansze-kunga-mesz ansze#-mesz# gu4#-mesz#_ u3# _u8-udu-hi-a_ | mules, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats |
| 10 | ul-tu qer-bi-szu2#-un u2#-sze#-s,a-am-ma | I brought out from their midst and |
| 11 | szal-la-tisz am-nu u3# _iri#-mesz#_-szu2#-nu _tur-mesz#_ | I counted them as booty, and their small cities |
| 12 | sza# ni#-ba la i-szu#-[u2] ap#-pul# aq-qur | I destroyed, devastated, and burned with fire those who had no fear. |
| 13 | u2#-sze#-me kar-mesz# [_e2] edin#_ kul-ta-ri | The quays, the house in the plain of Kullari, |
| 14 | [mu]-sza2-bi-szu2-nu i-na# {d}gesz-bar aq-mu-ma | I offered their offerings to Gešbar and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | di#-tal#-lisz# u2#-sze#-me u2-ter-ma | Moreover, he heard, restored, and |
| 16 | _{iri#}e2#_-{disz#}ki#-lam-za-ah# szu-a-tu# | that city E-Kilamzaḫ |
| 17 | a#-na# {iri#}bir-tu-ti as,#-bat _ugu_ sza u4-me pa-ni# | I seized the fortifications, as much as in the past days. |
| 18 | _bad3#-mesz_-szu2 u2#-dan#-nin#-ma _ug3-mesz kur-kur_ | his walls strengthened, and the people of the lands |
| 19 | ki#-szit#-ti _szu-min_-ia [ina] lib3#-bi# u2-sze-szib | I settled in it a copy of my handiwork. |
| 20 | _un#-mesz# kur#_ {lu2#}kasz-szi-i | the people of the land, the Kassites |
| 21 | u3# _kur#_ {lu2#}ia-su-bi#-gal#-la-a-a | and the land of the Yasubigaleans |
| 22 | sza# la#-pa#-an# _{gesz#}tukul#-[mesz_]-ia# ip-par-szid-du# | which before my weapons he had defeated |
| 23 | ul#-tu# qe2#-reb# _kur#_-i# u2#-sze-ri-dam-ma | I brought them down from the mountains and |
| 24 | i#-na# {iri#}har#-disz#-pi# _{iri#}e2#_-{disz#}ku#-bat-ti u2-szar#-me# | I made dwell in the cities Ḫardišpi (and) Ekubattu. |
| 25 | i#-na# _szu#-min#_ {lu2#}szu#-ut# _sag#_-ia# _{lu2#}en#-nam#_ | From the hands of my eunuch, the governor |
| 26 | {iri#}ar#-rap#-ha# am#-nu#-szu2#-nu#-ti# | I conquered Arrapha. |
| 27 | _{na4#}na#-ru2#-a#_ u2#-sze#-pisz#-ma# li-i-tum | I had a stele made, and the lītum-stone |
| 28 | ki#-szit#-ti# _szu#-min#_ sza# _ugu#_-szu#-un# | Copy of the handwriting that is incumbent on them. |
| 29 | asz2#-tak#-ka#-nu# s,e#-ru#-usz#-szu2# u2#-sza2#-asz2#-t,ir#-ma# | I wrote its foundation documents and |
| 30 | i#-na# qer#-bi# _iri#_ ul#-ziz# pa#-an# ni#-ri#-ia# | He stood inside the city before my yoke. |
| 31 | u2#-ter#-ma# a#-na# {kur#}el#-li#-pi# | he returned and to Ellipi |
| 32 | as,#-s,a#-bat# har#-ra#-nu# el#-la#-mu#-u2#-a# | I have seized the roads of Elam. |
| 33 | {disz#}is#-pa#-ba#-a#-ra# _lugal#_-szu#-un# _iri#-mesz#_-szu# | Ispabāra, their king, his cities |
| 34 | dan#-nu#-ti# _e2#_ ni#-s,ir#-ti#-szu2# u2#-masz#-szir#-ma# | The strong one, the house of his trust, was shattered and |
| 35 | a#-na# ru#-qe2#-e#-ti# in#-na#-bit# | he took as a loan. |
| 36 | gim#-ri# _kur#_-szu2# _dagal#_-tim# _gin7# muru9#_ | all of his wide land, like a cloud |
| 37 | as#-hu#-up# {iri#}mar#-u2#-bisz#-ti# | I seized the city Marubišti. |
| 38 | {iri#}ak#-ku#-ud#-du# _iri#-mesz#_-ni# _e2# lugal#_-ti#-szu2# | the city Akkuddu, cities of his royal house |
| 39 | a#-di# 3(u)? 4(disz)# _iri#-mesz#_-ni# _tur#-mesz#_ sza# li#-me#-ti#-szu2#-nu# | together with 34 small cities in their environs |
