Ashurbanipal 119 (Q003818)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 119 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003818 |
| 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 [0:4] 1'1'–4'4' | this [work] falls into dis[repair ...], question skilled [craftsmen! ... Rebuild (...)], the temple of the goddess Ištar according to [its ancient] specifi[cations! ... The goddess Ištar (of Agade)] will (then) listen to [your prayers. Look at my] royal inscription, [anoint (it) with oil, offer a sacrifice, (and)] s[et] (my royal inscription) with your (own) royal inscription! |
| Obverse [4:8] 5'5'–8'8' | [(But) as for the one who erases my inscribed name by some crafty device], (or) does not write [my name] with his name, (or) [destroys my royal inscription], (or) does not set [my royal inscription with his (own) royal inscription] ... [...] the goddess Ištar of Agade [will ...] |
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 | ||
| 1' | [LUGAL.MEŠ {lu₂}NAM.MEŠ {lu₂}qe-pa-a-ni ša₂ qe₂-reb {kur}mu-ṣur u₂-pa-qi₂-du AD] ⸢ba⸣-nu-u-[a] | |
| 2' | [ša₂ la-pa-an ti-bu-ut {m}tar-qu-u₂ pi-qit-ta-šu₂-un u₂]-⸢maš⸣-ši-ru im-lu-u EDIN | |
| 3' | [u₂-ter-ma a-šar pi-qit-ti-šu₂-un ina maš-kan₂-i]-⸢šu₂⸣-un ul-zi-is-⸢su-nu-ti⸣ | |
| 4' | [... u₂]-⸢maš⸣-ši-ru-⸢in⸣-[ni ...] | |
| 5' | [...] aš₂-lu-la ⸢šal⸣-[lat-...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... at-tal]-lak-ma x [...] | |
| 2 | [...] [...] | |
| 3 | [...] [...] | |
| 4 | [...] [(x x)] | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢ig⸣-ra-an-ni a-na qab-li | |
| 6 | [...] x.MEŠ-ia ir-ta-du-u it-ba-a il-li-ka a-na x | |
| 7 | [...]-ki | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [... {d}15 ša₂ LIMMU₂]-⸢DINGIR⸣{ki} {⸢d⸣}MAŠ {d}U.GUR u {d}nusku | |
| 10 | [...] x im-ma-ḫi-iṣ mi₃-ḫi-iṣ la nab-la-ṭi | |
| 11 | [...] x-pi-sa-an-ni | |
| 12 | [...]-⸢up⸣-šu₂ se-ḫe-ep mu-u-ti | |
| 13 | [...] x-⸢li i⸣-tur a-na KUR-šu₂ | |
| 14 | [...]-šu₂ | |
Sources & licences
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