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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 200 (P514525)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 009, ex. 200 |
|---|---|
| ID | P514525 |
| Museum no. | OIM A11863 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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 col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...]-ru-u2#-[x] | ...-ru-x(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2' | [...]-nu a-hi-it,# | ... he smote(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | [...] _{gesz#}pan#_ ru#-kub# _ansze-kur-ra_ | ... a bow, the whip of a horse(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | [...] {kusz#}a-sza2-a-ti | ... the sandals(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | _[...]-mesz#_ ina u2-ma-me la-ab-bu | ... in the future,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | [...] ina _igi {gesz}pan_-ia | ... before my bow(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | [...]-pesz# _muru2_ u _me3_ | ... ... the middle and the wind(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8' | [...]-de#-ru mit-hu-s,u-tu2 | “The ...-dēru-demon, the mitḫuṣūtu,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | [...]-ram# _an-sar2_ u3 {d}isz-tar | ... the gods Ashur and Ištar(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | [...]-u2#-ti a-na-ku | ... I am(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11' | [...] mah-re-e ger-ri-ia | ... before my campaign(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | [...] usz-te-esz-sze-ra har-ra-nu | ... he made the road straight.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | [...] _lugal_ {kur}mu-s,ur u {kur}ku-u2-si | ... king of Egypt and Kush.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | [...]-ia# isz-me2-e-ma | He heard my ... and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | [...] mi#-s,ir {kur}mu-s,ur | ... the border of the land Muṣur(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | [...]-pi# u2-masz-szir-ma | ... he removed the ... and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17' | [...]-bit# a-na qe2-reb {iri}ni-i' | ... to Nineveh(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18' | [...] {lu2#}qe2-pa-a-ni | ... the delegate(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19' | [...]{ki#} _ad du3_-u-a | ... the father who had engendered me |
| 20' | [...] {kur#}mu-s,ur | ... Egypt(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 21' | [...] _giri3#-min#_-ia | ... my feet(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 22' | [...] as,#-bat | ... I seized(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 23' | [...]-ti#-szu2# | ... his ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 24' | [...] | |
| 25' | [...]-pi# | ...-pi(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1' | _iri#-[...]_ | |
| 2' | a-di# [...] | as far as ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | ap-[...] | Ap-[...](low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | _ug3-mesz ansze#-[...]_ | the people, donkeys ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | ul-tu qe2-reb _iri#-[...]_ | From the city ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | {disz}ah-sze-e-ri# [...] | Ḫašeri(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | u2-masz-szir {iri}i#-[...] | I annihilated the city(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8' | a-na {iri}at-ra-a#-[...] | to the city of Atra(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | in-na-bit-ma e#-[x]-uz# [...] | he fell, and ... ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | na-gu-u2 szu-a-tu ak-szu-ud ma-lak 1(u) u4#-[...] | I conquered that district, marched 10 days |
| 11' | u2-szah-rib-ma sza2-qu-ma-tu2 at#-[x x] | he turned away, and I ... the highlands.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | {disz}ah-sze-e-ri# la pa-lih _en_-u2#-ti#-[x] | Hašeri, who does not fear the lord of ..., |
| 13' | an-szar2 u {d}1(u)-5(disz) im#-nu-szu2 ina _szu-min ARAD-mesz_-szu2# | By Ashur and Ishtar, his servants, |
| 14' | _ug3-mesz kur_-szu2 si-hu _ugu_-szu2 u2-szab-szu2-u ina _sila iri_-szu2 id-du-u pa-gar#-[x] | The people of his land grew afraid of him and they sat down in the streets of his city. |
| 15' | _egir#_-nu {disz}u2-al-li-i _dumu_-szu2 u2-szib ina _{gesz}gu-za_-szu2 | afterwards Uallî, his son, sat on his throne |
| 16' | da-na-an an-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu {d}en {d}ag {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza nina{ki} | Anšar, Sin, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, (and) Ishtar of Nineveh. |
| 17' | {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza {iri}limmu2-dingir{ki} {d}masz {d}u-gur u {d}nusku | Ištar of Limmu-ili, Ninurta, Ugur and Nusku |
| 18' | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz en-mesz_-ia e-mur-ma ik-nu-sza2 a-na _{gesz}szudun_-ia | the great gods, my lords, saw and bound her to my yoke |
