Ashurbanipal 021 (Q003720)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003720 |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | I, Ashurbanipal, [...] creation of the hands of (the god) Ašš[ur ...], son of E[sar]hadd[on, ...] |
| Obverse [3:6] 1'1'–3'3' | [..., build]er of [..., ...] (and) Nabû [...] with the gaze of their eyes, [...]. |
| Obverse [6:7] 4'4'–4'4' | [... I compl]eted [...] its walls. [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 5'5'–5'5' | [... m]y [lady], that is in Nineveh, Egašankalama [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] 6'6'–6'6' | [... the] great [gods], my lords, their cult centers [...] |
| Obverse [9:11] 7'7'–8'8' | [... b]ronze, iron, [...] his pure daises [...] I constantly set up [...] of silver (and) gold. |
| Obverse [11:12] 9'9'–9'9' | E[...]. |
| Obverse [12:13] 10'10'–10'10' | [E]meslam, the temple of the god Nergal of Cu[tha, ...]. |
| Obverse [13:14] 11'11'–11'11' | [... d]imensions, temple appurtenance(s) of silver, gold, [...]. |
| Obverse [14:16] 12'12'–13'13' | [N]anāya, the great lady, (who) f[rom ... i]n Eḫiliana, which she love[s. ...] |
| Obverse [16:17] 14'14'–14'14' | [...] I built (and) [comple]ted. [I ...] their aban[doned] regular offerings. [(...)] |
| Obverse [17:19] 15'15'–16'16' | [..., the great gods], my [lord]s, fully carried out [..., spread] their benev[olent] protection [over me, and ...] th[ey] made [...] b[ow down] to my yoke. [...] I had no rival (lit. “there was no rival”). |
| Obverse [19:20] 17'17'–17'17' | [I conquered] the city Thebes, a royal city of Egyp[t and Kush. ...] |
| Obverse [20:21] 18'18'–18'18' | [...] I brought to naught. [I ...] its gods (and) [its] goddesses. [...] |
| Obverse [21:22] 19'19'–19'19' | [... with Tugdam]mî, king of a barbarian horde, a n[omad, ...] |
| Obverse [22:24] 20'20'–21'21' | [...] I killed (and) cut down (with the sword). The land Media, Mannea, [...] the lands ...uppi and Qadê, which is on the sh[ore of ...] |
| Obverse [24:25] 22'22'–22'22' | [...] ... By the command of the deities Aššur, Mullissu, <Bēl (Marduk)>, Nabû, [...] |
| Obverse [25:26] 23'23'–23'23' | [...] of mine (who) are insubmissive [...] the might of the deities Aššur, Mullissu, Bēl (Marduk), [...] |
| Obverse [26:27] 24'24'–24'24' | [... from the Upper Sea of the Setting] Sun to the L[ower] Sea [of the Rising Sun ...] |
| Obverse [27:28] 25'25'–25'25' | [..., wit]hout interruption, [... his heavy] pay[ment ...] |
| Obverse [28:29] 26'26'–26'26' | [...] Bēl (Marduk) ... [...] |
| Obverse [29:31] 1''1''–2''2'' | Marduk, Zarpanīt[u ...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-⸢na⸣-ku {m}AN.⸢ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | bi-⸢nu⸣-ut ŠU.II AN.⸢ŠAR₂⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | ⸢DUMU {m}AN⸣.[ŠAR₂]-PAP-SUM.[NA ...] | |
| 1' | [...] [...] | |
| 2' | [... e]-⸢piš⸣ x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] {⸢d}AG⸣ ina ni-⸢ši IGI⸣.II.MEŠ-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... u₂-šak]-lil E₂.GAR₈.MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [... GAŠAN]-⸢ia⸣ ša₂ qe₂-reb NINA{ki} e₂-gašan-kalam-ma x [...] | |
| 6' | [... DINGIR.MEŠ] GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia ma-ḫa-zi-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢ZABAR⸣ AN.BAR [...] | |
| 8' | [...] BARA₂.MEŠ-šu₂ KU₃.MEŠ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢ša₂ KU₃.BABBAR⸣ KU₃.GI lu-u aš₂-tak-kan ⸢e₂⸣-[...] | |
| 10' | [... e₂]-⸢mes-lam E₂ {d}U.GUR ša₂ GU₂⸣.[DU₈.A{ki} ...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢mi⸣-na-a-ti si-mat E₂.KUR ša₂ KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.GI [...] | |
| 12' | [... {d]}⸢na⸣-na-a ⸢GAŠAN⸣ GAL-tu₂ ⸢ul⸣-[tu ...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢ina e₂⸣-ḫi-⸢li-an⸣-na ša₂ ⸢ta⸣-ram-⸢mu⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | [...] x ar-⸢ṣip u₂⸣-[šak]-⸢lil⸣ sat-tuk-ki-šu₂-nu baṭ-[lu-tu ...] | |
| 15' | [... DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN].⸢MEŠ-ia⸣ u₂-šal-⸢li⸣-mu AN.DUL₃-šu₂-nu ⸢DUG₃⸣.[GA UGU-ia it-ru-ṣu-ma ...] | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢a⸣-na {giš}ŠUDUN-ia u₂-⸢šak⸣-[ni-šu ...] | |
| 17' | [...] x ma-ḫir ul i-ši {uru}ni-iʾ URU LUGAL-ti {kur}mu-⸢ṣur⸣ [u {kur}ku-u-si KUR-ud ...] | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢a⸣-di la ba-še-e u₂-ša₂-lik DINGIR.MEŠ-šu₂ {d}15.MEŠ-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 19' | [... it-ti {m}tug-dam]-mi₃-i LUGAL ERIM-man-da ⸢NUMUN⸣ [ḫal-ga-te-e ...] | |
| 20' | [...] ⸢a⸣-ni-ir u₂-šam-qit {kur}ma-ta-a-a {kur}man-na-a-a {⸢kur⸣}[...] | |
| 21' | [...] {⸢kur⸣}x-up-pi u {kur}qa-de-e ša₂ ina a-[ḫi ...] | |
| 22' | [...] ⸢aš₂⸣-bu ina qi₂-bit AN.ŠAR₂ {d}NIN.LIL₂ {<d}EN> {d}AG {d}[...] | |
| 23' | [...]-ia la kan-šu₂ da-na-an AN.ŠAR₂ {d}NIN.LIL₂ {d}EN [...] | |
| 24' | [... ul-tu tam-tim e-li-ti ša šul-mu] {⸢d⸣}UTU-ši a-di tam-tim ⸢šap⸣-[li-ti ša ṣi-it {d}UTU-ši ...] | |
| 25' | [...] ⸢la⸣ na-par-ka-a man-da-⸢at⸣-[ta-šu₂ DUGUD-tu₂ ...] | |
| 26' | [...] {⸢d}EN⸣ x x x [...] | |
| 1'' | {d}AMAR.UTU {d}zar-pa-⸢ni-tum⸣ [...] | |
| 2'' | [...] |
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