Ashurbanipal Babylonian 04 (Q003802)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Babylon · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal Babylonian 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003802 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/scores · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| 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, I — |
| 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 Emaḫ, the temple of the goddess Ninmaḫ which is inside Babylon, (re)built anew. |
| Obverse [13:20] 1414–2020 | On account of this, may the goddess Ninmaḫ, the august lady, look upon my good deeds with pleasure and 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 favorite (brother) by some crafty device, (or) destroys my royal inscription, or changes its position, may the goddess Ninmaḫ 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)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠAR₂ LUGAL KUR-aš-šur | |
| 2 | LUGAL kib-rat LIMMU₂-ti LUGAL LUGAL.MEŠ NUN la ša₂-na-an | |
| 3 | ša ul-tu tam-tim e-lit a-di tam-tim šap-lit i-be-lu-ma | |
| 4 | gi-mir ma-li-ki u₂-šak-niš še-pu-uš-šu₂ | |
| 5 | DUMU {m}AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠAR₂ LUGAL KUR-aš-šur | |
| 6 | GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} LUGAL KUR-EME.GI₇ u₃ URI{ki} | |
| 7 | DUMU DUMU {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠAR₂ LUGAL KUR-aš-šur a-na-ku-ma | |
| 8 | ši-pir e₂-sag-il₂ ša₂ AD ba-nu-u-a la u₂-qa-at-tu-u | |
| 9 | a-na-ku u₂-šak-lil sat-tuk-ki e₂-sag-il₂ u DINGIR.MEŠ TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 10 | u₂-kin ki-di-nu-tu KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ak-ṣur | |
| 11 | aš₂-šu₂ dan-nu a-na SIG la ha-ba-li {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA | |
| 12 | ŠEŠ ta-li-me a-na LUGAL-u-tu KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ap-qid | |
| 13 | ina u₄-me-šu₂-ma e₂-mah E₂ {d}nin-mah ša₂ qe₂-reb KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 14 | eš-šiš u₂-še-piš a-na šat-ti {d}nin-mah GAŠAN ṣir-tu | |
| 15 | ep-še-te-ia MUNUS.SIG₅.MEŠ ha-diš lip-pal-lis-ma | |
| 16 | u₄-me-šam-ma ma-har {d}EN {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ lit-tas-qar da-mi₃-iq-ti | |
| 17 | TI u₄-me SU₃.MEŠ li-šim ši-ma-ti | |
| 18 | it-ti AN-e u KI-tim lu-ki-in BALA-u₂-a | |
| 19 | u₃ ša₂ {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 20 | ŠEŠ ta-lim-ia₂ u₄-me-šu₂ li-ri-ku liš-bi lit-tu-tu | |
| 21 | ša šu-mi₃ šaṭ-ru u₃ MU ta-lim-ia ina ši-pir ni-kil-ti i-pa-aš₂-ši-ṭu | |
| 22 | MU.SAR-u-a i-ab-ba-tu lu-u a-šar-šu₂ u₂-nak-ka-ru | |
| 23 | {d}nin-mah ina ma-har {d}EN {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ MUNUS.HUL-šu₂ lit-tas-qar | |
| 24 | MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR.KUR li-hal-liq |
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