Ashurbanipal 017 (Q003716)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003716 |
| 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 [0:5] i' 1'1'–i' 5'5' | [Fea]r of my royal majesty — [with which] the gods [Aššur], Bēl (Marduk), and Nabû [had endowed me — overwhelmed] the land Elam [and (then) the peopl]e of the land Elam [reb]elled again[st Indabibi] and [killed him with the sword. They placed Um]manaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), son of Att[a-metu, on his (Indabibi’s) throne]. |
| Obverse Column i [5:9] i' 6'6'–i' 9'9' | [At] that [tim]e, Duku, where destiny is d[etermined, the sea]t of the god Lugaldimmera[nki, ...] the exa[lted] gods [...] fates [...] |
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' | [pu-luḫ]-⸢ti LUGAL-u₂-ti-ia⸣ [ša₂ u₂-za-ʾi-nu-in-ni] | |
| 2' | [AN.ŠAR₂] {d}EN u {d}AG {kur}ELAM.⸢MA⸣{[ki} is-ḫu-up-ma] | |
| 3' | [UN].⸢MEŠ⸣ {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ṣe-e-⸢er⸣ {[m}in-da-bi-bi] | |
| 4' | [ib]-⸢bal⸣-ki-tu-ma ⸢i⸣-[na-ru-uš i-na {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ] | |
| 5' | {[m}um]-man-al-ta-aš₂ DUMU {m}at-⸢ta⸣-[me-tu u₂-še-ši-bu ina {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂] | |
| 6' | [ina u₄]-⸢me⸣-šu₂ DU₆.KU₃ ⸢KI⸣.NAM.⸢TAR⸣.[TAR.(RE).E.NE] | |
| 7' | [šu]-⸢bat⸣ {d}lugal-dim₃-me-er-⸢an⸣-[ki ...] | |
| 8' | [...] x ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ ⸢ṣi-ir⸣-[...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢NAM.MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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