Ashurbanipal 094 (Q003793)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 094 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003793 |
| 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 [0:12] i 1'1'–i 12'12' | [...] his [...] Babylo[n ... (i 5´) ... I tore] out and [... qui]ckly [... hi]s [... my temper] turned ho[t ...] who dwells in [...] he sent [...] (and) quickly [... (i 10´) ...] ... [...] his ... [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [0:8] ii 1'1'–ii 8'8' | [(As for) the entire (area) between the (Ulāya and Idide) river(s), I conquere]d [the city Madaktu, a royal city, along with its district. I conque]red [the city Ḫaltemaš, a royal city of his. I co]nquered [the city Susa, a royal city of his. I conqu]ered [the city Dinšarri, a royal city of his. (ii 5´) I con]qu[e]red [the city Sumuntunaš, a royal city of his]. I conquered [the city Pidilma, a royal city of] his. I conquered [the city Bubilu, a royal city of his]. I conquered [the city Kabinak, a ro]yal [city] of his. |
| Obverse Column ii [8:11] ii 9'9'–ii 11'11' | [With the support of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, I advanced and m]arched [against Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-haltaš III), the king of the land Ela]m [who had not bowed down to] my [yoke]. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:16] ii 12'12'–ii 16'16' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column iii [0:11] iii 1'1'–iii 11'11' | Thirty-t[wo statues of kings fashioned from silver, gold, copper, (and) alabaster] from i[nside the cities Susa, Madaktu, (and) Ḫurādi], along with a sta[tue of Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš I), son of Umbadarâ], a sta[t]ue of I[štar-Nanḫūndi (Šutur-Naḫūndi II), a statue of Ḫallušu (Ḫallušu-Inšušinak I)], (iii 5´) who in the ti[me of the kings, my ancestors], had done [...], and a sta[tue of the la]te[r Tammarītu], who by the c[ommand of (the god) A]šš[ur and] the goddess Ištar fled to me from i[nside] the land Elam and (then) (iii 10´) [grasp]ed my feet (and) did obeisance to me — I took (them) ou[t] of the land Elam to Assyria. |
| Obverse Column iii [11:23] iii 12'12'–iii 23'23' | (As for) this [statue of] Ḫallušu (Ḫallušu-Inšušinak I), king of the land Elam — [who] had plotted evil (deeds) [agains]t Assyria (and) (iii 15´) init[ia]ted sedition [against] Sennacherib, king of Assyria, the father of the father who had engendered me — I cut out [its] tong[ue] that had scoffed, sliced off its lips that had spoken insolent word(s), and cut off its hands that had seized the bow to fight with Assyria. (iii 20´) To sing the praise(s) of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, the gods who support me, [I ... (it)] in the gateway of [Egalza]gdinutuku (“Palace Without a Rival”), which is ins[ide Nineveh]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x-šu₂ x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] AN [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA⸣{[ki} ...] | |
