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RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 005 composite (P514714)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 005 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P514714 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
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| 1 | a-na-ku {disz}an-szar2-du3-a _lugal gal_-u _lugal_ dan-nu | I, Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king |
| 2 | _lugal szu2 lugal kur_ an-szar2{ki} _lugal_ kib-rat _limmu2_-tim | [king of the world, king of] Assyria, [king] of the four quarters (of the world), |
| 3 | _e3_ lib3-bi {disz}an-szar2-pap-asz _man kur_ an-szar2{ki} | descendant of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria. |
| 4 | _szagina_ babila2{ki} | general of Babylon |
| 5 | _lugal kur eme-gi7_ u3 uri{ki} | king of Sumer and Akkad. |
| 6 | _sza3-bala-bala_ {disz}{d}sin-pap-mesz-su | of Sin-papmešsu, |
| 7 | _lugal_ kisz-sza2-ti _lugal kur_ an-szar2{ki} | king of the world, king [of Assyria] |
| 8 | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ina _ukken_-szu2-nu | the great gods in their assembly |
| 9 | szi-mat _saga_-tim i-szi-mu szim-ti | a fate of good fortune, the fate of my fate, |
| 10 | uz-nu ra-pa-asz2-tum isz-ru-ku-u-ni | he gave me wide understanding. |
| 11 | kul-lat t,up-szar-ru-ti | all the scribal art |
| 12 | u2-sza2-hi-zu ka-ra-szi | “It is yours, you are the one who makes you rise up. |
| 13 | e-li _lugal-mesz_ a-szib pa-rak-ki | above the kings who dwell on the daises |
| 14 | zi-kir _mu_-ia u2-szar-ri-hu | the mention of my name they made great, |
| 15 | u2-szar-bu-u2 _en_-u2-ti | made great, my lordship |
| 16' | e2-hur-sag-gal-kur-kur-ra _e2_ an-szar2 | Eḫursaggalkurkurra |
| 17' | _en_-ia u2-szak-lil | my lord I made perfect. |
| 18' | _e2-gar8-mesz_-szu2 u2-szal-bi-sza2 _ku3-sig17 ku3-babbar_ | his walls he made it greater. Gold and silver |
| 19' | {gesz}tim-me _mah-mesz_ me-ser _ku3-babbar_ u2-rak-kis | large beams of silver he bound. |
| 20' | ina _ka2_ hi-s,ib _kur-kur_ az-qu-up | I buried in the gate of the refuge of the lands. |
| 21' | an-szar2 ina e2-hur-sag-gu-la u2-sze-rib-ma | I brought the god Aššar into the Eḫursaggula temple, |
| 22' | u2-szar-ma-a _bara2_ da-ra-a-ti | I made a permanent dais |
| 23' | e2-sag-il2 _e2-gal dingir-mesz du3_-usz | Esagil, the palace of the gods, built. |
| 24' | u2-szak-li-la _gesz-hur-mesz_-szu2 | I made his designs resplendent |
| 25' | {d}en {d}gaszan-mu {d}be-let-babila2{ki} | Bel, Ninmu, Bēlet-Babila, |
| 26' | x x [...] | |
| 27' | x [...] | |
| 28' | x [...] | |
| 29' | 5(u) _gun_ za-ha-lu-u eb-bu | 50 talents of bright zahalû-stone |
| 30' | a-na a-gur2-ri ap-ti-iq-ma | I turned into a pile of bricks |
| 31' | u2-rab-ba-a _edin_-usz-szu2 | he brought into his steppe. |
| 32' | x [...] | |
| 33' | a-na ma-a-a-al tak-ne2-e {d}en {d}gaszan-mu | To the one who trusts in Bel and Gašanmu, |
