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Sennacherib 003 (Q003477)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSennacherib 003
IDQ003477
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK; Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotKuyunjik (Nineveh)
Coordinates36.3587, 43.1519

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Obverse [0:3] 11–33Sennacherib, great king, strong king, king of Assyria, unrivalled king, pious shepherd who reveres the great gods, guardian of truth who loves justice, renders assistance, goes to the aid of the weak, (and) strives after good deeds, perfect man, virile warrior, foremost of all rulers, the bridle that controls the insubmissive, (and) the one who strikes enemies with lightning:
Obverse [3:4] 44–44The god Aššur, the great mountain, granted to me unrivalled sovereignty and made my weapons greater than (those of) all who sit on (royal) daises.
Obverse [4:7] 55–77At the beginning of my kingship, I brought about the defeat of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), king of Karduniaš (Babylonia), together with the troops of (the land) Elam in the plain of Kish. In the midst of that battle he abandoned his camp. He fled alone and escaped to the land Guzummānu, (where) he entered the swamps and marshes and (thereby) saved his life. I seized the chariots, wagons, horses, mules, donkeys, camels, and Bactrian camels that he had abandoned in the thick of battle.
Obverse [7:9] 88–99I joyfully entered his palace, which is in Babylon, then I opened his treasury and brought out gold, silver, gold (and) silver utensils, precious stones, all kinds of possessions (and) property, a substantial treasure, (together with) his wife, his palace women, courtiers, attendants, all of the craftsmen, as many as there were, (and) his palace attendants, and I counted (them) as booty.
Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010I pursued him to the land Guzummānu and ordered my warriors into the midst of swamps and marshes. For five days they searched (for him), but his (hiding) place could not be found.
Obverse [10:12] 1111–1212With the strength of the god Aššur, my lord, I surrounded, conquered, (and) plundered 89 fortified cities, fortresses of Chaldea, and 820 small(er) settlements in their environs. I brought out the auxiliary forces of the Arameans and Chaldeans who were in Uruk, Nippur, Kish, Ḫursagkalamma, (and) Cutha, together with the guilty citizens, and I counted (them) as booty.
Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313I appointed over them Bēl-ibni, a son of a rab banî (and) a scion of Šuanna (Babylon) who had grown up like a young puppy in my palace, as king of the land of Sumer and Akkad.
Obverse [13:16] 1414–1616On my return march, I defeated all together the Tuʾmūna, Riḫiḫu, Yadaqqu, Ubudu, Gibrê, Maliḫu (Malaḫu), Gurumu, Ubulu, Damunu, (15) Gambulu, Ḫindaru, Ruʾuʾa, Puqudu, Ḫamrānu, Ḫagarānu, Nabatu, (and) Liʾtaʾu, insubmissive Arameans. I carried off into Assyria a substantial booty (consisting of) 208,000 people, male and female, 7,200 horses (and) mules, 11,073 donkeys, 5,230 camels, 80,100 oxen, (and) 800,600 sheep and goats.
Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717In the course of my campaign, I received a substantial audience gift from Nabû-bēl-šumāti, the official in charge of the city Ḫararatu (Ḫarutu): gold, silver, large musukkannu-trees, donkeys, camels, oxen, and sheep and goats.
Obverse [17:19] 1818–1919I put to the sword the population of the city Ḫirimmu, a dangerous enemy who since time immemorial had not submitted to my yoke, and I did not leave one alive. I reorganized that district (and) imposed for eternity one ox, ten sheep, ten homers of wine, (and) twenty homers of dates as his first-fruits offerings to the gods of Assyria, my lords.
Obverse [19:21] 2020–2121On my second campaign, the god Aššur, my lord, encouraged me and I marched to the land of the Kassites and the land of the Yasubigallians, a dangerous enemy who since time immemorial had not submitted to the kings, my ancestors. In the high mountains, difficult terrain, I rode on horseback and had my personal chariot carried on (men’s) necks. In very rugged terrain I roamed about on foot like a wild bull.
Obverse [21:23] 2222–2323I surrounded (and) conquered the city Bīt-Kilamzaḫ, their fortified city. I brought out of it people, young (and) old, horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats, and I counted (them) as booty. I destroyed, devastated, (and) turned into ruins their small(er) settlements, which were without number. I burned with fire the pavilions (and) tents that they relied upon, and reduced (them) to ashes.
