RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 023, ex. 009 (P514548)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 023, ex. 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P514548 |
| Museum no. | unknown |
| 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)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...]-szar2{ki} | ...-šar(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3' | [...]-bal-lu | ...-ballu(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4' | [...]-li#-mu | ...-limu(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5' | [...] _du3#_-ia | ... he built.(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 6' | [...]-ti | ...-ti(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7' | [...]-bi-ia | ... my(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8' | [...]-re-ia | my ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9' | [...]-u2-[x] | ...-u...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10' | [...] s,ir#?-te | ... supreme(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11' | [...]-kun#-ma | ... you set up, and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12' | [...] szi#-pir#-szu2# | ... his work(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13' | [...] _eren# mah-mesz_ | ... great cedars(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 14' | [...]-rib-ma | ... and(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 15' | _[...]-gar_-i-szu2 | his ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 16' | [...] par#-s,e-sza2? | ... her rites(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 17' | [...]-tu | ...-tu(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 18' | [...]-mal#-li | ...-malli(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 19' | [...]-nu | ...-nu(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 20' | [...] nina#{ki} | ... of Nineveh(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 21' | [...]-iz# | ...-iz(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 22' | [...] x [x x?] | |
| 23' | [...]-szat#-ri-is,# | ...-šatariṣ(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 24' | [...] u _ki_-tim | ... and earth(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 25' | [...]-s,i# da3-re-e | ... to be present(?)(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 26' | [...] {d}gaszan-ia | ... the goddess Bēlet-ia(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 27' | [...] ru#?-'a#-[...] zar-pa-ni-tum | ... ruʾa-... zarpanitum(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 28' | _[...]-gi# husz-[...] marduk man#_ [...]-'i#-im _bala_-ia aq-qisz | ... fierce ... Marduk, king of ..., I presented my reign. |
| 29' | _[...]-bar#_ mim-ma [...]-pisz#?-ma qe2-[x x]-sag#-gil2 _e2-gal dingir-mesz_ u2-kin# | ... anything ... and ... the palace of the gods he established. |
| 30' | [...]-di# gaba#-[x?] x x [x?] ar#-s,ip u2-szak-lil | ... I built and completed ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 31' | [...]-du3#-e-ne | ... they will build(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 32' | [...] x [...]{ki#} ul-[x] | ... ... the city ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 33' | [...]-qu?-u2-ti | ...-quti(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 34' | [...] _gun#_ za#-ha-lu-u eb-bu | ... is surrounded by a halo of reddish zahalû-stone. |