| 40 | al#-me# _kur#_-ud# ap#-pul# aq#-qur# i#-na# _{d#}gesz#-bar#_ aq#-mu# | I conquered, destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire. |
| 41 | _un#-mesz# tur# gal# nita#_ u# _munus# ansze#-kur#-ra#-mesz#_ | The young men, the male and female donkeys |
| 42 | _ansze#-kunga#-mesz# ansze#-mesz# ansze#-gam#-mal#-mesz#_ | mules, donkeys, camels, |
| 43 | _gu4#-mesz#_ u3# _u8#-udu#-hi#-a#_ a#-na# la# mi#-nam# | The oxen and sheep are not given to me. |
| 44 | asz2-lu-lam-ma a#-di# la# ba#-szi#-i# | I prayed to him, and he did not die. |
| 45 | u2#-sza2-lik-szu-ma u2-s,a-ah#-hi#-ir# _kur#_-su# | I made him march and conquered his land. |
| 46 | {iri#}s,i-s,i-ir-tu [{iri}]ku#-um#-ma#-ah#-lum# | Ṣiṣirtu Kummaḫlum(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 47 | _iri#-mesz#_ dan#-nu#-ti# a#-di# _iri#-mesz# tur#-mesz#_ | the fortified cities, together with the smaller cities, |
| 48 | sza# li#-me#-ti#-szu2#-nu# _{kur#}e2#_-[{disz}]ba#-ar#-ru#-u2# | of their eponymy: Ebarrû(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 49 | [na-gu]-u2# a#-na# gi#-mir#-ti#-szu2 [ul-tu qe2-reb _kur_-szu2] | I marched to his entire land from inside his land. |
| 50 | [ab-tuq-ma _ugu_ mi]-s,ir _kur_ asz-szur{ki} u2#-rad#-di# | I fought and conquered the territory of Assyria. |
| 51 | [{iri}el]-en#-za#-asz2# a#-na# _iri# [lugal_-u2-ti] | Elenzaš to the royal city(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 52 | [u3] dan#-na#-at# na#-ge#-[e szu-a-tu] | and the strong one of that district(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 53 | [as,-bat-ma _mu]_-szu2# mah#-ra#-a# [u2-nak-kir-ma] | I seized and his former name I changed and |
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| 2 | {disz#}kam#-mu-su-na#-ad#-bi# {kur#}[ma-'a-ba-a-a] | Kammusunadbi of the land Maʾaba(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | {disz}{d}a-a-ram-mu [{kur}u2-du-um-ma-a-a] | Aya-rammu of Udumma(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | _lugal-mesz#_-ni# _kur# mar-tu{ki#}_ [ka-li-szu2-un] | all the kings of the land Amurru |
| 5 | _igi-sa2_-e szad#-lu#-[ti ta-mar-ta-szu2-nu ka-bit-tu] | Those who look with pleasure at their large audience gifts, |
| 6 | a-di 4(disz)-szu2 a#-na# mah#-ri-ia# [isz-szu-nim-ma] | 4 times before me they took it away. |
| 7 | isz-szi-qu _giri3#-min_-ia u3# [{disz}s,i-id-qa-a] | my feet and Ṣidqâ(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8 | _lugal_ {iri}is-qa-al-lu-na [sza la ik-nu-szu2] | king of Isqalluna, who had not sealed (it) |
| 9 | a-na ni-ri-ia _dingir-mesz [e2 ad_-szu2 sza2-a-szu] | to my yoke, the gods of that house of his father |
| 10 | _dam_-su _dumu-mesz_-szu2 _dumu-[munus-mesz_-szu2 _szesz-mesz_-szu2] | his wife, his sons, his daughters, his brothers |
| 11 | _numun# e2 ad_-szu2# [as-su-ha-am-ma] | I removed the seed of his father's house and |
| 12 | a-na _kur_ asz-szur{ki} [u2-rasz-szu] | to Assyria I brought(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | {disz}lugal-lu-da3-ri [_dumu_ {disz}ru-kib-ti] | Lugallu-dari, son of Rukibti |
| 14 | _lugal#_-szu2#-nu mah#-[ru-u2] | their former kings(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | _ugu# ug3-mesz_ {iri}is-qa-al#-[lu-na asz2-kun-ma] | I placed upon the people of Isqalluna and |
