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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 042 composite (P467057)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 042 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P467057 |
| 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)
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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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| 1 | _e2-gal {d}suen-szesz-mesz_-eri-ba _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} | Palace of Sîn-ahhē-eriba great king strong king king of the world and king [of Assyria] |
| 2 | _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim mi-gir _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ {d}asz-szur _ad dingir-mesz_ i-na kul-lat ma-li-ki ke-nisz _igi-bar_-ni-ma _ugu_ gi-mir | king of the four quarters (of the world), favorite of the great gods; Ashur, father of the gods, saw me faithfully among all rulers and over all |
| 3 | a-szib pa-rak-ki u2-szar-ba-a _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia i-na ta-ha-az _edin_ i-na ta-mir-ti kisz{ki} as-kip _{disz}{d}marduk-ibila-szum2-na lugal_ {kur}kar2-dun-ia2-asz3 | (As for) Marduk-apla-iddina (II), king of Karduniaš (Babylonia), (who) had sat down on the throne of the god Asalluḫi, my lord, in battle with the plain of the steppe. |
| 4 | e-ki-ma be-lut-su gim-ri _kur_ {lu2}kal-di a-di gi-pisz um-ma-na-a-ti _{lu2}elam-ma{ki}_ re-s,i-szu u2-ra-sib i-na _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ | I took away his lordship over all the Chaldeans, together with all of the troops, (and) settled the Elamites, his helper, with weapons. |
| 5 | {disz}{d}asz-szur_-szum2-mu dumu_ resz-tu-u2 tar-bit bir-ki-ia i-na _{gesz}gu-za lugal_-ti-szu u2-sze-szib-ma _kur uri{ki} dagal_-tum u2-szad-gil pa-nu-usz-szu2 | Assurnasirpal (II), first-born son, descendant of Birkiya, sat on his royal throne and made the wide land of Akkad greater than before. |
| 6 | as-suh na-gab {lu2}ah-la-mi3-i {lu2}su-ti-i ba-hu-la-ti {iri}hi-rim-me i-na _{gesz}tukul_ u2-szam-qit-ma la ez-zi-ba pe-re-'i-szu2-un | I annihilated the enemy, the Aḫlamû (and) the Sutians, the captives of the city Ḫirimme, with the sword, but they were not afraid of their enemies. |
| 7 | ak-szud{ud} _kur_ {lu2}ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-a _{lu2}kur2_ ak-s,i {kur}el-li-pi u2-szal-pit-ma u2-ab-bit da-ad2-me-sza2 u3 {disz}lu-li-i | I conquered the land of the Yasubigallaeans, a hostile land. I destroyed the land Ellipi and annihilated its settlements. Further, Lulî |
| 8 | _lugal_ {iri}s,i-du-un-ni e-du-ra ta-ha-zi a-na {kur}ia-ad-na-na sza qe2-reb tam-tim in-na-bit-ma i-hu-uz | The king of Sidon came out and battle raged against the land Yadnanu, which is in the Sea, and fled. |
| 9 | mar-qi2-tu i-na _kur_-tim-ma sza2-a-tu i-na ra-szub-bat _{gesz}tukul_ {d}asz-szur _en_-ia e-mid szad-da-szu2 {disz}tu-ba-a'-lu i-na _{gesz}gu-za lugal_-ti-szu2 | In that land, by the crushing of the weapons of the god Aššīr, my lord, I brought about the defeat of Tubaʾlu on his royal throne. |
| 10 | u2-sze-szib-ma man-da-at-tu be-lu-ti-ia u2-kin s,e-ru-usz-szu2 u2-szal-pit rap-szu na-gu-u2 {kur}ia-u2-di szep-s,u mit-ru | (As for) the one who removes (my) lordly majesty, (and) destroys its extensive embankment(s), (or) breaks up the land Yaudu, |