Obverse [23:26] 2424–2626I made that city Bīt-Kilamzaḫ a fortress again (and) strengthened its enceinte more than before. I settled therein the people of the lands that I had conquered. (25) I brought down from the mountains the people of the land of the Kassites and the land of the Yasubigallians who had fled from my weapons and I made (them) dwell in the cities Ḫardišpu (and) Bīt-Kubatti. I placed them under the authority of a eunuch of mine, the governor of the city Arrapḫa. I had a stele made, had all the victorious conquests that I achieved over them written on it, and I erected (it) in (that) city.
Obverse [26:29] 2727–2929I turned around (lit. “I turned the front of my yoke”) and took the road to the land Ellipi. Before my arrival, Ispabāra, their king, abandoned his fortified cities (and) his treasury and fled far away. I overwhelmed all of his wide land like a fog. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire the cities Marubištu (and) Akkuddu, cities of his royal house, together with thirty-four fortified cities and small(er) settlements in their environs, which were without number, then I cut down their orchards (and) poured deathly quiet over their fertile fields. (In this manner) I reduced to desolation the land Ellipi to its full extent.
Obverse [29:31] 3030–3131I carried off people, young (and) old, male and female, horses, mules, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats without number and brought them to nought. I detached from his land the cities Ṣi(ṣ)ṣirtu (and) Kummaḫlum, fortified cities, together with the small(er) settlements in their environs (and) the district of the land Bīt-Barrû in its entirety, and I added (this area) to the territory of Assyria.
Obverse [31:32] 3232–3232I took the city Elenzaš as a royal city and a fortress for that district, then I changed its former name and called it Kār-Sennacherib.
Obverse [32:33] 3333–3333On my return march, I received a substantial payment from the distant Medes, of whose land none of the kings, my ancestors, had heard mention. (Thus) I made them bow down to the yoke of my lordship.
Obverse [33:36] 3434–3636At that time, Nineveh, the exalted cult center, the city loved by the goddess Ištar in which all of the rituals for gods and goddesses are present; (35) the enduring foundation (and) eternal base whose plan had been designed by the stars (lit. “writing”) of the firmament and whose arrangement was made manifest since time immemorial; a sophisticated place (and) site of secret lore in which every kind of skilled craftsmanship, all of the rituals, (and) the secret(s) of the lalgar (cosmic subterranean water) are apprehended;
Obverse [36:38] 3737–3838in which since time immemorial earlier kings, my ancestors, before me exercised dominion over Assyria and ruled the subjects of the god Enlil, and wherein annually, without interruption, they received an income unsurpassed in amount, the tribute of the rulers of the four quarters (of the world);
Obverse [38:40] 3939–4040(but) not one among them had paid heed to (or) shown interest in the palace inside it, the seat of lordly dwelling whose site had become too small; (40) nor had anyone (of them) conceived of and put his mind towards the straightening of the city’s street(s) and the widening of (its) squares, the dredging of the river, (and) the planting of orchards:
Obverse [40:43] 4141–4343(But) as for me, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, the performing of this work came to my attention by the will of the gods and I put my mind to it. I forcibly removed the people of Chaldea, Aramean (tribes), the land of the Manneans, (and) the lands Que and Ḫilakku, who had not submitted to my yoke, then I made them carry baskets (of earth) and they made bricks. I cut down canebrakes in Chaldea and I had their splendid reeds hauled (to Nineveh) for its (the palace’s) construction by enemy soldiers whom I had defeated.
Obverse [43:47] 4444–4747The former palace, which was 360 cubits long opposite the zamû-wall of the ziggurrat, 80 cubits wide opposite the tower of the temple of the goddess Ištar, 134 cubits wide opposite the tower of the Bīt-Kidmuri, (and) 95 cubits wide (on the other side); (45) which earlier kings, my ancestors, had had constructed for their lordly dwelling, but whose construction they had carried out inexpertly — the Tebilti River, a tempestuous flood (of water) which when it rose had destroyed sacred buildings inside the city and exposed the mounds of their tombs (lit. “their mounded tombs”) to the sun, and which had flowed from distant days by the side of the palace and which (thereby) had caused erosion in its foundation when its flood was in full spate (and) had shaken its base:
Obverse [47:48] 4848–4848I tore down that small palace in its entirety, then I changed the course of the Tebilti River, repaired (the effects of) the erosion, and directed its outflow.
