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RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 160 composite (P467175)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 3/2 Sennacherib 160 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P467175 |
| 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 | {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _man kur_ asz-szur{ki} e-pisz s,a-lam _an-szar2_ u3 _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | Sennacherib, king of Assyria, the one who fashioned image(s) of the god Aššar and the great gods: |
| 2 | _e2_ a-ki-it _edin_ sza2 _ezen_ qe2-re-ti sza2 ul-tu _u4-mesz su3-mesz_ im-ma-szu-u | the akītu-house of the steppe, of the qēru-festival, which since distant days had been built, |
| 3 | ina bi-ri qi2-bit {d}utu u {d}iszkur _du3_-usz? e2-(a)-ab?-ba?-ug5-ga _e2_ ka-mu-u tam?-tim _mu_-szu2 am-bi | By the command of the gods Šamaš and Adad I built Eabbagga, the kammû-house of the sea, its name I named it. |
| 4 | _mu e2_ pa-pa-hi-szu2 e2-dub3-dub3-ab-ba _e2_ mu-ri?-ib? ki-s,ir tam-tim ni-bit-su az-kur | year: “The house of his cella, the Edubabba (temple), the house of Murib, the boundary of the Sea, his name I exalted, |
| 5 | _abul zabar husz-a_ sza2 ma-la a-ga-sa-lak-ki ina szi-pir {d}simug | By the craft of the god Sîn, I built a fortified city wall that is as thick as Agasalakku. |
| 6 | u nik-lat _ni2_-ia u2-sze-pisz-ma s,a-lam _an-szar2_ sza2 a-na _sza3_ ti-amat s,al-ti _du_-ku | I had a statue of the god Ashur, who went to the city Tiamat, a place of terror. |
| 7 | _{gesz}pan_ ki-i sza2 na-szu-u2 ina _{gesz}gigir_ sza2 ra-ak-bu a-bu-bu sza2 s,a-an-du | The bow, as it was brought, was in a chariot with a powerful weapon, a flood that was raging |
| 8 | {d}mar-tu sza2 a-na mu-kil ap-pa-a-ti it-ti-szu2 rak-bu a-na _ugu_ pi-i sza2 {d}utu u {d}iszkur | Martu, who with him is the one who binds the ears, on account of the mouths of Šamaš and Adad, |
| 9 | ina bi-ri iq-bu-nim-ma s,e-er _abul_ sza2-a-szu2 e-s,ir _dingir-mesz_ ma-la ina _igi_-szu2 _du_-ku | in the middle of the night they said to me, and the foot of that city-wall the guardian of all the gods who are in front of him |
| 10 | u3 _egir_-szu2 _du_-ku sza2 ru-ku-bu rak-bu sza2 ina _giri3-min_-szu2-nu _du_-ku man-zal-ta-szu2-nu ki-i sza2 ina _igi an-szar2_ | And afterwards he goes. Whoever is a rukubu-priestess, who at their feet goes, their compensation is as before Ashur. |
| 11 | si-id-ru u _egir an-szar2_ si-id-ru ti-amat _en_ nab-nit qer-bi-szu2 sza2 _an-szar2 man dingir-mesz_ | and after Ashur, sidru, Tiamat, lord, creator of his interior, whom Ashur king of the gods |
| 12 | a-na lib3-bi-szu2 s,al-ti il-la-ku a-na _ugu_ pi-i sza2 {d}utu u {d}iszkur s,e-er _abul_ sza2-a-szu2 e-s,ir | In order to save his life, he went to the mouth of the gods Šamaš and Adad. The foundation of that city wall he built. |
| 13 | si-it-ti _dingir-mesz_ sza2 ina _giri3-min_-szu2-nu il-la-ku ina _ugu_ pi-i sza2 {d}utu u {d}iszkur | The rest of the gods, who by their feet go, by the command of Šamaš and Adad |
| 14 | _ki-min?_ a-di la-a _an-szar2_ ti-amat i-kam-mu-u u2-ma-ma-a-nu sza2 ti-amat i-na-asz2-sza2-a | Ditto until before the god Aššar reaches Tiamat, and the omens of Tiammat he brings. |
