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RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 242 composite (P469101)

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

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Designation	RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 242 composite
ID	P469101
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)

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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	{disz}an-szar2-du3-a _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szar2_	Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king king of the world
2	_lugal kur_ asz-szur _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-ti _lugal-lugal-mesz_	King of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world): kings
3	_nun_ la sza2-na-an _dumu {disz}an-szar2-szesz-szum2-na_	unrivalled prince, son of Esarhaddon
4	_lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu _lugal szar2 lugal kur_ asz-szur	great king, strong king; king of the world, king [of Assyria];
5	_szagina_ babilax(\|DIN.TIR\|){ki} _lugal kur eme-gi7_ u uri{ki}	governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad.
6	_dumu dumu_ {disz}{d}sin-szesz-mesz-su _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu	son of Sennacherib, great king, strong king
7	_lugal szar2 lugal kur_ asz-szur a-na-ku-ma _en gal_ {d}marduk	King of the world, king of Assyria, I, the great lord, Marduk,
8	sza2 ina _bala_-e _lugal_ mah-ri ina ma-har _ad_ ba-ni-i-szu2	in the reign of a previous king, before the father who had engendered him
9	u2-szi-bu ina qe2-reb bal-til{ki} ina u4-me _bala_-ia	in my reign dwelled in Baltil.
10	ina ri-sza2-a-ti a-na babilax(\|DIN.TIR\|){ki} i-ru-um-ma	in joy entered Babylon and
11	sat-tuk-ki e2-sag-il2 u _dingir-mesz_ babilax(\|DIN.TIR\|){ki} u2-kin	I established the sattukku of Esagil and the gods of Babylon.
12	ki-din-nu-u2-tu babilax(\|DIN.TIR\|){ki} ak-s,ur	I secured the security of Babylon.
13	asz2-szu2 dan-nu a-na _sig_ la ha-ba-li	Because it is strong, it is not suitable for rain.
14	{disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-na _szesz_ ta-li-me	Gešnu-mugina, brother of Talimu
15	a-na _lugal_-u2-tu babilax(\|DIN.TIR\|){ki} ap-qi2-di	to the kingship of Babylon I appointed.
16	u3 szi-pir e2-sag-il2 sza2 za-ru-u2-a	and the work on Esagil, which I had completed,
17	la u2-qa-at-tu-u2 a-na-ku u2-szak-lil	I completed (it).
18	ina u4-me-szu2-ma di-'-a-ni u _bara2-mesz_ sza2 si-hir-ti	At that time, the judgments and oaths of the whole world
19	e2-sag-il2 ki-i si-ma-a-ti-szu2-nu la-bi-ra-a-ti	[I built Esagil] according to their old stipulations.
20	ina asz2-ri-szu2-nu lu-u ad-di a-na szat-ti {d}marduk _en gal_	I settled in their places. For the life of Marduk, the great lord,
21	ep-sze-ti-ia dam-qa-a-ti ha-di-isz _igi-bar_-ma	Look with pleasure upon my good deeds and
22	_ti_ u4-me _su3-mesz_ sze-be2-e lit-tu-tu t,u-ub _uzu_	the life of distant days, a long life, well-being,
23	u3 hu-ud lib3-bi li-szim szi-ma-ti	and joy of heart may he decree fates.
24	u3 sza2 {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-na _lugal_ babilax(\|DIN.TIR\|){ki}	and of Gešnu-mukīn, king of Babylon.
25	_szesz_ ta-lim-ia u4-me-szu2 li-ri-ku lisz-bi bu-'-a-ri	my beloved brother, may his days be long and may he hear my prayers.
26	ma-ti-ma ina ah-rat u4-me _nun_ ar-ku-u sza2 ina u4-me _bala_-szu2	If at any time in the future, during the days of his reign,
27	szi-pir szu-a-ti in-na-hu an-hu-us-su lu-ud-disz	This work has become dilapidated; I want to repair its dilapidated section(s).
28	szu-mi3 it-ti _mu_-szu2 lisz-t,ur _mu-sar_-u-a li-mur-ma	May my name with his name be written, may my inscribed object be seen and
29	_i3-gesz_ lip-szu-usz _{udu}siskur2 bala_-qi2 ina asz2-ri-szu2 lisz-kun	may he anoint him with oil; may a šakku-offering be set in his place.
30	ik-ri-bi-i-szu2 {d}marduk i-szem-me sza2 szu-mi3 szat,-ru	Marduk will hear his prayers. Whoever my inscribed name
31	i-pa-asz2-szi-t,u _mu-sar_-u2-a i-ab-ba-tu	shall erase my inscribed object,
32	lu-u a-szar-szu2 u2-nak-ka-ru _en gal_ {d}marduk ag-gi-isz	or his place they shall alter, the great lord, Marduk, agish
33	lik-kil-me-szu2-ma _mu_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 i-na _kur-kur_ li-hal-liq	May his name and his descendant(s) disappear from the lands.

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