Obverse [48:52] 4949–5252In the hidden depths of its subterranean waters I bonded together, with bitumen, reeds below (and) strong mountain stone above, then I raised (that) area out of the water and converted (it) to dry land. (50) I filled in and measured a terrace of 700 large aslu-cubits along (its) longer side, 162 large aslu-cubits along (its) upper, northern shorter side, 217 large aslu-cubits along the inner, shorter side, (and) 386 large aslu-cubits along the lower, southern shorter side, (which is) beside the Tigris River. In order to prevent its foundation from being weakened over the passage of time by cresting flood(s), I surrounded its damp course with large limestone slabs (and thereby) reinforced its base.
Obverse [52:53] 5353–5353I inscribed objects bearing my name 160 courses of brick within the terrace and I deposited (them) deep down in its foundation for ever after.
Obverse [53:55] 5454–5555Afterwards, I decided to increase the height of the terrace, then I added 20 courses of brick to the former (terrace) and (thus) I raised (it) to a (total) height of 180 courses of brick. (55) I made the area larger than before, added (it) to the former dimensions of the palace, and (thus) enlarged its structure.
Obverse [55:56] 5656–5656I had a palace of elephant ivory, ebony, boxwood, musukkannu-wood, cedar, cypress, juniper, and terebinth, (a palace that I named) Egalzagdinutukua (“The Palace Without a Rival”), constructed thereon as my royal residence.
Obverse [56:57] 5757–5757I planted alongside it (the palace) a botanical garden, a replica of Mount Amanus, which has all kinds of aromatic plants (and) fruit trees, trees that are the mainstay of the mountains and Chaldea, collected inside it.
Obverse [57:58] 5858–5858To plant gardens, I subdivided the meadowland upstream of the city into plots of two pānu each for the citizens of Nineveh and I handed (them) over to them.
Obverse [58:60] 5959–6060To make (those) planted areas luxuriant, I cut with iron picks a canal straight through mountain and valley, from the border of the city Kisiri to the plain of Nineveh. (60) I caused an inexhaustible supply of water to flow there for a distance of one and a half leagues from the Ḫusur River (and) made (it) gush through feeder canals into those gardens.
Obverse [60:61] 6161–6161I enlarged the site of Nineveh, my capital city. I broadened its squares and brought light into the alleys and streets, making (them) as bright as day.
Obverse [61:63] 6262–6363In the future, may one of the kings, my descendants, whom the god Aššur names for shepherding the land and people, renovate its dilapidated section(s) when that palace becomes old and dilapidated. May he find an inscribed object bearing my name, anoint (it) with oil, make an offering, (and) return (it) to its place. The god Aššur will (then) hear his prayers.
Obverse [63:64] 6464–6464The line count of the inscription is 63 (lines). Sibūti, eponymy of Nabû-lēʾi, governor of the city Arbela (702).

