Ashurbanipal 061 (Q003760)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 061 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003760 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzerleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of As[syria], the pious servant, the one who reveres the great gods, beloved of the god Aššur and the goddess Mullissu, the one required by the gods Nabû and Marduk, the one who protects the secret knowledge of the great gods, (5) the one who is assiduous towards san[ctuari]es, the holy priest whose gi[ving of food off]erings the gods of heaven (and) netherworld enj[oy], the one who ... Ešarra, the one who am[a]sses te[mple] appurtenance(s), |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88–o 1212 | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse [12:16] o 1313–o 1616 | [I] made (him) t[ake] his seat in [his] (own) pri[vate room. I completed] Es[agil]. (As for) the replica of the apsû, the pala[ce of the k]ing of the go[d]s, the god Marduk, I dec[orated (it)] with silver (and) [gold] (and) made (it) shine [like] the sun. |
| Obverse [16:26] o 1717–o 2626 | (As for) the god Marduk, [the exalte]d [lord], the one who called me [by name], from ... [...] the pl[ace of] his creation, [I loaded (him)] into a bo[at] and (20) made (him) tak[e the road to Š]uanna (Babylon). I made (them) enter [into] Esag[il, the seat of his lordly] majesty [and placed (him)] on his [s]eat. ... [...] the gods, my helpers, [...] Egypt and Kush (25) [... Šuan]na (Babylon), a temple [...] gold [...] the underworld ... [...]. |
| Obverse [26:33] o 2727–o 3333 | At that time, the trap[pi]ngs of the exalted chariot of [the king of the god(s) (Marduk)], the v[ehicle of] the lord of lo<rds>, (and) a bed of mus[ukkann]u-wood, a [du]rable wo[od], (30) that is cla[d] with gold [...] as a bed for the god(dess) [...] (the god) Aššur [and] the god(dess) [...] my [...] |
| Reverse [0:11] r 1'1'–r 11'11' | [...] ... [...] to/for [... t]hat [wall] became dilapidated and [...] I identified its (original) site (and) [reached its] foundation pit. (rev. 5´) [In a] favorable [mon]th, (on) an auspicious day, I (re)la[id] its foundation(s and thereby) [secured] its [bri]ckwork. With limestone, a [(strong) mountain] st[one, ...] of its foundation(s). [I m]ixed (the mud for) [its] revetment with oil [...] (and) pleasant(-smelling) [aromatic]s. I built (and) completed (it) [from] its [foun]dation(s) [t]o its crenellations. (rev. 10´) I made (it) larger th[an the one in the da]ys of the past (and) its appearance (more) [res]plendent. |
| Reverse [11:14] r 12'12'–r 14'14' | (As for the) [st]eles of the kings who came before me who bui[lt] this [wal]l, I anointed (them) wi[th oil, ma]de an offer[ing], (and) p[laced (them)] w[ith st]eles bearing my name. |
| Reverse [14:23] r 15'15'–r 23'23' | [May a fut]ure [ruler], one of the kings, [my] descendants, [whom (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar nominat]e [f]or ruling over the land and people, [renovate its] dilapidat[ed section(s)] when t[his] wall [becomes old] and dilapidated. [Just like] me, (rev. 20´) [ma]y he an[oi]n[t] the steles [bearing my name with oil], make an offering, (and) pla[ce] (them) [with st]eles [bear]ing his name. The deities Aššur, Adad, (and) Ištar will (then) listen to his [pra]yers. |
| Reverse [23:25] r 24'24'–r 25'25' | Tašrītu (VII), eponymy of Awiānu, governor of the land Que (655). |
