Ashurbanipal 136 (Q007544)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 136 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007544 |
| 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 | My heart became enraged about the[s]e deeds (and) [my temper] turned hot. [I] mustered my troops (and) set ou[t on the road] against Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), the king of the land Elam. [In] the course of my campaign, [I conquered] the city Bīt-Imbî, a city upon which the land Elam relied. [(As for) the pe]ople living inside it, who had not come out and inquired about the well-being of [my] royal majes[ty, I killed (them)]. I cut off their [he]ads, sliced off [th]eir lip[s], (and) [took (them) to Assyria] to be a spectacle for the people of m[y] land. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | (As for) Imbappi, the chief archer of the land [Ela]m, who was stationed [as a guard] in the city Bīt-Imbî, I bro[ught] him [out] o[f] (that) city alive. [I then plac]ed (his) hands and feet in [iron] fetters and brought (him) to Assyria. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | I [brought out] a palace woman (and) the sons of Teu[mman — a (former) king of the land Ela]m who[se head I had cut off] during a previous campaign — together with the rest of the people [livin]g in the city Bīt-Imbî [and I counted (them) as booty]. |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1111–r 1313 | (As for) Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), the k[ing of the land Elam], h[e heard about] these [deed]s of mine [and] the fear of (the god) Aššur [(and) ..., w]ho [march] before m[e, overwhelmed him, and (then) he abandoned] the city [Madaktu, a roy]a[l city of his, and (then)] fl[ed a]lone [and took to the mountains (lit. “ascended his mountain”)]. |
| Reverse [13:18] r 1414–r 1818 | By the command of the deities Aššur, Mullissu, and [... insid]e Elam [...]. (As for) the people of the land Elam who had no[t come out and i]nquir[ed about the well-being of my royal majesty, I killed (them)]. The hands among them [... (As for) the re]st, who [...] ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢e-li ep-še-ti⸣ an-⸢na⸣-[a]-⸢ti e⸣-gug lib₃-bi iṣ-ṣa-ru-⸢uḫ⸣ [ka-bat-ti] | |
| 2 | ⸢ad⸣-ke ERIM.ḪI.A.MEŠ-ia EDIN {m}um-man-al-daš MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} aṣ-⸢ba-ta⸣ [KASKAL] | |
| 3 | [ina] ⸢me⸣-ti-iq ger-ri-ia {⸢uru⸣}E₂-{m}im-bi-i URU tu-kul-ti {kur}ELAM.⸢MA⸣{[ki} ak-šud] | |
| 4 | ⸢UN⸣.MEŠ a-šib lib₃-bi-šu₂ ša₂ la ⸢u₂⸣-ṣu-nim-ma la iš-a-lu šu-lum ⸢LUGAL⸣-[ti-ia a-nir] | |
| 5 | ⸢SAG⸣.DU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ak-kis NUNDUM.[MEŠ-šu₂]-nu ap-ru-uʾ a-na ta-mar-ti UN.MEŠ KUR-⸢ia⸣ [al-qa-a a-na KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 6 | {[m]}⸢im⸣-ba-ap-pi {lu₂}GAL {giš}PAN ša₂ {⸢kur⸣}[ELAM].⸢MA⸣{ki} ša₂ ina {uru}E₂-{m}im-bi-i pa-aq-du [a-na EN.NUN-u-ti] | |
| 7 | ⸢bal⸣-ṭu-us-su ⸢TA⸣ [qe₂]-⸢reb⸣ URU u₂-še-[ṣa-am-ma] | |
| 8 | ŠU.II u GIR₃.II bi-re-tu [AN.BAR ad]-⸢di⸣-šu₂-ma u₂-ra-a [a-na KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 9 | ⸢MUNUS⸣.E₂.GAL ⸢MUNUS⸣.E₂.GAL DUMU.MEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ {m}te-⸢um⸣-[man MAN {kur}ELAM].⸢MA⸣{ki} ša₂ ina ger-ri-ia maḫ-re-⸢e⸣ [ak-ki-su SAG.DU-su] | |
| 10 | ⸢it⸣-ti si-it-⸢ti UN.MEŠ⸣ [a-ši-bu]-⸢ti⸣ {uru}E₂-{m}im-bi-i u₂-[še-ṣa-am-ma šal-la-tiš am-nu] | |
| 11 | {m}um-man-al-daš ⸢MAN⸣ {[kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ep-še-e]-⸢ti⸣-ia an-na-a-ti ⸢iš⸣-[me-e-ma] | |
| 12 | ⸢pu-luḫ⸣-tu₂ AN.ŠAR₂ [...] ⸢ša⸣ ina maḫ-ri-⸢ia⸣ [il-la-ku is-ḫup-šu₂-ma] | |
| 13 | {uru}[ma-dak-tu URU LUGAL]-⸢ti⸣-[šu₂ u₂-maš-šir-ma e]-⸢diš⸣-ši-šu₂ in-⸢na⸣-[bit-ma KUR-šu₂ e-li] | |
| 14 | ina qi₂-bit AN.ŠAR₂ {d}⸢NIN⸣.LIL₂ ⸢u⸣ [... qe₂]-⸢reb⸣ {kur}ELAM.MA{⸢ki⸣} [...] | |
| 15 | ⸢UN⸣.MEŠ {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ša₂ ⸢la⸣ [u₂-ṣu-nim-ma la] ⸢iš⸣-ʾa-⸢a⸣-[lu šu-lum LUGAL-ti-ia a-nir] | |
| 16 | ŠU.II ina lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu x [...] x [...] | |
| 17 | [si]-⸢it⸣-tu-ti ša₂ x [...] | |
| 18 | [...] ⸢ŠI⸣ KI [...] | |
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