Ashurbanipal 145 (Q007553)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 145 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007553 |
| 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 [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [...] great [god]s [... which the deities Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh, Šar]rat-Kidmuri, Ištar of Arbela, Ninurta, [Nergal, and Nusku ...], who support me, to ... [...]. |
| Reverse [3:8] r 4'4'–r 8'8' | [(As for) Tammarītu, Paʾê, (and)] Umm[analdašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), who] had exercised dominion over the land Elam [after o]ne another, [(and) Uaiteʾ, the king of the land of the Arabs whose defeat I had brought abo]ut (and whom) I had taken to As[syria], together with plunder from his land — [I made the]m [take hold of the yoke of (my) processional carriage]. They pulled (it) up to the gate of the temple while I was seated above them (lit. “while (they were) below m[e]”). [(There), I humbled myself (lit. “I stroked my nose”) (and) paid careful attention to their divinity]. In a rally of m[y] troops, [I] made visible their (the god’s) strength, [(through) which the deities Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh], Šarrat-Kidmuri, Ištar of Arbela, Ninurta, Nergal, and [Nusku ... made] me [stand] over my enemies. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | I had (this) inscribed upon [it]. |
| Reverse [9:13] r 10'10'–r 13'13' | [In the future, may one of the kings], m[y descendant]s, [whom (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar no]mina[te for ruling over the land and people, ...] ... [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [... DINGIR].⸢MEŠ GAL.MEŠ⸣ x [...] | |
| 2' | [ša AN.ŠAR₂ {d}30 {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR {d}EN {d}AG {d}15 ša₂ NINA{ki} {d}šar]-⸢rat-kid⸣-mu-ri {d}15 ša LIMMU₂-DINGIR{ki} {⸢d}MAŠ {d⸣}[U.GUR u {d}nusku] | |
| 3' | [...] x [...] ⸢tik⸣-le-ia a-na da-⸢ba⸣-[x x (x)] | |
| 4' | {[m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ {m}pa-ʾe-e {m]}⸢um-man⸣-[al-daš ša EGIR] ⸢a⸣-ḫa-meš e-pu-šu₂ be-lut {kur}⸢ELAM⸣.[MA{ki]} | |
| 5' | {[m}u₂-a-a-te-eʾ MAN {kur}a-ri-bi ša BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂ aš₂-ku]-⸢nu it⸣-ti šal-⸢lat⸣ KUR-šu₂ al-qa-aš₂-šu₂ a-na KUR ⸢AN⸣.[ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 6' | {[giš}ŠUDUN {giš}ša₂ ša₂-da-di u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bit-su-nu]-⸢ti⸣ a-di KA₂ ⸢E₂.KUR⸣ iš-du-du ina šap-li-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 7' | [al-bi-in ap-pi at-ta-ʾi-id DINGIR-us-su-un u₂]-⸢ša₂⸣-pa-a dan-⸢nu-us⸣-su-un ina ⸢UKKIN⸣ ERIM.ḪI.A-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 8' | [ša AN.ŠAR₂ {d}30 {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR {d}EN {d}AG {d}15 ša₂ NINA{ki]} {⸢d}šar⸣-rat-kid-⸢mu⸣-ri {d}15 ša LIMMU₂-DINGIR{ki} {⸢d}MAŠ {d⸣}U.GUR u {[d}nusku] | |
| 9' | [... u₂-ša₂-zi-zu]-⸢in-ni EDIN {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-ia u₂⸣-ša₂-⸢aš₂-ṭir⸣ EDIN-⸢uš⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 10' | [a-na EGIR UD.MEŠ ina LUGAL.MEŠ DUMU].⸢MEŠ-ia⸣ | |
| 11' | [ša₂ AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}15 a-na be-lut KUR u UN.MEŠ i]-⸢nam⸣-bu-u ⸢zi⸣-[kir-šu₂] | |
| 12' | [...] x U₂ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] x [...] | |
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