Ashurbanipal 159 (Q007567)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 159 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007567 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [For the goddess Bēlet-parṣē who resides in the House of Succession that is insi]de Nineveh, the great lady, my lady — |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | [I, Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of] Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), [... Šarra]t-Kidmuri, Ištar of Arbela, [... t]o be king of the four quarters (of the world): |
| Obverse [4:17] o 55–o 1717 | [...] an excellent throne [... the se]at of the goddess Bēlet-parṣē, his lady, [...] ... of Bēlet-parṣē [... th]at excellent [throne ...] I decorated it and (10) [... cast with] shiny [zaḫa]lû-metal [...]. I established [the ... of] her great [divinit]y [... may] her heart rejoice [...] her divinity [...] my enemies (15) [...] all of the people, all of the settlements [...] the goddess Bēlet-parṣē [... Whenever th]at [...] becomes old [...]. |
| Obverse [17:20] o 1818–o 2020 | (As for) the one who [erases] my inscribed name (or) [the name of my father (or) my grandfather] (and) writes [his (own) name], may [the goddess Bēlet-parṣē, the great lady], make [his name (and)] seed disappear from the land. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [ana {d}GAŠAN-GARZA a-ši-bat E₂ UŠ-u-ti ša₂ qe₂]-⸢reb⸣ NINA{ki} GAŠAN ⸢GAL⸣-tu₂ GAŠAN-ia | |
| 2 | [a-na-ku {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL] KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} LUGAL kib-rat LIMMU₂-⸢tim⸣ | |
| 3 | [... {d}šar]-⸢rat⸣-kid-mu-ri {⸢d⸣}15 ša {uru}⸢LIMMU₂⸣-DINGIR | |
| 4 | [... a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL-u-ti kib-rat LIMMU₂-tim | |
| 5 | [...] x {giš}GU.ZA a-rat-⸢te⸣-e | |
| 6 | [... mu]-šab {d}GAŠAN-⸢GARZA GAŠAN⸣-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [...] x KI ša {d}GAŠAN-⸢GARZA⸣ | |
| 8 | [... {giš}GU.ZA] ⸢a⸣-rat-te-e [šu]-a-tu₂ | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢u₂-za-ʾi⸣-in-ši-ma | |
| 10 | [... pi-ti-iq za-ḫa]-⸢le⸣-e eb-bi | |
| 11 | [... DINGIR]-⸢ti⸣-ša₂ GAL-ti u₂-kin | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢li⸣-li-iṣ lib₃-⸢ba⸣-ša₂ | |
| 13 | [...] x DINGIR-ti-ša₂ | |
| 14 | [...] ID {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 15 | [...] kul-lat UN.MEŠ kal da-ad₂-me | |
| 16 | [...] {⸢d⸣}GAŠAN-GARZA | |
| 17 | [... šu]-⸢a⸣-tu₂ i-lab-bi-ru | |
| 18 | [...] ša MU šaṭ-ru | |
| 19 | [MU AD-ia AD AD-ia i-pa-aš₂-ši-ṭu MU-šu₂ i]-šaṭ-ṭa-ru | |
| 20 | {[d}GAŠAN-GARZA GAŠAN GAL-tu₂ MU-šu₂] NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR ⸢li⸣-ḫal-liq | |
Sources & licences
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