| 34' | sza2-kan ha-sza2-di e-pesz ru-'a-a-me | (Sum) I am the one who makes the ḫašādu-disease pass by (Akk) To make the ruʾû-demon pass by |
| 35' | nak-lisz e-pu-usz | I built anew. |
| 36' | ina ka2-hi-li-su3 masz-tak {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | in Kaḫilisu, the maštak-priest of Zarpanitu, |
| 37' | sza ku-uz-bu sa-al-hu ad-di | I drew up a sāḫu-object of kuzbu-plant. |
| 38' | 4(disz) _am-mesz ku3-babbar_ ek-du-u-ti | 4 wild bulls of ekdūtu silver |
| 39' | na-s,i-ru ki-bi-is _lugal_-u-ti-ia | the guardian of my royal majesty |
| 40' | ina _ka2_ s,i-it _{d}utu_-szi u _ka2 {d}lamma-ra-bi_ | in the gate of the rising of the sun and the gate [of the Lammarabi] |
| 41' | sza2 {iri}tar-bi-s,i az-qu-up | I destroyed the city Tarbiṣu. |
| 42' | a-di a-di-ni a-bi la i-ma-al-la-du | as long as my father lives, he will not be able to pay. |
| 43' | um-mi3 a-lit-ti la ba-na-at ina lib3-bi _ama_-sza2 | the mother of the child is not born in the heart of her mother |
| 44' | a-na e-pesz e2-hul2-hul2 iz-kur ni-bit _mu_-ia | for the construction of Eḫulhu Izkur, the one who initiates my name |
| 45' | {d}sin sza2 ib-na-an-ni a-na _lugal_-u-ti | the goddess Sîn, who created me, for kingship |
| 46' | um-ma {disz}an-szar2-du3-a e2-kur szu-a-tu2 ip-pu-usz-ma | Thus (says) Ashurbanipal, builder of that Ekur. |
| 47' | qe2-reb-szu2 u2-szar-man-ni pa-rak da-ra-a-ti | (Sum) He made me dwell inside it (Akk) He fashioned me into a dwelling forever |
| 48' | a-mat {d}sin sza2 ul-tu _u4-mesz_ | the word of Sîn that since days |
| 49' | ru-qu-u2-ti iq-bu-u | they ordered the extispicy. |
| 50' | e-nen-na u2-kal-lim _ug3-mesz_ ar-ku-u-ti | Now he has shown mercy on the old people. |
| 51' | _e2_ {d}sin sza2 {disz}{d}sal2-ma-nu_-masz a_ {disz}asz-szur-pap-ibila | the temple of Sîn, belonging to Shalmaneser (III), son of Ashurnasirpal (II) |
| 52' | _lugal_ pa-ni mah-ri-ia e-pu-szu | the king who had come before me had built, |
| 53' | la-ba-risz u2-sza2-lik-ma | he made (them) long lasting, and |
| 54' | u2-szad-gi-la pa-nu-u-a | he made my face bright. |
| 55' | e2-kur szu-a-tu2 sza2 la-ba-risz il-li-ku | That Ekur, which had become old, had become dilapidated. |
| 56' | ina a-mat {d}sin {d}nusku an-hu-us-su ad-ke | By the command of the gods Sîn (and) Nusku, I killed him. |
| 57' | e-li sza u4-me pa-ni szu-bat-su u2-rap-pisz | I broadened its area over the days of the past. |
| 58' | [...] x [...] | |
| 59' | {d}nin-kur-ra nak-lisz u2-sze-pisz-ma | I had the goddess Ninkura do obeisance. |
| 60' | a-na mu-ter-ri-szi _ti-la_-ia | to restore my life |
| 61' | ma-har _dingir-mesz_ ti-ik-le-ia | before the gods who support me |
| 62' | u2-kin na-an-za-sun2 | he established, and he set it up. |
| 63' | ul-tu s,e-he-ri-ia a-di ra-be2-ia | From my youth to my youth, |
| 64' | asz2-te-'a-a asz2-rat _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | I sought out the sanctuaries of the great gods, |
| 65' | {lu2}sza2-an-gu-ti ih-szu-hu | The šangû-priests rejoiced. |
