Ashurbanipal 2001 (Q003840)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Ur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 2001 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003840 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Ur |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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] 11–44 | For the god Sîn of heaven, lion of the gods (and) king of the Enlil (circle of) gods, his lord: |
| Obverse [4:9] 55–99 | Sîn-balāssu-iqbi, viceroy of Ur, son of Ningal-iddin, (who was also) viceroy of Ur, who provides for Ekišnugal — |
| Obverse [9:31] 1010–3131 | (With regard to) Etemennigurru, whose (enclosure) wall had collapsed in the distant past, whose foundation terrace had lain waste, (and) whose foundations were covered over, I sought the location of its forgotten gate(s). I put its foundation inscription inside a box and raised its (the temple’s) top. I inlaid with silver a door of boxwood, wood of finest quality from a distant mountain, fixed with a copper peg, whose band(s) were strong, (whose) bottom was of gold, (whose) door bolt was of shining silver, (and whose) bar and pivot were of strong copper, in order that it might stand forever fixed in the doorway of the “secret house,” the house of divination. |
| Obverse [31:38] 3232–3838 | May the god Sîn (and) the goddess Ningal, the god(s), my helpers, destroy the name of anyone who erases my inscription or changes its position! |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {d}suen an-na | |
| 2 | piriŋ diŋir-re-e-ne | |
| 3 | lugal {d}en-lil₂-e-ne | |
| 4 | lugal-a-ni-ir | |
| 5 | {m}{d}(EN.ZU-TI.LA.BI-DU₁₁.GA) | |
| 6 | šagina urim₂{ki}ma | |
| 7 | dumu {m}{⸢d⸣}nin-gal-(SUM.MA) | |
| 8 | šagina urim₂{ki}ma | |
| 9 | u₂-a e₂-kiš₂-nu₆-gal | |
| 10 | e₂-temen-ni₂-gur₃-ru | |
| 11 | niŋ₂ ud ul-li₂-a-ta | |
| 12 | e₂-gar₈ dirig-ga-bi | |
| 13 | te-me-en-bi a-ri-a | |
| 14 | uš₈-bi bi₂-in-šuš₂-šuš₂ | |
| 15 | kan₄-bi ha-lam-me-e-ne | |
| 16 | ki-bi bi₂-in-kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂ | |
| 17 | šag₄ dub te-me-en-bi | |
| 18 | u-me-ni-du₃ | |
| 19 | saŋ-bi ba-ni-in-il₂ | |
| 20 | {ŋeš}ig {ŋeš}taškarin ŋeš saŋ | |
| 21 | kur-bi-ta su₃-ud-da | |
| 22 | gag urudu bi₂-in-du₃-a | |
| 23 | keše₂-da-bi kalag-ga | |
| 24 | uš kug-sig₁₇-a-ke₄ | |
| 25 | si-ŋar kug-babbar zalag₂-zalag₂ | |
| 26 | aškud nu-kuš₂-u₃ | |
| 27 | urudu kalag-ga | |
| 28 | kug-babbar u-me-ni-dab-dab | |
| 29 | kan₄ e₂ saŋ-dili | |
| 30 | e₂ hal-la-ta du₃-a | |
| 31 | da-ri₂-še₃ gub-bu-de₃ | |
| 32 | lu₂ mu-sar-ra-ŋu₁₀ | |
| 33 | šu bi₂-ib₂-ur₃-e-a | |
| 34 | ha-ba ki-bi kur₂-ru-da | |
| 35 | {d}suen {d}nin-gal | |
| 36 | diŋir bad₃-gal-ŋu₁₀ | |
| 37 | mu-bi | |
| 38 | he₂-en-ha-lam-e-ne |
Sources & licences
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