Ashurbanipal 125 (Q003824)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 125 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003824 |
| 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 [0:7] A 1'1'–A 7'7' | [...] ... [... saying: “Grasp the feet of Ashur]banipal, king of [Assyria, and conquer your enemies through the mention of his name.” On the (very) day] he saw [thi]s [dream, he sent his mounted messenger to inquire about my well-being. (As for) this dream that he had seen, he sent (a message about it) by the hands of a messenger of his and he reported (it) to me. From the da]y that he grasp[ed the feet of my royal majesty, he conquered the Cimmerians, who were disturbing the people of his land, (A 5´) had never fea]red [my] ancestors, [and, with regard to me, had not grasped the feet of my royal majesty. With the support of (the god) Aššur and the goddess M]ullissu, [he (Gyges) clamped two city rulers] from among the [city rulers of the Cimmerians that he had conquered in manacles, iron handcuffs, (and) fetters and sent (them) before me, together with] his s[ubstantial aud]ience gift(s). |
| Obverse [7:9] A 8'8'–A 9'9' | [... Ša-pī-B]ēl, a city upon which the land [Gambulu] relied [... the son]s of Bēl-iqīša [...] |
| Obverse [9:18] B 11–B 99 | (No translation possible) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| A | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [... {m}AN.ŠAR₂]-DU₃-A MAN ⸢KUR⸣ [AN.ŠAR₂{ki} ...] | |
| 3' | [... an-ni]-⸢tu₂⸣ e-mu-ru [...] | |
| 4' | [... u₄]-⸢me⸣ ša iṣ-ba-[tu₂ ...] | |
| 5' | [... la ip-tal]-la-ḫu AD.⸢MEŠ⸣-[ia ...] | |
| 6' | [... {d]}⸢NIN⸣.LIL₂ TA ŠA₃ {⸢lu₂⸣}[EN.URU.MEŠ {⸢lu₂⸣}[EN.URU.MEŠ ...] | |
| 7' | [... ta]-mar-ti-šu₂ ⸢ka⸣-[bit-ti ...] | |
| 8' | [... {uru}ša₂-pi-i-{d]}⸢EN⸣ URU tukul-ti {kur}[gam-bu-li ...] | |
| 9' | [... DUMU].⸢MEŠ⸣ {m}{d}EN-⸢BA-ša₂⸣ x [...] | |
| B | ||
| 1 | [...] [...] | |
| 2 | [...] [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | [...] x [...] | |
| 6 | [...] x x (x) [...] | |
| 7 | [...] x x x (x) [...] | |
| 8 | [...] x x x (x) [...] | |
| 9 | [...] (x) [...] | |
Sources & licences
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