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Ashurbanipal 2003 (Q003842)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Tell Muqayyar (Ur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationAshurbanipal 2003
IDQ003842
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageSumerian; Akkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotTell Muqayyar (Ur)
Coordinates30.9616, 46.1047

English translation

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

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:12] 11–1212(For) the god Nanna, king of heaven (and) netherworld: in order to ensure the good health of Ashurbanipal, king of kings, his lord, Sîn-balāssu-iqbi, viceroy of Ur (and) Eridu, who provides for Ekišnugal, the shining shrine of the Watery Abyss (apsû), (re)built anew Elugalgalgasisa, his beloved temple.

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)
1{d}suen an-na
2pirig digir-re-e-ne
3lugal {d}en-lil₂-e-ne
4lugal-a-ni-ir
5{m}{d}EN.ZU-TI.LA.BI-DU₁₁.GA
6šagina uri₂{ki}ma
7dumu {m}{⸢d⸣}nin-gal-SUM.MA
8šagina uri₂{ki}ma
9u₂-a e₂-kiš₂-nu₆-gal
10e₂-temen-ni₂-gur₃-ru
11nig₂ u₄ ul-li₂-a-ta
12e₂-gar₈ dirig-ga-bi
13te-me-en-bi a-ri-a
14uš₈-bi bi₂-in-šu₂-šu₂
15ka₂-bi ha-lam-me-e-ne
16ki-bi bi₂-in-kin-kin
17ša₃ dub te-me-en-bi
18u-me-ni-du₃
19sag-bi ba-ni-in-il₂
20{giš}ig {giš}taškarin giš sag
21kur-bi-ta su₃-ud-da
22gag urudu bi₂-in-du₃-a
23keš₂-da-bi kala-ga
24uš ku₃-sig₁₇-a-ke₄
25si-gar ku₃-babbar zalag₂-zalag₂
26aškud nu-kuš₂-u₃
27urudu kala-ga
28ku₃-babbar u-me-ni-dab-dab
29ka₂ e₂ sag-dili
30e₂ hal-la-ta du₃-a
31da-ri₂-še₃ gub-bu-de₃
32lu₂ mu-sar-ra-mu
33šu bi₂-ib₂-ur₃-e-a
34ha-ba ki-bi kur₂-ru-da
35{d}suen {d}nin-gal
36digir bad₃-gal-gu₁₀
37mu-bi
38he₂-en-ḫa-lam-e-ne

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