Ashurbanipal 133 (Q007541)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 133 |
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| ID | Q007541 |
| 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)
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| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | Inside the land Elam, they (the Elamites) heard about [the progress of the messenger of mine whom I had sent to (the city) Dēr. With the support of the deities Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû], Ištar of Nineveh, Ištar of Arbela, [Ninurta, Nusku, (and) Nergal (...), fear of] my [royal majes]ty overwhelmed the land Elam and (then) [the people of the land Elam] rebelled [against Indab]ibi (and) killed him with the sword. They placed [Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), son of Atta-metu], on the throne of the land Elam. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | By the command of (the god) Aššur, [Tammarītu] made an appeal to my lordly majesty [to decide his case and to come to] his [a]id. [I, Ashurbanipal, the magnanimous (and) forbea]ring one, with the support of (the god) Aššur (and) the gods who supported me, [mustered my troops for a second time (and)] gave the command to march [against Ummanald]ašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), the king of the land Elam. [I drove away Ummanaldašu, the king of the land Elam, (and)] he fled [f]rom my weapons and took to the mountains (lit. “ascended his mountain”). |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | [(As for) Umba-LAGABua, who] sat on the throne of the land Elam [in opposition to Ummanald]ašu, [he ab]andoned [the city Bubilu, a city that was a lordly residence of his], and took to the depths of far away waters. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [(As for) Tammarītu, who had fled to me (and) grasped m]y [feet], I installed him as king inside the city Susa. |
| Reverse [12:16] r 1313–r 1616 | He forgot [the kindness that I had done for him, in having sent aid to h]im, and constantly sought out evil (ways) to conquer my troops. [(The god) Aššur, king of the gods, who marc]hes [before me] (and) allowed me to stand over my foes, (rev. 15) saw [the dangerous (and) rebelli]ous [thought(s) of Tammarītu] and delivered him into my hand: [They removed him from his royal throne and (then) made] him [r]eturn and bow down at my feet. |
| Reverse [16:20] r 1717–r 2020 | [For a third time, (the god) Aššur, the exalted lord, encour]aged me (and) commanded me to march to the land Elam. [(Like) the city Bīt-Imbî, which] I had conquered [during a p]revious [campaign of mine], I [now] conquered [(the rest of) the land Rāši (and) the city Ḫamānu, along with] its district. [Moreover he, Ummanaldašu, the king of the land Elam], heard about [the conquest of the land Rāši and the ci]ty Ḫamānu a[nd] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| r | ||
| 1 | [a-lak {lu₂}A KIN-ia ša a-na BAD₃.AN]{⸢ki⸣} aš₂-pu-ru iš-mu-u qe₂-reb {kur}ELAM.MA{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 2 | [ina tukul-ti AN.ŠAR₂ {d}30 {d}UTU {d}EN {d}AG] {⸢d⸣}15 ša₂ NINA{ki} {d}15 ša₂ LIMMU₂-DINGIR{ki} | |
| 3 | {[d}MAŠ {d}nusku {d}U.GUR (...) pu-luḫ-ti] ⸢LUGAL⸣-ti-ia {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} is-ḫu-up-ma | |
| 4 | [UN.MEŠ {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ṣe-er {m}in-da]-⸢bi⸣-bi ib-bal-ki-tu₂ i-na-ru-uš ina {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ | |
| 5 | {[m}um-man-al-da-si DUMU {m}at-ta-me-tu] u₂-še-ši-bu ina {giš}GU.ZA {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| 6 | {[m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ aš₂-šu₂ e-peš de-e-ni-šu₂ u₃ a-lak A₂].⸢TAḪ⸣-šu₂ ina qi₂-bit AN.ŠAR₂ u₂-ṣal-la-a EN-u-ti | |
| 7 | [a-na-ku {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A lib₃-bu rap-šu₂ la ka-ṣir] ik-ke-ti ina tukul-ti AN.ŠAR₂ DINGIR.MEŠ tik-le-ia | |
| 8 | [ša₂-ni-a-nu ad-ke ERIM.ḪI.A-ia ṣe-er {m}um-man-al]-⸢da⸣-si MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} aq-ba-a a-la-ku | |
| 9 | [aṭ-ru-ud {m}um-man-al-da-su MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} la]-pa-an {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-ia in-na-bit-ma KUR-šu₂ e-li | |
| 10 | {[m}um-ba-LAGAB-u-a ša me₂-eḫ-rat {m}um-man-al]-⸢da⸣-si aš₂-bu ina {giš}GU.ZA {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| 11 | {[uru}bu-bi-lu URU mu-šab EN-ti-šu₂ u₂]-⸢maš⸣-šir-ma iṣ-bat šu-pul A.MEŠ ru-⸢qu⸣-u-ti | |
| 12 | {[m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ ša₂ in-nab-ta iṣ-ba-ta GIR₃.II]-⸢ia⸣ qe₂-reb {uru}šu-ša₂-an aš₂-kun-šu₂ a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣-u-ti | |
| 13 | [SIG₅-tu e-pu-šu₂-uš ša₂ aš₂-pu-ru A₂.TAḪ]-⸢su⸣ im-ši-ma iš-te-ne₂-ʾa-a ḪUL-tu₂ a-na ka-šad ERIM.ḪI.A-ia | |
| 14 | [AN.ŠAR₂ LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ ša ina maḫ-ri-ia il]-⸢la⸣-ku ⸢u₂⸣-ša₂-zi-za-an-ni ṣe-er ga-re-ia | |
| 15 | [lib₃-bi {m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ ek-ṣu ba-ra]-⸢nu⸣-u ib-ru-u₂-ma im-nu-šu₂ qa-tu-u-⸢a⸣ | |
| 16 | [ul-tu {giš}GU.ZA LUGAL-ti-šu₂ id-ku-niš-šum-ma u₂]-⸢ter⸣-ru-ni-šum-ma u₂-šak-ni-šu-uš a-na GIR₃.II-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 17 | [šal-ši-a-nu AN.ŠAR₂ EN ṣi-i-ru u₂-tak]-⸢kil⸣-an-ni a-na {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} iq-ba-a a-la-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 18 | {[uru}E₂-{m}im-bi-i ša ina ger-ri-ia] ⸢maḫ-re⸣-e ak-šu-⸢du⸣ | |
| 19 | [e-nen-na {kur}ra-a-ši {uru}ḫa-ma-nu a-di] ⸢na-ge⸣-šu₂ ak-šu-⸢ud⸣ | |
| 20 | [u₃ šu-u₂ {m}um-man-al-da-si MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ka-šad {kur}ra-a-ši u] {⸢uru}ḫa⸣-ma-ni ⸢iš-me⸣-e-⸢ma⸣ | |
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