Transliteration (ATF)

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1{m}{d}EN.ZU-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-eri-ba LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} LUGAL la ša₂-na-an RE.E₂.UM mut-nen-nu-u₂ pa-liḫ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ
2na-ṣir kit-ti ra-ʾi-im mi-ša₂-ri e-piš u₂-sa-a-ti a-lik tap-pu-ut a-ki-i sa-ḫi-ru dam-qa-a-ti
3eṭ-lu git₂-ma-lum zi-ka-ru qar-du a-ša₂-red kal ma-al-ki rap-pu la-ʾi-iṭ la ma-gi-ri mu-šab-ri-qu za-ma-a-ni
4{d}aš-šur KUR-u₂ GAL-u₂ LUGAL-ut la ša₂-na-an u₂-šat-li-ma-an-ni-ma UGU gi-mir a-šib pa-rak-ki u₂-šar-ba-a {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia
5i-na SAG LUGAL-ti-ia ša {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-IBILA-SUM.NA LUGAL {kur}kar₂-dun-ia₂-aš₂ a-di ERIM.ḪI.A ELAM.MA{ki} i-na ta-mir-ti kiš{ki} aš₂-ta-kan BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂
6i-na MURUB₄ tam-ḫa-ri šu-a-tu e-zib KARAŠ-su e-diš ip-par-šid-ma a-na {kur}gu-zu-um-ma-ni in-na-bit qe₂-reb {id₂}a-gam-me u₃ ap-pa-ra-a-te e-ru-um-ma na-piš-tuš e-ṭi₂-ir
7{giš}GIGIR.MEŠ {giš}ṣu-um-bi ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ ANŠE.MEŠ ANŠE.GAM.MAL.MEŠ u₃ {anše}ud-ri ša i-na qit-ru-ub ta-ḫa-zi u₂-maš-ši-ru ik-šu-da ŠU.II-a-a
8a-na E₂.GAL-šu₂ ša qe₂-reb KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ḫa-diš e-ru-um-ma ap-te-e-ma E₂ ni-ṣir-ti-šu₂ KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR u₂-nu-ut KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR NA₄ a-qar-tu mim-ma šum-šu NIG₂.ŠU NIG₂.GA ni-ṣir-tu ka-bit-tu
9DAM-su {munus}UN.MEŠ E₂.GAL-šu₂ {lu₂}TIRUM.MEŠ {lu₂}man-za-az pa-ni si-ḫir-ti um-ma-a-ni ma-la ba-šu-u₂ mut-tab-bi-lu-tu E₂.GAL u₂-še-ṣa-am-ma šal-la-tiš am-nu
10aṣ-bat-ma EGIR-šu₂ a-na {kur}gu-zu-um-ma-ni {lu₂}mun-daḫ-ṣi-ia a-na qe₂-reb {id₂}a-gam-me u₃ ap-pa-ra-a-te u₂-ma-ʾe-er-ma 5 u₄-me i-pa-ru-nim-ma ul in-na-mir a-šar-šu
11i-na e-muq {d}aš-šur EN-ia 89 URU.MEŠ-ni dan-nu-ti E₂ BAD₃.MEŠ-ni ša {kur}kal-di u₃ 8 ME 20 URU.MEŠ TUR.MEŠ ša li-me-ti-šu₂-nu al-me ak-šud{ud} aš₂-lu-la šal-la-su-un
12{lu₂}ur₂-bi {lu₂}a-ra-mu u₃ {lu₂}kal-du ša qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} NIBRU{ki} kiš{ki} ḫur-sag-kalam-ma{ki} GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} a-di DUMU.MEŠ URU EN ḫi-iṭ-ṭi u₂-še-ṣa-am-ma šal-la-tiš am-nu
