Ashurbanipal 130 (Q003829)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 130 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003829 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] to kill [...]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] ... gold which ... [...]. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 5'5'–o 8'8' | [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... [...] powe[r], virility, (and) king[ship ...]. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, (my) hostile brother, who had plan[ned murder] against Assyria [...], saying: “I will come and destr[oy] those cities [...]. I will carry off Assyrians from (their) midst and [...].” (As for) Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, who had spoken (these) insolent word(s), [(the god) Aššur determined for him a cruel death; he consigned him] to a conflagration ... [(and) destroyed his life]. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | (As for) the people, instigators for him who had perpetrated sedition (and) rebellion, (and) who [had made common cause] wi[th him ...], not a single one of them esc[aped; ...] their [...], which by the command of [...] |
| Left [0:4] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 44 | [A]ll of the rulers (and) all of the black-headed (people) [...] presented [bef]ore him ... [...] Assyria [...] him and [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | x x [...] | |
| 2' | x x ⸢TI⸣ x x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x ⸢da⸣-a-⸢ki⸣ x [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x x KU₃.GI ša₂ ⸢TA⸣ x [...] | |
| 5' | [...]-⸢re⸣-e u₂-x x u₂ x ⸢BUR⸣ x x [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x ma-la x x ep-⸢pu⸣-šu₂ ḫa-[...] | |
| 7' | [...] x x x LAGAB RE E ŠI [...] | |
| 8' | [...] dun-⸢nu zik⸣-ru-ti ⸢LUGAL⸣-[u₂-ti ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ nak-ri ša₂ a-na KUR aš-šur ik-⸢pu⸣-[du ne₂-er-tu₂ ...] | |
| 2 | um-ma al-la-kam-ma URU.MEŠ ša₂-a-tu-nu a-nap-⸢pal⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | DUMU.MEŠ KUR aš-šur{ki} ul-tu ⸢ŠA₃⸣ a-šal-la-lam-ma x [...] | |
| 4 | {⸢m⸣}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-⸢MU⸣-GI.NA ša₂ me₂-re-eḫ-⸢tu₂⸣ iq-bu-u [...] | |
| 5 | ina mi-⸢qit⸣ {d}GIŠ.BAR TA ⸢KI⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | UN.MEŠ mu-šaḫ-bir-e-šu₂ e-piš si-ḫi bar-ti ša₂ ⸢it⸣-[ti-šu₂ ...] | |
| 7 | e-⸢du ul⸣-tu lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu ul ip-⸢par⸣-[šid ...] | |
| 8 | [...]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu ⸢ša₂ ina qi₂⸣-bit [...] | |
| 9 | [...] x [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢gi⸣-mir ⸢mal-ki nap⸣-ḫar ṣal-mat SAG.⸢DU⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [ma]-ḫar-šu₂ u₂-šam-ḫi-ru x x [...] | |
| 3 | [x] x ⸢KUR aš-šur{ki⸣} x [...] | |
| 4 | [...]-⸢šu₂-ma⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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