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Ashurbanipal 127 (Q003826)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationAshurbanipal 127
IDQ003826
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotKuyunjik (Nineveh)
Coordinates36.3587, 43.1519

English translation

By ORACC project rinap/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22That/those of the gate of Nippur ... [...] Nabû-šuma-ēreš ... [...]
Obverse [2:9] o 33–o 99(No translation possible)
Reverse [0:15] r 1'1'–r 15'15'... [...] to fight wit[h the troops of Assyria ...], saying: “Go, and [exact] revenge [...].” Undasu, a son of Teu[mman ...] (rev. 5´) Atta-metu, the chief [archer, ...] which the messengers of Šama[š-šuma-ukīn ...] in battle with each other [...] until they spoke [I/he] did not [...]. The Elamite ... [...] (rev. 10´) saw and my battle troops [...] ... him and ... [...] the messengers of Šamaš-šu[ma-ukīn ...] ... [...] my ... [...] belonging to Undasu, Zaza[z, ...]

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o
1ša KA₂.GAL ⸢NIBRU⸣{ki} x x [...]
2{⸢m}{d}AG-MU-KAM-eš GAL⸣ x ⸢EN⸣ [...]
3[...]
4[...]
5[...]
6[...]
7[...]
8[...]
9[...]
r
1'[x] x x x [...]
2'a-na mit-ḫu-ṣi ⸢it-ti⸣ [ERIM.ḪI.A KUR aš-šur{ki} ...]
3'⸢um-ma a⸣-lik-ma tuk-te-e x [...]
4'{m}un-da-su DUMU {m}te-⸢um⸣-[man ...]
5'{m}at-ta-me-tu {lu₂}GAL {⸢giš⸣}[PAN ...]
6'ša {lu₂}A KIN.MEŠ {m}{d}GIŠ.⸢NU₁₁⸣-[MU-GI.NA ...]
7'ina MURUB₄ it-ti a-ḫa-meš x [...]
8'a-di e-peš pi-i-šu₂-nu la x [...]
9'{lu₂}e-la-mu-u AR RU [...]
10'e-mur-⸢ma⸣ ERIM.MEŠ ME₃-ia x [...]
11'x-im-x-su-ma x x (x) [...]
12'{lu₂}A KIN.MEŠ {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-⸢MU⸣-[GI.NA ...]
13'x x x x u₂-na-aḫ-x [...]
14'x x-ti-ia x x x [...]
15'ša {m}un-da-si {m}za-za-[az ...]

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