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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 044 composite (P467059)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 044 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P467059 |
| 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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 1 | _e2-gal_ {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su | Palace of Sin-papmešsu. |
| 2 | _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu | great king, strong king |
| 3 | _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} | [king of the world, king of Assyria], |
| 4 | _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim mi-gir _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | king of the four quarters, favorite of the great gods, |
| 5 | {d}asz-szur _ad dingir-mesz_ ina kul-lat ma-li-ki | Ashur, father of the gods, among all rulers |
| 6 | ke-nisz _igi-bar_-ni-ma _ugu_ gi-mir a-szib pa-rak-ki | Look upon me steadfastly and over all who sit on daises. |
| 7 | u2-szar-ba-a _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia i-na ta-ha-az _edin_ as-kip | I made my weapons greater than (those of) the plains. |
| 8 | {disz}{d}marduk-ibila-szum2-na _lugal_ {kur}kar2-dun-ia2-asz3 | Marduk-apla-iddina, king of Karduniaš |
| 9 | e-ki-ma be-lut-su gim-ri {lu2}kal-di a-di gi-pisz | Afterwards, all the Chaldeans together with the corpses |
| 10 | um-ma-na-a-ti {lu2}elam-ma{ki} re-s,i-szu u2-ra-sib | The Elamite troops stationed their heads. |
| 11 | i-na _{gesz}tukul-mesz_ {disz}asz-szur-na-din-mu _dumu_-u2-a resz-tu-u2 | with the weapons of Assurnasirpal, my first-born son, |
| 12 | i-na _{gesz}gu-za lugal_-ti-szu u2-sze-szib-ma _kur_ uri{ki} _dagal_-tum u2-szad-gil | I sat on his royal throne, and I broadened the land of Akkad. |
| 13 | pa-nu-usz-szu2 as-suh na-gab {lu2}ah-la-me-e {lu2}su-ti-i | I turned his face towards him, (saying:) “I am the gatekeeper of the cult actors (and) the sūtû-priests. |
| 14 | ba-hu-la-ti {iri}hi-rim-me i-na _{gesz}tukul_ u2-szam-qit-ma | I struck down with the sword the rebels of the city Ḫirimme, and |
| 15 | la ez-zi-ba pe-re-'i-szu2-un ak-szud{ud} {lu2}ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-a | I conquered their foes and captured the Yasubigaleans. |
| 16 | _{lu2}kur2_ ak-s,i {kur}el-li-pi u2-szal-pit-ma u2-ab-bit da-ad2-me-sza2 | I defeated a hostile enemy, the land Ellipi, and struck down its settlements. |
| 17 | u3 {disz}lu-li-i _lugal_ {iri}s,i-du-un-ni e-du-ra ta-ha-zi a-na {kur}ia-ad-na-na | and Lullî, the king of Sidon, went down to battle against the land Yadnana. |
| 18 | sza qe2-reb tam-tim in-na-bit-ma i-hu-uz mar-qi2-tum i-na _kur_-tim-ma sza2-a-tu | who had fled into the sea and sinned, in that land |
| 19 | 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_ | In the rage of the weapon of the god Aššīr, my lord, I brought about his defeat. Tubaʾlu on the throne |
| 20 | _lugal_-ti-szu2 u2-sze-szib-ma man-da-at-tu be-lu-ti-ia u2-kin s,e-ru-usz-szu u2-szal-pit | I settled his royal majesty and established the payment of my lordship. I destroyed its foundation pit. |