13{m}EN-DU₃ DUMU {lu₂}GAL-DU₃ {lu₂}GAL-DU₃ pe-er-ʾi šu-an-na{ki} ša GIM mi-ra-a-ni ṣa-aḫ-ri qe₂-reb E₂.GAL-ia ir-bu-u₂ a-na LUGAL-ut KUR EME.GI₇ u₃ URI{ki} aš₂-ta-kan UGU-šu₂-un
14i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia {lu₂}tu-uʾ-mu-na {lu₂}ri-ḫi-ḫu {lu₂}ia-daq-qu {lu₂}u₂-bu-du {lu₂}gib-re-e {lu₂}ma-li-ḫu {lu₂}gu-ru-mu {lu₂}u₂-bu-lum {lu₂}da-mu-nu
15{lu₂}gam-bu-lu {lu₂}ḫi-in-da-ru {lu₂}ru-ʾu-u-a {lu₂}pu-qu-du {lu₂}ḫa-am-ra-a-nu {lu₂}ḫa-ga-ra-nu {lu₂}na-ba-tu {lu₂}li-iʾ-ta-a-u₂ {lu₂}a-ra-mu la kan-šu₂ mit-ḫa-riš ak-šud{ud}
162 ME 8 LIM UN.MEŠ zik-ru u MUNUS 7 LIM 2 ME ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ 11 LIM 73 ANŠE.MEŠ 5 LIM 2 ME 30 ANŠE.GAM.MAL.MEŠ 80 LIM 1 ME GU₄.MEŠ 8 ME LIM 6 ME US₅.UDU.ḪI.A šal-la-tu ka-bit-tu aš₂-lu-la a-na qe₂-reb KUR aš-šur{ki}
17i-na me-ti-iq ger-ri-ia ša {m}{d}AG-EN-MU.MEŠ {lu₂}qi₂-pi {uru}ḫa-ra-ra-ti KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR {giš}mu-suk-kan-ni GAL.MEŠ ANŠE.MEŠ ANŠE.GAM.MAL.MEŠ GU₄.MEŠ u₃ US₅.UDU.ḪI.A ta-mar-ta-šu₂ ka-bit-tu am-ḫur
18ba-ḫu-la-ti {uru}ḫi-rim-me {lu₂}KUR₂ ak-ṣu ša ul-tu ul-la a-na ni-ri-ia la kit-nu-šu i-na {giš}TUKUL u₂-šam-qit-ma na-piš-tu ul e-zib
19na-gu-u₂ šu-a-tu a-na eš-šu-ti aṣ-bat 1-en GU₄ 10 UDU.MEŠ 10 ANŠE GEŠTIN.MEŠ 20 ANŠE ZU₂.⸢LUM⸣.MA re-še-te-šu₂ a-na DINGIR.MEŠ-ni KUR aš-šur{ki} EN.MEŠ-ia u₂-kin da₃-ri-šam
20i-na 2-e ger-ri-ia {d}aš-šur be-li₂ u₂-tak-kil-an-ni-ma a-na KUR {lu₂}kaš-ši-i u₃ KUR ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-a {lu₂}KUR₂ ak-ṣi ša ul-tu ul-la a-na LUGAL.MEŠ-ni AD.MEŠ-ia la kit-nu-šu lu al-lik
21qe₂-reb ḫur-ša₂-a-ni zaq-ru-te A.ŠA₃ nam-ra-ṣi i-na ANŠE.KUR.RA ar-kab-ma {giš}GIGIR GIR₃.II-ia i-na ti-ik-ka-a-te u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ši aš₂-ru šup-šu-qu i-na GIR₃.II-ia ri-ma-niš at-tag-giš
22{uru}E₂-{m}ki-lam-za-aḫ URU dan-nu-ti-šu₂-nu al-me ak-šud{ud} UN.MEŠ TUR GAL ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ ANŠE.MEŠ GU₄.MEŠ u₃ US₅.UDU.ḪI.A ul-tu qer-bi-šu u₂-še-ṣa-am-ma šal-la-tiš am-nu
23URU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu TUR.MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ ni-ba la i-šu-u₂ ap-pul aq-qur u₂-še-me kar-meš E₂ EDIN kul-ta-ri tu-kul-ti-šu₂-nu i-na {d}GIŠ.BAR aq-mu-ma di-tal-liš u₂-še-mi
