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Ashurbanipal 052 (Q003751)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationAshurbanipal 052
IDQ003751
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotKuyunjik (Nineveh)
Coordinates36.3587, 43.1519

English translation

By ORACC project rinap/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:4] 11–44[...] had incited [(...)] to rebel [against (the god) Aššur and the goddess] Ištar and [he] prepared for battle. At the beginning of his fight, in the city [..., w]ho had encouraged me, a small body of troops [brought about] the defeat of [his] troops. [... t]heir [...], the rest of them who had fled when (they were) defeated ... [...]. They were speaking [as] follows, saying: “Do not be frightened! (The god) Aššur [...].”

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1[... it-ti aš-šur u {d]}15 u₂-šam-⸢kir₂⸣-u-ma ⸢ik⸣-ṣu-ra ME₃ ina šur-ru-<<ut>> mit-ḫu-ṣi-šu₂ ina {uru}[...]
2[...] ⸢ša⸣ u₂-tak-kil-u₂-in-ni ERIM.ḪI.A mi-iṣ-tu BAD₅.BAD₅ ERIM.ḪI.⸢A⸣-[šu₂ iš-kun ...]
3[...]-⸢šu₂⸣-un sit₂-ta-tu-šu₂-nu ša₂ ina BAD₅.BAD₅ ip-par-šid-du pa-⸢na⸣-[...]
4[...] MAN ⸢ki⸣-a-am i-qab-bu um-ma la ta-pal-laḫ₃ aš-šur ⸢KI⸣-[...]

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