| 21 | rap-szu na-gu-u2 {kur}ia-u2-di szep-s,u mit-ru {disz}ha-za-qi-a-a-u2 _lugal_-szu u2-szak-nisz | I made Ḫazaqiāyu his king. |
| 22 | sze-pu-u2-a _lu2-mesz_ {iri}tu-mur-ra-a-a a-szi-bu-ut {kur}ni-pur _kur_-i mar-s,i ina _{gesz}tukul_ | The Tumurruan men who live in Nippur, a rugged mountain, with weapons |
| 23 | u2-szam-qit {iri}uk-ku a-di nap-har da-ad2-me-szu2 ki-ma _du6_ a-bu-bi u2-ab-bit | I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned like a flood the city Ukku, together with all of its settlements. |
| 24 | _ug3-mesz_ {kur}hi-lak-ki a-szi-bu-ut hur-sza2-ni zaq-ru-ti u2-t,eb-bi-ih as-li-isz {iri}du6-ga-rim-me | I overwhelmed the people of the land Ḫilakku, who dwell in remote mountains, (and) I marched to the city Til-Garimme. |
| 25 | sza pa-a-t,i {kur}ta-ba-li _kur_-ud-ma u2-sze-me kar-mesz ba-hu-la-a-ti {kur}kal-di | (As for) the one who fled to the land Tabal, I brought about the defeat of the Chaldeans (and) captured them. |
| 26 | sza ti-ib ta-ha-zi-ia e-du-ru-ma _dingir-mesz_ nap-har _kur_-szu-un i-na szub-ti-szu2-un | the gods all of their land in their midst |
| 27 | id-ku-u2 tam-tim i-bi-ru-ma i-na {iri}na-gi-a-ti id-du-u2 szu-bat-sun | They crossed the sea and settled in the city Nagiati. |
| 28 | i-na _{gesz}ma2-mesz_ {kur}ha-at-ti _egir_-szu2-un e-bir {iri}na-gi-a-tu | With the boats of the land Ḫattu I crossed the Nagiatu River. |
| 29 | {iri}na-gi-a-tu-di-i'-bi-na {kur}hi-il-mu {kur}pil-la-tu | The cities Nagiatudiʾbina, Ḫilmu, (and) Pilatu. |
| 30 | u3 {kur}hu-pa-pa-nu na-ge-e sza e-ber-tan {i7}mar-ra-ti ak-szud{ud}-ma | I conquered the land Ḫupapānu, a district that is next to the Marratu River, and |
| 31 | te-ne-szet {kur}kal-di a-di _dingir-mesz_-ni-szu2-nu _ug3-mesz lugal_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} | the people of Chaldea together with their gods, the king of the land Elam |
| 32 | asz2-lu-lam-ma la ez-zi-ba mul-tah-t,u i-na u4-me-szu-ma te-ne-szet na-ki-ri | At that time, (as for) the people of the enemy, |
| 33 | 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)_ ina _1(disz) kusz3 usz_ | (As for) the brickwork of the palace in the citadel of Nineveh, which is 300 cubits long, |
| 34 | _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 {i7}te-bil-ti i-ta-a-sza2 i-ba-'u-ma | 105 cubits, the width, were measured out and its position was elevated. The Tebilti River they surveyed, and |
| 35 | i-na usz-szi-sza2 ab-bu u2-szab-szu-u2 u2-ri-ib-bu tem-me-en-sza2 sza _lugal-mesz_ a-li-kut mah-ri _ad-mesz_-ia a-na ri-mit be-lu-ti-szu-un | In its foundations, a flood struck. The foundations of the kings who came before me, my ancestors, to their lordly majesty |
| 36 | u2-sze-pi-szu-ma la u2-nak-ki-lu szi-pir-sza2 _e2-gal-tur-ra_ sza2-a-tu a-na si-hir-ti-sza aq-qur sza {i7}te-bil-ti ma-lak-sza2 ul-tu qa-bal-ti _iri_ | I poured out that small palace in its entirety. From the Tebilti River, its course, from the border of the city |
| 37 | ap-ru-us-ma i-na ta-mir-ti ku-tal _iri_ u2-sze-szir mu-s,u-sza qe2-reb ka-tim-ti a-sur-rak-ki-sza2 szap-la-nu _gi-mesz_ | I surrounded, and in the plain behind the city I brought her out of her dwelling in the midst of the underworld. I covered her lower border with reeds. |