| 66' | i-ram-mu na-dan zi-bi-ia | he will live and give my life. |
| 67' | {d}iszkur _szeg3-mesz_-szu2 u2-masz-sze-ra | the god Adad his rains he caused to rain down. |
| 68' | {d}e2-a u2-pat,-t,i-ra _idim-mesz_-szu2 | Ea released his rivers, |
| 69' | 5(disz) _kusz3 sze-am_ isz-qu ina _ab-sin2_-ni-szu2 | 5 cubits of barley washed in his furrow |
| 70' | e-ri-ik szu-bul-tu2 5/6(disz) _kusz3_ | he entered. The ration is 5/6 cubit. |
| 71' | _si-sa2 buru14_ na-pa-asz2 {d}nisaba | the harvest of Nisaba, |
| 72' | ka-a-a-an u2-szah-na-bu gi-pa-ru | Whenever they remove the reed screen, |
| 73' | s,ip-pa-a-ti szu-um-mu-ha in-bu | ṣippati (means) summuḫa-plant. |
| 74' | _masz2-ansze_ szu-te-szur ina ta-lit-ti | the goats, in the extispicy |
| 75' | ina _bala-mesz_-ia _he2-nun_ t,uh-du | in my reign abundance and prosperity |
| 76' | ina _mu-an-na-mesz_-ia ku-um-mu-ru _he2-gal2_-lum | In my years of abundance, abundance |
| 77' | 1(u) _ansze sze-pad-mesz_ 3(disz) _ansze gesztin-mesz_ | 10 homers of barley, 3 homer(s) of wine, |
| 78' | _2(ban2) i3-mesz_ 1(disz) _gun sig2-mesz_ ina nap-har _kur_-ia | 2 ban2 oil, 1 talent wool in all of my land |
| 79' | _ki-lam_ nap-szu2 i-szam-ma ina 1(disz) _gin2_ kas-pi | the price of his life he purchased and for 1 shekel of silver |
| 80' | szat-ti-szam-ma ina t,uh-di u me-sza2-ri | “If at any time in the future, |
| 81' | ar-te-'a-a ba-'u-lat {d}en-lil2 | I sought out the life of Enlil, |
| 82' | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ sza ap-tal-la-hu | the great gods who fear me, |
| 83' | _dingir_-us-su-un dun-nu zik-ru-u-ti | their god, the one who provides pious speech, |
| 84' | e-mu-qi2 s,i-ra-a-ti u2-szat-li-mu-in-ni | (As for) the one who destroys me with exalted forces, |
| 85' | _kur-kur_ la ma-gi-re-ia ina _szu-min_-ia im-nu-u2 | The foreign lands that I had conquered were in my hands |
| 86' | u2-szam-s,u-in-ni ma-la lib3-bi-ia | he made me go out, as much as my heart |
| 87' | ul-tu tam-tim e-liti a-di tam-tim szap-liti | From the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea, |
| 88' | sza _lugal-mesz ad-mesz_-ia ir-te-ed-du-u2 | which the kings, my ancestors, had established |
| 89' | u2-szak-ni-sza2 a-na ni-ri-ia | I made her bow down at my feet. |
| 90' | _gun_ man-da-at-tu2 szat-ti-szam-ma | a talent of payment each year |
| 91' | u2-kin _edin_-usz-szu2-un | he established. Their steppe |
| 92' | ina qi2-bit {d}sin {d}nin-gal {d}utu u {d}a-a | By the command of the deities Sîn, Ningal, Šamaš and Aya, |
| 93' | _lugal-mesz_ a-szib pa-rak-ki | the kings who dwell on the daises |
| 94' | u2-na-asz2-sza2-qu _giri3-min_-ia | they shall remove my feet |
| 95' | mal-ki _gal-mesz_ sza2 s,i-tasz u szi-la-an | The great rulers of the east and west |
| 96' | a-na kit-ri-szu2-nu u2-pa-qu-ni | they have entrusted to their kitrīšu. |
| 97' | ina u4-me-szu2-ma _e2_ {d}sin {d}nin-gal {d}utu {d}a-a | At that time, the temple of the gods Sîn, Ningal, Šamaš, Aya |
