Ashurbanipal 080 (Q003779)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 080 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003779 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:4] o i' 1'1'–o i' 4'4' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column i [4:10] o i' 5'5'–o i' 10'10' | [...] abando[ned ...] good (things) [...] m[y] kingship [...] heard about the lies [...] ... the seed of his father's house, [incited Urtaku, the king of] the land Elam. |
| Obverse Column i [10:22] o i' 11'11'–o i' 22'22' | [Urtaku, whom I had not antagonized], set his attack in motion (and) [hastily bro]ught war [to Karduniaš (Babylonia). On account of the assault of the] Elamite, [a messenger] came [to Nineveh] and (i´ 15´) [told me (the news). I was not con]cerned about this [news of Urtaku’s assault. (Because) he had regularly sent his envoys (with messages) of p]eace [bef]ore me, [I] sent [my messenger to see the king of the land Elam; (i´ 20´) he went quickly, returned], and [reported to m]e [an accura]te [report], |
| Reverse Column i [0:5] r i 1'1'–r i 5'5' | (No translation possible) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i' | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢U₂⸣ PA x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢A₂⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] TU [...] | |
| 5' | [...] u₂-maš-⸢šir⸣ [(x)] | |
| 6' | [...] SIG₅-[tu] | |
| 7' | [...] LUGAL-u-ti-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢iš⸣-ma-a sur-ra-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 9' | [...] x-qa-mu-u NUMUN E₂ AD-šu₂ | |
| 10' | [id-ku-u-ni {m}ur-ta-ki MAN] {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| 11' | {[m}ur-ta-ki ša₂ la ag-ru-šu₂] ⸢id⸣-ka-a qa-bal-šu₂ | |
| 12' | [a-na {kur}kar₂-{d}dun-ia₂-aš₃ ur]-⸢ri⸣-ḫa ME₃ | |
| 13' | [aš₂-šu₂ ti-bu-ut {lu₂]}⸢e⸣-lam-e | |
| 14' | {[lu₂}A KIN a-na NINA{ki]} ⸢il⸣-lik-am-ma | |
| 15' | [iq-ba-a ia-a-ti a-ma-ti] ša₂-a-ti-na | |
| 16' | [ša ti-bu-ti {m}ur-ta-ki ul aš₂]-⸢du⸣-ud a-na lib₃-bi-ia | |
| 17' | [šu-ut {lu₂}MAḪ.MEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ su]-lum-me-e | |
| 18' | [iš-ta-nap-pa-ra ina maḫ]-ri-ia | |
| 19' | [a-na a-mar MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} {lu₂}A KIN-ia] ⸢aš₂-pur⸣-ma | |
| 20' | [ḫa-an-ṭiš il-lik i-tu-ram]-ma | |
| 21' | [a-ma-a-ti ka-a-a-ma-na]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 22' | [u₂-ša₂-an-na-a ia-a]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] x | |
| 3' | [...] x | |
| 4' | [...] x | |
| 5' | [...] x | |
Sources & licences
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