Ashurbanipal 096 (Q003795)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 096 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003795 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse Column i [0:2] r i' 1'1'–r i' 2'2' | [I carried off to Assyria those gods (and) goddesses] together with [their] j[ewelry, their property, (and) their equipment], along with šang[û-priests (and) buḫlalû-priests]. |
| Reverse Column i [2:8] r i' 3'3'–r i' 8'8' | Thirty-two statues [of kings fashioned from gold, silver, copper, (and) alabaster] from inside [the cities Susa, Madaktu, (and) Ḫurādi], (rev. i´ 5´) along with a statue of U[mmanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš I), son of Umbadarâ], a statue of Ištar-N[anḫūndi (Šutur-Naḫūndi II), a statue of Hallušu (Ḫallušu-Inšušinak I)], and a statue of the [later] T[ammarītu], who [did obeisance to me] by the command of (the god) Aššur and the goddess [Ištar — I took (them) to Assyria]. |
| Reverse Column i [8:13] r i' 9'9'–r i' 13'13' | I removed šēdu(s and) lam[assus, as many protectors of the temple as there were]. I ripped out the [raging] wild bull[s that adorned gateways. I had] the sanctuaries of the land El[am utterly destroyed (and) I counted] its gods (and) [its] goddesses [as ghosts]. (As for) their s[ecret grove]s, |
| Reverse Column ii [0:7] r ii' 1'1'–r ii' 7'7' | [In the future, may one of the kings, my descendants, who]m [(the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar nominate for ruling over the land and people, renovate its dilapidated section(s) when this House of Succession becomes old and dil]apidated. [May] he find [an inscribed object bearing m]y [name], (the name of) my father, [(and the name of) my grandfather — the eternal seed of kingship] — and (then) (rev. ii´ 5´) [anoint (it) with oil, make an offering, (and) place (it) wit]h an inscribed [object bearing his name. May the great gods, as many as are recorded on this] inscribed object, [gra]nt him [mighty victories, just like me]. |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii' 8'8'–r ii' 8'8' | [(As for) the one who destroys an inscribed object bearing] my [name], |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r i' | ||
| 1' | ⸢it-ti šu⸣-[kut-ti-šu₂-nu NIG₂.GA-šu₂-nu u₂-na-a-ti-šu₂-nu] | |
| 2' | a-⸢di⸣ ša₂-an-⸢ge⸣-[e bu-uḫ-la-le-e aš₂-lu-la a-na KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 3' | 32 ⸢ALAM.MEŠ⸣ [LUGAL.MEŠ pi-tiq KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR URUDU {na₄}GIŠ.NU.GAL] | |
| 4' | ul-tu₂ qe₂-⸢reb⸣ {[uru}šu-ša₂-an {uru}ma-dak-tu {uru}ḫu-ra-di] | |
| 5' | a-⸢di⸣ ALAM {m}⸢um⸣-[man-i-gaš DUMU {m}um-ba-da-ra-a] | |
| 6' | ALAM {m}iš-tar-⸢na⸣-[an-ḫu-un-di ALAM {m}ḫal-lu-si] | |
| 7' | u₃ ALAM {m}⸢tam⸣-[ma-ri-tu EGIR-u₂] | |
| 8' | ša₂ ina qi₂-bit AN.ŠAR₂ u {⸢d⸣}15 e-pu-šu₂ ARAD-u₂-ti al-qa-a a-na KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 9' | ad-ka-a {d}ALAD {d}⸢LAMMA⸣.[MEŠ EN.NUN.MEŠ šu-ut E₂.KUR ma-la ba-šu₂-u] | |
| 10' | u₂-na-as-⸢si⸣-ḫa AM.[MEŠ na-ad-ru-ti si-mat KA₂.MEŠ-ni] | |
| 11' | eš-⸢re-e-ti⸣ {kur}e-⸢lam⸣-[ti a-di la ba-še-e u₂-šal-pit] | |
| 12' | DINGIR.MEŠ-šu₂ {d}15.MEŠ-[šu₂ am-na-a a-na za-qi₂-qi₂] | |
| 13' | {[giš}TIR].⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢pa⸣-[az-ra-a-ti] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1' | [a-na be-lut KUR u UN.MEŠ i-nam-bu-u zi-kir]-šu₂ | |
| 2' | [e-nu-ma E₂ UŠ-u-ti šu-a-tu₂ i-lab-bi-ru-ma e]-na-ḫu | |
| 3' | [an-ḫu-us-su lu-ud-diš MU.SAR-u₂ ši-ṭir MU]-⸢ia⸣ AD-ia | |
| 4' | [AD AD-ia NUMUN da-ru-u ša₂ LUGAL-ti] ⸢li⸣-mur-ma | |
| 5' | [I₃.GIŠ lip-šu-uš {udu}SISKUR BAL-qi₂ it]-⸢ti⸣ MU.⸢SAR⸣-e | |
| 6' | [ši-ṭir MU-šu₂ liš-kun DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ma-la ina] MU.SAR-e | |
| 7' | [an-ne₂-e šaṭ-ru ki-ma ia-a-ti-ma liš-ru]-⸢ku⸣-šu₂ | |
| 8' | [da-na-nu u li-i-tu ša MU.SAR-u₂ ši-ṭir MU]-⸢ia⸣ | |
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