| 38 | e-la-nisz _esir2 had2-a_ it-ti {na4}pi-i-li _gal-mesz_ dun-nu-nisz ak-si _5(disz) me 5(u) 4(disz)_ i-na _1(disz) kusz3 gid2-da 2(disz) me 1(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz)_ ina _1(disz) kusz3 dagal_ | Moreover, I built a wall with large limestone slabs. 554 cubits long, 219 cubit wide, |
| 39 | _a-sza3_ ul-tu ma-a-me u2-sze-lam-ma a-na tar-pa-sze20-e u2-ter s,e-er me-szi-ih-ti tam-li?-i mah-re-e | I removed the field from anyone and turned it into a mound. I surrounded it with a previously undeveloped plot. |
| 40 | lu u2-rad-di-ma a-na si-hi-ir-ti-szu i-na _1(disz) me 1(gesz2) 3(u)_ ti-ib-ki ul-la-a re-szi-szu2 a-na _9(disz) me 1(u) 4(disz)_ ina _as4-lum gal_-ti _usz_ u3 _4(disz) me 4(u)_ | I added, and in its entirety, from a distance of 170 (cubits) I raised its superstructure to 914 large cubits, the length, and 440 |
| 41 | ina _as4-lum gal_-tim _sag-ki_ szi-kit-ti _e2-gal_ u2-ter-ma szu-bat-sa usz-rab-bi _e2-gal-mesz ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar zabar {na4}an-za-gul-me_ | I restored the great foundation(s) of the palace and (then) its (original) position had become stable. Palaces of gold, silver, bronze, (and) lapis lazuli |
| 42 | _{na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da {na4}gesz-nu11-gal zu2 am-si {gesz}esi {gesz}taszkarin {gesz}mes-ma2-kan-na_ {gesz}ere-ni _{gesz}szur-min3 {szim}li_ {gesz}e-lam-ma-ku {gesz}si-in-da-a | Durmīnabanda-stone, alabaster, amsu-plant, esi-tree, taškarin-wood, meskannu-wood (and) cedar, cypress, juniper, elemāku-aromatic, sindû-wood. |
| 43 | a-na mu-szab be-lu-ti-ia ab-ni-ma _e2_ mu-ter-re-e-ti tam-szil _e2-gal_ {kur}hat-ti me2-eh-ret ba-ba-a-ti u2-sze-pisz | For my lordly residence I built and (then) I had a house of terraces, a replica of the palace of the land Ḫatti, adjacent to the squares, built. |
| 44 | _gesz-ur3-mesz_ {gesz}ere-ni _{gesz}szur-min3_ u2-szat-ri-s,a e-li-szin _{gesz}ig-mesz_ {gesz}li-ia-ri _{gesz}szur-min3_ me-ser _ku3-babbar_ u3 _uruda_ u2-rak-kis-ma | I had doors made of cedar and cypress, (and) I installed (them) above them. Doors of liāru-wood, (which is) a meser of silver and copper I had made and |
| 45 | u2-rat-ta-a ba-bi-szin i-na ba-rak-ka-a-ni ap-ti bi-ir-ri u2-pat-ta-a _{munus}{d}lamma-mesz {na4}gesz-nu11-gal zu2 am-si_ | At the threshing floor, I opened the opening of the courtyard. The lamma-priestess, with alabaster and amsi-plant, |
| 46 | sza kit-mu-sa rit-ta-szin i-na _ka2-mesz_-szi-in ul-ziz-ma a-na tab-ra-a-ti u2-sza2-lik sik-kat3 kar-ri kas-pi _uruda_ qe2-reb-szin u2-szal-me | I placed a shield of silver and copper in their gates, which had been secured with their hands, and I made (them) go down to the fortresses. |
| 47 | i-na _sig4-al-ur3-ra {na4}zu2 {na4}za-gin3_ us-si-ma se-el-lum ne2-be2-hi u3 gi-mir pa-as-qi2-szi-in asz2-szu2 szip-ri _e2-gal_-ia | with baked bricks made of zu-stone (and) lapis lazuli, I surrounded (them) and they were filled with splendor, splendour, and all of their possessions. Concerning the work of my palace, |
| 48 | szu-te-szu-ri i-na u4-me-szu-ma {d}asz-szur u3 {d}isz-tar ra-'i-mu _{lu2}sanga_-ti-ia na-bu-u2 _mu_-ia gesz-mah-hi {gesz}ere-ni | At that time, the god Aššīr and the goddess Ishtar, the love of my priesthood, the one who named my name, planted me a grove of cedars. |
