Ashurbanipal 134 (Q007542)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 134 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007542 |
| 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)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] 1'1'–8'8' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse [8:13] 9'9'–13'13' | [...] my [lordly maj]esty [... (Šamaš-šuma-ukīn) who]m [I had installed] as king of Babylo<n> [...] who altered [the peace (between us) ...] did battle [wi]th me [...] they consigned him [to a conflagrat]ion and destroyed his life. |
| Obverse [13:15] 14'14'–15'15' | [(As for) the soldiers who had perpetrated sedition and rebelli]on, as many as had made common cause with him, [not a single one (of them)] escaped; (anyone) who tried to get away did not escape my grasp. |
| Obverse [15:19] 16'16'–19'19' | I carr[ied] off to Assyria [a chariot], the vehicle of his lordly majesty, the scepter held in his hand[s], (and) a seal — the insignia (worn around) his neck — [along w]ith equipment from his palace. I sat his nobles on camel(s) as a spectacle for the people and they dragged the rest of them to and fro across the ground before me. |
| Obverse [19:21] 20'20'–21'21' | Afterwards, (as for) the people who were guilty, I imposed a harsh punishment upon them. I destroyed their faces, flayed them, (and) chopped up their flesh. |
| Obverse [21:25] 22'22'–25'25' | By the command of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Mullissu, I entered the land Ela[m], brought about their (the Elamites’) defe[a]t [count]less (times), (and) marched about triumphantly. [Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III)] became frightened by [the assault of] my mighty [battle a]rray, [fled naked, an]d took to the mountain(s). |
| Obverse [25:30] 26'26'–30'30' | I conquered [fourteen fortified cities], his royal [reside]nce(s), [and small(er) settlements, which] were without [nu]mber, [together with twenty villages, in the district o]f the city Ḫunnir, [(which is) on the border of the city Ḫid]alu. [...] ... [...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [...] ... inside the land [...] |
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' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] x ŠU₂ | |
| 3' | [...] U | |
| 4' | [...] x | |
| 5' | [...] ŠU₂ | |
| 6' | [...]-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 7' | [...]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 8' | [...] x-šu₂ | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢EN⸣-u-ti | |
| 10' | [... aš₂-ku-nu]-⸢uš⸣ a-na LUGAL-u-ti KA₂.DINGIR.<RA{ki>} | |
| 11' | [...] u₂-nak-ki-ru | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢it⸣-ti-ia e-pu-ša₂ ta-ḫa-zu | |
| 13' | [... ina mi-qit {d]}⸢GIŠ⸣.BAR id-du-šu-ma u₂-ḫal-li-qu nap-⸢šat⸣-su | |
| 14' | {[lu₂}ERIM.MEŠ e-piš si-ḫi u bar]-⸢ti⸣ ma-la it-ti-šu₂ šak-nu | |
| 15' | [e-du ul] ⸢ip-par-šid mul⸣-taḫ-ṭu ul u₂-ṣi ina ŠU.II-ia | |
| 16' | {[giš}GIGIR] ⸢ru⸣-kub EN-ti-šu₂ {giš}GIDRU ṣi-⸢bit ŠU⸣.[II]-⸢šu₂⸣ {na₄}KIŠIB si-mat GU₂-šu₂ | |
| 17' | [it]-⸢ti⸣ u₂-nu-ut E₂.GAL-šu₂ aš₂-⸢lu-la⸣ a-na KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | |
| 18' | {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL.MEŠ-šu₂ a-na ta-mar-ti UN.MEŠ ⸢u₂⸣-še-šib EDIN ANŠE.A.AB.BA | |
| 19' | u₃ si-it-tu-ti ina qaq-qa-ri in-da-aš₂-ša₂-ru ina maḫ-ri-ia | |
| 20' | EGIR-nu UN.MEŠ EN ḫi-iṭ-ṭi an-nu kab-tu₂ e-mi₃-su-nu-u-ti | |
| 21' | bu-un-na-ni-šu₂-nu at-bal KUŠ.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ⸢aš₂⸣-ḫu-uṭ u₂-nak-ki-sa UZU.MEŠ-šu₂-un | |
| 22' | ina qi₂-bit AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}NIN.LIL₂ qe₂-⸢reb⸣ {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} e-ru-ub | |
| 23' | BAD₅.⸢BAD₅-šu₂-nu ina la⸣ [mi₃-ni] ⸢aš₂-kun⸣ at-tal-lak šal-ṭiš | |
| 24' | {[m}um-man-al-da-si ti-ib] ⸢ME₃⸣-ia dan-nu e-dur-ma | |
| 25' | [me-ra-nu-uš-šu₂ in-na-bit]-⸢ma⸣ iṣ-ba-ta ša₂-du-u | |
| 26' | 14 URU.MEŠ dan-nu-ti mu]-⸢šab⸣ LUGAL-ti-šu₂ | |
| 27' | [u₃ URU.MEŠ TUR.MEŠ ša₂ ni]-⸢i⸣-ba la i-šu-u | |
| 28' | [a-di 20.AM₃ URU.MEŠ ina na-ge-e] ⸢ša⸣ {uru}ḫu-un-nir | |
| 29' | [ina UGU mi₃-iṣ-ri ša₂ {uru}ḫi]-⸢da⸣-lu ak-šu-ud | |
| 30' | [...] x x (x) x [x] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] x{ki} qe₂-reb {kur}x [...] | |
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