RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 185 ex. 001 (P237924)
Official or display, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RINAP 5/2, Ashurbanipal 185 ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237924 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:9] o 1o 1–o 99 | (Concerning) Arbela, the dwelling of Ishtar, the house of festivals and [merrymaking], whose (inner) wall had not been built since ancient times (and) o[uter wall] had not been completed, I built its wall and completed its outer wall. I [filled] (the city) with grandeur. I made the house of my lady Ishtar as radiant as the day with silver, gold, (and) copper. I adorned the emblem of the gate of Ishtar’s house with silver (and) gold and erected (it). (As for) Milqia, the palace of the steppe, the dwelling of Ishtar, I renovated its ruins. I built its Akitu-house. I completed the city in its entirety. I set my hands (to work) in depression and with weeping on that which the enemy had attacked. I completed (the work) with rejoicing. I myself erected the emblem of Nergal’s house, which (is in) Tarbiṣu (and) which did not exist in previous days. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | After I had done this (and) finished the work, the word of (my) father, my progenitor, was not an[nulled]; I obeyed (it). I entrusted Shamash-shuma-ukin, my favorite brother, with the kingship of Karduni[ash] (i.e., Babylon). I devoted Ashur-mukin-paleʾa, my younger brother, to the sheshgallu-priesthood of Ashur. I devoted Ashur-etel-shame-erṣeti-muballissu, my youngest brother, to the sheshgallu-priesthood of Sin, who dwells in Harran. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Along with the funerary offerings, I re-established the pouring out of water to the ghosts of kings who came b[efore me], which had ceased. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | I honored god and humanity, the living and the dead, (in all of these ways). |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Why (then) are illness, sorrow, expenses, and loss permanently bound to me? |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Discord in the land, strife in the house are not withheld fr[om me]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Disturbances (and) evil words are constantly set out against me, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Emotional and physical distress have bent my frame. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | I have spent my days (sighing) “woe” (and) “alas,” |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | I am distressed on the festival day, the day of the god of the city. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | Death holds me fast. I am in dire straits! |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | I moan day and night on account of depression (and) lamentation. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | I am exhausted, O god. Give (these things) to the one who shows (you) no reverence so I may see your light. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | How long, O god, will you treat me in this manner? |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | Like one who does not revere (his) god and (his) goddess I am treated. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | {iri}limmu2-dingir szu-bat {d}isz-tar _e2_ i-sin-na-a-ti u3# [nin-gu-ti?] | |
| 2 | sza ul-tu ul-la _bad3_-szu2 la ep-szu2 la szuk-lu-la# szal#-[hu-u-szu2] | |
| 3 | _bad3_-szu2 ar-s,ip-ma u2-szak-lil szal-hu-u-szu2 lu-le-e# usz#-[mal-li] | |
| 4 | _e2 {d}inanna gaszan_-ia ina _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17 uruda_ u2-nam-mir _gin7_ u4-mi# | |
| 5 | {gesz}szu-ri-in-ni _ka2 e2_ {d}isz-tar _ku3-babbar ku3-sig17_ u2-za-'i-in-ma az-qup | |
| 6 | {iri}mil-qi2-a _e2-gal edin_ mu-szab {d}isz-tar an-hu-us-su ud-disz | |
| 7 | _e2_ a2-kit-su ar-s,ip _iri_ ana gi-mir-ti-szu2 u2-szak-lil | |
| 8 | ina ta-di-ir-ti u3 bi-ki-ti sza2 u2-szal-pi-tu2-szu2 _{lu2}kur2_ / _szu-min_-ia5 um-mid ina _hul2-mesz_ u2-szak-lil | |
| 9 | {gesz}szu-ri-in-ni _e2_ {d}u-gur sza2 {iri}tar-bi-s,i sza2 ul-tu2 u4-um pa-ni la _gal2_-u / ana-ku az-qup | |
| 10 | ul-tu an-na-a e#-tap-pu-szu2 ag-mu-ru szip-ri a-mat _ad_ ba-ni-ia2 ul _pad asz?_ / at-ta-s,ar ana-ku | |
| 11 | {disz}{d}gesz-nu11-mu-gi-na _szesz_-ia5 ta-li-me ana _lugal_-ut {kur}kar2#-{d}dun#-ia2#-[asz3] / u2-szad-gi-la pa-nu-usz#-szu2# | |
| 12 | {disz}an-szar2-mu-kin_-bala-mesz_-ia2 _szesz_-ia5 tar-den-ni ana _{lu2}szesz-gal_-tu2 ug-dal-lib ina _igi an-[szar2?]_ | |
| 13 | {disz}an-szar2-e-tel_-an-ki-ti-la-bi szesz_-ia5 _tur_ ana _{lu2}szesz-gal_-tu2 ina _igi_ {d}sin# / a-szib {iri}kaskal ug-dal-lib# | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-di ki-is-pi na-aq _a-mesz_ a-na _gidim-mesz lugal-mesz du_-ut mah#-[ri] / sza2 szub-t,u-lu ar2-ku-us# | |
| 2 | a-na _dingir_ u a-me-lu-tum ana _usz2-mesz_ u _ti-mesz mun du3_-usz# | |
| 3 | am-mi3-ni _gig hul_ lib3-bi _e3_ u hu-lu-uq-qu-u rit-ku-sa _ki_-ia2 | |
| 4 | ina _kur_ s,al-ta ina _e2_ pu-uh-pu-uh-hu-u la ip-par-ra-su _a2#-[min_-ia2] | |
| 5 | du-lu-uh-hu-u a-mat _hul_-tim su-ud-du-ru-u-ni ka-a-a-an | |
| 6 | la _du10-ga_ lib3-bi la _du10-ga uzu <<min asz>>_ ik-ta-pa-ap la-a-ni | |
| 7 | ina u8-a a-a ag-da-mar u4-me | |
| 8 | ina u4-um _dingir iri_ u4-um isz-szin-ni ana-ku dal-ha-ku | |
| 9 | u2-kal-la-an-ni _usz2_ u2-szap-sza2-aq | |
| 10 | ina ku-u-ri ni-is-sa-ti ur-ra u _ge6_ a-na-as-su-us | |
| 11 | a-ta-na-ah _dingir_ ana la pa-li-hi _sum_-in lu-mur _zalag2_-ka# | |
| 12 | _en_ im-mat _dingir_ an-na-a te-ep-pu-sza2-an-ni# | |
| 13 | ki-i la pa-li-ih _dingir_ u3 {d}inanna ana-ku ep-sza2-ku# | |
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