Ashurbanipal 102 (Q003801)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 102 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003801 |
| 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/scores · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] 11–77 | Ashurbanipal, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), king of kings, prince who has no rival, who rules from the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea and has subjugated all rulers; son of Esarhaddon, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, viceroy of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; grandson of Sennacherib, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria — |
| Obverse [7:12] 88–1212 | I completed the work on Esagil which (my) father who had engendered me had not finished. I (re)confirmed the regular offerings for Esagil and the gods of Babylon. I (re-)established the privileged status of Babylon (and) appointed Šamaš-<šuma>-ukīn, my favorite brother, to the kingship of Babylon in order that the strong might not harm the weak. |
| Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313 | At that time, I had Eturkalama, the temple of the goddess Ištar of Babylon, (re)built anew. |
| Obverse [13:20] 1414–2020 | May the goddess Ištar-of-Babylon, the august lady, look upon my good deeds with pleasure and may she say good things about me daily before the god Bēl (Marduk) and the goddess Bēltīya (Zarpanītu)! May she determine as my fate a long life (and) make my reign [as] firm as heaven and netherworld! [Moreover, with regard to] Šamaš-<šuma>-ukīn, king of Babylon, [my favorite brother], may [his days] be long and may he experience the fullness of old age! |
| Obverse [20:24] 2121–2424 | [(But) as for the one who] erases [my inscribed name or the name of] my [fav]orite (brother) by some crafty device, (or) destroys my royal inscription, or changes its position, may the goddess Ištar of Babylon speak evil of him before the god Bēl (and) the goddess Bēltīya (and) make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the lands! |
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' | [a-di 20.AM₃] ⸢URU⸣.[MEŠ] | |
| 2' | [ina na-ge-e ša₂] {⸢uru⸣}ḫu-un-⸢nir⸣ | |
| 3' | [ina UGU] mi₃-iṣ-ri | |
| 4' | [ša₂ {uru]}ḫi-da-lu KUR-ud | |
| 5' | {[uru]}⸢ba⸣-ši-mu u₃ URU.MEŠ | |
| 6' | [ša₂] ⸢li⸣-me-ti-šu₂ ap-pul | |
| 7' | [aq]-⸢qur ša⸣ UN.MEŠ | |
| 8' | [a]-⸢šib⸣ lib₃-bi-šu₂-un | |
| 9' | [ka]-⸢mar⸣-šu₂-nu aš₂-kun | |
| 10' | ⸢u₂⸣-šab-bir DINGIR.MEŠ-šu₂-un | |
| 11' | ⸢u₂⸣-šap-ši-iḫ | |
| 12' | ⸢ka⸣-bat-ti EN EN.EN | |
| 13' | [DINGIR].⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ {d}15.⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ | |
| r i | ||
| 1 | [NIG₂.ŠU]-šu₂ NIG₂.[GA-šu₂] | |
| 2 | ⸢UN⸣.MEŠ TUR ⸢u⸣ [GAL] | |
| 3 | ⸢aš₂⸣-lu-la a-na ⸢KUR⸣ [AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 4 | 60 KASKAL.GID₂ qaq-qa-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢qe₂-reb⸣ {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| 6 | ⸢u₂⸣-šaḫ-rib | |
| 7 | ⸢MUN⸣ {u₂}ZAG.ḪI.LI{sar} | |
| 8 | ⸢u₂⸣-sap-pi-ḫa EDIN-uš-šu₂-un | |
| 9 | {⸢d⸣}na-na-a | |
| 10 | ⸢ša⸣ 1 LIM 5 ME 30.AM₃ 5 MU.AN.NA.MEŠ | |
| 11 | ⸢ta⸣-as-bu-us-⸢su-ma⸣ | |
| 12 | [tal-li]-⸢ku tu-ši-bu⸣ | |
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