| 35' | [...] u2-sze-pisz | ... I had built.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 36' | [...] s,ir#-ti hur#-sza2-nisz asz2-pu-uk | I poured out a lofty ... in the mountains. |
| 37' | [...] x ap-tiq-ma | ... I opened and(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 38' | [...]-risz# an-hu-su ud-disz | ... its ruins were rebuilt.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 39' | [...] _{gesz}ig-mesz_ {gesz#}li#-ia-a-ri | ... doors of liyari wood(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 40' | [...] _umbin_ us-si-[x] _e2_ | ... the middle ... of the house(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 41' | [...] x u2-szad-gi-lu pa-[x]-u2-a | ... they made my ... shine(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 42' | [...] u2#-szal-bisz e2-me-lam2#-an-na | ... made complete, the Emelamana(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 43' | [...] _en_-ia ul-ziz 2(disz) lah3-me esz-ma-re-e | ... my lord, I sat down with two laḫmu-vessels of eshmāru-wood. |
| 44' | [...]-hul2# ul-ziz _e2_ a2-ki-tu | ... rejoiced over the house of the akītu priestess |
| 45' | [...] da3-re-e za-[x]-lu#-[x] eb-bu | ... mighty ..., pure ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 46' | [...] at#-man {d#}[x] _sukkal# mah_ | ... Atman, ..., exalted vizier(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 47' | [...] _husz-mesz_ | ... furious ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 48' | [...] ul#-ziz | ... stood ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 49' | [...]-ti | ...-ti(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 50' | [...] x | |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | {disz}u2#-[...] | U...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2 | _ansze-[...]_ | ... donkey(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3 | ina e#-[...] | In ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 4 | _lugal_ {kur}[...] | king of the land(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5 | sza2 ni-[...]-szu2 u2#-[...] | Whose ... ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6 | ap-pul# [...] x _an_ x [...] | I destroyed ... ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7 | {disz}um-man_-[...]-min# lugal_-u-ti-ia ina# [x _x]-za#-[...]_ | Adad-... my royal majesty in ... |
| 8 | ina {iri#}[...]-na#-a sza2 ul-tu2 _ud-mesz# su3#-mesz_ [...] x [...] | In the city ...nâ, which from distant days ... ... |
| 9 | ul-tu2#? [...]-s,a#-am-ma a-na _unu#{ki} iri#_ be-lu-ti#-[...] sza# ta-[x x] | From ... and to Uruk, the city of lordship ... which ... |
| 10 | u2-[...]-ti# {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu2 {disz}pa-'e#-e {disz#}um#-[...] e#-pu-szu2 be-lut {kur}[...] | ... Tammarītu, Paʾê (and) Um- performed (them) and ruled the land |
| 11 | sza2 an#-[...]-szi-bat limmu2-dingir{ki} u2-szak#-szi-du qa-ti [...]-ti#-ia ip-pu-szu2 _ARAD#_-[x x] | which ...-šibat (Babylonia) had made surpassing, the hand of my ... they did, servant of ... |
| 12 | {disz}du#-[...]-bu#-la-a-a sza _{gesz}dun4_ an-szar2# is,#-lu#-[x] a-na {kur#}elam-ma{ki} it-tak#-[...] | Du-[...]bulāya, who ... the bolt of Anšar, ... to Elam ... |
| 13 | _iri#_ [...]-szu2 sza2 ina bi-rit# _id2-mesz_ [x]-da-at-tu2 [x]-bat-su _kur_-[x] sza2-a-szu2 bal#-t,u-us-su ina _szu-min_ as,#-[...] | The city ...shu, which between the rivers ...dattu, ...battusu, and the land ..., which is his, I subdued. |
| 14 | [...]-a a-na _kur_ an-szar2{ki} [...]_-en-mu-mesz dumu {disz}{d}marduk-a-asz ARAD_ da-gil2 pa-ni-ia# [...] | ... to Assyria ...-enmūmeš, son of Marduk-apla-iddina, a servant who belonged to me ... |
