Ashurbanipal 097 (Q003796)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 097 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003796 |
| 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 [0:4] r i' 1'1'–r i' 4'4' | ... [...] dra[nk ...] wag[ons ...] ... [...] |
| Reverse Column ii [0:6] r ii' 1'1'–r ii' 6'6' | [On the site of its (original) structure, I fashioned its brickwork fifty courses of brick (high)]. I fi[lled in (its) t]errace. [In a favorable month, (on) an auspicious day, I laid its foundation(s) o]n tha[t] terrace (and thereby) [secured] its [bri]ckwork. [I mix]ed [its kalakku-mortar with beer (and) wine]; I blended its šallaru-plaster. (rev. ii´ 5´) [Its brick maker(s and)] hod [carrie]r(s) [spent their days in rejoicing (and) singing. While there were] joyous celebrations, |
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' | x x [...] | |
| 2' | iš-⸢tu⸣-[u₂ ...] | |
| 3' | {giš}⸢ṣu-um⸣-[bi.MEŠ ...] | |
| 4' | x x (x) [...] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1' | [pi-ti-iq-tu₂ ap-ti-iq] ⸢tam-la-a u₂-mal⸣-[li] | |
| 2' | [ina ITI DUG₃.GA u₄-me še-me-e ṣe]-⸢er⸣ tam-le-e šu-a-[tu₂] | |
| 3' | [UŠ₈-šu₂ ad-di u₂-kin lib]-na-as-su | |
| 4' | [ina KAŠ.SAG GEŠTIN ka-lak-ka-šu₂ ab]-⸢lu⸣-ul am-ha-ṣa šal-la-ar-šu₂ | |
| 5' | [la-bi-in SIG₄.ḪI.A-šu₂ za-bi]-⸢lu⸣ tup-šik-ki-šu₂ | |
| 6' | [ina e-le-li ni-gu-tu₂ u₂-bal u₄-um-šu₂ ina] ⸢ḪUL₂.MEŠ ri-ša₂-a-ti⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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