Ashurbanipal 001 (Q003700)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003700 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/scores · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse Column vi [0:4] vi 1vi 1–vi 44 | they struck down his [warri]ors with the sword. They carried off [in]to Assyria [peopl]e, oxen, (and) sheep and goats, his substantial [boo]ty. |
| Obverse Column vi [4:10] vi 55–vi 1010 | They [captu]red alive [Akkud]āya, their herald, (and) brought (him) before me. I forcibly removed [the people li]ving in those cities, [took (them) and] settled (them) in Egypt. I made [the people, whom] my bow [plundered] in another land, live [in the city Q]irbit and its villages. |
| Obverse Column vi [10:15] vi 1111–vi 1515 | [...] I [...] ... [...] sun [...] they [kiss]ed my feet [...] ... |
| Obverse Column vi [15:28] vi 1'1'–vi 13'13' | [...] his [mes]senger [...] to inquire about my well-being a[pp]roached the border of my land. The people of my land saw him and said to him: “Who are you, stranger? A mounted messenger of yours has never taken the road to our territory.” They brought him to Nineveh, my capital city, [...], before me. (Among all) the languages (from) sunrise (to) sunset, (vi 10´) which (the god) Aššur had placed at my disposal, there was not a master of his language. [H]is language was different and his speech could not be understood. |
| Obverse Column vi [28:46] vi 14'14'–vi 31'31' | He brought [a ...] with him from the border of his land, and [... he reported] his spe[e]ch to me, [..., he sai]d [the following]: “The servant who rev[e]res you, [...] laid down and saw [...] ... [... was es]tablished and [...] ... [...] rose and [... li]ght appeared. [...] its king [...] bright [...] inside it [... (The god) Aššur], the lord of the lands, my god, [...] stood and [...] he said to me: [...] |
| Obverse Column vii [0:8] vii 1'1'–vii 8'8' | Upon [...] its (the House of Succession’s) emplacement [...]. I [made] its structure [larger] than the one in the da[ys of the past]. In a favorable month, [(on) an auspicious day], I (re)laid its foundation(s) and (thereby) [secured its brickwork]. I built (and) [completed] (it) from its foundation(s) t[o its crenellations]. |
| Obverse Column vii [8:15] vii 9'9'–vii 15'15' | In the future, [may] one of the k[ings, my descendants], whom the god Aššur and [the goddess Ištar] nomi[nate] for ruling over the land and [people, renovate] it[s] dilapidated section(s) when [this] House of Succe[ssion] becomes old an[d dilapidated]. |
| Obverse Column vii [15:25] vii 16'16'–vii 25'25' | Just as I [placed an inscribed object] bearing the name of a kin[g of the past] with [an inscribed object] bearing my name, you should be just like m[e, find] an inscribed object bearing [my name and] (then) anoint (it) with oil, [make] an of[fering] (and) pla[ce] (it) with [an inscribed object bearing your name. The god Aššur and the goddess Ištar will (then) hear your] pr[ayers]. |
| Obverse Column vii [25:28] vii 26'26'–vii 28'28' | [..., ... day], i[n the eponymy of ...], the [... of the city/land ...]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| vi | ||
| 1 | {[lu₂}qu-ra]-⸢di-šu₂⸣ u₂-ra-si-bu ina {giš}TUKUL | |
