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RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 253 composite (P469108)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Borsippa · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 253 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P469108 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud) |
| Coordinates | 32.3924, 44.3434 |
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 | [...] x? _gar_-ni _dingir-mesz_ ti-iz-qar sza2-qu-u musz-tar-hu | ... ... are present: the gods will be exalted, supreme, radiant, |
| 2 | [...] na-szu-u t,up-pi _nam-mesz dingir-mesz_ sza2 gu-um-mur te-re-e-ti | ... he bears. Tablet of the fates of the gods concerning the preparation of the recitations. |
| 3 | [...] x x x _ki_ sza2-kin szi-tul-tu2 a-na _dingir-mesz_ szu-ut _an ki_ | ... ... is placed, the decree for the gods of heaven and earth. |
| 4 | [...] sza2 la isz-sza2-an-na-nu _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-szu2 | ... whose weapons cannot be changed |
| 5 | [...] sza2 szur-ba-a-ti e-nu-us-su | ... of the highest rank, his work(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6 | [...] ra-asz2-bu _en gal en_-ia | ... the great, great lord, ms. |
| 7 | [...] asz-szur _lugal_ kib-rat 4(disz)-ti | ... Ashur, king of the four quarters |
| 8 | [...] babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} _lugal kur eme-gi7_ u uri{ki} | Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad |
| 9 | [...] esz-re-e-ti kul-lat ma-ha-zi | ... shrines, all the cult centers |
| 10 | [...] bat,-lu-tu2 u2-ki-nu | ... they established a protective spirit.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | [...] asz2-ru-usz-szu-un | ... their place(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | [...] asz-szur a-na-ku-ma | ... (the god) Aššīr, I am(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | [...] babilax(|DIN.TIR|){ki} i-ru-um-ma | ... entered Babylon and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14 | [...] sat-tuk-ki e2-sag-il2? | ... the sattukku-offering of Esagil(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | [...] babilax(|DIN.TIR|)?{ki} ak-s,ur | ... I conquered Babylon(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16 | [...] _szesz_ ta-li-me | ... brother of Talimu(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 17 | [...] _ku3-sig17_ ni-siq-ti _na4-mesz_ | ... gold, precious stones(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18 | [...] u2-nam-mir e2-umusz-a | ... made the Eumuša shine.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19 | [...] sza la-ba-risz il-lik-u2-ma | ... which had become old and |
| 20 | [...] _en-nun_ e2-zi-da u3 esz-re-e-te bar2-sipa{ki} dun-nu-nu | ... the guard of Ezida and the shrines of Borsippa are well. |
| 21 | [...] um-ma-na-ti-ia sur-risz? _du10-ga_-su-pur-szu2 _bad3_-szu2 ina szi-pir {d}kulla esz-szisz u2-sze-pisz-ma | I had a new wall built with the work of the god Kulla and ... my troops. |
| 22 | _abul-mesz_-szu2 u2-rak-ki-si _{gesz}ig-mesz_ x? [...] x-ni-ma u2-rat-ta-a ina _ka2-mesz_-szu2 | I built its walls. Doors ... and I installed (them) in its gates. |
| 23 | _nun_ ar-ku-u2 sza ina _bala_-e-szu2 szi-pir szu-a-ti in-na-hu {lu2}um-ma-a-ni en-qu-tu | a future ruler, in whose reign this work falls into disrepair, the experts |
| 24 | szi-ta-'-al _du10-ga_-su-pur-szu2 _bad3_ bar2-sipa{ki} ki-ma si-ma-ti-szu2 la-bi-ra-a-te e-pu-usz | I built the wall of Borsippa like its old age. |
| 25 | _mu-sar_-u-a a-mur-ma _i3-gesz_ pu-szu-usz _{udu}siskur bala_-qi2 it-ti _mu-sar_-e-ka szu-kun | I looked at my inscribed object and (then) poured out oil. A sacrifice (and) a balāqu-offering together with your inscription. |
| 26 | ik-ri-bi-ka {d}na-bi-um i-szem-me sza szu-mi3 szat,-ru u3 _mu_ ta-lim-ia | Nabû will hear your prayers. Whoever my inscribed name or the name of my friend |
| 27 | ina szi-pir ni-kil-ti i-ab-bat _mu-sar_-u-a it-ti _mu-sar_-e-szu2 la i-szak-ka-nu | By the craft of the cult actor he will seize my inscription and his inscriptions shall not be placed. |
| 28 | [...] ag-gesz lik-kil-me-szu2-ma _mu_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 ina _kur-kur_ li-hal-liq | ... may ... enshroud him and make his name and his seed disappear from the lands. |
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