Ashurbanipal 081 (Q003780)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 081 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003780 |
| 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 [0:2] 1'1'–2'2' | [They overthrew his kingship] (and) took away [his] dynasty. They made somebo[dy else] assume [dominion over the land Elam]. |
| Obverse [2:7] 3'3'–7'7' | [Afterwards, Teumman, the (very) i]mage of ev[il] gallû-demons, [sat on the th]rone of Urtak[u. (5´) He constantly sought out ev]il (ways) [to kill the childre]n of [U]rtaku (and) [the children of Ummanald]ašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš II), [the brother of Urtaku]. |
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' | [LUGAL-us-su iš-ki-pu] ⸢e-ki-mu BALA⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 2' | [be-lut {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} u₂-šal-qu-u ša₂-⸢nam⸣-[ma] | |
| 3' | [ar-ka {m}te-um-man] ⸢ḫi⸣-ri-iṣ GAL₅.LA₂.MEŠ lem-[nu-ti] | |
| 4' | [u₂-šib ina {giš]}⸢GU⸣.ZA {m}ur-ta-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 5' | [a-na da-a-ki DUMU].⸢MEŠ⸣ {[m]}⸢ur⸣-ta-ki | |
| 6' | [DUMU.MEŠ {m}um-man-al-da]-⸢a⸣-si | |
| 7' | [ŠEŠ {m}ur-ta-ki iš-ta-ne₂-ʾi le]-⸢mut-tu⸣ |
Sources & licences
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