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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 166, ex. 001 (P466842)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 166, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P466842 |
| Museum no. | VA 08254 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) |
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| 1 | {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _man gal man_ dan-nu _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur{ki} _man_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim mut-tar#-[x x] | Sîn-papmešsu, great king strong king, king of the world, k[ing of Assyria], kin[g of the four quarters (of the world), ...] |
| 2 | _ug3-mesz dagal-mesz_ e-pisz s,a-lam an-szar2 {d}a-nim {d}sin {d}utu {d}[x] | the great people, the one who fashioned image(s) of the deities Aššar, Anu, Sîn, Šamaše, ... |
| 3 | {d}u-gur {d}1(u)?-5(disz) sza2 e2-kid-mu-ri _dingir-mah_ u3 _dingir-mesz gal-mesz#_ | Nergal, Ishtar of the Kidmuri temple, the Great Gods, and the great gods |
| 4 | mu-szak-lil pa-ra-as e2-szar2-ra u e2-mes-mes sza2 pa-lah3 _dingir-mesz_ sza2 _an_-e u _dingir-mesz_ | who purifies the paths of Esharra and the temples that revere the gods of heaven and the god[s], |
| 5 | _kur_ asz-szur{ki} ra-bisz mu-du-u e-pisz _kur_ asz-szur{ki} mu-szak-lil ma-ha-zi-szu2 na-si-ih# | The great mountain Assyria, the one who knows how to build the land Assur, who makes its cult centers rejoice, |
| 6 | na-ki-ri mu-ab-bit da-ad2-me-szu2-un mal-ku pit-qu-du sza2 _ugu lugal-mesz_ a-szib _bara2_ | the enemy, who annihilated their foes, the powerful one who over kings who dwell on the dais |
| 7 | nu-'u-u2-da-at be-lut-su tukul-ti _kur_-szu2 na-a'-id _murub4_ u3 _me3_ s,u-lu-lu | his lordly majesty, the support of his land, the protection of the middle and the fiercest battles |
| 8 | _erin2-hi-a_-szu2 a-na-ku i-nu-szu2 e2-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra sza2 qe2-reb ($ erasure $) e2-szar2-ra pa-rak an-szar2 | I, at that time, in Eḫursaggalkurkurra, which is inside Ešarra, the cult site of Anšar |
| 9 | _en gal_-i _en_-ia sza2 ul-tu _u4-mesz su3-mesz_ si-ma-tu-szu2 im-qu-ta-a-ma _ka2_-szu2 | the great lord, my l[ord], who from distant days had fallen into disrepair and his gate |
| 10 | pe#-tu-u a-na _im-u18-lu_ ina _igi-min_ ra-pa-asz2-ti sza2 {d}e2-a isz-ru-ka# | Open to the north, by the wide understanding which Ea gave to you. |
| 11 | ina# igi#-gal2-lu-u2-ti sza2 an-szar2 u2-szat-li-man-ni ia-a-szi ina t,e3-em ram-ni-ia | (As for) me, with the wisdom that the god Aššar had given me, by my own command, |
| 12 | am-tal-lik-ma _ka2_ e2-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra a-na na-pa-ah _{d}utu_-szi me2-eh-ret _{im}kur-ra_ | I marched and the gate of Eḫursaggalkurkurra to the entrance of the god Šamaš, in front of the Euphrates |
| 13 | pe-ta-a-szu2 lib3-bi ub-la-an-ni t,e3-em {d}utu {d}iszkur al-mad-ma an-na ki-i-nu | (As for) the one who removes it, he brought me the news of the gods Šamaš (and) Adad, and (thus) he established truth in heaven. |
| 14 | i-pu-lu-in-ni-ma sza2 _ka2_ szu-a-[x] a-na na-pa-ah _{d}utu_-szi me2-eh-ret _{im}kur-ra_ | he opened the gate of Šua... to the rising of the sun, before the Euphrates. |
| 15 | {d}utu u {d}iszkur iq-bu-u pe-ta#-a#-szu2 ina u4-me-szu2-ma _e2-gar8_ an-da-ak-kis-ma | At that time, I destroyed the wall and |
| 16 | a-na _gaba an-szar2 en_-ia me2-eh-ret _{im}kur-ra ka2_ esz-szisz# ap-te-e-ma _ka2 lugal_-ti# | I opened a new gate to the flank of the god Aššar, my lord, adjacent to the Euphrates River and called it the royal gate. |
| 17 | _mu_-szu2 am-bi _e2_ sza2-hu-ru esz-szisz e-pu-usz-ma _ka2_-szu2 u2#-rap-pisz ina _ka2 e2_ sza2-hu-ru# | his own name a new house I built and its gate I widened. In the gate of the new house |
| 18 | szu-a-tu 4(disz) _gu4 dumu {d}utu zabar husz-a_ e-lisz _szu-min_-szu2-nu _{d}utu_-szi na-szu-u2 | Those four oxen, sons of Šamaš, with red bronze above their hands, they brought to the Sun-deity. |
| 19 | u2-kal-lu s,u-lu-lu szap-lisz _giri3_-szu2-nu i-na _ugu_ 2(disz) _bara2 zabar_ | they hold, ṣululu, below their feet, on two bronze daggers |
