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RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 244 composite (P469099)

Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Babylon · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationRINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 244 composite
IDP469099
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreOfficial or display
Find spotBabylon (mod. Bābil)
Coordinates32.5350, 44.4258

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{disz}an-szar2-du3-ibila _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szar2 lugal kur_ asz-szurAshurbanipal, great king, strong king king of the world, king [of Assyria]
2_lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-ti _lugal-lugal-mesz nun_ la sza2-na-anking of the four quarters (of the world), kings, unrivalled rulers
3sza ul-tu tam-tim e-lit a-di tam-tim szap-lit i-be-lu-mawho ruled from the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea,
4gi-mir ma-li-ki u2-szak-nisz sze-pu-usz-szu2I made all of the rulers bow down at his feet.
5_dumu_ {disz}an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szar2 lugal kur_ asz-szur[son of Esarhaddon, great king, strong king], king of the world, [king of Assyria],
6_szagina_ babila2{ki} _lugal kur eme-gi7_ u3 uri{ki}general of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad.
7_dumu dumu_ {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su _lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szar2 lugal kur_ asz-szur a-na-ku-mason of Sennacherib, mighty king, king of the world, kin[g of Assyria], am I.
8szi-pir e2-sag-il2 sza2 _ad_ ba-nu-u-a la u2-qa-at-tu-uthe work on Esagil, which the father who had engendered me had not finished,
9a-na-ku u2-szak-lil sat-tuk-ki e2-sag-il2 u _dingir-mesz_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki}I completed the rites of Esagil and the gods of Babylon.
10u2-ki-in ki-din-nu-tu babila2{ki} ak-s,urI firmly established the foundations of Babylon.
11asz2-szu2 dan-nu a-na _sig_ la ha-ba-li {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-naBecause he was strong to the north, Gešnu-mugina
12_szesz_ ta-li-me a-na _lugal_-u-ti babila2{ki} ap-qidbrother of Talimu, for kingship of Babylon I appointed.
13ina u4-me-szu2-ma e2-tur3-kalam-ma _e2 {d}inanna_ babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki}At that time, the Eturkalama, the temple of the goddess Ištar of Babylon
14esz-szisz u2-sze-pisz {d}inanna babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} {d}gaszan s,ir-tuI had the goddess Ištar of Babylon (and) the exalted lady,
15ep-sze-te-ia _munus saga-mesz_ ha-disz lip-pal-lis-maMay good women look upon my deeds with pleasure and
16u4-me-szam-ma ma-har {d}en {d}gaszan-ia2 lit-tas-qar da-mi3-iq-tiAt that time, may my good fortune be established before Bel and Beltiya.
17_ti_ u4-me _su3-mesz_ li-szim szi-ma-tilife of distant days may they determine fates.
18it-ti _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim lu-ki-in _bala_-u2-aMay my reign be established with heaven and netherworld.
19u3 sza2 {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-na _lugal_ babila2{ki}and of Gešnu-mukīn, king of Babylon.
20_szesz_ ta-li-mi-a u4-me-szu li-ri-ku lisz-bi lit-tu-tubrother of my friend, may his days be long and may he acquire old age.
21sza szu-mi szat,-ru u _mu_ ta-lim-ia ina szi-pir ni-kil-ti i-pa-asz2-szi-t,uWhoever erases my inscribed name and the name of my commemorative inscription with a crafty device,
22_mu-sar_-u-a i-ab-ba-tu lu-u a-szar-szu2 u2-nak-ka-rumy inscribed object or its place they shall erase
23{d}inanna babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} ina ma-har {d}en {d}gaszan-ia2 _munus-hul_-szu2Ištar of Babylon in the presence of the god Bēl (and) the goddess Beltiya his evil
24lit-tas-qar _mu_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 ina _kur-kur_ li-hal-liqmay his name and his seed disappear from the lands.

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