| 2 | [UN].MEŠ GU₄.MEŠ ṣe-e-ni | |
| 3 | [šal]-⸢la⸣-su ka-bit-tu iš-lu-lu-u-ni | |
| 4 | [a-na qe₂]-reb KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 5 | {[m}a-ku]-⸢da⸣-a-a {lu₂}NIMGIR₂-šu₂-nu bal-ṭu-su ina qa-ti | |
| 6 | [iṣ-ba]-tu-ni ub-lu-u-ni a-di maḫ-ri-ia | |
| 7 | [UN.MEŠ a]-⸢šib⸣-ut URU.MEŠ-ni šu₂-nu-ti as-suḫ | |
| 8 | [u₂-bil-ma] qe₂-reb {kur}mu-ṣur u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit | |
| 9 | [UN.MEŠ ḫu-bu-ut] {⸢giš⸣}PAN-ia ša KUR ša₂-ni-tim-ma | |
| 10 | [qe₂-reb {uru]}⸢qir⸣-bi-it u₃ URU.MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-še-šib | |
| 11 | [...] x a-na-ku | |
| 12 | [...] x-tim | |
| 13 | [... {d]}UTU-ši | |
| 14 | [... u₂-na-aš₂-ši]-⸢qu⸣ GIR₃.II-ia | |
| 15 | [...] x x | |
| 1' | [... {lu₂}A] ⸢KIN-šu₂ ID⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢a-na ša₂⸣-ʾa-al šul-⸢mi₃⸣-ia ⸢iṭ⸣-ḫa-a | |
| 3' | a-na mi-ṣir KUR-ia UN.MEŠ KUR-ia i-mu-ru-šu-ma | |
| 4' | man-nu-me-e at-ta a-ḫu-u iq-bu-šu₂ | |
| 5' | ša ma-ti-ma {lu₂}RA.GABA-u₂-ku-un | |
| 6' | da-rag-gu la iš-ku-na a-na ki-sur-ri-ni | |
| 7' | a-na NINA{ki} URU be-lu-ti-ia [x x (x)] | |
| 8' | u₂-bi-lu-ni-šu₂ ina maḫ-ri-ia | |
| 9' | EME.MEŠ ṣi-it {d}UTU-ši e-reb {d}UTU-ši | |
| 10' | ša AN.ŠAR₂ u₂-ma-al-lu-u qa-tu-u-a | |
| 11' | be-el EME-šu₂ ul ib-ši-ma | |
| 12' | ⸢EME-šu₂⸣ na-ak-rat-ma | |
| 13' | la i-šem-mu-u₂ at-mu-šu₂ | |
| 14' | ul-tu mi-ṣir KUR-šu₂ | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢it⸣-ti-šu₂ u₂-bi-⸢lam-ma⸣ | |
| 16' | [... u₂-ša₂-an-na]-⸢a⸣ da-⸢bab⸣-šu₂ | |
| 17' | [... ki-a-am iq]-⸢bi⸣ ARAD pa-⸢liḫ⸣-ka | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢u₂-tul₅⸣-ma | |
| 19' | [... i]-⸢na⸣-ṭa-al | |
| 20' | [...] x-ta-a-te | |
| 21' | [...] ⸢šak⸣-na-at-ma | |
| 22' | [...]-ḫu-u₂ | |
| 23' | [...] x na-pi-iḫ-ma | |
| 24' | [... na]-⸢mir⸣-tu₂ šak-na-at | |
| 25' | [...]-⸢UŠ⸣ LUGAL-ša₂ | |
| 26' | [...]-⸢ri⸣ nam-ri | |
| 27' | [...] x qe₂-reb-ša₂ | |
| 28' | [...] EN KUR.KUR DINGIR-u-a | |
| 29' | [...] ⸢i⸣-zi-za-am-ma | |
| 30' | [...] ⸢iq⸣-ba-a | |
| 31' | [...] x | |
| vii | ||
| 1' | ina muḫ-⸢ḫi⸣ x [...] | |
| 2' | maš-kan₂-šu₂ [...] | |
| 3' | e-li ša₂ ⸢u₄⸣-[mi pa-ni] | |
| 4' | šu-bat-su ⸢u₂⸣-[rap-piš] | |
| 5' | ina ITI šal-me [UD ŠE.GA] | |
| 6' | UŠ₈-šu₂ ad-di-ma ⸢u₂⸣-[kin SIG₄-su] | |
| 7' | ul-tu₂ UŠ₈-šu₂ a-⸢di⸣ [gaba-dib-bi-šu₂] | |
| 8' | ar-ṣip ⸢u₂⸣-[šak-lil] | |
| 9' | a-na EGIR u₄-me ina ⸢LUGAL⸣.[MEŠ DUMU.MEŠ-ia] | |
| 10' | ša₂ {d}a-šur u {[d}15 | |
| 11' | a-na be-lut KUR ⸢u₃⸣ [UN.MEŠ] | |
| 12' | i-nam-bu-[u zi-kir-šu₂] | |
| 13' | e-nu-ma ⸢E₂ UŠ⸣-[u-ti šu-a-tu] | |
| 14' | ⸢i-lab⸣-bi-ru-⸢ma⸣ [in-na-ḫu] | |
| 15' | an-ḫu-us-⸢su⸣ [lu-ud-diš] | |
| 16' | ki-i ša₂ a-na-[ku MU.SAR-u] | |
| 17' | ši-ṭir šu-me ⸢LUGAL⸣ [pa-ni] | |
| 18' | it-ti [MU.SAR-e] | |
| 19' | ši-ṭir MU-⸢ia⸣ [aš₂-ku-nu] | |
| 20' | at-ta ki-i ⸢ia⸣-[a-ti-ma] | |
| 21' | MU.SAR-u₂ ši-ṭir [MU-ia a-mur-ma] | |
| 22' | I₃.GIŠ pu-šu-uš {⸢udu⸣}[SISKUR BAL-qi₂] | |
| 23' | it-⸢ti⸣ [MU.SAR-e ši-ṭir MU-ka] | |
| 24' | šu-⸢kun⸣ {[d}a-šur u {d}15 | |
| 25' | ik-[ri-bi-ka i-šem-mu-u₂] | |
| 26' | {⸢iti⸣}[...] | |
| 27' | ⸢i⸣-[na ...] | |
| 28' | {⸢lu₂⸣}[...] | |
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