| 11 | {disz}ha-za-qi-a-a-u2 _lugal_-szu sze-pu-u-a u2-szak-nisz-ma i-sza2-t,a ab-sza2-a-ni _lu2-mesz_ {iri}tu-mur-ra-a-a a-szi-bu-ut {kur}ni-pur _kur_-i | Ḫazaqiāyu, his king, made my foundations firm and wrote (them) down. The people of the city Tumurru who dwell in the land Nipur |
| 12 | mar-s,i i-na _{gesz}tukul_ u2-szam-qit {iri}uk-ku a-di nap-har da-ad2-me-szu2 ki-ma _du6_ a-bu-bi u2-ab-bit i-na u4-me-szu-ma te-ne-szet | At that time, the people of the city Ukku, together with all of its settlements, smashed like a mound of water. |
| 13 | na-ki-ri ki-szit-ti _szu-min_-ia tup-szik-ku u2-sza2-asz2-szi-szu2-nu-ti-ma il-bi-nu _sig4 e2-gal murub4 iri_ sza {iri}ni-na-a sza _3(disz) me 1(gesz2)_ | (As for) the enemies of my hands, I imposed upon them a tupšikku-offering and they brought (them) down. The brickwork of the palace in the middle of the city of Nineveh, which is 300 (shekels) |
| 14 | i-na _1(disz) kusz3 usz 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz)_ ina _1(disz) kusz3 sag-ki_ ma-ra-ku szit-ku-na-at-ma s,u-uh-hu-rat szu-bat-sa sza _lugal-mesz_ a-li-kut mah-ri | by 1 cubit the length, 95 cubits by the width, I was able to carry out the tasks of the kings who came before me. |
| 15 | _ad-mesz_-ia a-na ri-mit be-lu-ti-szu2-un u2-sze-pi-szu-ma la u2-nak-ki-lu szi-pir-sza2 _udu-mesz_ szad-di {d}lamma sza {na4}pi-i-li pe-s,e-e | my ancestors for their lordly majesty I had built, but they did not carry out its work: thick sheep, lamma-stone, (and) lapis lazuli |
| 16 | i-na {iri}ta-as-ti-a-te ib-tu-qu a-na mu-kil _ka2-mesz_-szi-in a-na szu-pu-usz _{gesz}ma2-mesz_ qe2-reb _{gesz}tir-mesz gesz-mesz gal-mesz_ | in Taštāte they crossed. To the one who opens their gates, to lift boats in the woods of the great trees |
| 17 | u2-qe2-ru i-na nap-har _kur-mesz_-szu2-un i-na _{iti}gu4_ u4-mu a-dan-ni e-de-e pa-an szat-ti i-na _{gesz}ma2-mesz_ s,i-ra-a-ti | In the month Ayyāru (II), on the day that the stipulated term has passed, in the old boats |
| 18 | a-na a-ha-an-na-a u2-szeb-bi-ru-ni mar-s,i-isz i-na ne2-ber ka-a-ri _{gesz}ma2-gu-la-mesz_ u2-t,e-eb-bu-u2 | they had sent to the other side, and they quickly sank the oxen at the crossing of the river. |
| 19 | ba-hu-la-ti-szu2-un u2-sza2-ni-hu u2-lam-me-nu ka-ras-sin i-na da-na-ni u3 szup-szu-qi mar-s,i-isz u2-bi-lu-nim-ma | (As for) the one who removes their inscriptions, removes (them), (or) destroys their clay cones with strength and awe-inspiring radiance, |
| 20 | u2-sza2-as,-bi-tu _ka2-mesz_-szi-in {i7}te-bil-ti a-gu-u2 szit-mu-ru sza ul-tu _u4-mesz su3-mesz_ t,e-eh _e2-gal_ | The Tebilti River, a šitamuru-watercourse that since distant days had been a part of the palace |
| 21 | i-ba-'u-u2-ma i-na _illu_-sza2 gap-szi u2-ri-ib-bu tem-me-en-sza2 _e2-gal-tur-ra_ sza2-a-tu a-na si-hir-ti-sza2 aq-qur sza {i7}te-bil-ti | In its wide flood I raised its foundations. That small palace in its entirety I demolished. The Tebilti River |
| 22 | ma-lak-sza2 usz-te-esz-na-a u2-sze-szir mu-s,u-sza2 qe2-reb a-sur-rak-ki-sza2 szap-la-nu _gi-mesz_ e-la-nisz _esir?-ud?-a_ | I made its way straight (and) brought its foundations into its foundation pits. I piled up reeds above (them). |