| 49 | sza ul-tu _u4-mesz su3-mesz_ ik-bi-ru qe2-reb {kur}si-ra-ra _kur_-i i-na pu-uz-ri na-an-zu-zu u2-szak-li-mu-in-ni s,i-i-su-un | (As for) the one who, in the distant past, had smite me in the midst of distant days, had made my limbs bow down at the feet of the mountain Sirara, |
| 50 | sza _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ sza i-na tar-s,i _lugal-mesz_-ni _ad-mesz_-ia a-na kar-ri nam-s,a-ri szu-qu-ru i-na sa-pan {kur}am-ma-na-na | of alabaster, which in the time of the kings, my ancestors, had fallen into disrepair in the territory of the land Ammanāna, |
| 51 | u2-szap-tu-ni pa-ni-szu u3 _{na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da_ ma-la {dug}bur-zi-gal-li sza la in-nam-ru ma-ti-ma i-na {iri}kap-ri-da-ar-gi-la-a | And as much alum, as was in the burzigallu-vessel, which had never been seen before, in Kapridargilâ |
| 52 | u2-kal-lim ra-ma-nu-usz i-te-e nina{ki} i-na er-s,e-et {iri}ba-la-t,a-a-a ki-i t,e3-em _dingir_-ma {na4}pi-i-lu pe-s,u-u2 a-na mu-'u-de-e in-na-mir-ma | As for the city of Nineveh, in the territory of the city Balaṭu, according to the god’s order, a pilû-stone was seen as an object of wonder. |
| 53 | _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ sza i-na 1(disz)-en _na4_ ib-ba-nu-u2 mi-na-a-ti szuk-lu-lu _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ sza zi-i-me nu-us-su-qa ki-ma u4-me | Alad-lammāmš-stone (and) alabaster, whose weight is measured by one stone, and whose height is perfect, and the throne-bearer-girls (with) whose faces we made shine like daylight, |
| 54 | na-par-de-e nu-um-mu-ru zu-mur-szin _kun4-mesz {na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da_ s,i-ra-a-ti ab-ni ki-lal-la-an | I fashioned a napardê-shield, a nūru-stone, (and) zūmuršu-vessels of ṣiru-stone. I surrounded (them) with a circle. |
| 55 | i-na szad-di-szu-un ab-tuq-ma a-na szip-ri _e2-gal_-ia u2-szal-di-da qe2-reb nina{ki} _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ | I surrounded, conquered, (and) inflicted a defeat upon them in my palace. In Nineveh, the gods Alad-Lamma |
| 56 | _gal-mesz_ u3 _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti {na4}pi-i-li pe-s,e-e i-na lip-ta-at {d}nin-kur-ra i-na? er-s,e-et {iri}ba-la-t,a-a-a | the great and the babzātu-priestess(s) of lapis lazuli by the will of the goddess Ninkurra in the territory of the city Balaṭu |
| 57 | u2-sza2-a'-lid-ma u2-szak-li-la gat-ta-szu-un ki-i t,e3-em _dingir_-ma sza gesz-mah-hi a-di a-la-mit-ta _gesz_ mesz-re-e | I made them bow down and covered their heads. According to the command of a god, who with a scepter, together with an alamittu-vessel, wood of the mešrê-plant |
| 58 | _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-ti sza ku-uz-bu | 12 lion-headed lions, together with 12 mighty shield-bearers, whose appearance is exalted, 22 suckling female lambs, |
| 59 | u3 ul-s,u hi-it-lu-pa bal-tu la-la-a kum2-mu-ru s,e-ru-usz-szin zi-i'-pi t,i-it,-t,i ab-ni-ma e-ra-a qe2-reb?-szu2 | Moreover, I fashioned a reed mat for the living (and) the living. I surrounded their faces with a reddish ṣīṭu-stone and entered inside it. |
