Ashurbanipal 156 (Q007564)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 156 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007564 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | For the goddess Dilba[t (the planet Venus) ... the l]ight of [...], who had become angry with Haza[el, the kin]g of the land of the Arabs, [...] ... [...], (who) had placed hi[m] in the hands of Sennacherib, the father of the father who had engendered me, [and had b]rought about [his] def[eat], (and who) had said she did not (want) to reside (any longer) with the people of the land of the Arabs (and) had ta[ken the road] to Assyria — |
| Obverse [4:14] o 55–o 1414 | (As for) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, the father who had engendered me, the favorite of the [great] gods, who had achieved [his] de[sires] through the reverence of gods and goddesses, [...], (who)[m] the gods Aššur and Šamaš had p[laced] on the throne of the father who had engendered him [...], (and who) had returned (the statues of) the plundered gods of the lands [to their] plac[e(s) ...] — Hazael, the king of the land of the Arabs, with hi[s] audience gift [...] (10) came before him and kissed [his] f[eet ...]. He appealed to him to give (back) his goddess, and he (Esarhaddon) had mercy on him and agr[eed ... He ...] Teʾelḫunu, her former priestess, to [...]. Regarding Tabūʾa, he inquired of Šamaš, saying, “[Should] she [...]?” He returned (her/them) with his goddess and [...]. |
| Obverse [14:19] o 1515–o 1919 | He had a star of reddish gold made that was adorned with precious stones o[f ...]. To preserve his life, lengthen his days, ensure the well-being of his descendants, [...], make his kingship endure, overthrow his enemies, [...], those gods of the lands whose sanctuaries he had trodden down, good things [...], may they constantly pronounce a blessing of long days for his posterity (and) over the black-headed (people) [...]. |
| Obverse [19:26] o 2020– | I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, [...] the great gods, wh[o ...], (who) marched at my [side] and let (me) achieve [my] de[sires, ...], (who) killed my enemies, made [me] stand [over my foes, ...]. Uaiteʾ, the king of the land of the Arabs, who agai[nst ...], who had not respected the kindness that I had done for him [...], changed and he abandoned me (and) [sided] with Šama[š-šuma-ukīn ...]. |
| Reverse [5:12] r 66–r 1212 | Ištar, the sublime lady, [...] by the words of her exalted command: I, Ashurbanip[al ...] by the command of the deities Aššur, Mullissu, ... [...] I c[aptured] him alive. (rev. 10) I pierced his jaw [with the ... of the ... that my (own) hands hold. I put a lead-rope] through [his] gu[ms, placed him in a dog collar, and (then) made him guard the door of] the eastern gate of the cit[adel of Nineveh, whose] name is [the “Entrance to the Place Where the World Is Controlled” ...]. |
| Reverse [12:20] r 1313–r 2020 | At that time, that star [...] concerning her grea[t] divinity [...] (rev. 15) my entreaties [...]. Wherever I [call out to you, ... my] days [... my] years [...] ... [...] ... [...]. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | [... of] the goddess Dilb[at ...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | a-na {⸢d}dil-bat⸣ [...] ⸢na-mir⸣-tu ša₂ x [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢ša it⸣-ti {m}ḫa-⸢za⸣-[DINGIR] ⸢LUGAL {kur⸣}a-ri-bi tas-bu-⸢su⸣ [x x] x x A₂ [x x (x)] | |
