Ashurbanipal 099 (Q003798)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 099 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003798 |
| 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 [0:5] o i 1'1'–o i 5'5' | [(As for) the throne-dais, the seat of his (Marduk’s) exa]lted [divinity, I cast fifty talents of shiny zaḫ]alû-silver [into] bricks and (thereby) [enlarge]d it. |
| Obverse Column i [5:11] o i 6'6'–o i 11'11' | [I had a canopy, which rival]s the heavens, [ma]de from musukkannu-wood, [a dur]able [wood. (i 10´) I] clad [its perimeter with thirty-four talents (and) twenty min]as of reddish gold |
| Obverse Column ii [0:10] o ii 1'1'–o ii 10'10' | I [added (temple appurtenances)] to [those of the kings, my ancestors]. I made the [great] gods who sup[port me reside] in [their exalted] inner sanctum[s. I offered sumptuous] offerings before [them (and) presented (them) with my gifts. I made] re[gular offerings (and) contributions more plentiful than those of distant days]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [DINGIR-ti-šu₂] ⸢ṣir⸣-ti | |
| 2' | 50 GUN za]-⸢ḫa⸣-lu-u | |
| 3' | [eb-bu a-na] ⸢a⸣-gur₂-ri | |
| 4' | [ap-ti-iq]-ma | |
| 5' | [u₂-rab-ba]-⸢a⸣ EDIN-uš-šu₂ | |
| 6' | [u₂-še]-⸢piš⸣-ma | |
| 7' | {[giš}er-me a-nu] {giš}MES.MA₂.KAN.NA | |
| 8' | [iṣ-ṣi da]-re-e | |
| 9' | [ša₂ šit-nu]-⸢nu⸣ ša₂-ma-meš | |
| 10' | 34 GUN 20 MA].⸢NA⸣ KU₃.GI ḪUŠ.A | |
| 11' | [kip-pat-su u₂]-⸢šal⸣-biš | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢e-li⸣ [ša LUGAL.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-ia] | |
| 2' | ⸢u₂⸣-[rad-di] | |
| 3' | DINGIR.MEŠ [GAL.MEŠ] | |
| 4' | ti-⸢ik⸣-[le-ia] | |
| 5' | ina at-ma-⸢ni⸣-[šu₂-nu ṣi-i-ri] | |
| 6' | u₂-še-[šib-šu₂-nu-ti] | |
| 7' | {udu}SISKUR.⸢MEŠ⸣ [taš-ri-iḫ-ti] | |
| 8' | ma-ḫar-[šu-un aq-qi₂] | |
| 9' | ⸢u₂⸣-[šam-ḫi-ra kad₃-ra-a-a] | |
| 10' | ⸢sat⸣-[tuk-ku gi-nu-u₂] | |
Sources & licences
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