Ashurbanipal 019 (Q003718)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003718 |
| 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 [0:3] i' 1'1'–i' 3'3' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column i [3:9] i' 4'4'–i' 9'9' | [My battle troops (who are stationed) in the city Mang]isi — which is inside (the territory of) the city [Sumandir — came up against them] and brought about [their] de[feat]. They cut [off] the heads [of Un]dasu — a son of Teumm[an, a (former) king of the land Elam — Za]za[z], Parrû, (and) [Atta-metu, and] they brought (them) before [me]. |
| Obverse Column i [9:13] i' 10'10'–i' 13'13' | I dispatched my messenger to Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II) regarding these matters. He detained the eunuch of mine whom I had sent (Marduk-šarru-uṣur) to inquire about his well-being and did not give a r[e]ply to my word(s). |
| Obverse Column i [13:19] i' 14'14'–i' 19'19' | The deities [A]ššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Bēl (Marduk), [...] Nusku, ... [... the gods who s]up[port me], rend[ered a just verdict for me concerning U]mmanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II). [...] ... [...] |
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 [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x x x (x) x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x x x U₂ x [...] | |
| 4' | [ERIM.MEŠ ME₃-ia ina {uru}man]-⸢gi⸣-si ša₂ qe₂-reb {uru}[su-man-dir] | |
| 5' | [EDIN-uš-šu₂-un e-lu-nim]-ma iš-ku-nu ⸢taḫ⸣-[ta-šu₂-un] | |
| 6' | [ša {m}un]-da-si DUMU {m}te-⸢um-man⸣ [LUGAL {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 7' | [ša {m}za]-⸢za-az⸣ {m}par-ru-u₂ {m}[at-ta-me-tu] | |
| 8' | ⸢SAG⸣.DU.MEŠ-⸢šu⸣-nu KUD-su-[nim-ma] | |
| 9' | u₂-bil-u-ni a-di maḫ-ri-[ia] | |
| 10' | šu-ut a-ma-a-ti an-na-a-ti {lu₂}A ⸢KIN-ia⸣ | |
| 11' | u₂-ma-ʾe-er ṣe-er {m}⸢um⸣-man-i-gaš | |
| 12' | {lu₂}šu-ut SAG-ia ša₂ a-⸢na⸣ ša₂-al šul-mi₃-šu₂ aš₂-pu-ru ik-la-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 13' | la u₂-ter-ra ⸢tur⸣-ti a-mat-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 14' | ⸢AN.ŠAR₂⸣ {d}30 {d}UTU {d}EN [...] | |
| 15' | [...] {⸢d⸣}nusku x AN [...] | |
| 16' | [DINGIR.MEŠ] ⸢ti⸣-ik-[le-ia di-in kit-ti] | |
| 17' | [it-ti {m]}⸢um⸣-man-i-gaš ⸢i-di⸣-[nu-in-ni] | |
| 18' | [...] [...] | |
| 19' | [...] [...] | |
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