Ashurbanipal 137 (Q007545)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 137 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007545 |
| 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' | [...] ... [... who did not res]pect the kingship of [... did n]ot obey the com[mand of ... the str]ong one, the exalted one, the mig[hty one, ... (5´) ...] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, (my) u[nfaithful] brother, [...] ... he cut him down with the swo[rd. ...] and they listened to [my] plea(s). [...] they fled and grasped m[y] feet. [...] sat [...]. |
| Obverse [8:16] 9'9'–16'16' | Their heart(s) [plotted evil (deeds) ... (10´) ..., wh]o commanded me to march [...] without [n]umber [...] Ummanald[ašu ... I] devastated [... I] laid waste (and) brought ab[out the defeat of ... (15´) ...] with [...] ... [...] |
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 ⸢ša₂⸣ x x [...] | |
| 2' | [... la pa]-liḫ LUGAL-ut [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ul⸣ iš-ma-a ⸢qi₂⸣-[bit ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢dan⸣-nu ša₂-qu-u₂ mug-⸢da⸣-[aš-ru ...] | |
| 5' | [... {m]}{⸢d⸣}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ ⸢la⸣ [ke-e-nu ...] | |
| 6' | [...] x-šu u₂-ras-sib-šu₂ ina {giš}⸢TUKUL⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] x-ma iš-mu-u₂ qa-ba-⸢a⸣-[a ...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢in⸣-nab-tu₂-ma iṣ-ba-tu GIR₃.II-⸢ia⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢u₂⸣-šib lib₃-ba-šu₂-⸢un⸣ [ik-pu-ud ḪUL-tu₂ ...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ iq-bu-u-ni a-⸢la-ku⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢mi⸣-na la i-šu-u [...] | |
| 12' | [...] x {m}um-man-al-⸢da⸣-[si ...] | |
| 13' | [... u₂]-⸢nam⸣-me [...] | |
| 14' | [... u₂]-šaḫ-ri-ba aš₂-⸢ku⸣-[na ...] | |
| 15' | [...] x it-ti x [...] | |
| 16' | [...] x x [...] |
Sources & licences
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