Ashurbanipal 143 (Q007551)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 143 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007551 |
| 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 [0:3] 1'1'–3'3' | [(As for) Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), the king of the land Elam who had seen the rage of the mighty weapons of (the god) Aššur (and the goddess Ištar), he r]eturned [from the mountain(s), his place of refuge], and th[ey (his troops)] entered [the city Madaktu, which I had destroyed, demolished, (and) plun]dered [by the command of (the god) Aššur (and the goddess Ištar). He sat down in mourning, (at a place of mourning)]. |
| Obverse [3:6] 4'4'–6'6' | [By the command of his/their exalted divinity, which cannot] be changed, hi[s] land [rebelled against him. He (then) fled alone from the rebellion tha]t [his servants] had incited agai[nst him and he took to the mountain(s). From the mountain(s), his place of refuge whe]re he had always fled, [I caught him like a falcon and took him alive to Assyria]. |
| Obverse [6:11] 7'7'–11'11' | [...] the kindness that I had done for him [... in a] widespread [pi]tched [battle I brought about] the def[eat of his troops ...] ... [...] the defe[at ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] (x) x x [...] | |
| 2' | [... i]-⸢tu⸣-ram-ma qe₂-⸢reb⸣ {[uru}ma-dak-tu₂ ...] | |
| 3' | [... aš₂-lu-lu] šal-lat-su e-ru-⸢bu⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... ša₂ la] ⸢in⸣-nen-nu-u₂ KUR-⸢su⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ u₂-šab-šu-u₂ ⸢UGU⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 6' | [... a]-⸢šar⸣ it-ta-nap-raš-ši-⸢du⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] MUN e-pu-šu₂-uš [...] | |
| 8' | [... ina ME₃] ⸢EDIN⸣ rap-ši ⸢BAD₅⸣.[BAD₅ ...] | |
| 9' | [...] BI A ŠAL x [...] | |
| 10' | [...] x BAD₅.⸢BAD₅⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] x [...] |
Sources & licences
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