| 23 | it-ti {na4}pi-i-li _gal-mesz_ dun-nu-nisz ak-si? _3(disz) me 4(u)_ ina _1(disz) kusz3 gid2-da 2(disz) me 1(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz)_ ina _1(disz) kusz3 dagal a-sza3_ ul-tu ma-a-me | with large limestone slabs I piled up. 340 cubits long, 219 cubit wide, the field from the land |
| 24 | u2-sze-lam-ma na-ba-lisz u2-ter tar-pa-szu-u2 _ugu_ sza u4-me pa-ni u2-szar-bi s,e-er me-szi-ih-ti _e2-gal_ | I made (them) shine like daylight, and I restored their dilapidated section(s) to their places. I raised up the threshold of the palace. |
| 25 | mah-ri-ti u2-rad-di-ma i-na _1(disz) me 1(gesz2) 3(u)_ ti-ib-ki ul-la-a re-szi-szu2 la-ba-risz _u4-mesz_ i-na _illu_ kisz-sza2-ti | before me, and in a distance of 100 (sixties) tibku I raised its superstructure. For a long time during the flood of the world |
| 26 | tem-me-en-szu la e-ne2-sze {na4}pi-i-li _gal-mesz_ ki-su-szu u2-sza2-as-hi-ra u2-dan-ni-na szu-pu-uk-szu2 | (As for) its foundation(s), I had large limestone slabs piled up on its base (and) reinforced its base. |
| 27 | 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_ szi-kit-ti _e2-gal_ u2-ter-ma | for 700 (?) (ikû) of the great aslum length and 440(?) of the large aslum width the height of the building of the palace I restored and |
| 28 | szu-bat-sa usz-rab-bi _e2-gal {na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da {na4}gesz-nu11-gal zu2 am-si {gesz}esi {gesz}taszkarin {gesz}mes-ma2-kan-na_ | The palace of Durmīnabanda, alabaster, amsi, ebony, taškarin, meskannu-wood |
| 29 | _{gesz}erin {gesz}szur-min3 {szim}li_ {gesz}e-lam-ma-ku a-na mu-szab be-lu-ti-ia ab-ni-ma _e2_ ap-pa-a-ti | I planted cedar, cypress, burāšu-juniper, (and) elamaku-trees for my lordly residence and (then) I built a house in the open country. |
| 30 | tam-szil _e2-gal_ {kur}ha-at-ti me2-eh-ret ba-ba-a-ti u2-sze-pisz _gesz-ur3-mesz_ {gesz}ere-ni _{gesz}szur-min3_ | I had a wall of the palace of the land Ḫattu built adjacent to the alleys. I had beams of cedar, cypress, |
| 31 | sza i-ri-su-un t,a-a-bu bi-nu-ut {kur}ha-ma-nim {kur}si-ra-ra _kur-mesz ku3-mesz_ u2-szat-ri-s,a e-li-szin | I made the lands Hamānu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III) (and) Sirara, holy lands, surpass (them). |
| 32' | [...] i-te-e nina{ki} | ... on the side of Nineveh(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 33' | ina er-s,e-et {iri}ba-la-t,a-a-a | in the territory of the city Balaṭu |
| 34' | ki-i t,e3-em _dingir_-ma {na4}pi-i-lu pe-s,u-u2 | according to the god’s order, pilû-stone |
| 35' | a-na mu-'u-de-e | to Muʾudê |
| 36' | in-na-mir-ma _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ | he saw, and the guardians |
| 37' | u3 s,a-lam mesz-re-te _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ | and a statue of the feet of alabaster |
| 38' | sza i-na 1(disz)-en _na4_ ib-ba-nu-u2 mi-na-a-ti szuk-lu-lu | who with one stone he fashioned, what are the proper measures? |
| 39' | i-na ki-gal-li ra-ma-ni-szu2-nu sza2-qisz na-an-zu-zu | In their own cult daises, they were raised high. |
| 40' | _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ sza2 zi-i-me | a sphinx of alabaster, |
| 41' | nu-us-su-qa _gin7_ u4-me na-par-de-e nu-um-mu-ru | like a storm that cannot be dispersed, |
| 42' | zu-mur-szi-in _kun4-mesz {na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da_ | of azuršin-stone, a stone slab of Dur-mina-banda |
