Ashurbanipal 054 (Q003753)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 054 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003753 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:2] 11–22 | I, Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria, for who[m] (the god) Aššur — the king of the gods — (and) the goddess Ištar — the lady of battle — determined a destiny of heroism, [...]: The god Palil, the one who goes before me, let me go triumphantly hunting in the steppe. For pleasure ... [...] I went out. |
| Obverse [2:5] 33–55 | In the steppe, a widespread place, rag[ing] lions, a ferocious mountain breed, attacked [me and] surrounded the chariot, the vehicle of my royal majesty. By the command of (the god) Aššur (and) the goddess [Ištar], the great gods, my lords, with a single team [harnes]sed to my yoke [...] I scatter[ed] the pack of tho[se] lions. |
| Obverse [5:8] 66–88 | [Umman]appa, a son of [Ur]taku, the king of the land Elam, who had fled and had grasped [my feet, ...] ... a lion attacked him and [he ... my] lordly majesty, [...], became frightened, and made an appeal to [my] lordly majesty (for help). |
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) |
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| 1 | a-na-ku {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} ša₂ AN.ŠAR₂ LUGAL DINGIR.⸢MEŠ {d}15 be-let ME₃ ši-mat qar-ra-du-ti i-ši-mu-⸢uš⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | {d}IGI.DU a-lik maḫ-ri ba-ʾu-u₂-ri ⸢ša⸣ EDIN šal-ṭiš u₂-še-⸢piš⸣-an-ni ki-i mul-ta-ʾu-u-ti A SAL NAB [...] | |
| 3 | u₂-ṣi ina EDIN aš₂-ri rap-ši la-ab-bi na-ad-[ru-(u)]-ti i-lit-ti ḫur-ša₂-a-ni ḪUŠ.MEŠ it-bu-[nim-ma] | |
| 4 | il-mu-u {giš}GIGIR ru-kub LUGAL-ti-ia ina ⸢qi₂-bit AN.ŠAR₂ u {d⸣}15 DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia ina 1-⸢et u₂-re-e⸣ | |
| 5 | [ṣi-mit]-⸢ti⸣ ni-ri-ia [...] el-lat UR.MAḪ.MEŠ šu₂-a-tu-[nu] ⸢u₂-par-ri-ir⸣ | |
| 6 | {[m}um-man]-⸢ap-pa DUMU⸣ {[m}ur]-ta-ki MAN {kur}ELAM{ki} ša₂ in-nab-⸢tu₂-ma iṣ-ba-tu₂⸣ [GIR₃.II-ia] | |
| 7 | [...]-nu-ti UR.MAḪ ina muḫ-ḫi-⸢šu₂ it-bi-ma EN-u-ti⸣ | |
| 8 | [...] ip-laḫ₃-ma ⸢u₂⸣-ṣal-⸢la-a EN-u-ti⸣ |
Sources & licences
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