Ashurbanipal 088 (Q003787)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 088 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003787 |
| 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' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] ii' 1'1'–ii' 1'1' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column ii [1:11] ii' 2'2'–ii' 11'11' | [A]fter [Indabibi (...) sat] on the throne of [Tammarītu] (and) exercised dom[inion over the land Elam], (ii´ 5´) (as for) the [Assyria]ns whom Nabû-bēl-šum[āti, (grand)son of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), had seized] by guil[e during the night] (and) taken [(to Elam) with him], Indabib[i, the king of the land Elam], (ii´ 10´) in order to prevent (me) from doing har[m to the territory of his land, sent (them) before me] by the hands of hi[s] messenger. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:21] ii' 12'12'–ii' 21'21' | With regard to Nabû-bēl-šumāti, (grand)s[on of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan)], who had fled (and) g[one to the land Elam], and (with regard to) the rest of the [Assyria]ns (ii´ 15´) whom Nabû-bēl-šumāti [had seized (and) taken (to Elam) with him], I sen[t (a message)] to [Indabibi] by the hands of his messenger, (saying) [a]s follows: “[Si]nce you have not [sent me] those people, I will come and [tear down your] citie[s. (ii´ 20´) I will carry off the people of] the cities [S]usa, Mada[ktu, (and) Ḫidalu. I will remove you from your royal] throne [and] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i' | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | [x] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢ul⸣-tu {⸢m⸣}[in-da-bi-bi (...)] | |
| 3' | ina {giš}GU.ZA {⸢m⸣}[tam-ma-ri-tu u₂-ši-bu] | |
| 4' | e-pu-šu₂ ⸢be⸣-[lut {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 5' | DUMU.MEŠ [KUR aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 6' | ša {⸢m⸣}{d}⸢AG⸣-EN-⸢MU⸣.[MEŠ DUMU {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-A-SUM.NA/AŠ] | |
| 7' | ina pi-ir-ṣa-⸢a⸣-[ti ina šat mu-ši uṣ-ṣab-bi-tu] | |
| 8' | u₂-bi-lu [it-ti-šu₂] | |
| 9' | {m}in-da-bi-⸢bi⸣ [LUGAL {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 10' | aš₂-šu₂ la ḫa-ṭe-[e mi-ṣir KUR-šu₂] | |
| 11' | ina ŠU.II {lu₂}A KIN-⸢šu₂⸣ [u₂-še-bi-la a-di IGI-ia] | |
| 12' | UGU {m}{d}AG-EN-MU.MEŠ ⸢DUMU⸣ {[m}{d}AMAR.UTU-A-SUM.NA/AŠ] | |
| 13' | ša in-nab-tu ⸢il⸣-[li-ku a-na {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 14' | u₃ si-it-ti DUMU.⸢MEŠ⸣ [KUR aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 15' | ⸢ša⸣ {m}{d}⸢AG⸣-EN-MU.MEŠ u₂-[ṣab-bi-tu u₂-bi-lu it-ti-šu₂] | |
| 16' | ina ŠU.II {lu₂}A KIN-šu₂ a-⸢na⸣ {[m}in-da-bi-bi] | |
| 17' | ⸢ki⸣-a-am aš₂-⸢pur⸣-[šu-ma] | |
| 18' | [aš₂]-šu₂ UN.MEŠ ša₂-a-tu-nu la ⸢tu⸣-[še-bi-la] | |
| 19' | ⸢um⸣-ma al-⸢la⸣-kam-ma URU.[MEŠ-ka a-na-qar UN.MEŠ] | |
| 20' | {[uru]}⸢šu⸣-ša₂-an {uru}ma-⸢dak⸣-[tu {uru}ḫi-da-lu a-šal-lal] | |
| 21' | [ul-tu {giš]}⸢GU.ZA⸣ [LUGAL-ti-ka a-dak-ke-ka-ma] | |
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