24u₂-ter-ma {uru}E₂-{m}ki-lam-za-aḫ šu-a-tu a-na bir-tu-ti aṣ-bat UGU ša u₄-me pa-ni u₂-dan-nin a-muḫ-ḫuš UN.MEŠ KUR.KUR ki-šit-ti ŠU.II-ia ina lib₃-bi u₂-še-šib
25UN.MEŠ KUR {lu₂}kaš-ši-i u₃ KUR ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-a ša la-pa-an {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia ip-par-ši-du ul-tu qe₂-reb KUR-i u₂-še-ri-dam-ma i-na {uru}ḫar-diš-pi {uru}E₂-{m}ku-bat-ti u₂-šar-me
26i-na ŠU.II {lu₂}šu-ut SAG-ia {lu₂}EN.NAM {lu₂}EN.NAM {uru}ar-rap-ḫa am-nu-šu₂-nu-ti {na₄}NA.RU₂.A u₂-še-piš-ma li-i-tum ki-šit-ti ŠU.II ša UGU-šu₂-un aš₂-tak-ka-nu ṣe-ru-uš-šu₂ u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ṭir-ma ina qer-bi URU ul-ziz
27pa-an ni-ri-ia u₂-ter-ma a-na {kur}el-li-pi aṣ-ṣa-bat ḫar-ra-nu el-la-mu-u-a {m}is-pa-ba-a-ra LUGAL-šu₂-un URU.MEŠ-šu₂ dan-nu-ti E₂ ni-ṣir-ti-šu₂ u₂-maš-šir-ma a-na ru-qe₂-e-ti in-na-bit
28gim-ri KUR-šu DAGAL-ti ki-ma MURU₉ as-ḫu-up {uru}mar-u₂-biš-ti {uru}ak-ku-ud-du URU.MEŠ E₂ LUGAL-ti-šu₂ a-di 34 URU.MEŠ dan-nu-ti u₃ URU.MEŠ TUR.MEŠ ša li-me-ti-šu₂-nu ša ni-ba la i-šu-u₂
29ap-pu-ul aq-qur i-na {d}GIŠ.BAR aq-mu-ma KIRI₆.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ak-šiṭ UGU A.GAR₃.MEŠ-šu₂-un ḫab-ṣu-ti ša₂-ḫur-ra-tum at-bu-uk {kur}el-li-pi a-na paṭ gim-ri-ša₂ ar-bu-ta u₂-ša₂-lik
30UN.MEŠ TUR GAL NITA u MUNUS ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ ANŠE.MEŠ GU₄.MEŠ u₃ US₅.UDU.ḪI.A la mi-nam aš₂-lu-lam-ma a-di la ba-še₂₀-e u₂-ša₂-lik-šu₂-nu-ti
31{uru}ṣi-⸢ṣi⸣-ir-tu {uru}ku-um-⸢ma⸣-aḫ-lum URU.MEŠ dan-nu-ti a-di URU.MEŠ TUR.MEŠ ša li-me-ti-šu₂-nu {kur}E₂-bar-ru-u₂ na-gu-u a-na gi-mir-ti-šu₂ ul-tu qe₂-reb KUR-šu₂ ab-tuq-ma UGU mi-ṣir KUR aš-šur{ki} u₂-rad-di
32{uru}el-en-za-aš₂ a-na URU LUGAL-ti u₃ dan-na-at na-ge-e šu-a-tu aṣ-bat-ma MU-šu₂ maḫ-ra-a u₂-nak-kir-ma {uru}kar-{m}{d}EN.ZU-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-eri-ba at-ta-bi ni-bit-su
33i-na ta-a-a-ar-ti-ia ša {kur}ma-da-a-a ru-qu-ti ša i-na LUGAL.MEŠ-ni AD.MEŠ-ia ma-am-man la iš-mu-u zi-kir KUR.MEŠ-šu₂-un man-da-ta-šu₂-nu ka-bit-tu₂ am-ḫur a-na ni-ri be-lu-ti-ia u₂-šak-ni-su-nu-ti
34i-na u₄-mi-šu-ma NINA{ki} ma-ḫa-zu ṣi-i-ru URU na-ram {d}iš-tar ša nap-ḫar ki-du-de-e DINGIR.MEŠ u₃ {d}IŠ.TAR.MEŠ ba-šu-u₂ qe₂-reb-šu