| 3 | ina ⸢ŠU⸣.II {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU AD AD DU₃-ia tam-nu-⸢šu⸣-[ma] ⸢taš⸣-ku-na BAD₅.[BAD₅-šu₂] | |
| 4 | la a-ša₂-ab-ša₂ it-ti ⸢UN.MEŠ⸣ {kur}a-ri-bi taq-bu-u₂ a-na KUR ⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂{ki} ta-aṣ-⸢ba⸣-[ta ḫar-ra-nu] | |
| 5 | {m}AN.ŠAR₂-PAP-AŠ MAN KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} AD ba-nu-u-a mi-gir DINGIR.MEŠ [GAL.MEŠ] | |
| 6 | ša ina pa-laḫ₃ DINGIR.MEŠ u {d}15.MEŠ ik-šu-du ni-⸢iz⸣-[mat-su ...] | |
| 7 | ⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂ u₃ {d}UTU ina {giš}GU.ZA AD ba-ni-šu₂ u₂-⸢še⸣-[ši-bu-šu₂ ...] | |
| 8 | DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢KUR⸣.KUR šal-lu-tu u₂-ter-ru aš₂-⸢ru⸣-[uš-šu₂-un ...] | |
| 9 | {m}ḫa-za-DINGIR MAN {kur}a-ri-bi it-ti ta-mar-ti-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | a-di maḫ-ri-šu₂ il-lik-am-ma u₂-na-aš₂-šiq ⸢še⸣-[pi-šu₂ ...] | |
| 11 | aš₂-šu₂ na-dan {d}IŠ.TAR-šu₂ im-ḫur-šu₂-ma re-e-mu ir-ši-šu-ma im-⸢gu⸣-[ur ...] | |
| 12 | {f}te-ʾe-el-ḫu-nu {munus}ku-mir-ta-ša₂ maḫ-ri-tu a-na x [...] | |
| 13 | ina UGU {f}ta-bu-a {d}UTU iš-al-ma um-ma ši-i x [...] | |
| 14 | it-ti {d}IŠ.TAR-šu₂ u₂-ter-ma [...] | |
| 15 | u₂-še-piš-ma MUL-tu KU₃.GI ḪUŠ.A ša ni-siq-ti NA₄.MEŠ za-aʾ-na-at ⸢ša⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | ⸢a⸣-na TI.LA ZI.MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂.DA UD.MEŠ-šu₂ ša₂-lam li-pi-šu₂ ⸢ka⸣-[...] | |
| 17 | šul-bur LUGAL-ti-šu₂ sa-kap {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-šu₂ [...] | |
| 18 | DINGIR.MEŠ KUR.KUR ša₂-a-tu-nu ša₂ aš₂-ra-te-šu₂-nu u₂-šak-bi-su dam-qa-ti [...] | |
| 19 | ik-rib UD.MEŠ ⸢SU₃⸣.MEŠ lik-tar-ra-bu EGIR-su UGU ṣal-mat SAG.DU [...] | |
| 20 | ⸢a⸣-na-ku {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-⸢IBILA⸣ MAN KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [A₂.II]-⸢a⸣-a il-lik-u₂-ma u₂-šak-ši-du ni-[iz-ma-ti ...] | |
| 2 | {⸢lu₂⸣}KUR₂.MEŠ-ia i-ni-ru u₂-ša₂-zi-⸢zu⸣-[in-ni EDIN ga-re-ia ...] | |
| 3 | iš-ni-ma {m}u₂-a-a-te-eʾ MAN {kur}a-ri-bi ša ⸢UGU⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣ MUN e-pu-šu-uš ⸢la⸣ iṣ-ṣu-⸢ru⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | ia-a-ti u₂-maš-⸢šir⸣-an-ni ⸢it⸣-ti {m}{d}⸢GIŠ.NU₁₁⸣-[MU-GI.NA ...] | |
| 6 | {d}iš-tar be-⸢el⸣-tu ša₂-⸢qu⸣-tu [...] | |
| 7 | ina a-mat qi₂-bi-ti-ša₂ ṣir-⸢ti⸣ a-na-⸢ku⸣ {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-⸢IBILA⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | ina qi₂-bit AN.ŠAR₂ {d}NIN.⸢LIL₂⸣ {d}($traces$) [...] | |
| 9 | ša₂-a-šu₂ bal-ṭu-us-su ina ⸢ŠU⸣.II ⸢u₂⸣-[ṣab-bit ina {giš}ḫu-ut-ne₂-e ma-še-ri ṣi-bit ŠU.II-ia] | |
| 10 | {uzu}ME.ZE₂-šu₂ ap-lu-uš ina la-⸢aḫ⸣-[ši-šu₂ at-ta-di ṣer-re-tu₂ ul-li UR.GI₇ ad-di-šu₂-ma] | |
| 11 | ina KA₂.GAL ṣi-⸢it⸣ {d}UTU-šu₂ ša ⸢MURUB₄⸣ [URU NINA{ki} ša ne₂-reb mas-naq-ti ad-na-a-te] | |
| 12 | na-bu-u zi-⸢kir⸣-[ša₂ u₂-ša₂-an-ṣir-šu₂ {giš}ši-ga-ru ...] | |
| 13 | ina u₄-me-šu₂ MUL-⸢tu šu-a-tu⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | ⸢UGU⸣ DINGIR-ti-ša₂ ⸢GAL⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 15 | ni-⸢iš⸣ ŠU.II-⸢ia⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | e-⸢ma a⸣-[ša₂-as-su-ki ...] | |
| 17 | UD.MEŠ-[ia ...] | |
| 18 | ⸢MU.MEŠ⸣-[ia ...] | |
| 19 | [...] | |
| 20 | [...] | |
| 21 | [...] {d}dil-⸢bat⸣ [...] | |
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