Ashurbanipal 126 (Q003825)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 126 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003825 |
| 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)
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| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | I slew his (Teumman’s) warriors [without number. I captured his fighting men] al[ive]. I [filled the plain of the city Susa with] their [bodies] like baltu-plant(s) (and) ašāgu-plant(s). [I placed Um]manigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), who had fled to me (and) had grasp[ed my feet, on his throne. I installed Tamm]arītu, the thi[rd] brother of Ummanigaš, [as king in the city Ḫidalu]. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | [... concerni]ng the journey of the goddess Nanāya to Uruk [...] he scorned [my kindness, as] much as I had done for him, and [...] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, the king of B[abylon, ...]. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | [Tammar]ītu, the son of [another] Ummanigaš, [the brother of his father, rebelled against him and struck hi]m, together with [his] famil[y, down with the sword. Tamma]rītu, who [was (even) more insolent] than U[mmanigaš, sat on the throne of the land Elam]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | (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) |
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| r | ||
| 1 | [ina la mi₃-ni] ⸢a⸣-duk qu-ra-di-šu₂ ina ŠU.II bal-[ṭu-(u)-ti u₂-ṣab-bit mun-daḫ-ṣe-e-šu₂] | |
| 2 | [šal-ma-ti]-šu₂-nu GIM {giš}DIḪ₃ {giš}KIŠI₁₆ ⸢u₂⸣-[mal-la-a ta-mir-ti {uru}šu-ša₂-an] | |
| 3 | {[m}um]-man-i-gaš ša in-nab-ta iṣ-ba-[ta GIR₃.II-ia ina {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂ u₂-še-šib] | |
| 4 | {[m}tam]-⸢ma-ri⸣-tu₂ ŠEŠ {m}um-man-i-gaš šal-⸢ša₂⸣-[a-a ina {uru}ḫi-da-lu a-na LUGAL-u₂-ti aš₂-kun] | |
| 5 | [šu]-⸢ut a-lak⸣ {d}na-na-a a-na UNUG{ki} ⸢a⸣-[...] | |
| 6 | [x x (x)] ⸢ma⸣-la e-pu-šu₂-uš im-eš-ma [...] | |
| 7 | [... {m]}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA LUGAL ⸢KA₂⸣.[DINGIR.RA{ki} ...] | |
| 8 | {[m}tam-ma]-⸢ri⸣-tu DUMU {m}um-man-i-gaš-[ma ŠEŠ AD-šu₂ EDIN-uš-šu₂ ib-bal-kit-ma] | |
| 9 | [ša₂-a]-⸢šu₂⸣ ga-⸢du⸣ kim-⸢ti⸣-[šu₂ u₂-ra-sib-šu₂ ina {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ] | |
| 10 | {[m}tam-ma]-⸢ri-tu⸣ ša ⸢UGU⸣ {m}⸢um⸣-[man-i-gaš ek-ṣu u₂-šib ina {giš}GU.ZA {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 11 | [...] x x [...] | |
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