Ashurnasirpal II 022

Obverse
Lacuna
1'1'

[...] x šá TA tar-ṣi m[...]

(1') which from the time of [...] the statue with the name of Tiglath-pil[eser (I) ] I marched [to the N]aʾiri [lands. I conquered] the city Barzaništu[(un) ... I carried off] their [property], possessions, oxen, sheep, [... (and)] turned (it) into a mound of ruins (lit. “a mound and ruins”). The heads of [their] warriors [I cut off ...] of the Naʾiri lands, horses, mules, [...] I burned with fire. I destroyed, devastated, (and) [turned (it) into] a mound [of ruins (lit. “a mound and ruins”)].

2'2'

[...] ṣa-lam MU šá mGIŠ.tukul-ti-A?-[é-šár-ra ...]

3'3'

[...] na-i-ri a-lik URU.bar-za-ni-*-tu-[(un) ...]

4'4'

[... NÍG].ŠU.MEŠ-šú-nu NÍG.GA.MEŠ-šú-nu GU₄.MEŠ-šú-nu UDU.[ṣe-ni-šú-nu ...]

5'5'

[...] kar-me ú-ter SAG.DU muq-tab-li-[šú-nu ...]

6'6'

[...] šá KUR.KUR na-i-ri ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.[MEŠ ...]

7'7'

[...]-a-ni ina IZI GÍBIL ap-púl a-qur ana DU₆ [u kar-me ú-ter]


8'8'

[...]-bi-ru URU.DU₆-le*-e it-ta-bal-ku-tu [...]

(8') [...] the city Tillê rebelled [... t]hey stationed [a garrison at ...]. They stati[oned a garrison] at the city Kaḫat [...]. Setting out from Nineveh, [I crossed] the [Tigris] River, [I conquered the city ... I carried off] their booty, possessions, oxen, (and) sheep, [...] they pursued him. [I massacred] many of them. [...] brought back [...]

9'9'

[... ú]-se-li-ú a-na URU.ka-ḫa-at ú-se-[li-ú ...]

10'10'

[...] x -tu URU.ni-nu-a at-tu-muš ÍD [...]

11'11'

[... šal]-la-su-nu NÍG.ŠU.MEŠ-šú-nu GU₄.MEŠ-šú-nu UDU.ṣe-[ni-šú-nu ...]

12'12'

[...]-li? ar-ki-šú ir-ta-ṭu GAZ.MEŠ [...]

13'13'

[...] ú-te₉-ru-ni [...]

Lacuna


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/Q004476/.