| 15 | [...] in-na-bi-tu [...] elam#-ma{ki} hat-ti an-szar2 _en_-ia is-hup#-szu2 _nu_ x _har_ {lu2}ki-zu-[x] | ... they fell ... Elam, the land of Assyria, my lord, was destroyed, not ... the ... |
| 16 | [...]-ras-si-bu a-ha-[...]-man-al-da-si _man_ {kur}elam-ma{ki} pu-luh-tu2 ir-szi-ma# [...] | ...-rassibu Aha-...-manaldasi king of the land Elam fear grew and ... |
| 17 | [...]-ri#-ia a-na ep-[...] an#-szar2 {d}nin-lil2# pa-gar-szu2 ul ad-din a-na qe2-be2#-[...] | I did not give to the gods Aššar and Ninlil his prerogative, but to the command of |
| 18 | [...]-e-nu sza2 _mun_ e#-[...] asz2!(I)-ku-nu-usz a-na _lugal_-u-ti babila2{ki} _mun#_ e-pu-szu2-usz# im-[...] | ... of salt I ... I imposed upon him. For the kingship of Babylon I did salt I |
| 19 | [...] _ARAD#-mesz_ da-gil2 [...] it-ti-ia u2-szam#-kir2-ma ip-ru-sa# _szesz#_-ut-tu# | ... servants of Dagil, ... with me, and he opened her eyes. |
| 20 | [...]-ia ep-sze-ti#-[...] ip-pal-su-ma il#-li#-ku re-s,u-u-ti-ma# _me3_-szu2-nu dan-ni | ... my deeds ... they saw him and went to help them and their strong battle |
| 21 | x [...]-sza2-hi-zu# u2#-szaq#-[...]-szu2 {disz}u2#-a-a-te-e' _lugal_ {kur}[x]-mu-el3 | ...-šaḫizu ... Uaite', king of the land ...mūl |
| 22 | sza2# [...]-su ina# _szu#-[x]_ as,#-bat {disz}am-mu#-la-ad-di [x] {kur}qe2-da-a-ri | I seized Ammu-laddi of the land Qedar. |
| 23 | ina [x]-hu#_-[...]-a_-ia# isz#-[...]-di# mah-ri-ia il-[x]-u#-ni bal-t,u-us-su | In my ... ... they ... before me, and I am alive. |
| 24 | ul-tu _{gesz#}tukul#-[...]_-ti# {kur}elam#-[... ...]-szu#-du i-na-ru# {disz}ku-ra-asz2 _man_ {kur}par-su-ma-asz2 | From the weapon of the land Elam ... ... they swore an oath by Kuraš, king of Parsua. |
| 25 | {disz}pi-isz-lu-me-e# [...]-me#-ri _lugal#-[...]_ ru-u-qu sza2 ina [x]-hi {kur}[x]-ma{ki} ul-liti asz2-bu | Pišl[umê ...]-meri, king of ..., a prince who sat in ...ma for a long time. |
| 26 | pu-luh-ti _an-[...]-lil2_ [x] {d}1(u)-5(disz)# [...] limmu2#-dingir{ki} is-hup#-[x]-nu#-ti#-ma ir-szu2-u na-kut-tu | The fear of ...-lili ... the goddess Ištar ... of the city Elam ... and he became frightened. |
| 27 | _{lu2}mah-mesz_-szu2-nu sza2 t,u#-[...]-lum#-me-e# it#-ti# [...]-ti ana _igi_-ia u2#-[x x]-nim#-ma u2-na-asz2-szi-qu _giri3-min_-ia2 | Their eunuchs who ... ... with ... in front of me ... and they smashed my feet. |
| 28 | {disz}tam-ma-ri-tu2 {disz}pa-'e#-[x] {disz#}um-man-al#-da#?-[...] elam-ma{ki} [x] ia-[x x]-e'# _man_ {kur}su-mu-el3 | Tammarītu, Paʾu, Ummanalda ... Elam ... king of Sumuʾil. |
| 29 | sza2 ina qi2-bit an-szar2 [...] u3#? {d}1(u)-5(disz) [...]-szu-da _szu#-min_-a-a ul#-tu# a-na e-pesz# {udu}_[x]-mesz#_ | By the command of (the god) Ashur ... and the goddess ...šuda, my handiwork, from the beginning to the completion of |
| 30 | szul-lum par-s,e [...] e2-masz-masz [...]-e#? ina {gesz}sza2 szad-da#-[x] ru-[x x]-ti-ia | The šullum ritual, the parṣi-rites, the emašmash ritual, and the ... rituals of the Emashmash temple |
| 31 | ki-ma# mur-ni-is#-[...]-su-nu-ti# [...]-a#-ni {disz}{d}1(u)-5(disz)-bad3 _man#_ [...] _ad#-mesz_-szu2 | Like Urnissu-sunūti ... I, Ištar-duri, the king, ... his fathers |
| 32 | a-na _ad#-[...]_-ap#-pa-ru-u-[...]-na# da-na-nu ep-sze-e#-[x x] | To Ad...-aparu..., the mighty one, ... |
| 33 | _dingir-mesz gal#-[x]_ i#-szi-mu-u2#-[...] _ugu_-szu2 im-[...]-pa-ra | The great gods heard ... against him ... |
