Ashurbanipal 142 (Q007550)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 142 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007550 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | [...] all of it [...] his [...]s, [his] possession[s ... Ummanal]dašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), the king of the land Elam, who [...] their ... inside his land upon/against [...]. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | Paʾê, the king of the land Elam, who [had exercised dominion over the land Elam] in op[position to Ummanaldašu, thought about] the awe-inspiring brilliance of the great gods [... He] fled to me [f]rom the land Elam and [grasped the feet of my royal majesty]. |
| Reverse [7:12] r 8'8'–r 12'12' | [The so]ns of kings (and) the brothers of kings, whose ancestors had been [in agreement] with my ancestors [...] came [wit]h their substantial audience gift(s) and [licked] this threshold with thei[r] tongue(s) [... (rev. 10´) Mes]sengers from (both) east (and) west, who were bearing good messages, [... the] great [go]ds, my lords, whom [m]y ancestors had always revered and I, from [my] c[hildhood ... m]onthly, good news about the conquest of my enemies [was brought to me there]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [... of the thres]hold ... [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢gim-ri-šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...].⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ NIG₂.ŠU.[MEŠ-šu₂ ...] | |
| 3' | {[m}um-man-al]-⸢da-si MAN⸣ {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ša x [...] | |
| 4' | x-⸢šu₂⸣-nu qe₂-reb KUR-šu₂ ina UGU x [...] | |
| 5' | {[m]}pa-ʾe-e MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ša ⸢me₂⸣-[eḫ-ret {m}um-man-al-da-si e-pu-šu be-lut {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 6' | nam-ri-ri DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢GAL.MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ⸢ul⸣-tu qe₂-reb {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ⸢in⸣-nab-tam-ma [iṣ-ba-ta GIR₃.II LUGAL-ti-ia] | |
| 8' | ⸢DUMU⸣.MEŠ LUGAL.MEŠ ŠEŠ.MEŠ LUGAL.MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ AD.MEŠ-šu₂-nu it-ti AD.MEŠ-ia im-[...] | |
| 9' | [it]-⸢ti⸣ ta-mar-ti-šu₂-nu ka-bit-tu₂ ⸢il-li⸣-ku-nim-ma as-kup-pa-tu šu-a-tu₂ ina EME-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | {[lu₂}A] ⸢KIN⸣.MEŠ ṣi-it {d}UTU-ši e-reb {d}⸢UTU-ši⸣ ša a-mat SIG₅-tim na-šu-u₂ ⸢kun⸣-[...] | |
| 11' | [x x] x ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia ša₂ AD.MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ ip-tal-la-ḫu u₃ a-na-ku ul-tu ⸢ṣe⸣-[ḫe-ri-ia ...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢ITI⸣-šam pu-us-su-rat ḫa-⸢de⸣-e ša₂ ka-šad {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ [u₂-pa-sa-ru-in-ni qe₂-reb-šu₂] | |
| 13' | [... as]-⸢kup⸣-pi x x [...] | |
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