35tem-me-en-nu da-ru-u₂ du-ru-uš ṣa-a-ti ša ul-tu ul-la it-ti ši-ṭir bu-ru-um-me eṣ-rat-su eṣ-ret-ma šu-pu-u₂ ṣi-in-du-šu
36aš₂-ru nak-lu ⸢šu⸣-bat pi-riš-ti ša mim-ma šum-šu ši-pir ni-kil-ti gi-mir pel-lu-de-e ni-ṣir-ti lal₃-gar šu-ta-bu-lu qe₂-reb-šu
37ša ul-tu ul-⸢la⸣ LUGAL.MEŠ-ni a-li-kut maḫ-ri AD.MEŠ-ia ul-la-nu-u-a be-lu-tu KUR aš-šur{ki} e-pu-šu-ma u₂-ma-ʾe-ru ba-ʾu-lat {d}EN.LIL₂
38u₃ šat-ti-šam la na-par-ka-a e-reb la nar-ba-a-ti GUN mal-ki kib-rat ar-ba-ʾi im-da-na-aḫ-ḫa-ru qe₂-reb-šu
39a-a-um-ma i-na lib-bi-šu₂-nu a-na E₂.GAL qer-bi-šu kum₂-mu ri-mit be-lu-ti ša ṣu-uḫ-ḫur šu-bat-su le-e-su ul i-da-a lib-bu-uš ul iḫ-su-us
40a-na šu-te-šur SILA URU u₃ šum-dul re-ba-a-ti ḫa-re-e ID₂ za-qa-ap ṣip-pa-a-ti u₂-zu-un-šu ul ib-ši-ma ul uš-ta-bil ka-ras-su
41ia-a-ti {m}{d}EN.ZU-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-eri-ba LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} e-peš šip-ri šu-a-tu ki-i ṭe₃-em DINGIR.MEŠ i-na uz-ni-ia ib-ši-ma ka-bat-ti ub-lam-ma
42te-ne-šet {kur}kal-di {lu₂}a-ra-mu {kur}man-na-a-a {kur}qu-e u₃ {kur}ḫi-lak-ku ša a-na ni-ri-ia la kit-nu-šu as-su-ḫa-am-ma tup-šik-ki u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ši-šu₂-nu-ti-ma il-bi-nu SIG₄
43a-pe ku-pe-e ša qe₂-reb {kur}kal-di ak-šiṭ-ma ap-pa-ri-šu₂-un šam-ḫu-ti i-na ba-ḫu-la-ti na-ki-ri ki-šit-ti ŠU.II-ia u₂-šal-di-da a-na e-peš šip-ri-ša₂
44E₂.GAL maḫ-ri-tu ša 3 ME 60 ina 1.KUŠ₃ UŠ i-na tar-ṣi za-me-e E₂ ziq-qur-rat 80 ina 1.KUŠ₃ ⸢DAGAL⸣ i-na tar-ṣi {e₂}na-ma-ri E₂ {d}15 1 ME 34 ina 1.KUŠ₃ DAGAL i-na tar-ṣi {e₂}na-ma-ri E₂-kid₉-mu-ri 95 ina 1.KUŠ₃ DAGAL
45ša LUGAL.MEŠ-ni a-li-kut maḫ-ri AD.MEŠ-ia a-na ri-mi₃-ti be-lu-ti-šu₂-un u₂-še-pi-šu-ma la u₂-nak-ki-lu ši-pir-ša₂
46{id₂}te-bil-ti a-gu-u₂ šit-mu-ru ša i-na na-ši-ša₂ ge-gu-ne₂-e qa-bal-ti URU u₂-ab-bi-tu-ma ki-maḫ-ḫi-šu₂-un nak-mu-ti u₂-kal-li-mu {d}UTU-šu₂
47u₃ ul-tu UD.MEŠ SU₃.MEŠ ṭe-ḫi E₂.GAL i-ba-ʾu-u₂-ma i-na ILLU-ša₂ gap-ši i-na uš-ši-ša₂ ab-bu u₂-šab-šu-u u₂-ri-ib-bu tem-me-en-ša₂
48E₂.GAL.TUR.RA ša₂-a-tu a-na si-ḫir-ti-ša₂ aq-qur-ma ša {id₂}te-bil-ti ma-lak-ša₂ uš-te-eš-na-a ab-bu uš-ṭib-ma u₂-še-šir mu-ṣu-ša₂
49qe₂-reb ka-tim-ti a-sur-rak-ki-ša₂ šap-la-nu GI.MEŠ e-la-niš NA₄.MEŠ KUR-i dan-ni it-ti ESIR.UD.A ak-si-ma A.ŠA₃ ul-tu ma-a-me u₂-še-lam-ma na-ba-liš u₂-ter
