Ashurbanipal 093 (Q003792)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 093 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003792 |
| 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 [0:3] 1'1'–3'3' | ... [...] two tall obelisks [cast with shiny zaḫalû-metal, whose weight was 2,500 talents (and which) stood at a temple gate, I ripped (them)] from where th[ey] were erected [and took (them) to Assyria]. |
| Obverse [3:7] 4'4'–7'7' | On my second campaign, [I marched] ag[ainst Baʾalu, the king of the land Tyre who resides in the middle of the sea]. Because he did not honor my royal command(s and) did not obe[y the pronouncement(s) from my lips], I set up outposts against him. By sea (and) dry land, [I took control of (all of) his] r[outes]. I constricted (and) cut short their lives. I made [them (the people of Tyre)] bo[w down] to my yoke. |
| Obverse [7:12] 8'8'–12'12' | He brought bef[ore me] (his) daughter, his own offspring, and the daughters of [his] broth[ers to] serve as housekeepers. (10´) [He sent] at the same ti[me his son, who] had n[ever] crossed [the s]ea, [to do obeisance to me. I received from him his daughter and the daughters of] his [brother]s, together wi[th] a [large] m[arriage gift. ...] |
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' | [...] | |
| 2' | 2 {giš}⸢tim⸣-me MAḪ.⸢MEŠ⸣ [pi-tiq za-ḫa-le-e eb-bi ša 2 LIM 5 ME GUN KI.LA₂-šu₂-nu man-za-az KA₂ E₂.KUR] | |
| 3' | ul-tu man-zal-⸢ti-šu₂⸣-[nu as-suḫ-ma al-qa-a a-na KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 4' | i-na 2-e ger-ri-⸢ia UGU⸣ {[m}ba-ʾa-li LUGAL {kur}ṣur-ri a-šib MURUB₄ tam-tim al-lik] | |
| 5' | ša a-mat LUGAL-ti-ia la iṣ-ṣu-⸢ru la iš-mu⸣-[u zi-kir šap-ti-ia] | |
| 6' | {uru}ḪAL.ṢU.MEŠ UGU-šu₂ u₂-rak-kis ina tam-tim ⸢na⸣-ba-li ⸢ger⸣-[re-e-te-šu₂ u₂-ṣab-bit] | |
| 7' | ⸢nap⸣-šat-su-nu u₂-si-iq u₂-kar-ri a-na {giš}⸢ŠUDUN-ia u₂-šak⸣-[ni-is-su-nu-ti] | |
| 8' | ⸢DUMU⸣.MUNUS ṣi-it lib₃-bi-šu₂ u₃ DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ ⸢ŠEŠ⸣.[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 9' | [a-na] ⸢e⸣-peš {munus}AGRIG-u₂-ti u₂-⸢bi-la a-di maḫ⸣-[ri-ia DUMU-šu₂] | |
| 10' | [ša ma-ti]-⸢ma ti-amtu⸣ la e-bi-ra iš-⸢te-niš⸣ [u₂-še-bi-la a-na e-peš ARAD-ti-ia] | |
| 11' | [DUMU.MUNUS-su u₃ DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ ŠEŠ].⸢MEŠ-šu₂ it-ti ter⸣-[ḫa-ti ma-aʾ-a-si am-ḫur-šu₂] | |
| 12' | [...] x [...] |
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