| 43' | s,i-ra-a-ti ab-ni ki-lal-la-an i-na szad-di-szu-un | I surrounded (them) with lofty steles. |
| 44' | ab-tuq-ma a-na szip-ri _e2-gal_-ia u2-szal-di-da | I sat down and for the work of my palace I made it complete. |
| 45' | qe2-reb {iri}ni-na-a _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz gal-mesz_ | In Nineveh, the great protective deities |
| 46' | u3 _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti {na4}pi-i-li pe-s,e-e i-na lip-ta-at {d}nin-kur-ra | and the babzāzu-priestess(s) of lapis lazuli, by the command of Ninkurra |
| 47' | i-na er-s,e-et {iri}ba-la-t,a-a-a u2-sza2-a'-lid-ma u2-szak?-li-la | I made (them) dwell in the territory of the city Balaṭu and completed (it). |
| 48' | gat-ta-szu2-un sza ul-tu2 ul-la _lugal-mesz_-ni _ad-mesz_-ia s,a-lam _uruda_ | their totality, which from the time of the kings, my ancestors, a statue of copper |
| 49' | tam-szil gat-ti-szu2-un a-na szu-zu-zi qe2-reb _e2-kur-mesz_ ib-nu-ma | they built in the midst of the temples a replica of their totality, and |
| 50' | i-na e-pisz-ti-szu2-nu u2-sza2-ni-hu gi-mir _dumu-mesz_ um-ma-a-ni | through their work they made the totality of the scholars |
| 51' | i-na la bi-szit uz-ni la ha-sa-as a-ma-ti a-na szip-ri hi-szih-ti-szu2-nu | In order not to break the uznu (and) not to forget the word, in order to repair their damage, |
| 52' | _i3-gesz_ isz-ku-ru na-al-ba-asz2 s,e-e-ni u2-qe2-ru qe2-reb _kur-mesz_-szu2-un | he poured oil, the nalbāš-offerings of the people he made enter into their mountains. |
| 53' | ia-a-ti {disz}{d}3(u)_-szesz-mesz_-eri-ba a-sza2-red kal mal-ki mu-de-e | Sin-ahhe-eriba, foremost of all rulers, knows. |
| 54' | szip-ri ka-la-ma tim-me _uruda gal-mesz_ ur-mah-hi | all the work, large copper lions, |
| 55' | pe-tan bir-ki sza ma-na-ma la ip-ti-qu | (As for) the one who does not remove the cross-beams, |
| 56' | _lugal_ pa-ni mah-ri-ia i-na uz-ni ni-kil-ti | the king of the past who had come before me, with the support of my family, |
| 57' | sza u2-szat-li-ma ru-bu-u2 {d}nin-szi-ku3 i-na szi-tul-ti ram-ni-ia a-na e-pesz szip-ri | (As for) the prince Ninšiku, through the counsel of my lord, I made (him) perform (this) work. |
| 58' | szu-a-tu ra-bisz am-tal-lik-ma i-na mi3-lik t,e3-me-ia u3 me-resz ka-bat-ti-ia | I went up to that place with great difficulty and, with my hearing and my understanding, |
| 59' | pi-ti-iq _uruda_ u2-ba-asz2-szim-ma u2-nak-ki-la nik-la2-su sza gesz-mah-hi u3 a-la-mit-ta _gesz_ mesz-re-e | I cast a copper arrow, and then I made its bolts of maḫu-wood and alamittu-wood, mešrê-wood |
| 60' | _1(u) 2(disz) ur-mah-mesz_ ne2-'i-ru-ti a-di _1(u) 2(disz) {d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz mah-mesz_ sza szuk-lu-lu nab-ni-tu _2(u) 2(disz) {munus}ab2-za-za_-a-te sza ku-uz-bu | 12 lion-headed lions, together with 12 mighty shield-bearers, whose appearance is exalted, 22 sucklings, |
| 61' | u3 ul-s,u hi-it-lu-pa bal-tu la-la-a kum2-mu-ru s,e-ru-usz-szin ki-i t,e3-em _dingir_-ma zi-i'-pi t,i-it,-t,i | And the remission of the debts, the life of the lala-priestess, their harvest, according to the order of the god, the destruction of the life, |
| 62' | ab-ni-ma e-ra-a qe2-reb-szu2 asz2-tap-pa-ka ki-i pi-ti-iq _1/2(disz) gin2-ta-am3_ u2-szak-li-la nab-ni-su-un _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ | I set up and inside it I sent to you. As a pledge I made them pay 1/2 shekel each. The goddesses Alad-Lamma |