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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| o | ||
| 1 | {m}aš-šur-DU₃-A MAN GAL MAN KAL MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR aš-[šur] | |
| 2 | ⸢re-e⸣-šu₂ mut-nen-nu-u pa-liḫ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.ME | |
| 3 | ⸢na-ra-am {d}aš-šur u⸣ {d}NIN.LIL₂ ḫi-ših-ti | |
| 4 | {⸢d}MUATI u {d}AMAR⸣.UTU na-ṣir AD.ḪAL DINGIR.ME GAL.ME | |
| 5 | muš-te₉-⸢eʾ-u₂ aš₂⸣-[re]-⸢e⸣ SANGA KU₃ | |
| 6 | ša₂ ⸢na⸣-[dan zi]-bi-šu₂ i-⸢ra⸣-[mu] DINGIR.ME šu-ut AN ⸢KI⸣ | |
| 7 | mu-x [x] x ⸢e₂⸣-šar₂-ra mu-⸢na⸣-ki-mu si-mat ⸢E₂⸣.[KUR] | |
| 8 | x [x x] x [x] x x x [x] x {munus}SIG₅ | |
| 9 | I [...] GAL [x] | |
| 10 | ŠI x (x) x x [...] x x | |
| 11 | KU₃ x [...] | |
| 12 | [x] AN [...] x x MA | |
| 13 | ina GA₂.⸢NUN⸣-[ni-šu₂ u₂]-⸢šar⸣-[ma]-a šu-bat-su | |
| 14 | e₂-⸢sag⸣-[il₂ u₂-šak-lil] GABA.RI ap-⸢se-e⸣ | |
| 15 | E₂.⸢GAL MAN DINGIR.MEŠ⸣ {d}AMAR.UTU KU₃.BABBAR [KU₃.GI] | |
| 16 | u₂-za-[ʾi-in] ⸢u₂⸣-ša₂-an-bi-ṭa {d}UTU-[niš] | |
| 17 | {d}AMAR.UTU [EN ṣi]-⸢ru⸣ na-bu-⸢u₂⸣ [zi]-⸢kir⸣ [MU]-ia | |
| 18 | ul-tu KI-x [...] x x a-[šar] nab-ni-ti-šu₂ | |
| 19 | qe₂-reb {giš}⸢MA₂⸣ [u₂-še-li]-ma | |
| 20 | ⸢u₂⸣-ša₂-aṣ-bi-[it KASKAL] ⸢šu⸣-an-⸢na⸣{<ki>} | |
| 21 | [ina] ⸢e₂-sag⸣-[il₂ šu-bat] ⸢EN⸣-ti-[šu₂] | |
| 22 | ⸢u₂⸣-še-rib-[ma ...] ⸢šub⸣-tuš-šu₂ | |
| 23 | x x x [...] x DINGIR.ME tik-le-ia | |
| 24 | [... {kur]}mu-ṣur u {kur}ku-si | |
| 25 | [... šu-an]-na{ki} ⸢e-kur⸣-ru₃ | |
| 26 | KU₃.GI [...] x {kur}a-ra-al-li | |
| 27 | x x ⸢DA⸣ [...] ina ⸢u₄⸣-me-šu-ma | |
| 28 | ṣi-⸢in⸣-da {giš}⸢GIGIR⸣ [LUGAL DINGIR] ṣir-tu ⸢ru⸣-[kub] EN EN.<EN> | |
| 29 | {giš}NA₂ {giš}MES.[MA₂.KAN].⸢NA⸣ iṣ-[ṣi da]-re-⸢e⸣ | |
| 30 | ša₂ KU₃.GI lit-bu-⸢šat⸣ [...]-at | |
| 31 | a-na ⸢ma⸣-a-a-al {d}[...] | |
| 32 | ⸢AN.ŠAR₂⸣ [u] {⸢d⸣}x [...] | |
| 33 | x [(x)]-⸢ia⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] a-na [...] | |
| 3' | [BAD₃ šu]-a-tu e-na-aḫ-ma i-[...] | |
| 4' | ⸢a-šar⸣-šu₂ u₂-me-es-si dan-na-as-[su ak-šud] | |
| 5' | [ina] ⸢ITI⸣ DUG₃.GA UD ŠE.GA UŠ₈-šu₂ ad-[di] | |
| 6' | [u₂-kin] ⸢SIG₄⸣-su ina pe-⸢e-li NA₄⸣ [KUR-i (dan-ni)] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ te-me-⸢en-šu₂⸣ ina I₃.⸢GIŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [ŠIM.ḪI].A DUG₃.GA.MEŠ [ab]-lu-la ta-ra-⸢ḫu⸣-[uš] | |
| 9' | [ul-tu] ⸢UŠ₈-šu₂⸣ [a]-di GABA.⸢DIB⸣-šu₂ ⸢ar⸣-ṣip u₂-šak-lil | |
| 10' | ⸢UGU⸣ [ša u₄]-me pa-ni ⸢u₂-ša₂⸣-tir | |
| 11' | ⸢u₂-šar⸣-ri-iḫ nab-ni-su | |
| 12' | {[na₄]}⸢NA⸣.RU₂.A.MEŠ ša MAN.MEŠ a-lik pa-ni-ia | |
| 13' | ⸢e-piš BAD₃⸣ šu₂-a-te ⸢ina⸣ [I₃.GIŠ] ⸢ap⸣-šu-uš | |
| 14' | {udu}⸢SISKUR⸣ [aq]-qi ⸢it⸣-[ti {na₄]}⸢NA⸣.RU₂.A.⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 15' | ši-ṭir MU-ia ⸢aš₂⸣-[kun NUN] ⸢EGIR-u₂⸣ | |
| 16' | ina MAN.MEŠ DUMU.⸢MEŠ⸣-[ia ša aš-šur u {d}iš-tar a]-na be-lut KUR | |
| 17' | u₃ UN.MEŠ ⸢i⸣-[nam-bu-u₂ zi]-⸢kir⸣-šu₂ | |
| 18' | e-nu-ma BAD₃ ⸢šu⸣-[a-tu i-lab-bi-ru]-ma | |
| 19' | ⸢in⸣-na-ḫu an-[ḫu-su lu-ud-diš ki-ma] ⸢ia⸣-a-ti-ma | |
| 20' | {na₄}NA.RU₂.A.⸢MEŠ⸣ [ši-ṭir MU-ia I₃.GIŠ] ⸢lip⸣-[šu]-⸢uš⸣ | |
| 21' | {⸢udu⸣}SISKUR₂ liq-qi₂ [it-ti {na₄]}⸢NA⸣.RU₂.A.⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 22' | [ši]-⸢ṭir⸣ MU-šu₂ liš-⸢kun⸣ {d}aš-šur {d}IŠKUR {d}INANNA | |
| 23' | [ik]-⸢ri⸣-bi-šu₂ i-šem-mu-u₂ | |
| 24' | {iti}DU₆.KU₃ li-mu {m}u₈-a-nu | |
| 25' | {lu₂}EN.NAM {lu₂}EN.NAM {kur}qu-e | |
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