| 34 | um-ma# [...] _lugal# en_-ia [...]-a#-a-ti sza2 a#-[...]-u2-qu | Thus says ..., the king, my lord: the ...s who ... |
| 35 | sza#? [...]-ia# la kan-szu2 [...] na#?-ba-a-a-ti#? [...] x _ad_ x | Whose ... is unrivaled, whose ... cannot be changed, ... ... |
| 36 | [...]-lu-u ta-[...] _nin#-lil2# dingir-mesz#_ [...] u2#-tak-kil-u-in-ni | ... ... the goddess Ninlil of the gods ... made me bow down. |
| 37 | [...] _bad5-bad5_-[...] ap#-pul [...] kar-me u2-ter | ... I annihilated ..., I destroyed, I returned ... to ruin hills. |
| 38 | [...] _dumu-munus-[...]_-lat# _kur_-szu2 ka#-[...]-na# _kur_ an-szar2{ki} | ... daughter of ... his land ... the land of Assur |
| 39 | [...] 1(u) 5(disz) ip-par-szi#-[...] ma?-a-ti | ... 15 ipparši-... the land(?)(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 40 | [...]-at-ti-szu2 ka#-[...] a-di mah-ri-ia | ... his ... before me(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 41 | [...]-ru _lugal {kur}ni-[...]-lil2 dingir-mesz_ tik-le-ia | ...ru, king of the land Nilil, the gods who support me |
| 42 | [...]-ti#-szam la ba#-t,a-[...]-la#-a be#-lu-u2-[x] | ... not ... my lord(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 43 | [...] _lugal#_ sza2 {kur}qa-de#-e [...]-e# asz2-bu sza2 ma#-ti-ma#? | ... king of the land Qadê ... who dwells in the land since time immemorial |
| 44 | [...]-bu-[...] an#-szar2# {d}nin#-[...]-bu-szu2-nu sza t,u#-[x x] | ... Aššar and Nin-... their ... that ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 45 | [...] man-da-[...]-du-u-ni [...]-ni# a-di mah#-[x x] | ... ... until ... supreme ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 46 | [...] isz-a-lu4 [...] szi#-i-lum _man edin#?_ sza2 ina {kur}ha-az-[...] | ... he filled ... life, the king of the steppe, who in the land Ḫaz... |
| 47 | [...] tam-tim asz2-bu# _[...]-mesz_ tik-le#-[x] is#-hup-u2-szu-[x] | ... the sea, dwelling ... ... they destroyed ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 48 | [...]-tim# u na-ba-[...]-szu2 _dugud_-ti# [x x]-ka# a-di mah-ri#-[x] | ... and his heavy ... until before ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 49 | [...]-al-ma u2-na_-[...]-mesz ad#-[...]_-bu# da-s,a#-[x x] | ... and ...s ... ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 50 | [...] _nin-lil2 en-mesz#-[...]_ | ... Ninlil, lords ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 51 | [...] u2#-sze-bi-lam-ma# [...] | ... I sent to you and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 52 | x [...]-la-a be-lu-[...] | ... lord(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 53 | [...] _numun#_ hal-ga#-ti#-[...] | ... the seed of the halgatu-plant ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 54 | ik#_-[...]-bar#_ a-ri#-ri# [...]-me# [...] | Ik-...-bar, the herald, ...-me ... |
| 55 | _numun#_ [...]-lat _a2_-szu2 _[...]-kunga#-[...]_ | seed ... his arm ...-kunga-...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 56 | isz-[...] {disz}tug-dam-mi3#-[...]-u2# gu#-[...] | Tugdammī-u, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 57 | a-na# [...]-kil-ma _erin2-hi-a#_-[...]-na# e-pesz _muru2#_ [...] | To ...-kilma and the troops ... to build the city ... |
| 58 | an-szar2 [...] 1(u) 5(disz)# sza2 {iri}limmu2-dingir [x x] pi-i-szu2 er-hi [...] | Aššar ... 15 of Limmu-ilī ... his mouth a lament ... |
| 59 | ina a-mat# _[...]-bar#_ ul-tu2 _an_-[...]-ma sza2-a-szu2 _erin2-hi-a-[...]_ | At the command of ... from ... and that ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 60 | {disz}tug-[...] ir#-szi-ma# [...] _karasz_-su is-suh#-[...] | TUG-... became angry and ... his camp he sank |
