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Ashurbanipal 076 (Q003775)

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

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DesignationAshurbanipal 076
IDQ003775
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 Column ii [0:3] ii' 1'1'–ii' 3'3'[I conquered, burned with fire, (and) pl]un­dered [the cities in the environs of the city Paddiri, which the Manneans had taken away (and) appropriated for] the[ms]elves [in the time of the kings, my ancestors. I returned those cities t]o the territory of A[ssyria].
Obverse Column ii [3:8] ii' 4'4'–ii' 8'8'I leveled (and) b[urned] with fire [the d]istrict of the city [Arsiyaniš], which is between the city Azaq[anani and (lit. “of”) Mount Ḫarsi], which is before the land of the Kumurd[eans, who are in the land Mannea]. I [killed Rayadišadî], their fortress commander, [(and) I plundered it (Arsiyaniš)].
Obverse Column ii [8:9] ii' 9'9'–ii' 9'9'[I conquered the district] of the city [Eristeyana],

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)
ii'
1'[a-na] ⸢ra⸣-ma-ni-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ [u₂-ter-ru ak-šu-ud ina {d}GIŠ.BAR aq-mu]
2'[aš₂]-⸢lu⸣-la šal-lat-⸢sun₂⸣ [URU.MEŠ ša₂-a-tu-nu]
3'[a]-na mi-ṣir KUR ⸢AN⸣.[ŠAR₂{ki} u₂-ter-ra]
4'⸢na⸣-gu-u₂ ša₂ {⸢uru⸣}[ar-si-ia-ni-iš]
5'ša bi-rit {uru}a-za-⸢qa⸣-[na-ni ša {kur}ḫa-ar-si ša₂-di-i]
6'ša SAG {kur}ku-mu-ur-⸢da⸣-[a-a ša qe₂-reb {kur}man-na-a-a]
7'as-pu-un ina {d}GIŠ.BAR ⸢aq⸣-[mu {m}ra-a-a-di-ša₂-di-i]
8'{⸢lu₂}GAL⸣ ḪAL.ṢU-šu₂-nu ⸢a⸣-[duk aš₂-lu-la šal-lat-su]
9'[na-gu-u₂] ⸢ša₂ {uru⸣}[e-ri-is-te-ia-na ak-šu-ud]

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