| 15 | x x? _x-mesz_-szu2 i-nam-di-nu ki-i an-ni-i ina _giri3-min_-szu2-nu i-du-ul-lu | his ...s they shall give, and as follows in their feet they shall carry out |
| 16 | x x x x x? sza2 it-te-szu2-nu la es,-ru a-na _ugu_ pi-i sza2 {d}utu u {d}iszkur la e-s,ir | [......] with whom I did not keep in good order, against the command of Šamaš and Adad, |
| 17 | a-na _abul_ szu-a-ti asz2-t,u-ru-ma [...] _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 zabar_ sze-er-hisz | I wrote and ... silver, gold, and bronze. |
| 18 | ul-ziz u2-nu-ut _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 zabar husz-a_ he-pu-u ul-tu _ugu_ 1(disz) _lim gun_ | From 1 thousand talents of silver, gold, (and) reddish bronze |
| 19 | a-di 1(disz) _gin2_ szub-szu-lim-ma a-ha-mesz s,a-ba-tu mu-nak-kil nik-la-te-szu2-nu | together with one shekel of šub-szulimma, and together captured, the one who entrusted to them, |
| 20 | s,a-bit pit2-qi2-szu2-nu a-le-'e-e a-na-ku szum-ma sza2 bu-szul sza2 _zabar_ sza2-a-szu2 | I am the one who is responsible for their work. If he is a bronze child-bearing child |
| 21 | a-na qip-ti la ta-szak-kan at-mi _lugal dingir-mesz an-szar2 dingir_ ba-ni-ia | Do not place (it) in my hands! O king of the gods, Ashur, the god who created me, |
| 22 | szum-ma a-szar mal2-t,a-ru an-nu-u2 szat,-ru u masz-kan2 s,a-lam _an-szar2_ u s,a-lam _dingir-mesz_ | If where this tablet is written and checked, the statue of Ashur and the statues of the gods |
| 23 | ma-la it-ti-szu2 a-na _sza3_ ti-amat s,al-ti il-la-ku es,-ru la pit2-qa szu-u2 | as much as he with him to Tiamat, a robbery they shall carry out; he is an insubmissive one. |
| 24 | la a-na-ku u2-szab-szi-lu a-na it-hu-ra-nu-ti asz2-szu2 li-ih-ha-kim | I do not dwell there, (but) they are bringing them to me. Because of this, let them be held back. |
| 25 | _an-na_ ina lib3-bi usz-sza2-am-id ina _sza3_ an-nim-ma hi-kim ki-i pit2-qa szu-u ana-ku u2-szab-szi-lu | “It made the heavens tremble in it. In this place, the fault is as if it was a pitfall. I made them rise up. |
| 26 | s,a-lam _an-szar2_ sza2 a-na _sza3_ ti-amat s,al-ti _du_-ku s,a-lam {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _man kur_ asz-szur | The statue of (the god) Aššar, who in Tiamat a robbery committed, the statue of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, |
| 27 | {d}szar2-ur4 {d}szar2-gaz {d}ka3-ka3 {d}nusku {d}di-ku5 {d}tiszpak {d}masz sza2 _bad3_ | the deities Šar-ur (and) Shargaz, Kakka, Nusku, Diku, Tišpak, Ninurta of the wall |
| 28 | {d}ku3-su3 {d}ha-ia3 {d}7(disz)-bi an-nu-ti _dingir-mesz_ sza2 ina _igi an-szar2_ il-la-ku | Kusu, Haya, these seven gods, who go before Ashur, |
| 29 | {d}nin-lil2 {d}sze-ru-u'3-a {d}sin {d}nin-gal {d}utu {d}a-a {d}gur2-kur | Ninlil, Šeru'a, Sîn, Ningal, Utu, Aya, Gurkur, |
| 30 | {d}a-num an-tum {d}iszkur {d}sza-la {d}e2-a {d}dam-qi2-na [...] | Anu, Antu, Adad, Šala, Ea, Damqina |
| 31 | {d}be-let-dingir-mesz {d}masz an-nu-ti _dingir-mesz_ sza2 _egir an-szar2 du_-ku | Bēlet-ilī (and) Ninurta, these are the gods who go after Ashur. |
| 32 | _{gesz}tukul_ ka-szi-du ina _{gesz}gigir an-szar2_ szak-nu | “With a mighty weapon in the chariot of the god Aššar, |
| 33 | ti-amat a-di nab-nit qer-bi-szu2 | Tiamat, together with the nabnītu-demon inside it, |
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