| 61 | pu-luh#-[...] sza2# {iri#}[...]-tak#-kil-u-in-ni is#-[...] | The devastation of ... of the city ...-takkilunni(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 62 | u3 su#-[...] x [...]-hur# _ku3-sig17_ lu-bul-tu# bir#-[...] | And ... ... of gold, the ubûtu-garment ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 63 | s,i-mit#-[...]-ut# _me3#_ man-da-at#-ta-szu2 _dugud#_-[...]-lam#-ma u2-[...] | ... ... of the battle, his tribute heavy ... and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 64 | a-na [...]-az#-kir2-szu2-ma# u2#-dan-nin it#-[...]-ta#_-kam_ ma-mitu szu-u [...] | ... to ... and strengthens it ... ... that curse ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 65 | _gal-mesz#_ [...] x _[x]-hul#_ a-szar ti-ib# [x] ih#-t,i ina mi-s,ir# [...] | Great ... ... evil where ... has fallen, in the middle of ... |
| 66 | a-na# [...]-me# u2-na-szak [x]-ti#-szu2 mut-ta-as-su# [...] | ... to ... he will place his ..., his life ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 67 | si#-[...]-li# u8-a a-a iq#-ta#-ti na-pisz-tusz [...] | ... my ewes, may they not die of hunger, the life of ... |
| 68 | ina# hat#-[...]-ia# ina u4-me an-na-a [x]-mu#-[...] | In my ..., on this day ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 69 | al-bi#-[...]-s,u#-ti# si-it-ti _{lu2#}kur2-mesz#_ [...] | I ... the rest of the enemies ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 70 | {d}nin#-[...]-ia#? ip-tal-la#-[...] | Niniya opened(?)(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 71 | ina u4-me-szu2# [...] | At that time, ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 72 | i-na-ha# [...] | Inaḫa(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 73 | ab-tuq-ma [...] | I fell, and ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 74 | _alam_ x [...] | |
| 75 | sa-pi-in [...] | (Sum) The sapin priestess(?) ... (Akk) ... the sapīn priest |
| 76 | _gaszan gal_-[x] x [...] | Great lady ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 77 | x x _u2_ x [...] | |
| 78 | ba-lat, _zi_-tim [...] | Life of . .(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 79 | [x]-na# szi-rik#-[...] | ... a širik-vessel(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 80 | szuk-ni-szi [...] | Establish ... for her ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 81 | _szu-min-mu_ x [...] | My hands ... ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 82 | a-na szur-[...] | to Šur-(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 83 | i-na-an#-[...] x x [...] | Now ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 84 | it-ti [...]-ki# ra-bi-ti [...] | With your great(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 85 | _nun_ [...] _dumu#-mesz_-ia sza2 ina _bala-[...]_ | The prince ... my sons who in the reign of ... |
| 86 | an#-[...]-ud#-disz szi-t,ir _mu_-ia a-na asz2-[...] | ... my inscribed name to ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 87 | [...] _gaszan gal_-tu a-na ni-isz# _szu-min-[...]_ | ... the great lady, for the ... of ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 88 | [...] u3# _me3_ re-s,u-us-su a-a il-lik x [...] | ... and battle, may his help not go ... ... |
| 89 | [...]-har an#-szar2 ha-'i-i-ri-sza2 _munus-hul_-szu2 lit-[...] | ... Ashur, her husband, may her evil ... |
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