507 ME ina AS₄.LUM GAL-ti UŠ 1 ME 62 ina AS₄.LUM GAL-ti SAG.KI AN.TA {im}SI.SA₂ 2 ME 17 ina AS₄.LUM GAL-ti SAG.KI MURUB₄-tim
513 ME 86 ina AS₄.LUM GAL-ti SAG.KI KI.TA {im}U₁₈.LU US₂.SA.DU {id₂}IDIGNA tam-la-a u₂-mal-li-ma am-šu-uḫ me-ši-iḫ-ta
52la-ba-riš UD.MEŠ i-na ILLU kiš-ša₂-ti tem-me-en-šu₂ la e-ne₂-še as-kup-pat {na₄}pi-i-li rab-ba-a-ti a-sur-ru-šu u₂-ša₂-as-ḫi-ra u₂-dan-nin šu-pu-uk-šu₂
53MU.SAR-e ši-ṭir šu-mi-ia 1 ME 60 ti-ib-ki tam-li-i qe₂-reb-šu₂ al-ṭu-ur-ma šap-la-nu i-na uš-ši-šu e-zib aḫ-ra-taš
54ar-ka-nu šu-uš-qu-u₂ tam-li-i ka-bat-ti ub-lam-ma 20 ti-ib-ki ṣe-er maḫ-ri-i uṣ-ṣip-ma 1 ME 80 ti-ib-ki u₂-šaq-qi₂ e-la-niš
55tar-pa-šu-u₂ el ša u₄-me pa-ni u₂-šar-bi ṣe-er me-ši-iḫ-ti E₂.GAL maḫ-ri-ti u₂-rad-di-ma u₂-ša₂-an-di-la ši-kit-taš
56E₂.GAL ZU₂ AM.SI {giš}ESI {giš}TUG₂ {giš}mu-suk-kan-ni {giš}EREN {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ {šim}LI u₃ {giš}bu-uṭ-ni e₂-gal-zag-di-nu-tuku-a a-na mu-šab LUGAL-ti-ia u₂-še-pi-ša₂ qe₂-reb-šu
57{giš}KIRI₆.MAḪ-ḫu tam-šil {kur}ḫa-ma-nim ša gi-mir ŠIM.ḪI.A GURUN ṣip-pa-a-ti GIŠ.MEŠ tuk-lat KUR-i u₃ {kur}kal-di qe₂-reb-šu ḫur-ru-šu i-ta-a-ša₂ az-qu-up
58aš₂-šu₂ za-qa-ap ṣip-pa-a-ti A.ŠA₃ ta-mir-ti e-le-en URU NIGIDAMIN.TA.AM₃ a-na DUMU.MEŠ NINA{ki} pil-ku u₂-pal-lik-ma u₂-šad-gi-la pa-nu-uš-šu₂-un
59a-na miṭ-ra-a-ti šum-mu-ḫi ul-tu pa-a-ṭi {uru}ki-si-ri a-di ta-mir-ti NINA{ki} KUR-a u₃ bi-ru-tu₂ i-na ak-kul-la-te u₂-šat-tir-ma u₂-še-šir {id₂}ḫar-ru
601 1/2 KASKAL.GID₂ qaq-qa-ru ul-tu qe₂-reb {id₂}ḫu-su-ur ma-a-me da-ru-u₂-ti a-šar-ša₂ u₂-šar-da-a qe₂-reb ṣip-pa-a-ti ša₂-ti-na u₂-šaḫ-⸢bi⸣-ba pat-ti-iš
61ša NINA{ki} URU be-lu-ti-ia šu-bat-su uš-rab-bi re-ba-ti-šu₂ u₂-ša₂-an-dil-ma bi-re-e-ti u₃ su-qa-a-ni uš-par-di u₂-nam-mir GIM u₄-me
62a-na EGIR UD.MEŠ i-na LUGAL.MEŠ-ni DUMU.MEŠ-ia ša {d}aš-šur a-na RE.E₂.UM-ut KUR u₃ UN.MEŠ i-nam-bu-u zi-kir-šu₂ e-nu-ma E₂.GAL ša₂-a-tu i-lab-bi-ru-ma en-na-ḫu
63an-ḫu-sa lu-ud-diš MU.SAR-e ši-ṭir šu-⸢mi⸣-ia li-mur-ma I₃.GIŠ lip-šu-uš {udu}SISKUR liq-qi₂ a-na aš₂-ri-šu₂ li-ter {d}aš-šur ik-ri-bi-šu i-šem-me
641 UŠ 3.TA.AM₃ MU.DIDLI MU.SAR-e {iti}si-bu-⸢ti⸣ lim-mu {m}{d}AG-ZU {lu₂}GAR.KUR {lu₂}GAR.KUR {uru}er-ba-il₃

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