| 20 | sza2 _ku6-lu2-u18-lu zabar_ sza2 _suhur-masz2{ku6} zabar_ szur-szu-du gis-gal-la | of bronze fish, of bronze suḫurmaš-fish, bronze spears, (and) a chariot. |
| 21 | _za3_ u _gub3_ sza2 _ka2 ur-idim_ u3 _gir2-tab-lu2-u18-lu_ kul-lu szi-ga-ri _ka2_ szu-nu-tu# | The right and left of the gate of the lion and the girtabullû-demon, all the doors of that gate. |
| 22 | _ka2 kaskal_ szu-ut az-za-kar _mu_-szu2 _kisal_-szu2 esz-szisz ab-ni-ma _kisal_ si-dir man-za-az | I rebuilt its courtyard anew and a courtyard with a threshing floor |
| 23 | {d}i2-gi3-gi3 _mu_-szu2 am-bi _ka2_-szu2 sza2 a-na s,i-it _{d}utu_-szi a-na _ugu i7 ka2_ bu-ru-mu | Igigi, his name, the bull of his gate, which to the rising of the sun on the canal of Burumu |
| 24 | az-za-kar ni-bit-su _ka2_ ne2-re-bi-szu2 a-na _kisal_ ne2-reb {d}i2-gi3-gi3 _mu_-szu2 az-kur | I prayed to him. The gate of his entryway to the courtyard of the entrance of Igigi his name I cursed. |
| 25 | _ka2_ sza2 a-na _{im}u18-lu ka2_ kan-su {d}i2-gi3-gi3 _mu_-szu2 am-bi _ka2_ ne2-re-bi-szu2 a-na _kisal#_ | the gate which is to the Euphrates, the gate of the Igigi, its name is the Bull's Gate, its entrance gate to the courtyard |
| 26 | _ka2_ hi-[x] _kur mu_-szu2 az-kur _ka2_-szu2 sza2 a-na _{im}si-sa2 ka2 {mul}mar-gid2-da mu_-szu2 am-bi | the gate of the ... of his year I attacked, its gate which is to the River Sisa, the door of the Wagon, his year, |
| 27 | _ka2_ ne2-re-bi-szu2 a-na _kisal ka2 bara2 nam-mesz mu_-szu2 az-kur _ka2_ pa-pa-hi _e2_ sza2-hu-ru | the gate of its entryway to the courtyard of the bara of fates, his name, I cursed. The gate of the cella, the house of the šahūru |
| 28 | _e2-gar8-mesz_-szu2 a-di _kisal#_-szu2 _e2-mesz ka2-mesz_ ul-tu _usz8_-szu2 a-di gaba-dib-bi-szu2 ina szi-pir {d}kulla | his walls, as far as his courtyard, the houses and gates, from its foundations to its crenellations, by the craft of the god Kulla |
| 29 | u2-szak#-lil-szu-ma ki#-ma# _kur_-i re-szi-szu2 ul-li ina nik-lat lib3-bi-ia sza2 _ka2-mesz_ | I raised its top like a mountain. With my own heart's desire, I opened the gates. |
| 30 | u3 _kisal#_-[x]-na _mu_-szu2-nu am-bi-ma ni-bit-si-na az-kur te-em-me-en-na at-ta sza2 {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-[x] | and the courtyard ... their names I named. I recited their inscriptions. You are the one of Sîn-papmeš- |
| 31 | _man# kur_ asz-szur ra-'i-im ki-na-a-ti e-pisz s,a-lam _dingir_-szu2 ba-an _e2_ da-me-eq-ta-szu2 a-na an-szar2 qi2-bi# | king of Assyria, who loves truth, the one who fashioned image(s) of his god, builder of his holy temple, speak to Ashur: |
| 32 | it#-ti bal-til{ki} u e2-szar2-ra lisz-te-li-pu _nunuz-mesz_-szu2 _dumu-mesz_-szu2 _dumu-mesz dumu-mesz_-szu2 it-ti s,al-mat _sag-du_ | with Baltil and Ešarra may they make his people, his sons, his grandsons, with the black-headed people |
| 33 | li-ku-nu a-na du-ur da-a-ri a-a-um-ma _nun egir_-u2 sza2 an-szar2 a-na _sipa_-ut _kur_ u _ug3-mesz_ i-nam-bu-u | may they establish forever. Whoever the future ruler who (the god) Ashur names for shepherding the land and people |
| 34 | _mu_-szu2 sza2 ina _bala_-szu2 _e2_ szu2-a-tu2 in-na-hu an-hu-su lid-disz _mu-sar_-a-a li-mur-ma _i3-gesz_ lip-szu-usz | May his name, which in his reign that house has become dilapidated, be erased. May my inscribed object be seen and oil extracted. |
| 35 | _siskur2_ liq-qi2 ina asz2-ri-szu2 lisz-kun an-szar2 ik-ri-bi-szu2 i-szem-me mu-nak-kir3 _mu-sar_-a-a | may a sacrifice be made. May it be placed in his place. The god Ashur will hear his prayers. The one who alters my inscribed object |
| 36 | da-a-a-i-s,i a-ma-ti-ia an-szar2 _man dingir-mesz_ u3 _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | my words, may Ashur, king of the gods, and the great gods |
| 37 | sza2 _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim ar-rat ma-ru-usz-tu li-ru-ru-szu-ma | may the curse of heaven and earth curse him, and |
| 38 | _lugal_-us-su lis-ki-pu _ti-la_-szu2 li-ki-mu-szu2 _mu_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 | his king may they overthrow his life, may they erase his name, his seed |
| 39 | _nunuz_-szu2 u3 na-an-nab-szu2 i-na _ka ug3-mesz_ li-hal-li-qu# | May his offspring and his dowry disappear from the mouth of the people. |
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