| 60 | 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_ nab-nit _uruda_ sza 2(disz) ina lib3-bi za-ha-lu-u2 lit-bu-szu2 | I wro[te to you]: “I made them drink 1/2 shekel each (and) their potions. Alad-Lammāni, potters of copper, whose two parts are zaḫalû-silver, |
| 61 | _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz {na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ a-di _{d}alad-{d}lamma-mesz_ u3 _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti {na4}pi-i-li pe-s,e-e | Alad-lammā-stone, alabaster, as well as alad lamma and babzāiatu-stone (and) pilīru-stone |
| 62 | 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_ bi-ib-lat {kur}ha-ma-nim me-ser _uruda_ | of my palaces I made secure. I surrounded them with great copper beams as far as large cedar beams, belonging to the land Hamānu, (and) copper troughs. |
| 63 | u2-rak-kis-ma s,e-er pirig-gal-le-e ul-ziz-ma dap2-pi ku-lul _ka2-mesz_-szin e-mid _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ a-di _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti | I set up a flock of lion-gods and I surrounded their gates with a thick wall of alabaster, together with the walls. |
| 64 | pi-ti-iq u2-ru-de-e sza za-ha-lu-u2 lit-bu-sza2 u3 _{munus}ab2-za-za_-a-ti pi-ti-iq _gu-an-na_ sza nu-um-mu-ru gat-ta-szi-in | “Remove the udû-vessels of the zaḫalu-festival and the ababzāzu-offerings, remove the oxen that are not yet finished! |
| 65 | {gesz}tim-me _{gesz}esi {gesz}szur-min3 {gesz}eren_ {gesz}dup-ra-ni _{szim}li_ u3 {gesz}si-in-da-a ih-ze-et pa-szal-li | timmu-tree, ebony, cypress, cedar, duprani, juniper, and sīndû-wood, he devoured. |
| 66 | u3 kas-pi s,e-ru-usz-szin ul-ziz-ma sza kum2-me mu-szab be-lu-ti-ia e-mid _{gesz}gan-du7-mesz_-szu-un | and the silver I paid to them. I erected a stele for my lordly abode and (then) I installed their gates. |
| 67 | _kun4-mesz {na4}dur2-mi-na-ban3-da_ a _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ u3 _kun4-mesz_ {na4}pi-i-li _gal-mesz_ a-sur-ru-szi-in | I surrounded it with large limestone slabs of Durmīna-banda, alabaster, and large stone slabs. |
| 68 | u2-sza2-as-hi-ra a-na tab-ra-a-ti u2-sza2-lik asz2-szu u4-me-szam-ma _a-mesz_ di-lu-u2-ti | I reorganized (it) and made (them) larger. In order to prolong the days of the numerous watercourses |
| 69 | da-lum 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 | I had a bronze arrowhead and bronze harharû-axe made and, like a boat, |
| 70 | gesz-mah-hi u3 a-la-mit-ta _uruda_ s,e-er _pu2-mesz_ usz-ziz _e2-gal-mesz_ sza2-ti-na u2-sza2-a-lik as-mi3-isz | I erected a stele and an alamittu-vessel of copper, (and) water from the wells. I made those palaces flourish. |
| 71 | si-hir-ti _e2-gal_ a-na tab-ra-a-ti kisz-szat _ug3-mesz_ ul-la-a re-szi-sza2 _e2-gal_ sza sza2-ni-na | the whole palace for the cult centers of all of the people, her first-born son, the palace of the second |
| 72 | la i-szu-u2 ni-bit-sa az-kur i-na qi2-bit {d}asz-szur _ad dingir-mesz_ u3 {d}isz-tar szar-ra-ti _{d}alad_ dum-qi2 | By the command of the god Aššīr, the father of all the gods, and the goddess Ishtar, the queen, (and) the god Alad, the good one, |
| 73 | {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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