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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 168, ex. 001 (P466845)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 168, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P466845 |
| Museum no. | VA 08248 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _man gal man_ dan-nu _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur{ki} | Sîn-papmešsu, great king strong king, king of the world, ki[ng of Assyria], |
| 2 | _man_ kib-rat _limmu2_-ti mu-tar-ru-u _ug3-mesz dagal-mesz_ | king of the four quarters (of the world), who guides the far-flung people, |
| 3 | e-pisz s,a-lam an-szar2 u _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ mu-szak-lil | who makes the image of the deities Ashur and the great gods resplendent, |
| 4 | pa-ra-as, e2-szar2-ra ma-szu-u-ti ina bi-ri ina qi2-bit | [(As for) the one who removes my inscriptions from the Ešarra temple, by the command of the god Enlil], |
| 5 | {d}utu u {d}iszkur mu-szar-bu-u szu-luh-hi-szu2-un | Šamaš and Adad, who make their šuluhḫu-offerings great, |
| 6 | mu-ter _{d}lamma_ e2-szar2-ra ba-t,il-ti a-na asz2-ri-szu2 | who restores the protective deity of Ešara, the sanctuaries, to its place |
| 7 | sza2 pa-lah3 _dingir-mesz_ sza2 _an_-e u _dingir-mesz kur_ asz-szur{ki} ra-bisz | who reveres the gods of heaven and Assyria, great |
| 8 | mu-du-u mu-ul-li _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ina szub-ti-szu2-nu | the one who knows, the purifier of the great gods, in their dwellings |
| 9 | mu-szar-bu-u si-ma-ti-szu2-nu e-pisz _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | who makes their omens great, the builder of Assyria, |
| 10 | mu-szak-lil ma-ha-zi-szu2 mu-ma-gir _kur_ na-ki-ri | who purifies his shrines, who makes the enemy land tremble |
| 11 | mu-ab-bit da-ad2-me-szu2-un mu-szah-ru-u _i7-mesz_ | who smashed their walls, who flooded the canals, |
| 12 | pe-tu-u mit,-ra-a-ti mu-szah-bi-ib pat-ta-a-ti | (Sum) The one who opens the eyes, the one who smite[s] the eye(s), (Akk) [The one who open]s the eyes (and) the eyewitnesses, |
| 13 | sza2-kin nu-uh-szu2 u t,uh-du ina u2-ga-ri _kur_ asz-szur{ki} rap-szu2-ti | who establishes abundance and prosperity in the wide land of Assyria |
| 14 | mu-kin _a-mesz_ szi-qa-a-ti ina qar-ba-a-ti _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | who establishes favourable waters in the midst of Assyria |
| 15 | sza2 ul-tu2 u4-me pa-ni hi-ri-i-ti u szi-qi ina _kur_ asz-szur{ki} | which since distant days in the land of Assyria |
| 16 | mam-ma-an la i-mu-ru a-a-um-ma la i-du-u | Nobody saw it, nobody knew it. |
| 17 | szu-ut mah-ri la i-pu-szu2 mu-szar-szid szi-pir {d}kulla | Whoever before did not do (this), the one who oversees the work of the god Kulla, |
| 18 | ul-tu2 szi-pir bal-t,u-ti a-di _ki-mah_ si-mat mi3-tu-tu | From the work of the living to the grave of the dead, |
| 19 | ina {na4}pi-i-li _na4 kur_-i sza2 ma-na-a-ma ina _kur_ asz-szur{ki} la i-pu-szu2 | with limestone, mountain stone, which no one in Assyria had made, |
| 20 | _lugal_ pa-ni mah-ri-ia ma-al-ku pit-qu-du sza2 _ugu lugal-mesz_ a-szib pa-rak-ki | the king of the past who had come before me, the mighty one who over kings who dwell on daises |
| 21 | nu-'u-da-at be-lut-su tukul-ti _kur_-szu2 na-a'-id qab-li u _me3_ | who knows his lordship, the support of his land, the one who reveres battle and battle |
| 22 | s,u-lul _erin2-hi-a_-szu2 a-na-ku e-nu-szu2 isz-tu s,a-lam an-szar2 _en gal_-i _en_-ia | I am the guardian of his troops. At that time, after the statue of Ashur, the great lord, my [lord], |
