Ashurbanipal Tablet 04 (Q003774)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal Tablet 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003774 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/scores · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] 1'1'–4'4' | [During the night, in a crafty maneuver, they (Aḫšēri’s troops) approached to] do [battle, to figh]t with m[y] troops. [My battle troops fo]ug[h]t [with them (and)] brought about their defeat. (Over) an area [(the distance of) three leagues march], they filled the wide steppe with their corpses. |
| Obverse [4:9] 5'5'–9'9' | [By the command of the gods Aš]šur, Mullissu, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, [Ištar of Ninev]eh, Ištar of Arbela, Ninurta, [Nergal, (and) Nusku, the great gods], my lords, who had encour[aged me], I entered [the land M]annea and ma[rched about triumphantly. In the cours]e of my campaign, [I conquered, destroyed, demolished, (and) burned with fire] the cities A[yusiaš — a fortress (of his)] — |
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-ku {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A LUGAL ⸢GAL⸣-[u LUGAL] dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} LUGAL kib-rat LIMMU₂-tim | |
| 2 | E₃ lib₃-bi {m}AN.ŠAR₂-PAP-AŠ LUGAL KUR ⸢AN.ŠAR₂⸣{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} LUGAL KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{ki} | |
| 3 | ŠA₃.BAL.BAL {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU ⸢LUGAL⸣ GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki}ma | |
| 4 | AN.ŠAR₂ {d}EN.LIL₂.LA₂ DINGIR.MEŠ iš-di {giš}⸢GU.ZA-e⸣ u₂-kin iḫ-šu-ḫa {lu₂}ša₂-an-gu-ti | |
| 5 | {d}NIN.LIL₂ AMA DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ki-ma ⸢AMA a-lit-ti⸣ u₂-rab-ban-ni ina ki-rim-mi₃-ša₂ DUG₃.GA | |
| 6 | {d}30 {d}UTU ina an-ni-šu₂-nu ke-e-ni ITI-šam iš-⸢ta⸣-nap-pa-ru-u-ni i-da-at dum-qi₂ | |
| 7 | {d}AMAR.UTU ABGAL DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂ qi₂-bit-su la ut-tak-ka-ru ši-⸢mat⸣ la-ba-ri i-šim šim-ti | |
| 8 | {d}AG DUB.SAR gim-ri iḫ-ze ne₂-me-qi₂-šu₂ ša₂ i-ram-mu u₂-šak-mi₃-sa kar-šu-u-a | |
| 9 | {d}iš-tar a-ši-bat {uru}LIMMU₂-DINGIR ka-bit-ti DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ṣil-la-ša₂ da-ru-u it-ru-ṣa UGU-ia | |
| 10 | {d}U.GUR dan-dan-ni DINGIR.MEŠ dun-nu zik-ru-tu e-mu-qi₂ la ša₂-na-an ⸢iš⸣-ru-ka ⸢ši⸣-rik-ti | |
| 11 | ul-tu ṣe-ḫe-ri-ia DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ a-šib AN-e u KI-tim ši-ma-ti i-ši-mu a-na LUGAL-u-ti | |
| 12 | ki-ma AD ba-ne₂-e u₂-rab-bu-in-ni al-ka-kat₃-e-šu₂-nu ṣi-ra-a-⸢ti⸣ u₂-mal-lu-u qa-a-tu-u-a | |
| 13 | u₂-lam-mi₃-du-in-ni e-peš MURUB₄ u ME₃ di-ku-ut a-na-an-ti se-de-ru u mit-ḫu-ṣu-ti | |
| 14 | u₂-šar-bu-u {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia UGU {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-ia ša₂ ul-tu ṣe-ḫe-ri-ia a-di ra-be₂-ia ig-ru-in-ni a-na ṣa-al-ti | |
| 15 | i-di-nu de-e-ni it-ti {m}ur-ta-ki MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ša₂ la ag-ru-u-šu₂ ig-ra-an-ni a-na qab-li | |
| 16 | ke-e-mu-u-a BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂ iš-ku-nu im-ḫa-ṣu pa-na-as-su iṭ-ru-du-šu₂ a-di mi-ṣir KUR-šu₂ | |
| 17 | ⸢ina⸣ MU.AN.NA šu₂-a-tu ina UŠ₂ lem-ni u₂-ḫal-li-qu nap-šat-su ip-qi₂-du-šu₂ a-na KUR.NU.GU₄.A a-šar la ⸢ta⸣-a-ri |
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