Aššur-etel-ilāni Babylonian 5 (Q003861)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Babylonia · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Aššur-etel-ilāni Babylonian 5 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003861 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylonia |
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 | The tomb of Šamaš-ibni, the Dakkurian, upon whom Aššur-etel-ilāni, king of Assyria, had pity, brought from Assyria to Bīt-Dakkūri, his (own) country, and laid to rest in a tomb inside his home of Dūru-ša-Ladīni (“Fortress of Ladīnu”). |
| Obverse [3:10] 44–1010 | Whoever you are, whether governor or commander or judge or prince, who is appointed in the land, do not harm this tomb or (its) bone(s)! (But rather) look after its position (and) extend (your) good protection over it! For (doing) this, may the god Marduk, the great lord, lengthen your reign, establish his good protection over you, (and) bless your name, your descendant(s), and your long life for all time! |
| Obverse [10:17] 1111–1717 | (But) if that prince or governor or commandant or judge or viceroy who appears in the land harms this tomb or (its) bone(s), (or) changes its position, taking (it) to another place, or (if) another person incites him to plan wicked things (against this tomb) and he listens (to him), may the god Marduk, the great lord, make his name, his descendant(s), his offspring, and his progeny disappear from (mention by) the mouth(s) of the people! |
| Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818 | May the god Nabû, who makes opposing forces agree, cut short the number of his days (lit. “the number of his long days”)! |
| Obverse [18:20] 1919–2020 | May the god Nabû, who makes opposing forces agree, cut short the number of his days (lit. “the number of his long days”)! May the god Nergal not spare his life from malaria, plague, or slaughter!May the god Nergal not spare his life from malaria, plague, or slaughter! |
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 | KI.MAH ša₂ {m}{d}UTU-ib-ni DUMU {m}da-ku-⸢ru ša₂⸣ {m}AN.ŠAR₂-NIR.GAL₂-DINGIR.MEŠ LUGAL KUR-aš-šur | |
| 2 | re-e-mu ir-aš₂-aš₂-šum-ma ul-tu qe₂-reb KUR-aš-šur a-na E₂-{m}da-kur KUR-šu₂ | |
| 3 | u₂-bil-la-aš₂-šum-ma ina KI.MAH ina qe₂-reb E₂-šu₂ ša₂ BAD₃-ša₂-la-di-ni u₂-ša₂-aṣ-li-lu-šu₂ | |
| 4 | man-nu at-ta lu-u₂ {lu₂}šak-nu {lu₂}ša₂-pi-ru lu-u₂ da-a-a-nu | |
| 5 | lu-u₂ NUN ša₂ ina KUR iš-šak-ka-nu a-na KI.MAH u e-ṣe-et-ti | |
| 6 | šu-a-ti la ta-ha-aṭ-ṭu a-šar-šu₂ u₂-ṣur | |
| 7 | ṣi-il-li ṭa-a-bi e-li-šu₂ tu-ru-uṣ | |
| 8 | a-na šu-a-ti {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-u₂ pa-le-e-ka lu-ur-⸢rik⸣ | |
| 9 | ṣu-lul-šu₂ ṭa-a-bu e-li-ka li-iš-⸢kun⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢MU⸣-ka NUMUN-⸢ka u₃ ba-la-ṭu u₄⸣-me-⸢ka GID₂.DA.MEŠ a-na u₄-me ṣa-a-ta⸣ lik-⸢ru-bu⸣ | |
| 11 | šum-ma NUN šu-u₂ lu-u₂ {lu₂}šak-nu lu-u₂ {lu₂}ša₂-pi-ru lu-u₂ da-a-a-nu | |
| 12 | lu-u₂ GIR₃.NITA₂ ša₂ ina KUR ib-ba-aš₂-šu-u₂ | |
| 13 | a-na KI.MAH u e-ṣe-et-ti šu-a-ti i-ha-aṭ-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 14 | a-šar-šu₂ u₂-nak-ka-ri a-na a-šar ša₂-nam-ma i-leq-qu-u₂ | |
| 15 | u₃ man-ma a-na le-mut-tum u₂-šad-ba-bu-šu₂-ma i-šem-mu-u₂ | |
| 16 | {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-u₂ MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ NUNUZ-šu₂ u₃ na-an-nab-šu₂ | |
| 17 | i-na pi-i UN.MEŠ li-hal-liq | |
| 18 | {d}AG sa-ni-iq mit-hur-ti mi-na-a-ta u₄-me-⸢šu₂ GID₂.DA⸣.MEŠ ⸢li-kar-ri⸣ | |
| 19 | {⸢d}U.GUR⸣ ina di-iʾ šib-⸢ṭu⸣ u šag-⸢ga⸣-aš₂-ti | |
| 20 | la i-gam-mi-il nap-šat-su |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.