| 23 | u s,a-lam _dingir-mesz gal-mesz du3_-ma u-szar-me-szu-nu-ti szu-bat-su-nu ne2-eh-ti | and the statues of the great gods built and I made them dwell in peaceful dwellings. |
| 24 | _{iti}bar-sag-sag iti_ resz-tu-u sza2 a-bi {d}en-lil2 _iti_ na-an-mur-ti | The month of Arsaggil, the first month of the father of Enlil, the month of Nanmurtu, |
| 25 | _{mul}apin_ i-sin-ni qe2-re-ti sza2 _lugal dingir-mesz an-szar2_ | The Pleiades, the emblem of the king of the gods, Ashur. |
| 26 | sza2 ul-tu u4-me _su3-mesz_ ina e-sza2-a-ti u sah-ma-sza2-a-ti _e2_ a-ki-it | that from distant days in ešātu and saḫmašûtu the house of Akitu |
| 27 | _edin_ im-ma-szu2-u ina qe2-reb _iri_ in-ne2-ep-pu-szu2 pa-ra-as, _lugal dingir-mesz an-szar2_ | The steppe was covered, in the middle of the city they made it. The king of the gods, Ashur, |
| 28 | it-ti szip-ri-im-ma szu-a-ti a-na e-pesz _e2_ a-kit lib3-bi ub-la-ni-ma | together with that work for the building of that house he brought out of it and |
| 29 | t,e3-em {d}utu {d}iszkur al-mad-ma an-na ke-<e-nu> i-pu-lu-in-ni-ma | News of the gods Šamaš (and) Adad: “At the right time, he listened to me and |
| 30 | iq-bu-u-ni e-pe-e-szu2 ina _iti dug3-ga_ u4-me szal-mu ina szi-pir i-szip-pu-ti | In a propitious month, a good day, through the craft of the craftsmen, |
| 31 | ne2-me-eq ka-ku3-gal-u-ti ina {na4}pi-i-li _na4 kur_-i _usz8_-szu2 ad-di-ma | I laid its foundations with pilî-stone (and) mountain stone and |
| 32 | ul-la-a re-szi-szu2 ul-tu _usz8_-szu2 a-di gaba-dib-bi-szu2 ina _na4 kur_-i | from its foundations to its crenellations with mountain stone |
| 33 | u2-szak-lil-szu2-ma u2-saq-qir-szu2 hur-sza2-nisz _2(disz)-ta_ pat-ta-a-ti | I made it perfect for him and raised it up as high as a mountain. |
| 34 | a-na i-ta-ti-szu2 u2-szah-ri-i-ma _{gesz}kiri6_ nu-uh-szi | to his side I turned and the orchard of abundance |
| 35 | s,ip-pat _nig2-sa-sa-hi-a_ u2-sza2-as-hir-szu2-ma mu-sa-re-e ku-uz-bi | I had the ṣippātu-reeds (and) sasaḫî-measures made available to him, and the musarěšāru-offerings of kuzbu-beer |
| 36 | i-ta-ti-szu2 u2-szal-me isz-tu babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} ah-pu-u | I returned from Babylon. |
| 37 | _dingir-mesz_-sza2 u2-szab-bi-ru _ug3-mesz_-szu2 ina _{gesz}tukul_ as-pu-nu | (and) made her gods tremble, and (then) I killed his people with weapons. |
| 38 | asz2-szu qaq-qar _iri_ szu-a-ti la# mus#-si#-i qaq-qar-szu2 as-suh-ma | Because the land of that city was not irrigated, I razed its land and |
| 39 | a-na {i7}pu-rat-ti a-na tam-tim u2-sza2-bil e-pe-ri-szu2 a-na ni-tuk{ki} | I brought its foundations to the Euphrates River (and) to the Sea. |
| 40 | ik-szu-du-ma _ni-tuk{ki}_-a-a i-mu-ru-ma hat-ti pu-luh-ti sza2 an-szar2 | he conquered, and the Nippurians saw the terrifying terror of Anšar, |
| 41 | im-qut-su-nu-ti-ma na-mur-ta-szu2-nu ub-lu-u-ni | They fell upon them and brought their audience gift. |
| 42 | it-ti na-mur-ti-szu2-nu _erin2-hi-a_ di-ku-ut _kur_-szu2-nu za-bil tup-szik-ki | together with their audience gifts, troops, the defeat of their land, the exempted one of your tablets, |
| 43 | _{gesz}mar zabar gag-mesz zabar_ u2-nu-ut szi-pir _kur_-szu2-nu | a balsam, bronze bolts, bronze tools for the work of their land |
| 44 | a-na na-qar babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} isz-pu-ru-u-ni a-na nu-uh-hi lib3-bi | to the nāqar-priestess of Babylon, they sent (it) for the well-being of the heart |
| 45 | an-szar2 _en_-ia ta-nit-ti dan-nu-ti-szu2 _ug3-mesz_ a-na da-la-li | To the god Ashur, my lord, his mighty command, the people to praise |
| 46 | a-na ta-mar-ti _ug3-mesz_ ah-ra-a-ti _sahar-hi-a babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki}_ | for the viewing of those people, the dust of Babylon, |
