Ashurbanipal 157 (Q007565)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 157 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007565 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [... the daughter of the god] Sîn, the female warrior, [...] her favorite [broth]er, [...] the king who reveres her, [...] king of Assyria, [... Sennach]erib, king of Assyria — |
| Obverse [5:14] o 66–o 1414 | [...] I conquered their kings [a]bove and below. [...] I fought [with] his numerous troops (and) [brought about] his defeat. [...] I overthrew his throne (and) scattered his forces. [...] three kings who had exercised dominion over the land Elam after one another, (10) [...] they fled [from my m]ighty [...] and grasped the feet of h[is] royal majesty. [...] of his kingship was not pleasing to your exa[lted] divinity, [...] he did not remember [the oath of A]ssyria that I had made [hi]m swear and th[ey] plotte[d evil ...] I scattered his army (and) reaped the land Amurru like [... w]as placed and (then) I made him equip the hoe and imposed on hi[m ...]. |
| Obverse [14:23] o 1515– | [...] which was bright and made to shi[ne] like daylight [...] I decora[ted] (it) with [(...)] red and purple wool [...] I had [a ...] made and presented (it). May she accept (it) a[nd ...]. (rev. 1) Look upon that [...] with pleasure and [...], make [...] stretch out over me, [lengthen] my days [...] to stand and let it be s[et] upon your lips. [...] may [...] be taken before you [...] establish [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [... DUMU.MUNUS {d]}30 qa-rit-tu | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢ŠEŠ⸣ ta-li-mi₃-ša₂ | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣ pa-liḫ-i-ša₂ | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | |
| 5 | [... {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ]-⸢SU LUGAL⸣ KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | |
| 6 | [... e]-⸢liš⸣ u šap-liš ak-šu₂-da LUGAL.MEŠ-šu₂-un | |
| 7 | [... it-ti] ⸢ERIM⸣.ḪI.⸢A⸣-šu₂ ma-aʾ-du am-ḫa-ṣa BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [...] x x {⸢giš}GU⸣.ZA-šu₂ as₂-ki-pa u₂-sap-pi-ḫa el-lat-su | |
| 9 | [...] x 3 LUGAL.MEŠ ša₂ EGIR a-⸢ḫa⸣-meš e-pu-šu₂ be-lut {kur}e-lam-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢dan⸣-ni in-nab-tu-nim-ma iṣ-ba-tu GIR₃.II LUGAL-ti-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 11 | [...] x LUGAL-ti-šu₂ la i-ṭi-bu UGU DINGIR-ti-ki ⸢ṣir⸣-[ti] | |
| 12 | [... KUR] ⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂{ki} ša u₂-ša₂-az-ki-⸢ru-uš⸣ la iḫ-su-us-ma ik-⸢pu-du⸣ [x x] | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢um⸣-man-šu₂ as₂-pu-uḫ {kur}MAR.TU{ki} u₂-ṣi-id ki-ma [...] | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢iš⸣-ša₂-kin-ma al-lu u₂-ša₂-aṣ-mid-su-ma e-mi₃-is-⸢su⸣ [...] | |
| 15 | [...]-⸢qu⸣ ša₂ ki-ma u₄-me nam-ru-ma šu-un-bu-[ṭu ...] | |
| 16 | [...] {sig₂}ta-bar-ri u₃ {sig₂}ta-kil-ti us-⸢si⸣-[im ...] | |
| 17 | [...] u₂-še-piš-ma BA-iš₃ lim-ḫu-ra-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢šu⸣-a-tu ḫa-diš nap-lis-i-ma [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢šu-ut⸣-ri-ṣi UGU-ia UD.MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ [li-ša₂-ri-ki ...] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢i-ziz⸣-zi-⸢im-ma ina NUNDUM⸣.II-ki liš-⸢ša₂⸣-[kin ...] | |
| 4 | [...] IGI-ki lu-u ṣa-bi-⸢it⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | [...] x šu-uš-⸢ki-ni⸣ [...] | |
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