| 98' | sza qe2-reb nina{ki} sza {disz}an-szar2-pap-asz _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} | of Nineveh, belonging to Esarhaddon, king of Assyria. |
| 99' | _ad du3_-ia e-pu-szu2 | the father who had engendered me had built, |
| 100' | il-li-ku la-ba-risz | he went; he is old. |
| 101' | e2-kur szu2-a-tu2 e-na-ah-ma | this Ekur became dilapidated and |
| 102' | i-qu-pa _e2-gar8-mesz_-szu2 | he plundered his walls |
| 103' | e2-kur szu2-a-tu2 a-na si-hir-ti-szu2 | that Ekur in its entirety |
| 104' | ar-s,ip u2-szak-lil ul-la-a re-szi-szu2 | I built (and) completed (it) anew. |
| 105' | _gesz-ur3-mesz {gesz}szur-min3 mah?-mesz?_ | the harrows and the great cymbals |
| 106' | u2-szat-ri-s,a ta-ra-an-szu2 | (Sum) He made his tārānu-vessel (Akk) He caused his tarrû-vatšu-votary to be cut off |
| 107' | _{gesz}ig-mesz_ {gesz}li-ia-a-ri | doors of liyari wood |
| 108' | sza2 e-re-si-na _du10-ga_ | of sweet cedars |
| 109' | u2-rat-ta-a _ka2-mesz_-szu2 | the opening of his gates |
| 110' | ul-tu e2-kur szu2-a-tu2 u2-szak-li-lu | [(As for) the one who] removes [my inscription from] that Ekur, |
| 111' | u2-qat-tu-u ag-mu-ra szi-pir-szu2 | I have finished the work on it, and I am herewith sending it out. |
| 112' | {d}sin {d}nin-gal {d}nusku {d}utu u {d}a-a | Sîn, Ningal, Nusku, Šamaš and Aya |
| 113' | _dingir-mesz_ tik-le-ia | the gods who support me |
| 114' | ina qer-bi-szu2 u2-sze-rib-ma | I brought inside it, and |
| 115' | u2-szar-me _bara2_ da-ra-a-ti | (and) made (them) dwell on eternal dais(s) |
| 116' | ep-sze-ti-ia _saga-mesz_ ha-disz lit-tap-la-su? | may good deeds of mine be performed joyfully. |
| 117' | {d}sin {d}nin-gal {d}nusku {d}utu u {d}a-a | Sîn, Ningal, Nusku, Šamaš and Aya |
| 118' | _dingir-mesz_ tik-le-ia? | the gods who support me |
| 119' | ia-a-ti {disz}an-szar2-du3-a | For me, Ashurbanipal, |
| 120' | _lugal_ mi-gir lib3-bi-szu2-nu? | king, favorite of their heart |
| 121' | e-pisz ku-um-mi?-szu2-nu s,i-ru-ti? | “Exalted one(?) of their exalted kummītu-offerings, |
| 122' | pa-lih _dingir_-ti-szu2-nu _gal_-ti | who reveres their great divinity, |
| 123' | ina ni-ip-hi u ri-i-bi e-ma it-x x x? | in a niphu and rību, wherever(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 124' | _pi?_-x [...] sza-ma-me? | ... the heavens?(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 125' | _geszkim? saga?_ sza2 a-rak u4-me pa-le-ia? | the good sign(?) of the days of my reign |
| 126' | [...] _lugal_-ti-ia? | ... my kingship(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 127' | szul-bur _suhusz? {gesz}gu-za en_-u-ti-ia? | Šulbur, the foundation of my lordly throne |
| 128' | _iti_-szam-ma? la na-par-ka-a | The month of Tammuz is not to be changed. |
| 129' | li-tap-pa-lu? a-ha-mesz | They should shave each other. |
| 130' | [...]-szu2?-nu? | ... their(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 131' | ina tukul-ti-szu2-nu _gal_-te e-ma a-qab-bu-u la-be-el | With their great support, may I rule wherever I speak. |
