Ashurbanipal 059 (Q003758)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003758 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, Holland; Diözesanmuseum, Breslau, Poland; Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK; Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway; National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 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/scores · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | For the god Nabû, the exalted lord who dwells in Ezida — which is inside Nineveh — his lord: |
| Obverse [1:5] 22–55 | Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, the one requested (and) required by his (Nabû’s) great divinity, who, at the issuing of his directive and the giving of his stern order, cut off the head of Teumman, the king of the land Elam, in the clash of battle. |
| Obverse [5:10] 66–1010 | Moreover, by his great command, I defeated Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), Tammarītu, Paʾê, (and) Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), who had exercised kingship over the land Elam after Teumman, and (then) harnessed them to a processional carriage, the vehicle of my royal majesty. |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | Furthermore, with his great support, I constantly established proper procedures in every single land. |
| Obverse [11:13] 1212–1313 | At that time, I enlarged the structure of the courtyard of the temple of the god Nabû, my lord, with massive (blocks of) limestone. |
| Obverse [13:18] 1414–1818 | On account of this, O Nabû, look upon (this courtyard) with pleasure and may it be acceptable to you. May (the command for) a long life for me (lit. “a life of my long days”) come forth from your lips through your reliable cuneiform sign(s). May my feet grow old walking about in Ezida in your divine presence! |
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 | a-na {d}AG EN MAḪ a-šib e₂-zi-da | |
| 2 | ša₂ ŠA₃ NINA{ki} EN-šu₂ {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A MAN KUR AŠ | |
| 3 | i-riš-ti ḫi-šiḫ-ti DINGIR-ti-šu₂ GAL-ti | |
| 4 | ša₂ ina ša₂-kan UMUŠ-šu₂ u SUM ur-ti-šu₂ DUGUD-ti | |
| 5 | ina mit-ḫu-ṣi BAD₅.BAD₅ KUD-su SAG.DU {m}te-um-man | |
| 6 | MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} u {m}um-man-i-gaš {m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ | |
| 7 | {m}pa-ʾe-e {m}um-man-al-daš ša₂ EGIR {m}te-um-man | |
| 8 | DU₃-šu₂ MAN-ut {kur}ELAM{ki} ina qi₂-bi-ti-šu₂ GAL-ti | |
| 9 | qa-ti KUR-su-nu-ti-ma ina {giš}ša₂ ša₂-da-di | |
| 10 | ru-kub MAN-ti-ia LAL-su-nu-ti | |
| 11 | u ina tukul-ti-šu₂ GAL-ti ina kul-lat NIGIN KUR.KUR | |
| 12 | GAR.GAR-nu si-mat ina u₄-me-šu₂ KISAL E₂ {d}MUATI | |
| 13 | EN-ia₂ ina pi-i-li eš-qi₂ ši-kit-ta-šu₂ | |
| 14 | u₂-rab-bi ana šat-ti {d}MUATI ḫa-diš IGI.BAR-ma | |
| 15 | lim-ma-ḫir IGI-uk-ka ina ti-kip SANTAK₄-ki-ka | |
| 16 | ke-e-ni TIN UD.ME-ia₂ GID₂.MEŠ li-ṣa-a | |
| 17 | šap-tuk-ka DU.DU-ku e₂-zi-da | |
| 18 | ina IGI DINGIR-ti-ka li-lab-bi-ra GIR₃.II-a-a |
Sources & licences
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