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RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 246 composite (P469097)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Babylon · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 246 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P469097 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | a-na-ku | I,(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2 | {disz}an-szar2-du3-a | Ashurbanipal |
| 3 | _man gal man_ dan-nu | great king, strong king |
| 4 | _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur | [king of the world, king of Assyria], |
| 5 | _man_ kib-rat _limmu2_-ti | king of the four quarters (of the world), |
| 6 | _lugal-lugal-me nun_ la sza2-na-an | kings, princes without rival |
| 7 | sza2 ina a-mat an-szar2 {d}utu | who by the command of Anšar and Šamaš |
| 8 | u {d}marduk | and Marduk |
| 9 | ul-tu2 tam-tim | from the Sea |
| 10 | e-lit a-di tam-tim | the Upper Sea to the Sea, |
| 11 | szap-lit i-be-lu-ma | he ruled over the lower one, and |
| 12 | gi-mir ma-lik u2-szak-nisz | I made all the governors bow down. |
| 13 | sze-pu-usz-szu2 za-nin e2-sag-il2 | who provides for Esagil, |
| 14 | _e2-gal dingir-mesz_ sza2 ki-ma szi-t,ir bu-ru-mu | Palace of the gods, which like a written document is written, |
| 15 | u2-nam-mir _si-gar_-szu2 | he made his yoke shine. |
| 16 | u sza2 esz-re-e-te ka-li-szi-na | and all the shrines |
| 17 | hi-bil-ta-szi-na u2-szal-lim | (and) made their debts pay. |
| 18 | e-li kul-lat ma-ha-zi u2-kin an-dul-lu | I surrounded (and) covered (them) over all the cult centers. |
| 19 | sza2 ep-sze-tu-szu2 _ugu_ kal _dingir-mesz du10-ga_ e-li | who his deeds over all the good gods |
| 20 | s,al-mat _sag-du_ du-usz-szu-pat _sipa_-us-su | the black-headed, the one who enlarges the head, his shepherd |
| 21 | _dumu {disz}an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na man gal_ | son of Esarhaddon, great king |
| 22 | _man_ dan-nu _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur _szagina ka2-disz_ | strong king, king of the world, kin of Assyria, governor of Kadish |
| 23 | _man kur_ szu-me-ri u uri{ki} mu-sze-szib babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} | king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, who settled Babylon |
| 24 | e-pisz e2-sag-il2 mu-ud-disz | He built Esagil, he renovated (it). |
| 25 | esz-re-e-te kul-lat ma-ha-zu | The shrines, all the temples, |
| 26 | sza2 ina qe2-reb-szi-na isz-tak-kan | which he established inside them, |
| 27 | si-ma-a-ti | the rites |
| 28 | u sat-tuk-ki-szi-na bat,-lu-tu2 u2-ki-nu | and their sattukkīnu-offerings, they established a protective spirit. |
| 29 | par-s,i ki-du-de-e | the rites of the kidudê ritual |
| 30 | ki-ma la-bi-rim-ma | like a young child |
| 31 | u2-ter-ru | he returned |
| 32 | a-na asz2-ri?-szu-un | to their places |
| 33 | _a a_ {disz}{d}sin-szesz?-mesz-su | son of Sin-ahhešu |
| 34 | _man gal man_ dan-nu | great king, strong king |
| 35 | _man szu2 man kur_ asz-szur | [king of the world, king of Assyria], |
| 36 | a-na-ku-ma _en gal_ | I, the great lord |
| 37 | {d}marduk sza2 ina _bala_-e | Marduk, in whose reign |
| 38 | _lugal_ mah-ri | king before |
| 39 | ina ma-har _ad_ ba-ni-i-szu2 | before the father who had engendered him |
| 40 | u2-szi-bu ina qe2-reb | They sat inside |
| 41 | bal-til{ki} ina u4-me | At that time, |
| 42 | _bala_-ia2 ina ri-sza2-ti | my reign in joy |
| 43 | a-na babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} | to Babylon |
| 44 | i-ru-um-ma | entered, and |
| 45 | sat-tuk-ki | sattukku |
| 46 | e2-sag-il2 | Esagil |
| 47 | u _dingir-mesz ka2-dingir_ | and the gods of Babylon |
| 48 | u2-kin ki-din-nu-ut | he established as pledges. |
| 49 | babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} ak-s,ur | I conquered Babylon. |
| 50 | asz2-szu2 dan-nu a-na | Because it is strong to |
| 51 | _sig_ la ha-ba-lu | a woolen garment not to be worn |
| 52 | {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-na | Gešnu-mugina |
