Ashurbanipal 083 (Q003782)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 083 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003782 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse Column i [0:11] i' 1i 1–i' 1111 | [Teumm]an regularly sent insul[t(s) concerning Ummani]gaš, Ummanappa, Tammarītu, Kudurr[u, (and) Parrû, f]ugitive(s) who had grasped the feet of m[y] royal majesty. [I trusted] in the deities Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, Ištar of [Nineveh, (i´ 5) Iš]tar of Arbela, Ninurta, Nusku, (and) Nergal who had encour[aged me]. I did not comply with [the utte]rance(s) of his provocative speech (lit. “mouth”). I did not give him [those] fugi[tives. He] mustered his troops, prepared for bat[tle], (and) was sharpening his weapons in order to march to [Assyria. I mus]tered my battle troops, warriors who [dart about. (i´ 10) I set out on the path a]gainst Teumman, the king of the land Elam, [and t]ook the direct [road]. |
| Obverse Column i [11:13] i' 1212–i' 1313 | [B]efore me, Teu[mman, the king of the land Elam], ... [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| i' | ||
| 1 | [ša₂ (UGU) {m}um-man-i]-gaš {m}um-man-ap-pa {m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ {m}ku-dur₂-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 2 | {[m}pa-ru-u] ⸢mun⸣-nab-ti ša₂ iṣ-ba-tu₂ GIR₃.II LUGAL-ti-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 3 | {[m}te-um]-⸢man⸣ iš-tap-pa-ra me-re-eḫ-[tu] | |
| 4 | [at-kil] a-na AN.ŠAR₂ {d}30 {d}UTU {d}EN {d}AG {d}15 ⸢ša₂⸣ [NINA{ki]} | |
| 5 | {[d]}15 ša₂ {uru}LIMMU₂-DINGIR {d}MAŠ {d}nusku {d}U.GUR ša u₂-⸢tak-kil⸣-[u-in-ni] | |
| 6 | [qi₂]-bit pi-i-šu₂ er-ḫu ul am-gur₂ ul a-din-šu₂ ⸢mun⸣-[nab-ti ša₂-a-tu-nu] | |
| 7 | ⸢id⸣-ka-a ERIM.ḪI.A-šu₂ ik-ṣu-ra ta-[ḫa-zu] | |
| 8 | ⸢u₂⸣-ša₂-ʾa-a-la {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂ a-na a-lak [KUR aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 9 | [ad]-⸢ke⸣ {lu₂}⸢ERIM.MEŠ ME₃-ia mun-daḫ-ṣe ša₂⸣ [it-ta-na-aš₂-ra-bi-ṭu] | |
| 10 | ⸢e-li⸣ {m}⸢te⸣-um-man MAN {kur}⸢ELAM.MA⸣{[ki} ur-ḫu aṣ-bat-ma] | |
| 11 | [uš]-⸢te⸣-eš-še-ra [ḫar-ra-nu] | |
| 12 | ⸢el-la⸣-mu-u-a {m}te-⸢um⸣-[man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 13 | [x] x x x [...] | |
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