| 19' | asz2-szu2 ba-lat, _zi_-ti3-szu2 up-na-a-szu2 ip-ta-a u2-s,al-la-a _en_-u2-ti | Concerning the preservation of his life, his supplications he opened, and my lordly majesty |
| 20' | {disz}e-ri-si-in-ni# _dumu_ ri-du-ti-szu2 a-na nina{ki} isz-pur-am-ma | Erisinni, son of Rīdušu, sent to Nineveh and |
| 21' | u2-na-asz2-szi-qa# _giri3#-min#_-ia re-e-mu ar-szi-szu-ma | he made my feet tremble. I prayed to him, and |
| 22' | _{lu2}a kin_-ia sza szul-mi u2-ma-'e-er _edin_-usz-szu2 | a messenger of mine who was in good health I sent to him. |
| 23' | _dumu-munus_ s,i-it lib3-bi-szu2 u2-sze-bi-la a-na e-pesz _{munus}agrig_-u2-ti | a daughter of his own free will I sent to do obeisance. |
| 24' | ma-da#-at#-ta-szu2 mah-ri-tu sza2 ina ter-s,i _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia | His earlier tribute, which in the time of the kings, my ancestors, |
| 25' | u2-szab#-t,i-lu isz-szu-u-ni a-di mah-ri-ia | They took (it) before me. |
| 26' | 3(u)# _ansze-kur-ra-mesz ugu_ ma-da-at-ti-szu2 mah-ri-ti | 30 horses on account of his earlier tribute |
| 27' | [x]-rad#-di-ma e-mi-is-su | ... and his word(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 28' | [...] ger#-ri-ia a-na {kur}elam-ma{ki} usz-te-esz-sze-ra har-ra-nu | ... my campaign to the land Elam I set off on the road. |
| 29' | [...] {d#}sin {d}utu {d}en {d}ag {d}1(u)-5(disz) sza nina{ki} | ... Sin, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Ishtar of Nineveh |
| 30' | [...]{ki#} {d}masz {d}u-gur {d}nusku | ..., Ninurta, Ugur, Nusku(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 31' | [...] szi-pir _{d}inanna-mesz_ | ... the work of the goddesses(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 32' | [...] _dingir-mesz_ {d}nin-nam-nir | ... the gods, Ninnamnir(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 33' | [...]-tum3# {kur}elam-ma{ki} a-na si-hir-ti-sza2 | ... the land Elam in its entirety(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 34' | [...]-man# _lugal_-szu2-nu | ...-sharri their king(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 35' | [...]-du# _hul_-tu | ... evil ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 36' | [...] qu#-ra#-de-e-szu2 | ... his warriors(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 37' | [...]-e#-szu2# | ... his ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| surface a col 3 | ||
| 1' | _ug3#-mesz_ a#-szib# [...] | The people who sat down ... |
| 2' | la isz-'a-a-lu# [...] | They did not listen to ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3' | _sag-du-mesz_-szu2-nu ak#-[...] | their heads ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4' | a-na ta-mar-ti _un-[...]_ | for viewing ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5' | {disz}im-ba-ap-pi {lu2#}[...] | Imbappi, the ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6' | sza ina e2-{disz}im-bi-[...] | which in the house of Imbi-(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7' | bal-t,u-us-su ul-[...] | (Sum) I am alive, [I am] well. (Akk) My life, I am well. |
| 8' | _szu-min_ u _giri3-min_ bi-re-tu2 an#-[...] | ditto and the feet ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9' | _munus-e2-gal dumu-mesz_-szu2 [...] | the queen, his sons ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10' | sza2 ina na-asz2-par-ti an-szar2 ina ger#-[...] | Who in the message of Anšar in ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11' | it-ti si-it-ti _un#-[...]_ | together with ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12' | u2-sze-s,a-am-ma [...] | he brought out and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13' | {disz}um-man-al-da-si _lugal#_ [...] | Ummanaldašu, king of(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14' | sza2 qe2-reb {kur}elam-ma{ki} [...] | who in the land Elam(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15' | {iri}ma-dak-tu _iri_ [...] | the city Madaktu, the city(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16' | in-na-bit-ma# [...] | he fell, and ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 17' | {disz}um-ba_-lagab_-u-a sza [...] | Umba-lāgabû’a, who(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18' | asz2-bu ina {gesz#}[...] | I sat down on the throne(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 19' | ki-ma sza2-a-szu-ma# [...] | Just as ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20' | {iri}bu-bi-lu _iri_ mu#-[...] | Bubilu, the city ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21' | ki-ma _ku6-hi-a_ is,-bat szu#-[...] | Like fish, he seized ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22' | {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu sza2 in-[...] | Tammarītu, who ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23' | qe2-reb {iri}szu-sza2-an# [...] | In Šušan(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 24' | _saga_-tu e-pu#-szu#-[...] | I made a good thing ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25' | isz#-te-ne2#-[...] | Ište-ne-...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
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