| 5' | [... as-su]-ḫa-am-ma x [...] | |
| 6' | [... ḫa]-⸢an⸣-ṭiš x [...] | |
| 7' | [...]-⸢šu₂⸣ iṣ-ṣa-ru-⸢uḫ⸣ [ka-bat-ti] | |
| 8' | [...] x ⸢a⸣-šib x [...] | |
| 9' | [... u₂]-⸢ma⸣-ʾe-er ⸢ḫa⸣-an-⸢ṭiš⸣ | |
| 10' | [...] x x x x | |
| 11' | [...] x-bi-šu₂ | |
| 12' | [...] x | |
| ii | ||
| 1' | [URU LUGAL-ti a-di na-ge-šu₂ KUR]-⸢ud⸣ | |
| 2' | {[uru}ḫal-te-ma-aš₂ URU LUGAL-ti-šu₂ KUR]-ud | |
| 3' | {[uru}šu-ša₂-an URU LUGAL-ti-šu₂] ⸢KUR⸣-ud | |
| 4' | {[uru}di-in-LUGAL URU LUGAL-ti-šu₂ ak]-⸢šu⸣-ud | |
| 5' | {[uru}su-mu-un-tu-na-aš₂ URU LUGAL-ti-šu₂ ak]-⸢šu-ud⸣ | |
| 6' | {[uru}pi-di-il-ma URU LUGAL-ti]-šu₂ ak-⸢šu-ud⸣ | |
| 7' | {[uru}bu-bi-lu URU LUGAL-ti-šu₂] ak-šu-ud | |
| 8' | {[uru}ka-bi-in-ak URU] ⸢LUGAL⸣-ti-šu₂ KUR-ud | |
| 9' | [ina tukul-ti AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}15 ar-de-e-ma] ⸢al⸣-lik | |
| 10' | [EDIN {m}um-man-al-da-si MAN {kur}ELAM].⸢MA⸣{ki} | |
| 11' | [ša la ik-nu-šu₂ a-na {giš}ŠUDUN]-ia | |
| 12' | [...] x-ud | |
| 13' | [...]-šu₂ | |
| 14' | x [...] x | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢i⸣-šu₂-u | |
| 16' | [...] x | |
| iii | ||
| 1' | 32 [ALAM.MEŠ LUGAL.MEŠ pi-tiq KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR URUDU {na₄}GIŠ.NU.GAL] | |
| 2' | ul-tu ⸢qe₂⸣-[reb {uru}šu-ša₂-an {uru}ma-dak-tu {uru}ḫu-ra-di] | |
| 3' | a-di ⸢ALAM⸣ {[m}um-man-i-gaš DUMU {m}um-ba-da-ra-a] | |
| 4' | ⸢ALAM⸣ {m}⸢iš⸣-[tar-na-an-ḫu-un-di ALAM {m}ḫal-lu-si] | |
| 5' | ša ina ⸢ter⸣-[ṣi LUGAL.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-ia] | |
| 6' | e-pu-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] x [x] | |
| 7' | ⸢u₃ ALAM⸣ {[m}tam-ma-ri-tu] ⸢EGIR⸣-[u] | |
| 8' | ša ina ⸢qi₂⸣-[bit] ⸢AN.ŠAR₂⸣ [u] {⸢d}15 | |
| 9' | ul-tu ⸢qe₂⸣-[reb] {⸢kur⸣}ELAM.⸢MA{ki} in-nab⸣-tam-ma | |
| 10' | GIR₃.II-ia [iṣ-ba]-tu e-pu-šu₂ ARAD-u₂-ti | |
| 11' | ⸢ul-tu {kur⸣}ELAM.MA{ki} al-qa-a a-na KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | |
| 12' | [ALAM {m]}ḫal-lu-su LUGAL {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} an-nu-u | |
| 13' | [ša a]-⸢na⸣ KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} ik-pu-du le-mut-tu | |
| 14' | [it-ti] {⸢m⸣}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} AD AD DU₃-ia | |
| 15' | ⸢e-pu⸣-šu₂ ṣe-lu-u₂-tu₂ | |
| 16' | ⸢EME⸣-[šu₂] ša iš-ni-iṣ-ṣu ak-kis | |
| 17' | NUNDUM.⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ ša iq-ba-a me-re-eḫ-tu₂ ⸢ap⸣-ru-uʾ | |
| 18' | ŠU.II-šu₂ u₂-kar-ri-it ša {giš}⸢PAN⸣ iṣ-ba-tu₂ | |
| 19' | a-na mit-ḫu-ṣi KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | |
| 20' | a-na da-la-⸢li⸣ ta-nit-ti AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}15 | |
| 21' | DINGIR.⸢MEŠ⸣ ti-ik-le-ia | |
| 22' | ina ⸢KA₂⸣ [e₂-gal]-⸢zag-di-nu-tuku⸣ | |
| 23' | ša qe₂-[reb NINA{ki} ...] | |
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