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RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 258 composite (P469110)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nippur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/3, Ashurbanipal 258 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P469110 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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 | a-na {d}en-lil2 _lugal dingir-dingir en an_-e u3 _ki_-tim _nun_ x [...] | To Enlil, king of the gods, lord of heaven and netherworld, prince ... |
| 2 | pa-ri-is pu-ru-us-su-u2 sza2 la in-nin-nu-u2 [...] | [(As for) the one who removes] my inscription, which cannot be altered, |
| 3 | a-sza2-red {d}i2-gi3-gi3 ma-am-lu4 {d}a-nun-na-ki mu-ma-'-er [...] | the foremost of the Igigi, the mighty one of the Anunnaki, the one who ... |
| 4 | ta-mi-ih s,er-ret gi-im-ri sa-ni-iq [...] | (Sum) The one who sees the light of the horizon, the one who ... (Akk) [The one who] sees [the light of] the radiance of the heavens, [the one who watches over ...] |
| 5 | _en kur-kur igi-gal2 dingir-mesz_ a-szib e2-kur sza2 qe2-reb [...] | Lord of all the lands, pre-eminent one of the gods, who dwells in the Ekur, which is inside ... |
| 6 | an-szar2-du3-ibila _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu _lugal_ kisz-szat [...] | Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king king of the world, ... |
| 7 | [...] _kur-kur_ ma-hi-ru [...] | ... the lands received ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8 | [...] dan-nu _lugal_ kisz-szat _lugal kur_ [...] | ... mighty, king of the world, kin of the land ... |
| 9 | [...] {d}sin-szesz-mesz-su _lugal gal lugal_ dan-nu _lugal_ kisz-szat _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki}-ma | ... of the gods Sin-ahhešu great king strong king king of the world king [of Assyria] |
| 10 | _lugal kur eme-gi7_ u _uri{ki} szagina_ an-szar2 {d}en-lil2 u {d}nin-urta | king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, governor of the gods Aššar, Enlil and Ninurta. |
| 11 | za-nin ma-ha-zi _e ma tar du du3_ si3-ma-ak-ku | who provides for the cult centers, who builds houses, who makes simakku, |
| 12 | a-na ba-lat, _zi_-szu ur-ruk u4-me-szu2 szu-un-mur _su_-szu2 szu-ul-lum _numun_-szu2 | For the preservation of his life, prolong his days, release his illness, and the well-being of his seed. |
| 13 | e-li a-a-bi-szu u2-zu-uz-zu _bala-mesz_-szu2 la-ba-ri _{gesz}gidri_-szu2 szu-te-szu-ri | above his fathers they sat down. His old reigns his scepter he set up. |
| 14 | _en_-us-su _ugu kur_-szu2 szu-t,ub2-bi _ug3-mesz_-szu2 ina t,uh-di u nu-uh-szu2 i-tar-ri-i | his lordship over his land, the well-being of his people, with joy and joy he decreed. |
| 15 | e2-gi-gu-nu-u2 ziq-qur-rat nibru{ki} sza2 ina i-rat _zu-ab_ szur-szu-du tem-me-en-szu2 | The Egigunû, the ziggurat of Nippur, whose foundations are supreme in the constellation of the Apsu. |
| 16 | sza2 i-ga-ri-szu2 la-ba-risz il-li-ku-ma ib-ba-szu-u2 se-ri-ih-szu2 | (Sum) The one whose horns are old, he went and smote him. (Akk) He who sounded his horn(s) old, they went and killed him. |
| 17 | ina _sig4-al-ur3-ra udun ku3_-tim ma-qit-ta-szu2 ak-szir3-ma u2-szak-lil bu-na-a-szu2 | I laid its foundations with baked bricks (and) silver utensils and completed its construction. |
| 18 | ina szi-pir {d}kulla esz-szisz u2-sze-pisz-ma u2-nam-mir-szu2 ki-ma u4-mu | By the craft of the god Kulla, I had a new one built and made it shine like daylight. |
| 19 | re-szi-szu ki-ma sza2-di-i ul-li-ma u2-sza2-an-bi-it, zi-mi-szu2 | I raised its head like a mountain and made its appearance bright. |
| 20 | a-na szat-ti {d}en-lil2 _lugal dingir-mesz {d}en-lil2 dingir-mesz en_ [...] | In the future, may the god Enlil, king of the gods, (and) the god [Enlil], lord of |
| 21 | e2-gi-gu-nu-u2 s,a-ad-di ma-a-tim ha-disz ina nap-lu-si-szu2 | (With regard to) the Egigunû, the ṣaddi-house of the land, I built (it) anew. |
| 22 | sza2 an-szar2-du3-ibila _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _sipa_ ki-i-nu pa-lih _dingir_-u-ti-szu2 [...] | of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, faithful shepherd who reveres his divinity, ... |
| 23 | _lugal_-us-su lik-tar-rab _bala-mesz_-szu2 li-is,-s,ur ana _u4-mesz_ [...] | May his reign be long, may his days be long .... |
| 24 | _{gesz}gidri sipa_-tu2 sa-ni-qat mit-hur-ti li-szat-mi-ih-szu2? | May the scepter, the shepherd’s yoke, (and) the sandals of the rites calm him. |
| 25 | _ugu kur_-szu2 lisz-t,ib re-e2-ut-su _ugu_ na-ki-ri-szu2 [...] | May he write upon his land; his head over his enemies ... |
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