Ashurbanipal 016 (Q003715)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003715 |
| 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 [0:1] i' 1'1'–i' 1'1' | [In that y]ea[r, his (Urtaku’s) life came to an end (and) he passed away]. |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] i' 2'2'–i' 2'2' | [(As for) Bēl-iqī]ša, a Gambul[ian who had cast off the yoke of my lordship], he l[aid down (his) life through the bit]e of a mouse. |
| Obverse Column i [2:4] i' 3'3'–i' 4'4' | [... suffered from dro]psy, (that is) “fu[ll] water.” [...] |
| Obverse Column i [4:6] i' 5'5'–i' 6'6' | They overthrew his [kingshi]p (and) [took away his dynasty]. Th[ey] made [somebody else] as[sume domin]ion over the land Elam. |
| Obverse Column i [6:21] i' 7'7'–i' 21'21' | [Afterwards], Teumman, the (very) image of a gallû-demon, sat on the [throne of Urtaku. He constantly sou]ght out ev[i]l (ways) [to] kill the children of Urtaku (and) the children of Um[manaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš II). (10ˊ) Um]manigaš, Ummanappa, (and) Tammarīt[u — the son]s of Urtaku, the king of the land Elam — [Kudu]rru (and) Parrû — the sons of Ummanald[ašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš II), the king] who came before Urtaku — together with sixty members of [the royal (family)], count[less] archers, (and) nobles of the land Elam, (15ˊ) [who had] fled to me before Teumman’s slaughtering and who had grasped the feet of m[y] royal majesty — [rega]rding these people, (these) fugitives, [T]eumman constantly sent me insults [sa]ying “Send me those people!” and [a seco]nd time, saying “I will come and wage war [ag]ainst you!” |
| Obverse Column i [21:30] i' 22'22'–i' 30'30' | [I] put my trust in the command of the deities Aššur, Mullissu, Sîn, Ša[maš, B]ēl (Marduk), Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh, (and) Ištar of Arbela, [the] great [god]s, my lords, who had encouraged m[e]. (25ˊ) I did not comply with [the utteran]ce(s) of his provocative speech (lit. “mouth”). I did not give [him] those [peopl]e. The gods became angr[y with ... the utte]rance(s) of his provocative speech (lit. “mouth”) [and] they [impose]d upon him [his] punishment. [At that time], a mishap befell [him: his lip became pa]ralyzed, his eyes tu[rned back, and] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i' | ||
| 1' | [ina MU].AN.⸢NA⸣-[šu₂ na-piš-ta-šu₂ iq-ti il-lik nam-mu-ši-šu₂] | |
| 2' | {[m}EN-BA]-ša₂ {kur}gam-bu-⸢la⸣-[a-a ša₂ iṣ-lu-u {giš}ŠUDUN EN-ti-ia] | |
| 3' | [ina ni]-⸢šik⸣ PEŠ₂ ⸢iš⸣-[ta-kan na-piš-tu₂ ...] | |
| 4' | [iš-ši a-ga]-nu-ti-la me-e ⸢ma⸣-[lu-u-ti ...] | |
| 5' | [LUGAL]-⸢us⸣-su iš-ki-pu [BALA-šu₂ e-ki-mu] | |
| 6' | [be]-⸢lut⸣ {kur}ELAM.⸢MA⸣{ki} u₂-šal-[qu-u ša₂-nam-ma] | |
| 7' | [ar-ka] {m}te-um-man ḫi-ri-iṣ GAL₅.LA₂ u₂-šib ina {⸢giš⸣}[GU.ZA {m}ur-ta-ki] | |
| 8' | [a-na] da-a-ki DUMU.MEŠ {m}ur-ta-ki DUMU.ME {m}⸢um⸣-[man-al-daš] | |
| 9' | [iš]-⸢ta⸣-ne₂-ʾi MUNUS.⸢ḪUL⸣ | |
| 10' | {[m}um]-man-i-gaš {m}um-man-ap-pa {m}tam-ma-ri-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 11' | [DUMU].⸢MEŠ⸣ {m}ur-ta-ki LUGAL {kur}ELAM.MA{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 12' | {[m}ku]-⸢dur₂⸣-ru {m}pa-ru-u₂ DUMU.MEŠ {m}um-man-al-⸢daš⸣ | |
| 13' | [LUGAL] a-lik pa-ni {m}ur-⸢ta⸣-ki a-di 60-šu NUMUN [LUGAL] | |
| 14' | [ina la] mi₃-ni ERIM.MEŠ {giš}PAN DUMU.MEŠ ba-ne₂-e ša₂ {kur}ELAM{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 15' | [ša] la-pa-an da-a-ki {m}te-um-man | |
| 16' | [in]-nab-tu-u-nim-ma iṣ-ba-tu GIR₃.II LUGAL-u-ti-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 17' | ⸢šu⸣-ut UN.MEŠ an-nu-ti mun-nab-ti | |
| 18' | {[m]}⸢te⸣-um-man iš-ta-nap-pa-ra me-re-eḫ-tu | |
| 19' | ⸢um⸣-ma UN.MEŠ šu-a-tu-nu šu-bi-lam-ma | |
| 20' | [ša₂]-⸢ni⸣-a-nu um-ma al-la-kam-ma | |
| 21' | ⸢it⸣-ti-ka ep-pu-ša₂ mit-ḫu-ṣu-tu | |
| 22' | ⸢at⸣-kil a-na a-mat AN.ŠAR₂ {d}NIN.LIL₂ {d}30 {d}⸢UTU⸣ | |
| 23' | {[d]}⸢EN⸣ {d}AG {d}15 ša₂ NINA{ki} {d}15 ša₂ LIMMU₂-DINGIR{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 24' | [DINGIR].MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia ša₂ u₂-tak-kil-u-in-[ni] | |
| 25' | [qi₂]-⸢bit⸣ pi-i-šu₂ er-ḫu ul am-gur₂ | |
| 26' | [UN].⸢MEŠ⸣ šu-a-tu-nu ul ad-din-[šu₂] | |
| 27' | [... qi₂]-⸢bit⸣ pi-i-šu₂ er-ḫu DINGIR.MEŠ e-zi-⸢zu⸣-[ma] | |
| 28' | [e-mi₃]-⸢du-uš⸣ ḫi-ṭi-[x (x)] | |
| 29' | [ina u₄-me-šu₂-ma] ⸢mi⸣-iḫ-ru im-ḫur-[šu₂-ma] | |
| 30' | [NUNDUM-su uk]-⸢tam-bil-ma⸣ IGI.⸢II⸣-šu₂ ⸢is⸣-[ḫur-ma] | |
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