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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 040 composite (P467055)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 040 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P467055 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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' | ul-la-a re-szi-szu a-na _7(disz) me_ i-na _as4-lum gal_-ti _usz_ u3 _4(disz) me 4(u)_ i-na _as4-lum gal_-ti _sag-ki_ | Afterwards, his head for 700 (cubits) of the large aslum length and 440 (cf. Šumma ālu 31 unknown) width |
| 2' | szi-kit-ti _e2-gal_ u2-ter-ma szu-bat-sa usz-rab-bi _e2-gal {na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ | I restored the design of the palace and (thereby) made its dwelling resplendent. The palace of Dur-mīna-banda and alabaster |
| 3' | _zu2 am-si {gesz}esi {gesz}taszkarin {gesz}mes-ma2-kan-na {gesz}erin {gesz}szur-min3 {szim}li_ {gesz}e-lam-ma-ku a-na mu-szab be-lu-ti-ia | amsu-plant, ēsi-juniper, taškarin-wood, meskannu-tree, cedar, cypress, myrrh, (and) elammaku-wood for the dwelling of my lordship |
| 4' | ab-ta-ni qe2-reb-szu2 _e2_ ap-pa-a-ti tam-szil _e2-gal_ {kur}ha-at-ti me2-eh-ret ba-ba-a-ti u2-sze-pisz | I built inside it a house of windows, a replica of the palace of the land Ḫattus, opposite the gates. |
| 5' | _gesz-ur3-mesz_ {gesz}ere_-igi? {gesz}szur-min3_ u2-szat-ri-s,a e-li-szin _{gesz}ig-mesz_ {gesz}li-ia-ri _{gesz}szur-min3_ | I had doors made of cedar, cypress, (and) juniper. |
| 6' | me-ser _ku3-babbar_ u3 _uruda_ u2-rak-kis-ma u2-rat-ta-a ba-bi-szin i-na ba-rak-ka-ni-szin | I imposed upon them a penalty of silver and copper and imposed on them the payment of their wages. |
| 7' | ap-ti bi-ir-ri u2-pat-ta-a _{d}lamma-mesz {na4}gesz-nu11-gal zu2 am-si_ | I opened the opening of the courtyard. Lammaēnu-stone, alabaster, (and) elephant ivory |
| 8' | sza kit-mu-sa rit-ta-szin bal-tu ku-uz-bu hi-it-lu-pa lu-le-e | (Sum) The one with whose hands the truth is revealed (Akk) Whose hands are truthful, whose limbs are pure |
| 9' | ma-la-a i-na _ka2-mesz_-szi-in ul-ziz-ma a-na tab-ra-a-ti | as many as were in her gates, she stood, and to the cult centers |
| 10' | u2-sza2-lik sik-kat3 kar-ri kas-pi u3 _uruda_ qe2-reb-szin u2-szal-me ... | I decorated them with silver and copper knobbed nails. |
| 11' | asz2-szu2 szip-ri _e2-gal_-ia | because of the work of my palace |
| 12' | szu-te-szu2-ri u3 li-pit | “Remove my inscription and my name! |
| 13' | _szu-min_-ia szul-lu-me i-na u4-me-szu2-ma | my hands are well. At that time |
| 14' | {d}asz-szur u3 {d}isz-tar ra-'i-mu | the gods Aššīr and Ishtar, the beloved, |
| 15' | _{lu2}sanga_-ti-ia na-bu-u2 _mu_-ia gesz-mah-hi | my priesthood is named, my name a stag |
| 16' | {gesz}ere_-igi_ sza ul-tu _u4-mesz_ ru-qu-u2-ti | the cedar, which from distant days |
| 17' | i-szi-hu-ma ik-bi-ru ma-gal <i-na> qe2-reb {kur}si-ra-ra | <(The gods) sat down in the midst of Sîn, and he made a great sacrifice.> |
| 18' | szad-di-i i-na pu-uz-ri na-an-zu-zu | (Sum) The mountain passes by in the open country (Akk) The mountains pass by in a closed country |
| 19' | u2-szak-li-mu-in-ni s,i-i-su-un | (and) made their heads bow down. |