| 132' | a-szar u2-s,ar-ra-mu li-ik-szu-da _szu-min_-a-a | wherever he wishes may my hands be grasped. |
| 133' | a-na _egir_ u4-me ina _dumu-mesz dumu dumu-mesz_ | In the future, in the sons of the children |
| 134' | _dumu-mesz_ u _dumu-mesz_ ina _lugal-mesz dumu-mesz_-ia | the sons and daughters among the kings, my descendants |
| 135' | sza2 an-szar2 {d}sin {d}utu ut-tu-szu2-ma a-na be-lut _kur_ u _ug3-mesz_ | of Ashur, Sîn, (and) Šamaš gave him, and for the rule of the land and people |
| 136' | i-nam-bu-u zi-kir-szu2 | they name his name, |
| 137' | e-nu-ma esz-re-e-ti sza2-ti-na | When those shrines |
| 138' | i-lab-bi-ra-ma en-na-ha | he will bind, and ennaḫa |
| 139' | an-hu-us-si-na lu-ud-disz | Let me renovate their dilapidated section(s). |
| 140' | _mu-sar_-u2 szi-t,ir _mu_-ia | a inscription written in my name |
| 141' | li-mu-ur-ma _i3-mesz_ lip-szu-usz | may they see, and may they remove oil. |
| 142' | _{udu}siskur bala_-qi2 a-na asz2-ri-szu2 lu-ter | a scepter of reconciliation may I return to its place. |
| 143' | ki-i sza2 a-na-ku _mu-sar_-u | as I a inscription |
| 144' | szi-t,ir szu-me {disz}an-szar2-pap-asz _man kur_ asz-szur{ki} | Scribe: Esarhaddon, king of Assyria. |
| 145' | _ad du3_-ia a-mu-ru | the father who had engendered me, I saw |
| 146' | _i3-mesz_ ap-szu-szu2 _{udu}siskur_ aq-qu-u | oil of the Apsūšu, a sacrifice I made. |
| 147' | it-ti _mu-sar_-re-e szi-t,ir szu-mi3-ia asz2-ku-nu | with an inscribed object bearing my name I established. |
| 148' | at-ta ki-ma ia-a-ti-ma | You, like me, |
| 149' | _mu-sar_-a-a a-mur-ma | see my inscribed object, and |
| 150' | _i3-mesz_ pu-szu-usz _{udu}siskur bala_-qi2 | oil, a šakku-offering, balāqu-disease, |
| 151' | it-ti mu-sza2-re-e | with mūšarê |
| 152' | szi-t,ir szu-mi3-ka szu-kun? | Place (in it) a written document of your name. |
| 153' | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ ma-la ina mu-sza2-re-e | the great gods, as many as in the night |
| 154' | an-ne2-e sza2-at,-ru | This is written down. |
| 155' | _lugal_-ut-ka lik-tar-ra-bu | May your kingship bless you. |
| 156' | li-is,-s,u-ru _bala-mesz_-ka | may they guard your reigns |
| 157' | sza mu-sza2-ru-u szi-t,ir szu-me _ad_ ba-ni-ia | who the inscribed object bearing the name of the father who created me |
| 158' | u szi-t,ir szu-mi3-ia ib-ba-tu2 | and the inscribed object bearing my name |
| 159' | ina mim-ma szi-pir ni-kil-ti u2-hal-la-qu | [With] any crafty device they destroy (them). |
| 160' | it-ti _mu-sar_-e szi-t,ir szu-mi3-szu2 | with an inscribed object bearing his name |
| 161' | la i-szak-ka-nu | they shall not place. |
| 162' | _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ sza2 _an_-e u _ki_-tim | the great gods of heaven and netherworld |
| 163' | _lugal_-us-su lis-ki-pu | may his king be defeated. |
| 164' | _mu_-szu2 _numun_-szu2 i-na _kur_ lu-hal-li-qu | may his name and his seed disappear from the land. |
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