| 63' | nab-ni-it _uruda_ sza 2(disz) ina lib3-bi za-ha-lu-u lit-bu-szu2 _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ a-di _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ u3 _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti | a copper nabnītu-vessel, whose two parts are zaḫalû-silver, alad-lamma-stone, alabaster, as far as Aladdamma and the babza-priestess. |
| 64' | {na4}pi-i-li pe-s,e-e sza _e2-gal-mesz_-ia u2-sza2-as,-bi-ta _si-gar_-szi-in tim-me _uruda mah-mesz_ a-di {gesz}tim-me {gesz}ere-ni _gal-mesz_ | I surrounded the walls of my palaces with large copper beams, as well as large cedar beams. |
| 65' | bi-ib-lat {kur}ha-ma-nim me-ser _uruda_ u2-rak-kis-ma s,e-er pirig-gal-le-e ul-ziz-ma dap2-pi ku-lul _ka2-mesz_-szi-in e-mi3-id | I secured the foundations of the land Ḫamānu with copper cables and I set up lion-god-deities in their gates. |
| 66' | _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ a-di _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti pi-ti-iq u2-ru-de-e sza za-ha-lu-u2 lit-bu-sza2 | “Let the apsûtu-priestess of alabaster, together with the apices pass by! Let the rūdu-vessels of the zaḫalu-plant grow! |
| 67' | u3 _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti pi-ti-iq _gu-an-na_ sza nu-um-mu-ru gat-ta-szin {gesz}tim-me _{gesz}esi {gesz}szur-min3_ {gesz}ere-ni | and the babzāza-priestess, the cut off of the throne, whose horns are not torn out: tamarisk, ebony, cypress, cedar, |
| 68' | {gesz}dup-ra-ni _{szim}li_ u3 {gesz}ta?-ti?-du ih-ze-et pa-szal-li u3 kas-pi s,e-ru-usz-szin ul-ziz-ma sza kum2-me | a stela of burāšu-juniper and tattidu-tree he smashed, and silver he paid to them. |
| 69' | mu-szab be-lu-ti-ia e-mid _{gesz}gan-du7-mesz_-szu2-un _kun4-mesz {na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ u3 _kun4-mesz_ {na4}pi-i-li | my lordly abode I erected. Their wagons were clad in Dur-mīna-banda-stone, alabaster, and lapis lazuli. |
| 70' | _gal-mesz_ a-sur-ru-szin u2-sza2-as-hi-ra a-na tab-ra-a-te u2-sza2-lik asz2-szu2 u4-mi-szam-ma _a-mesz_ di-lu-u2-ti da-lum | I widened their areas (and) made (them) larger than (those of) earlier times. In order to be able to drink daily abundant water |
| 71' | 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 a-la-mit-ta | I had arrows of bronze and bronze bolts made and, instead of a boat, a scepter and a bolt |
| 72' | s,e-er _pu2-mesz_ ul-ziz _e2-gal-mesz_ sza2-ti-na u2-sza2-lik as-mi3-isz si-hir-ti _e2-gal_ a-na tab-rat kisz-szat _ug3-mesz_ | I erected wells. I made those palaces flourish. I named them the four palaces for the protection of all the people. |
| 73' | ul-la-a re-szi-sza2 _e2-gal_ sza sza2-ni-na la i-szu-u2 ni-bit-sa az-kur _{gesz}kiri6-mah_-hu tam-szil {kur}ha-ma-nim sza gi-mir | (As for) the rest of the palace, which had no rival, I razed (and) plundered (it). I planted a large orchard in the territory of the land Hamānu, which was made up of all of it. |
| 74' | _szim-hi-a gurun_ s,ip-pa-a-ti _gesz-mesz_ tuk-lat szad-di-i u3 {kur}kal-di qe2-reb-szu2 hur-ru-szu2 i-ta-a-sza2 az-qup a-na mit,?-ra-a-ti | I mixed aromatics, juniper, ṣippātu-trees, wood from the mountains and Chaldea, inside it, (and) piled them up as piles up. |
