Ashurbanipal Babylonian 2015 (Q003854)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Ur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal Babylonian 2015 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003854 |
| Collection | University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; British Museum, London, UK; Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Ur |
| Coordinates | 30.9616, 46.1047 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | For the goddess Ningal, august lady, queen of the goddesses, (most) valiant of the great gods: |
| Obverse [3:13] 44–1313 | In order to ensure the good health of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, mighty king, (and) king of the world, his lord, Sîn-balāssu-iqbi, son of Ningal-iddin, viceroy of Ur, Eridu and the Gurasimmu (tribe), opened up (its) emplacement, (re)built (the well named) Puḫilituma, and established (it) for all time. He made inexhaustible spring water appear in it. |
| Obverse [13:16] 1414–1616 | With regard to any (future) prince who (re)opens this well, may his days be long (and) his offspring extensive! |
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 | a-na {d}nin-gal GAŠAN ṣir-ti | |
| 2 | šar-rat i-la-a-ti qa-rit-ti | |
| 3 | DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 4 | ana TIN ZI.MEŠ ša₂ AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA | |
| 5 | LUGAL KUR-aš-šur{ki} LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL kiš-šat | |
| 6 | be-li₂-šu₂ {m}{d}30-TIN-su-iq-bi | |
| 7 | DUMU {m}{d}nin-gal-MU | |
| 8 | {lu₂}GIR₃.NITA₂ uri₂{ki} | |
| 9 | ERIDU{ki} u {lu₂}gu-ra-sim-mu | |
| 10 | aš₂-ri ip-te-e-ma pu₂-hi-li-tum₃-ma | |
| 11 | ib-ni-ma u₂-kin ah-ra-taš | |
| 12 | A.MEŠ nag-bi da-ru-ti | |
| 13 | u₂-šab-ra-a qe₂-reb-šu₂ | |
| 14 | ša₂ NUN pe-tu-u₂ PU₂ šu-a-ti | |
| 15 | li-ri-ku u₄-mu-šu₂ | |
| 16 | liš-ta-an-dil NUNUZ-šu₂ |
Sources & licences
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