Ashurnasirpal II 052

Obverse
oLacuna
o 1'1'

[... ka]-ši-id [...]

(1') conqueror [from the passes of land Ḫabr]uri to the land Gilzā[nu]; I [conquered from the source of] the Subnat River to [the land Šubr]ia (and) the interior of the land Nirbu; I subdued the land Lāqê, to its [fu]ll extent, (and) the land Sūḫu, including the city Rapiqu; [I brought] within the boundaries [of my land] (the territory stretching) from the passes of Mount Babi[te] to land Ḫašmar, the land Zamua, in [its] entirety, [from] the opposite bank of the Lower Zab [to] Tīl-Abāri, which is upstream from the land Z[abban, to Tīl-ša]-Abtāni and Tīl-ša-Za[bdāni; the cities Ḫiri]mmu (and) Ḫarutu, (which are) fortresses [of Kard]uniaš (Babylonia); [I regularly appointed governors of mine in the lands] and mountains [over] which [I gained dominion. (...)]

o 2'2'

[-tu -re-bi šá KUR.ḫab]-ru-ri a-di KUR.gíl?-za-[ni]

o 3'3'

[TA SAG e-ni] ÍD.su-ub-na-at a-di

o 4'4'

[KUR.šub-re]-e KUR.ni-ir-bi šá be-ta-ni qa-a-ti

o 5'5'

[ik-šud] KUR.la-qe-e a-na paṭaṭ

o 6'6'

[gim]-ri-šá KUR.su-ḫi a-di URU.ra-pi-qi a-na

o 7'7'

[GÌR].MEŠ-a ú-še-ek-ni-šá TA -re-be šá KUR.ba-bi-[ti]

o 8'8'

[a]-di KUR.ḫa-áš-mar KUR.za-mu-a ana si-ḫír-ti-[šá]

o 9'9'

[-tu] e-ber-ta-an ÍD.za-ba-šu-pa-li-[i]

o 10'10'

[a-di URU].DU₆-a-ba-ri šá el-la-an KUR.za-[ban]

o 11'11'

[a-di DU₆-ša]-ma-ba-ta-ni ù DU₆-šá-mza-ab-[da-a-ni]

o 12'12'

[URU.ḫi-ri]-mu URU.ḫa-ru-tu bi-ra-[a-te]

o 13'13'

[šá KUR.kar]-du-ni-áš a-na mi-[ṣir KUR-ia]

o 14'14'

[ú-te₉-ra ina KUR.KUR.MEŠ] ù ḫur-šá-ni šá [a-pe-lu-šu-nu-ti]

o 15'15'

[...] x [...]

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Reverse
rLacuna
r 1'1'

[...] (traces) [...]

(r 1') [I took] out [(and) brought] to my city, Ašš[ur].

r 2'2'

[ú-še]-ṣa-a a-na URU-ia -[šur ub-la]

r 3'3'

[É d30] ù dUTU DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-[ia]

(r 3') [At that time, (as for) the temple of the gods Sîn] and Šamaš, the great gods, [my] lords, [which ...] ... who had come before me had previously bu[ilt], that [temple] had become dilapidated. I deline[ated] its area (and) reached its [found]ation pit. I [bu]ilt (and) completed (it) from its foundations to [its] crenel[lations]. Therein, I founded anew the abode of the gods Sîn and Šamaš, the great gods, [my lords]. I made the gods Sîn and Šamaš enter [inside (it). I wrote out [my] commemorative inscrip[tion (and) deposited (it) inside (it)].

r 4'4'

[...] x-ni a-lik pa-ni-ia ina pa-na -[šú]

r 5'5'

[É] šu-ú e-na-aḫ-ma a-šar-šú ú-me-[si]

r 6'6'

[dan]-na-su ak-šud TA -še-šu a-di gaba-[dib-bi-šu]

r 7'7'

[ar]-ṣip ú-šék-lil šu-bat d30 u dUTU DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.[MEŠ]

r 8'8'

[EN.MEŠ-ia] a-na -šu-te ina ŠÀ ad-di d30 u d[UTU]

r 9'9'

[a-na ŠÀ] ú-še-ri-ib NA₄.NA..[A]

r 10'10'

[al-ṭu-ur ina É-šu-nu áš]-kun? [...]

(r 10'b) [...]

r 11'11'

[...] x [...]

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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/Q004506/.