Ashurbanipal 028 (Q003727)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 028 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003727 |
| 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 [0:5] 11–55 | Ur[t]aku, an in-law of Teumman who had been struck by an a[rro]w (but) had not (yet) died, called out to an Assyrian to c[ut of]f his (Urtaku’s) own head, saying “Come here (and) cut off (my) head. Carry (it) before the king, your lord, and obtain fame.” |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}ur-⸢ta⸣-ku ḫa-ta-nu {m}te-um-man | |
| 2 | ša₂ ina ⸢uṣ-ṣi⸣ muḫ-ḫu-ṣu la iq-tu₂-u ZI.MEŠ | |
| 3 | a-na ⸢na-kas⸣ SAG.DU ra-ma-ni-šu₂ DUMU KUR aš-šur | |
| 4 | i-ša₂-si-⸢ma⸣ um-ma al-ka SAG.DU KUD-is | |
| 5 | IGI LUGAL EN-ka i-ši-⸢ma le⸣-e-qi₂ MU SIG₅-tim |
Sources & licences
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