Ashurnasirpal II 018
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1'1' | [...] | (1') [In my accession year (and) in my first regnal year, after] I sat on [the throne of my royal majesty] in a grandiose manner, I mus[tered (my) chariot]ry (and) [extensiv]e troops. I [co]nquered inaccessible fortresses round about. I rec[eived] a tribute of horses from the land Gilzānu. ... [Because] horses were not (continually) brought in hither to me I [became angry and] marched to the cities Ḫarira (and) Ḫalḫalauš, which (were under the authority) of the guilty rulers. Those I conquered in the eponymy of Ashurnasirpal (II) (882). I took out their property, booty, possessions, (and) herds (and) brought (them) to my city, Aššur. (10´) I dedicated the large city of their … to (the god) Aššur, my god (and) my lord. I conquered [...] . (As for) the lords [...] who [had fled] to the land Šubria, which […, ...]. They put their [full] trust in the might of [their] troops and [...] … [...] … [...] they seized [...]. |
2'2' | GAL-iš ú-ši-bu ⸢GIŠ.GIGIR⸣.MEŠ ERIM.ḪI.A.MEŠ-te [DAGAL.MEŠ]-te ⸢ad⸣-[ke] | |
3'3' | ⸢ḫa⸣-al-ṣu-te la-ma-ri pat-te-pat-[te] ⸢ak-šud⸣ MÁŠ.MEŠ ⸢šá ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ⸣ | |
4'4' | iš-tu KUR.gíl-za-ni ⸢am⸣-[ḫur] ni x [x (x)] ⸢ḫar⸣ ina gi-né-⸢e ú⸣-[kin? aš-šu?] | |
5'5' | ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ a-na bit-te la ú-[še-ri]-⸢bu⸣-ni al-[la-bi-ib-ma?] a-na | |
6'6' | URU.ḫa-ri-ra URU.ḫal-ḫa-la-uš ⸢šá EN⸣.MEŠ-ni [EN.MEŠ] ḫi-i-ṭí ⸢al-lik⸣ | |
7'7' | šu-a-tu ina li-me maš-šur-PAP-A ⸢ak-šud⸣ NÍG-su-⸢nu šal-la-su-nu⸣ | |
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9'9' | URU sa-x-⸢ti⸣-šu-nu GAL-a a-di UN.MEŠ-⸢šu⸣ | |
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13'13' | [...] šá ⸢a⸣-na KUR.šub-re-e ⸢šá⸣ [...] | |
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15'15' | [dan-niš dan]-niš it-tàk-lu-u-ma [...] | |
16'16' | [...] ... [...] | |
17'17' | [...] ... AN ... [...] | |
18'18' | (18'b) By the command of (the god) Aššur, [...] the great lord, my lord, I mustered my chariotry [...] (and) troops. I reached the city. [...] abandoned the city. He mustered horses, oxen, [...] … [...] chariotry with ... [I attacked] fiercely. I raised the torch (and) [quickly] crossed through the heart of Mount Kašiāru on foot. I marched to those cities. [...] At night, I surrounded their cities. [...] At sun[r]ise, I fought with the might of [chariotry] (and) extensive troops (and) I massacred many (of them). I conquered the cities Amlatti, Šaburam, Ruzidak, Bugu, (and) Ustu, rebel cities of the land Dannuna. I burnt (them and) <I brought out> their booty, possessions, (and) property. | |
19'19' | [...] EN GAL-e EN-ia ⸢GIŠ.GIGIR.MEŠ⸣-[te ...] | |
20'20' | [...] ERIM.ḪI.A.MEŠ-te-ia ad-ke ⸢URU ak-šud⸣ [...] | |
21'21' | [...] URU ú-ši-ra ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ⸢GU₄.MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
22'22' | [...] GIS? GAB? šú? [...] RA [...] | |
23'23' | [...] GIŠ.GIGIR.MEŠ ina GUB.BA id-ke ši-it-mu-ri-iš | |
24'24' | [at-bi-ma?] aš-ši zi-iq-te ina GÌR.II.MEŠ-ia lìb-bi KUR.kaš-ia-ri | |
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26'26' | [...] mu-ši-ta URU.MEŠ-šú-nu al-mi | |
27'27' | [...] ina dšá-maš ⸢na⸣-pa-ḫi it-ti gi-piš | |
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Epigraph | ||
11 | (1) The bīt-natḫi of the city Nineveh: I perform the wine libations (and) sacrifices of the temple of the exalted god(dess). | |
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Based on A. Kirk Grayson, Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC I (1114-859 BC) (RIMA 2), Toronto, 1991. Adapted by Jamie Novotny (2015-16) and lemmatized and updated by Nathan Morello (2016-17) for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation-funded OIMEA Project at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/riao/Q004472/.