| 53 | _szesz_ ta-li-me | brother of Talimu, |
| 54 | a-na _lugal_-u2-tu2 | to kingship |
| 55 | babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} ap-qid | I entrusted Babylon. |
| 56 | u szi-pir e2-sag-il2 | and the work on Esagil |
| 57 | sza2 za-ru-u-a la u2-qa-at-tu-u | (As for) the one who does not finish my work, |
| 58 | a-na-ku u2-szak-lil _gesz-ur3-mesz_ | I completed. The beams |
| 59 | {gesz}ere-nu u _{gesz}szur-min3_ s,i-ru-tu2 tar-bi-ti | cedar and cypress, old (and) old, |
| 60 | {kur}ha-ma-nu u {kur}lab-na-nu e-li-szu2 | the lands Hamānu and Labna[nu] up to him. |
| 61 | u2-szat-ri-s,i _{gesz}ig-mesz {gesz}taszkarin {gesz}mes-ma2-kan_ | I had doors of taškarin-wood and meskan-wood made. |
| 62 | _{gesz}li_ {gesz}ere-nu u2-sze-pisz-ma u2-rat-ta-a | I had a cedar yoke made and I installed (it) in it. |
| 63 | ina _ka2-mesz_-szu2 u2-na-a-te _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar zabar_ | in his gates gold, silver, bronze |
| 64 | _an-bar gesz-mesz_ u _na4-mesz du3_-ma u2-kin | iron, wood, and stones I made and installed. |
| 65 | ina qe2-reb-szu2 ina u4-me-szu2-ma e2-kar-za-gin3-na | At that time, the Ekarzagina |
| 66 | _e2_ {d}e2-a sza2 qe2-reb e2-sag-il2 esz-szisz | the temple of the goddess Ea, which is inside Esagil, rebuilt |
| 67 | u2-sze-pisz {d}e2-a _lugal abzu_ szi-pir | I had Ea, the king of the Abzu, work (on it). |
| 68 | szu-a-ti ha-disz _igi-bar_-ma ia-a-ti {disz}an-szar2-du3-a | Look with pleasure upon this, and I, Ashurbanipal, |
| 69 | _man kur_ asz-szur _nun_ pa-lih-szu2 a-mat _munus saga_-ia2 lisz-sza2-kin | king of Assyria, prince who reveres him, may a good word for me be established. |
| 70 | szap-tusz-szu2 _din_ u4-me _su3-mesz_ sze-be2-e lit-tu-tu2 | his lips, a life of long days, fullness of life |
| 71 | t,u-ub _uzu_ u hu-ud lib3-bi li-szim szi-ma-ti | may my fate be well-being and happiness. |
| 72 | _suhusz {gesz}gu-za lugal_-u-ti-ia2 ki-ma _kur_-i | the foundation of my royal throne like a mountain |
| 73 | li-szar-szid it-ti _an_-e u _ki_-tim | May he be reconciled with heaven and earth. |
| 74 | lu-kin _bala_-u-a u sza2 {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-na | my reign and that of Gešnu-mugina |
| 75 | _lugal_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} _szesz_ ta-lim-ia u4-me-szu2 | king of Babylon, my beloved brother, for all time |
| 76 | li-ri-ku lisz-bi bu-'-a-ri ma-ti-ma | May he go, may he listen to the buʾāru prayers of the land. |
| 77 | ina ah-rat u4-me _nun_ ar-ku-u sza2 ina u4-me _bala_-szu2 | In the future, in the days of his reign, |
| 78 | szi-pir szu-a-ti in-na-hu an-hu-us-su | “This work has become dilapidated. |
| 79 | lu-ud-disz s,a-lam _lugal_-u-ti-ia2 li-mur-ma | May he restore the statue of my royal majesty and |
| 80 | _i3-gesz_ lip-szu-usz _{udu}siskur bala_-qi2 it-ti | may he anoint him with oil; may a šīkur-offering be performed against him. |
| 81 | s,a-lam-i-szu2 lisz-kun ik-ri-bi-szu2 | May his image be placed, may his prayers be uttered. |
| 82 | {d}e2-a i-szem-me sza2 szu-mi3 szat,-ru | Ea will hear of my inscribed name. |
| 83 | i-pa-asz2-szi-t,u s,a-lam _lugal_-u-ti-ia2 | the statue of my royal majesty |
| 84 | i-ab-ba-tu | he will die. |
| 85 | lu-u a-szar-szu2 | or his place |
| 86 | u2-na-kar-(u)-ma | shall remove, and |
| 87 | it-ti s,a-lam-szu2 | with his statue |
| 88 | la i-szak-kan | shall not place. |
| 89 | {d}e2-a _en_ | Ea, lord |
| 90 | s,i-i-ru | exalted |
| 91 | ag-gi-isz | Aggiš |
| 92 | lik-kil-me-szu2-ma | may they look upon him, and |
| 93 | _{gesz}gu-za lugal_-ti-szu2 | his royal throne |
| 94 | li-sza2-bal-kit-ma | may he carry off, and |
| 95 | li-t,i-ir | may he write. |
| 96 | be-lut-su _mu_-szu2 | his lordship is his name |
| 97 | _numun_-szu2 ina _kur-kur_ | his seed in the lands |
| 98 | li-hal-liq-ma | may it be destroyed, and |
| 99 | a-a ir-szi-szu2 | may it not draw near to him. |
| 100 | re-e-mu | merciful |
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