Ashurbanipal 084 (Q003783)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 084 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003783 |
| 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 [0:1] i' 1'1'–i' 1'1' | [it (an eclipse) lasted like this the entire day, (thus signifying) the end of the reign of the king of the land] Elam [(and) the destruction of his land]. |
| Obverse Column i [1:7] i' 2'2'–i' 7'7' | [“The Fruit” (the god Sîn) revealed to me his decision], which cannot be chang[e]d. [At that time, a mishap befell him]: His lip became paralyzed and his eye became small. (i´ 5´) [He was not ashamed by thes]e [measures] that the deities Aššur and Sîn, [Šamaš, Bêl (Marduk)], Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh, [Ištar of Arbela, Ninurta], Nusku (and) Nergal had taken against him, [(and) he mu]stered his troops. |
| Obverse Column i [7:10] i' 8'8'–i' 10'10' | [During the month Abu (V) — the month of the heliacal] rising of the Bow Star, [the festival of the hono]red [queen], the daughter of the god Enlil (the goddess Ištar) — [to revere her great divinity, I resided in the city Arbe]la, the city that he[r] heart loves, |
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) |
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| i' | ||
| 1' | [kal u₄-me uš-ta-ni-iḫ a-na qi₂-it BALA.MEŠ MAN {kur]}⸢ELAM.MA{ki⸣} [ZAḪ₂ KUR-šu₂] | |
| 2' | [u₂-kal-lim-an-ni GURUN EŠ.BAR-šu₂] ša la in-nen-⸢nu-u⸣ | |
| 3' | [ina u₄-me-šu₂-ma mi-iḫ-ru im-ḫur-šu]-⸢ma⸣ NUNDUM-su uk-tam-bil-ma IGI-šu₂ iṣ-ḫi-ir | |
| 4' | [it-ti ep-še-e-ti an-na-a]-⸢ti⸣ ša AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}15($erased$) {d}30 | |
| 5' | {[d}UTU {d}EN] {⸢d⸣}AG {d}15 ša₂ NINA{ki} | |
| 6' | {[d}15 ša₂ LIMMU₂-DINGIR {d}MAŠ] {⸢d⸣}nusku {d}U.GUR e-pu-šu₂-uš | |
| 7' | [ul i-ba-aš₂ id]-ka-a ERIM.ḪI.A-šu₂ | |
| 8' | [ina {iti}NE ITI na-an]-⸢mur⸣-ti MUL.PAN | |
| 9' | [i-sin-ni šar-ra-ti ka]-⸢bit⸣-ti DUMU.MUNUS {d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 10' | [a-na pa-laḫ DINGIR-ti-ša₂ GAL-ti aš₂-ba-ak ina {uru}LIMMU₂]-⸢DINGIR⸣ URU na-ram ŠA₃-⸢ša₂⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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