| 20' | sza _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ sza i-na tar-s,i _lugal-mesz_ | of alabaster, which in the reign of the kings |
| 21' | _ad-mesz_-ia a-na kar-ri nam-s,a-ri szu-qu-ru | my ancestors to the quay of the guard were placed. |
| 22' | ina sa-pan {kur}am-ma-na-na u2-szap-tu2-ni pa-ni-szu | [In] the midst of the land Ammanāna, they made his face tremble. |
| 23' | u3 _{na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da_ | and Dur-mina-banda |
| 24' | ma-la {dug}bur-zi-gal-li | as much as a burzigallu-vessel |
| 25' | sza la in-nam-ru ma-ti-ma | Whoever does not see (this) will die. |
| 26' | i-na {iri}kap-ri-da-ar-gi-la-a | in Kapridargila |
| 27' | u2-kal-li-im ra-ma-nu-usz | he held dearly. |
| 28' | i-te-e {iri}ni-na-a | to Nineveh |
| 29' | i-na er-s,e-et {iri}ba-la-t,a-a-a | in the territory of the city Balaṭu |
| 30' | ki-i t,e3-em _dingir_-ma {na4}pi-i-lu | according to the order of the god, pilu-stone |
| 31' | pe-s,u-u2 a-na mu-'u-de-e | “It is open to the muʾūdê-offerings. |
| 32' | in-na-mir-ma _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ | he saw, and the guardians |
| 33' | _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ | a sphinx of alabaster |
| 34' | u3 _kun4-mesz {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ a-di _kun4-mesz_ | and bolts of alabaster together with bolts |
| 35' | _{na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da_ s,i-ra-a-ti | ṣirātu-stone |
| 36' | ab-ni ki-lal-la-an i-na szad-di-szu-un | “I built a cult daises in their environs. |
| 37' | ab-tuq-ma a-na szip-ri _e2-gal_-ia | I abandoned and to the work of my palace |
| 38' | u2-szal-di-da qe2-reb {iri}ni-na-a | I had (them) brought into Nineveh. |
| 39' | {na4}pi-i-lu pe-s,u-u2 sza i-na | [Pi]lu-stone, a stone that is in |
| 40' | er-s,e-et {iri}ba-la-t,a-a-a in-nam-ru a-na _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ u3 _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-te | The people of the city Balaṭu saw (them) and to the guardians and apsûte |
| 41' | u2-sze-pisz-ma nab-ni-ta-szu-un u2-szar-ri-ih ki-i t,e3-em _dingir_-ma sza gesz-mah-hi | I had built and their foundations I had constructed. According to the divine order of the chariot |
| 42' | u3 a-la-mit-ta _1(u) 2(disz) ur-mah-mesz_ ne2-'i-ru-ti a-di _1(u) 2(disz) {d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz mah-mesz_ | and alamitta, 12 lions of the Neʾirūtu, together with 12 mighty shield-bearers, |
| 43' | _2(u) 2(disz) {munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti sza szuk-lu-lu gat-ta-szu-un i-na me-resz ka-bat-ti-ia | 22 adolescent girls, whose body is pure, in my womb |
| 44' | zi-i'-pi t,i-it,-t,i ab-ni-ma e-ra-a qe2-reb-szu asz2-tap-pa-ka u2-szak-li-la | I erected a stele of tīṭu-stone and placed (it) inside it. I sent you (and) made (them) drink (it). |
| 45' | nab-ni-su-un _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ u3 _uruda_ sza 2(disz) i-na lib3-bi za-ha-lu-u2 lit-bu-szu2 | “May Alad-Lamma, alabaster, and copper, which are two from the zaḫalû-offering, be poured out for him. |
