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Ashurbanipal 087 (Q003786)

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

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DesignationAshurbanipal 087
IDQ003786
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)

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Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1o ii 1–o ii 1o ii 1Tammarītu, who [was] (even) more [insolent than Ummanigaš, sat on the throne of the land Elam].
Obverse Column ii [1:5] o ii 22–o ii 55Just like him (Ummanigaš), he (Tammarītu) accepted bribes fro[m the hands of Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, did not enquire about the well-being of my royal majesty, (and) went] to the aid of Šamaš-šu[ma-ukīn, (my) unfaithful brother, (ii 5) to figh]t [with my] troops. [As a result of the supplications that I had addressed to (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar],
Obverse Column ii [5:11] o ii 66–o ii 1111(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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o ii
1{m}tam-ma-ri-tu ⸢ša₂⸣ e-⸢li⸣ {[m}um-man-i-gaš ek-ṣu u₂-šib ina {giš}GU.ZA {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]}
2ki-ma ša₂-a-šu-ma ul-⸢tu⸣ [ŠU.II {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA]
3ṭa-ʾa-a-tu im-ḫur [ul iš-al šu-lum LUGAL-ti-ia]
4⸢a-na⸣ kit-ri {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-⸢MU⸣-[GI.NA ŠEŠ la ke-e-nu il-lik-am-ma]
5[a-na mit-ḫu]-⸢ṣi⸣ ERIM.ḪI.A-[ia ina su-up-pe-e ša AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}15
6[...] (x) x [...]
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