| 16 | na#-dan# _gun#_ kad3#-re#-[e be-lu-ti-ia] | the payment of the fines of my lordship |
| 17 | e#-mid#-su#-ma# i#-sza2#-[a-t,a ab-sza2-a-ni] | he imposed upon him, and he became angry with me. |
| 18 | i#-na# me#-ti#-iq# ger#-[ri-ia {iri}e2-da-gan-na] | In the course of my campaign, I conquered the city Edagana. |
| 19 | {iri#}ia#-ap#-pu#-u2# {iri#}[ba-na-a-a-bar-qa] | Iappû, Banayabarqa(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20 | {iri#}a#-zu#-ru# _iri#-mesz#_-ni# [sza {disz}s,i-id-qa-a sza] | Azuru, cities of Ṣidqâ of(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21 | a#-na# _giri3#-min#_-ia# ar2#-hisz# [la ik-nu-szu] | quickly to my feet they did not give him. |
| 22 | al#-me# _kur#_-ud# asz2#-lu#-la# [szal-la-su-un] | I surrounded, conquered, and plundered them.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23 | _{lu2#}szagina#-mesz# {lu2#}nun#-mesz#_ u3# [_ug3-mesz_ {iri}am-qar-ru-na] | The governors, the princes, and the people of Amqarrûna |
| 24 | sza# {disz#}pa#-de#-e# _lugal#_-szu2-nu [_en_ a-de-e] | of Padê, their king, the lord of the treaty |
| 25 | u3# ma#-mit# sza# _kur#_ asz#-szur#{ki#} [bi-re-tu _an-bar_ id-du-ma] | and the oath of Assyria, he cast iron arrows, and |
| 26 | a#-na# {disz#}ha#-za#-qi#-a#-u2# [{kur}ia-u2-da-a-a] | to Hazaqiau of the land Judah(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 27 | id#-di#-nu#-szu2# nak#-risz# a#-[na an-zil-li i-pu-szu2] | They gave him a weapon, they did it against Anzullu. |
| 28 | ip#-lah3# _sza3#_-szu2#-un# _lugal#-mesz#_-ni# [{kur}mu-us,-ri] | the kings of the land Muṣri feared them. |
| 29 | _{lu2#}erim#-mesz# {gesz#}pan# [{gesz}gigir-mesz ansze-kur-ra-mesz_] | The cedars, bows, chariots, and horses |
| 30 | sza# _lugal#_ {kur#}me#-luh#-ha# e#-mu#-qi2# la# [ni-bi ik-te-ru-nim-ma] | The forces of the king of Meluḫa remained unreliable and |
| 31 | il#-li#-ku# re#-s,u#-[us-su-un] | went, their help(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 32 | i#-na# ta#-mir#-ti# {iri#}al#-[ta-qu-u2] | in the plain of the city Altaqû(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 33 | el#-la#-mu#-u2#-a# si#-id#-[ru szit-ku-nu] | Elamua, your scepter(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 34 | u2#-sza2#-'a#-lu# _{gesz#}tukul#-mesz#_-szu2#-[un i-na tukul-ti {d}asz-szur _en_-ia] | With the support of Assur, my lord, I made their weapons greater. |
| 35 | it#-ti#-szu2#-un# am#-da#-hi#-[is,-ma ...] | I fought with them, and .(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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| 39 | ik#-szu#-da# _szu#-min#_-a#-a# {iri#}al#-ta#-[qu-u2 {iri}ta-am-na-a] | I captured the cities Altaqû and Tamna. |
| 40 | al#-me# _kur#_-ud# asz2#-lu#-la# [szal-la-su-un] | I surrounded, conquered, and plundered them.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 41 | a#-na# {iri#}am#-qar#-ru#-na# [aq-rib-ma] | I came to Amqarrûna and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 42 | _{lu2#}szagina#-mesz# {lu2#}nun#-mesz#_ [sza hi-it,-t,u u2-szab-szu-u2] | The governors and princes who committed a crime, |
| 43 | a#-duk#-ma# i#-[na di-ma-a-te ...] | I slew, and in the storms ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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