Bauer Asb. pl. 45 (P336175)
Literary Work, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Bauer Asb. pl. 45 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336175 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary Work |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa03 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | I did not draw together [......] of my heart, [......] |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | [The princes] who had fled before me [...... and] concerning [whom] Teumman [had sent] ...[......], [who had s]at [...] and grasped my feet, I [......]. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 7'7'–o 9'9' | He g[athered] the [... force]s of Elam; and [although] I had not done to him [evil], he [...... and planned for] ... and the conquest of my land. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] a banquet before [......] ...: "Do not go!" |
| Obverse [10:13] o 11'11'–o 13'13' | But he [...] the forces of [Elam] and marched on, saying: "I will not [sleep until] I have come and din[ed] in the centre of Nineveh!" |
| Obverse [13:17] o 14'14'–o 17'17' | When I heard [this piece of insolence], I opened my hands (in supplication) to [Ištar, the lady of Arbela], saying: "I am Assurbanipal, whom [your] own father, [Aššur, engende]red. I have [come] to worship you; why is [Teu]mman fa[lling] upon me?" |
| Obverse [17:19] o 18'18'– | [Ištar sa]id to me: "I myself [...] in the centre of [......]." |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [......]... of Nineveh [......] I made him fall [......]. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | [When Teumman] saw my forces, [he became frightened ... and tur]ned back. My servants, [who .......], lined up in battle with him [......] and inflicted upon them a crushing [defeat ......] corpses among them [......]. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | [They brought (Teumman) himself along with] his whole family in [neck-stocks before] Mullissu and the lady of [Arbela] and put him to the sword. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | And when [......, ...] they carried [......] before me and ...[......]. |
| Reverse [11:17] r 1212–r 1717 | [By] the might of my gods and their [righteous] command, [I established] a creation of my own hands to kingship over them. [By the command] of Aššur, Bel, Nabû, Nergal, Ištar of [Nineveh], and the Lady of Arbela I unified (the whole) of Elam; I settled Assyrians [there], and imposed tax and tribute upon them. [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x]+⸢x⸣-ia ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ŠA₃-bi-ia₂ ⸢la⸣ ak-ṣur aṣ-[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ ša₂ ana ⸢IGI-ia₂⸣ ih-liq-u-nin-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣-MEŠ {1}te-um-man ⸢ina UGU x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x]-šib-u-ni ⸢GIR₃.2-ia⸣ iṣ-bat-u-ni as-⸢sa⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [A₂.KAL]-MEŠ ⸢x-MEŠ ša₂⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣-tu ša₂ {kur}NIM{ki} ⸢up⸣-[tah-hir] | |
| 8' | [ša HUL]-⸢tu la⸣ e-⸢pu⸣-ša₂-aš₂-šu₂ u šu₂-u i-[ša HUL x] | |
| 9' | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣-ma-ti u KUR ša₂ KUR-ia₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x] ⸢x ur⸣ qa-rit ina IGI nag-ma-ra-[x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ la ta-lak u šu-u₂ A₂.KAL-[MEŠ {kur}NIM{ki]} | |
| 12' | [x x x x]-ša₂ il-la-ka i-qab-bi ma-a ⸢la⸣ [a-ṣal-lal] | |
| 13' | [a-du] E₂ DU-u-ni ina qab-si NINA{ki} a-kal-[u-ni me-ri-ih-tum] | |
| 14' | [an-ni-tu₂] ⸢ki-i⸣ aš₂-mu-u-ni up-ni-ia ana {d}[IŠ.TAR be-lit arba-il₃{ki]} | |
| 15' | [ap]-⸢te⸣-te mu-uk ana-ku {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A ša₂ AD-[ki aš-šur] | |
| 16' | [ib-nu]-u-ni ana-ku ana pa-la-hi-ki at-[ta-la-ka] | |
| 17' | {1}te]-⸢um⸣-man ana UGU-hi-ia₂ mi₃-i-nu i-⸢ma⸣-[aq-qut] | |
| 18' | {[d}15 taq-ṭi]-⸢ba⸣-an-ni ma-a ana-ku ana qab-[si x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]-ni ša NINA{ki} [x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-sa-an-qi₂-is-⸢su⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | [ki-i x x] A₂.KAL-MU e-mur-[u-ni ip-ta-lah] | |
| 4 | [x x x is]-⸢su⸣-hur ARAD-MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x is]-si-šu₂-ma sad-ru ⸢it⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]-ru de-ek-tu₂-šu₂-[nu i-du-ku] | |
| 7 | [x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}UŠ₂-MEŠ ina ŠA₃-šu₂-nu [x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [šu-u₂ a-di] qin-ni-šu₂ gab-bu ina {giš}[si-ga-ra-ti] | |
| 9 | [ina IGI {d]}NIN.LIL₂ u {d}GAŠAN—{⸢uru⸣}[arba-il₃ u₂-se-bi-lu-ni] | |
| 10 | [pi-i] ⸢GIR₂⸣.AN.BAR is-sak-nu-šu₂ u ki-i [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ina IGI-ia₂ na-aṣ-ṣu-u-ni u pu-[x x x x] | |
| 12 | [ina] da-na-ni ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ-ia₂ pi-i-šu₂-[nu ke-ni] | |
| 13 | [ši]-kin ŠU.2-ia₂ a-na MAN-te ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu [as-sa-kan] | |
| 14 | [ina qi₂-bit] ša₂ AN.ŠAR₂ {d}EN {d}PA {d}U.GUR {d}15 ša₂ [NINA{ki]} | |
| 15 | {[d}be]-lit—{uru}arba-il₃ {kur}NIM.MA{ki} ana pa-a e-⸢da⸣ [as-sa-kan] | |
| 16 | [DUMU]-MEŠ KUR—aš-šur{ki} us-⸢se⸣-sib [ina ŠA₃-bi] | |
| 17 | [bil-tu₂] man-da-at-tu e-te-[mi]-⸢is⸣-su-[nu x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢da-a-nu⸣ [x x x] | |
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