Ashurbanipal 014 (Q003713)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 014 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003713 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:10] i' 1'1'–i' 10'10' | [...] ... [... for] the admiration of [the people of my land, ... for pl]easu[re ... I went o]ut. In the stepp[e, a widespread place be]fore me, hug[e lions, a fer]ocious [mountain breed, attacked] cat[tlepen(s). With a single] team harnessed to the vehicle of [my] lordly ma[jesty, forty min]utes after daw[n], I pierced the throats of the ragi[ng] lions with (only) a single arrow each. |
| Obverse Column i [10:22] i' 11'11'–i' 22'22' | The month Addaru (XII) — the month of the akī[t]u-festival of the queen of the goddesses, when the gods, [her] parents, assemble before [her] to take counsel and make de[cisions] — arrived and my heart prompted me (to go) to the city [Arbela], the city of compassion where [it is pleasant] to pray to her. The countenance of the goddess Ištar, my lady, was exuber[ant and] constantly appeared to me in Kār-[...]. To see her exal[ted] divinity, with who(se) charms one cannot be (fully) sated, ... [... I] selected large horses — which [..., whose] limbs [were mas]sive (and) who[se] ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i' | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [a-na] ta-mar-ti [UN.MEŠ KUR-ia ...] | |
| 3' | [ki-i] ⸢mul⸣-ta-ʾu-⸢u₂⸣-[ti A SAL NAP ...] | |
| 4' | [u₂]-⸢ṣi⸣ ina ⸢EDIN⸣ [aš₂-ri rap-ši] | |
| 5' | [el-la]-⸢mu⸣-u₂-a šur-bu-⸢te⸣ [la-ab-bi i-lit-ti ḫur-ša₂-a-ni] | |
| 6' | [ez]-⸢zu⸣-u₂-te tar-[ba-ṣu iš-ḫi-ṭu] | |
| 7' | [ina 1-et] u₂-re-ia ṣi-mit-ti ru-kub ⸢EN⸣-[ti-ia] | |
| 8' | 10 ⸢UŠ⸣ u₄-mu ina a-la-[ki] | |
| 9' | ⸢ša ur⸣-maḫ-ḫi na-ad-ru-[ti] | |
| 10' | ina 1.⸢TA⸣.AM₃ {giš}šil-ta-ḫi nap-ša₂-te-šu₂-nu ap-⸢ru-uʾ⸣ | |
| 11' | ik-šu-dam-ma {iti}ŠE ITI i-sin-ni E₂ a₂-ki-⸢it⸣ | |
| 12' | ša šar-ra-ti {d}IŠ.TAR.MEŠ ša DINGIR.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-[ša₂] | |
| 13' | a-na ša₂-kan ši-tul₅-ti pa-ra-as ⸢EŠ⸣.[BAR] | |
| 14' | i-pa-aḫ-ḫu-ru pa-nu-⸢uš⸣-[ša₂] | |
| 15' | u₂-bi-la-an-ni lib₃-bi a-na {uru}[LIMMU₂-DINGIR] | |
| 16' | URU re-me-ni-ti ša su-up-pu-ša₂ [DUG₃.GA] | |
| 17' | bu-un-ni {d}iš-tar GAŠAN-ia ḫi-it-⸢bu⸣-[ṣu-ma] | |
| 18' | it-ta-nab-ša₂-a ina kar-[...] | |
| 19' | a-na a-mar DINGIR-ti-ša₂ ṣir-[ti] | |
| 20' | ša la i-šab-bu-u₂ la-lu-u₂ ḪA x [...] | |
| 21' | ⸢as⸣-su-uq ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ša x [...] | |
| 22' | [ša kub]-⸢bu-ru⸣ meš-re-e-ti ⸢ša KI⸣ x [...] | |
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