| 47 | as-su-ha-am-ma ina _e2_ a-ki-ti szu2-a-ti ka-re-e _du6_ u2-gar-ri-in | I removed, and in that akītu-house a moat I laid down. |
| 48 | ina na-de-e _usz8_ sza2 _e2_ a-ki-ti na-mur-tu2 sza2 {disz}ka-ri-bi-dingir | at the delivery of the dead of the Akītu house, audience gift of Karibīiu |
| 49 | _lugal_ {kur}sa-ba-a' _{na4}babbar#-dili#_ ni-siq-ti _na4-mesz szim-mesz dug3-mesz_ | king of the land Sabaʾ. White limestone, precious stone(s), aromatics, (and) pots |
| 50 | [i]-qa-ri-ba-am-ma isz-tu lib3-bi na-mur-ti szu-a-tu2 | He libates from that audience gift.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 51 | _na4-mesz szim-mesz_ a-na _sza3 usz8_-szu2 ad-di a-na _sza3 usz8 e2_ a-ki-ti | I added stones and aromatics to his body. To the body of the temple of Akītu |
| 52 | sza2-a-tu2 _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 {na4}gug {na4}za-gin3 {na4}nir2 {na4}musz-gir2_ | That silver, gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli, alabaster, mušgir-stone |
| 53 | _{na4}babbar-dili {na4}babbar-min5 im-sig7-sig7_ nap-har _szim-mesz_ t,a-bu-tu2 | white limestone, white limestone (and) all kinds of sweet aromatics |
| 54 | ki-ma#? x x hi _usz8_ szu-a-ti i3-gu-la-a _i3_ ru-usz-ti | like ... ... that dead one, he will die of ruushtu-oil |
| 55 | ki-ma _a-mesz i7_ lu as-lu-uh te-me2-en-na at-ta | like the water of the river I purified. You are the foundation. |
| 56 | sza2 {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _man kur_ asz-szur{ki} ra-im ki-na-a-ti | of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, beloved of truth, |
| 57 | e-pisz s,a-lam an-szar2 ba-an _e2_ da-me-eq-ta-szu2 a-na an-szar2 qi2-bi | the creation of the image of (the god) Ashur, the building of his temple, his good deeds, speak to Ashur: |
| 58 | it-ti bal-til{ki} u e2-szar2-ra lisz-te-li-pu _nunuz-mesz_-szu2 | with Baltil and Ešarra may they make his people rise up. |
| 59 | _dumu-mesz_-szu2 _dumu dumu-mesz_-szu2 it-ti s,al-mat _sag-du_ li-ku-nu | his sons (and) his grandsons with the black-headed people may they be. |
| 60 | a-na du-ur da-a-ri a-a-um-ma _nun egir_-u2 sza2 an-szar2 | forever. Whoever the future prince of Ashur |
| 61 | a-na _sipa_-ut _kur_ u _ug3-mesz_ i-nam-bu-u _mu_-szu2 | to the shepherd of the land and the people, his name |
| 62 | sza2 ina _bala_-szu2 _e2_ szu-a-ti in-na-hu an-hu-us-su | in whose reign that house has become dilapidated, |
| 63 | lid-disz _mu-sar_-a-a li-mur-ma _i3-gesz_ lip-szu-usz | May my inscribed object be seen, and may my oil be diluted. |
| 64 | _siskur2_ liq-qi2 ina asz2-ri-szu2 lisz-kun | may a sacrifice be made, may it be placed in his place |
| 65 | an-szar2 ik-ri-bi-szu2 i-szem-me | Anšar will hear his prayers. |
| 66 | mu-ne2-kir _mu-sar#_-a-a da-a-a-i-s,i a-ma-ti-ia | who removes my inscribed object, who searches my words, |
| 67 | e-pisz [la] _mun_ a-[na] _x-mesz_ x u _nunuz-mesz_-szu2-nu | without any compensation to ... and their children |
| 68 | an-szar2 _lugal dingir-mesz_ u _dingir-mesz# gal#-mesz_ sza2 _an_-e u _ki_-tim | Ashur, king of the gods and the great gods of heaven and netherworld, |
| 69 | ar-rat [la] nap-szu-ri ma-ru-usz-ti li-ru-ru-szu2-ma | May they curse him with a curse that cannot be undone. |
| 70 | _lugal_-us-su lis-ki-pu _ti-la_-su li-ki-mu-szu2 | his king may they overthrow, his life may they destroy. |
| 71 | _mu_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 _nunuz_-szu2 u3 na-an-nab-szu2 | his name, his seed, his offspring, and his praise |
| 72 | ina nap-har _kur-kur_ li-hal-li-qu | May they be destroyed in all the lands. |
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