| 75' | szum-mu-hi ul-tu pa-a-t,i {iri}ki-si?-ri a-di ta-mir-ti _nina{ki} kur_-a i-na ak-ku-la-ti _an-bar_ u2-szat-tir-ma | If from the border of the city Kisiri to the plain of Nineveh, my land, I had bronze nails made and |
| 76' | u2-sze-szir {i7}har-ru _1(disz) 1/2(disz) danna2_ qaq-qa-ru ul-tu qe2-reb {i7}hu-su-ur ma-a-me da-ru-u2-ti a-szar-sza2 | The river Ḫarru, 1 1/2 leagues in the ground, from the Euphrates, a long-lasting river, its location |
| 77' | u2-szar-da-a qe2-reb mit,-ra-a-ti sza2-ti-na u2-szah-bi-ba pat-ti-isz a-na szup-szu-uh a-lak-ti _a-mesz_ sza _{gesz}kiri6-mesz_ | I surrounded (and) plundered those settlements in a single place. For the purification of the water of the orchards |
| 78' | {i7}a-gam-mu u2-szab-szi-ma s,u-s,u-u2 qe2-reb-sza as-ti-il _igira2{muszen}-mesz szah2-mesz {gesz}gi_ a-lap qi2-i-szi | I surrounded (and) plundered the Agammu River and carried off bird-catchers, pigeons, and reeds. |
| 79' | i-na lib3-bi u2-masz-szir i-na t,e3-em _dingir_-ma qe2-reb _{gesz}kiri6-mesz {gesz}gesztin_ u gi-mir _gurun_ {gesz}se-er-du u3 _szim-hi-a_ | By the command of the god, in the gardens, vineyards, all kinds of fruit trees, erdu-trees, and aromatics |
| 80' | ma-gal isz-mu-hu _{gesz}szur-min3 {gesz}mes-ma2-kan-na_ nap-har _gesz-mesz_ i-szi-hu-ma u2-s,ar-ri-szu2 pa-pa-al-lum ap-pa-ra-a-ti ma-gal | a great number of cypresses and meskannu-trees, all kinds of wood, they piled up and their branches were large. |
| 81' | i-szi-ra _muszen an_-e _igira2{muszen}_ qin-na iq-nun-ma _szah2 {gesz}gi_ a-lap qi2-i-szi u2-rap-pi-szu2 ta-lit-tu _{gesz}mes-ma2-kan-na {gesz}szur-min3_ | a bird of the sky, a raven, snatched up and a pigeon with a cut reed he broadened its wings. The protection of meskannu-wood (and) cypress |
| 82' | tar-bit s,ip-pa-a-ti _gi ambar-mesz_ sza qe2-reb {i7}a-gam-me ak-szit,-ma a-na szip-ri hi-szih-ti _e2-gal-mesz_ be-lu-ti-ia lu _du3_-usz | I cut down the reed bundles (and) marshes that are inside the Euphrates River and I built (them) for the construction of the palaces of my lordly majesty. |
| 83' | ul-tu szip-ri _e2-gal_-ia u2-qat-tu-u2 asz-szur _en gal dingir-mesz_ u3 _{d}isz-tar-mesz_ a-szi-bu-ut _kur_ asz-szur{ki} i-na qer-bi-sza2 | After the construction of my palace had finished, (the god) Aššar, the great lord of the gods, and the goddesses who dwell in Assyria, therein |
| 84' | aq-re-ma _{udu}siskur-mesz_ tasz-ri-ih-ti aq-qi2-ma u2-szat-lim kad3-ra-a-a _i3-gesz_ {gesz}ser2-di u3 hi-bi-isz-ti u2-raq-qa-a | I prayed, and sacrifices I offered, and (then) I received my payment. Oil, šerdi, and ḫibištu I presented to you. |
| 85' | a-na ru-usz-te i-na tasz-ri-it _e2-gal_ sza ba-hu-la-te _kur_-ia u2-sza2-asz2-qa-a muh-ha-szi-in _gesztin-mesz_ | in order to raise a claim in the district of the palace of the cult centers of my land I raised wine |
| 86' | du-usz-szu-pu s,ur-ra-szin am-kir i-na qi2-bit asz-szur a-bu _dingir-mesz_ u3 {d}isz-tar szar-ra-ti _{d}alad_ dum-qi2 | By the command of Assur, father of the gods, and the goddess Ištar, queen, (and) the god Alad, good fortune, |
| 87' | {d}lamma dum-qi2 qe2-reb _e2-gal_ sza2-a-tu da-a-risz lisz-tab-ru-u2 a-a ip-par-ku-u2 i-da-a-sza2 | May the protective deity Lamma, the good lammar in that palace forever be constantly present, and may she not be afraid of her. |
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