| 46' | _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz {munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti {na4}pi-i-li pe-s,e-e sza _e2-gal-mesz_ be-lu-ti-ia | Alad-lammāni, the babzaza-priestess, (and) pīlu-stone, the stones of my lordly palaces. |
| 47' | u2-sza2-as,-bi-ta _si-gar_-szi-in _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ u3 pi-ti-iq u2-ru-de-e | I imposed upon her a scepter of throne-bearers, alabaster, and tin. |
| 48' | ih-ze-et kas-pi eb-bi _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti pi-ti-iq _gu-an-na_ a-di _1(u) 2(disz) ur-mah-mesz zabar_ | The silver is paid in full. The apsûtu-priestess, the harvest of the field, together with 12 bronze lions, |
| 49' | ne2-'i-ru-ti sza ra-mu-u2 nam-ri-ir-ri tim-me _uruda mah-mesz_ tim-me {gesz}ere_-igi gal-mesz_ a-di | “Favorable people, whose love is exalted, mighty copper, great cedars, as far as |
| 50' | tim-me _{gesz}esi {gesz}szur-min3_ {gesz}dup-ra-ni {gesz}ta-ti-du ih-ze-et pa-szal-li kas-pi u3 _uruda_ s,e-ru-usz-szu2-un | the timmu-wood, ebony, cypress, boxwood, (and) tātidu-wood he smashed; silver and copper were their wages. |
| 51' | ul-ziz-ma dap2-pi ku-lul _ka2-mesz_-szin e-mid _kun4-mesz {na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ u3 _kun4-mesz_ | I surrounded their gates with slabs of dunmīna-banda-stone, alabaster and slabs. |
| 52' | {na4}pi-i-li _gal-mesz_ u2-sza2-as-hi-ra a-sur-ru-szin asz2-szu u4-mi-szam-ma _a-mesz_ di-lu-u2-ti da-lum | (and) large pilītu-stones I piled up. Their embankments, in order that at any time, water of abundance and abundance |
| 53' | eb-li gu-has,-s,a-a-ti _zabar_ u3 har-ha-ri _zabar_ u2-sze-pisz-ma ki-mu-u2 ma-ka-a-ti gesz-mah-hi u3 | I had arrows of bronze and bronze bolts made and, instead of poles, spears and |
| 54' | a-la-mit-ta s,e-er _pu2-mesz_ usz-ziz u3 a-na {munus}{d}tasz-me-tum-szar-rat _munus-e2-gal_ hi-ir-tu na-ram-ti-ia | I erected an alamittu-vessel in the middle of the wells, and to Tašmetum-sharra, the queen, my beloved spouse, |
| 55' | sza {d}be-let-dingir-mesz _ugu_ gi-mir _munus-mesz_ u2-szak-li-la nab-ni-sa _e2-gal_ ru-'a-a-me hi-da-a-ti | of the goddess Bēlet-ilī over all women I made resplendent, a palace full of loveliness, |
| 56' | u3 ri-sza2-a-ti u2-sze-pisz-ma _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti {na4}pi-i-li pe-s,i-i ina _ka2-mesz_-sza2 ul-ziz | Moreover, I had rīšatu-diseases made and I erected sphinxes of lapis lazuli in her gates. |
| 57' | i-na qi2-bit {d}asz-szur _ad dingir-mesz_ u3 {d}isz-tar szar-ra-ti i-na t,u-ub _uzu_ u3 hu-ud lib3-bi | By the command of the god Ashur, father of the goddesses, and the goddess Ištar, my queen, with pleasure and joy |
| 58' | qe2-reb _e2-gal-mesz_ szi-na-a-ti ki-lal-la-an _u4-mesz_ nu-sza2-ri-ka ni-isz-ba-a | In those palaces, in the midst of the days of your reign, we rejoiced. |
| 59' | bu-'a-a-ri _{d}alad_ dum-qi2 {d}lamma dum-qi2 i-da-at _e2-gal-mesz_ sza2-ti-na | the good Alad-god, the good Lamma-demon, the one who knows these palaces, |
| 60' | da-a-risz lit-tas-ha-ru a-a ip-par-ku-u2 i-da-a-szi-in | May they constantly renew (them), may they not be frightened, they shall have mercy on her. |
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