Ashurbanipal 162 (Q007570)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 162 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007570 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [I ripped out the tongue(s ...)] of Na[bû-uṣalli, a city overseer of the land Gambulu, (and)] fla[yed him/(them)]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | With [the decapitated head of Teumman, the king of the land Elam, I took] the road to the city [Arbela in (the midst of) celebration]. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'–o 7'7' | I sent Tammarītu [...] with him [...] the people of the city Ḫidal[u ...]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | Simburu, the heral[d of the land Elam, heard about the advance of my troops and] became frightened at the mention of my name. [He] then [came] b[efore my messenger and kissed my feet]. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | [Fear of my royal majesty] covered Umbakidinu, the [herald of the city Ḫidalu]; [he] then [cut off] the he[ad of Ištar-Nandi (Šutur-Naḫūndi), the king of the land Ḫidalu], |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [who with the support of the deities Aššur, Sîn], Šamaš, Adad, Bēl (Marduk), [Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh], Ištar of Arb[ela, Ninurta, Nergal, and Nusku] co[nquered] my enemies [(and) achieved my heart’s desire]. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 4'4'–r 7'7' | I, Ashurbani[pal, ...] through [mighty] victories [...] allowe[d me] to stan[d ...], the king of the land Elam, [...]. |
| Left [0:3] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 33 | Ummani[gaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), son of Urtaku — the king of the land Elam] — a fugitive who had grasp[ed the feet of my royal majesty]: I s[ent my forces] with him [to help him]. |
| Left [3:4] l.e. 44–l.e. 44 | [... the cita]del of Nineveh. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢ša₂ {m}{d}MUATI⸣-[u₂-ṣal-li {lu₂}ša₂ UGU URU {kur}gam-bu-li (...) aš₂-lu-up] | |
| 2' | aš₂-ḫu-[ṭa KUŠ-šu₂-(un)] | |
| 3' | it-ti [ni-kis SAG.DU {m}te-um-man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 4' | KASKAL {uru}[LIMMU₂-DINGIR aṣ-bat ina ḪUL₂.MEŠ] | |
| 5' | {m}tam-ma-ri-⸢tu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | it-ti-šu₂ aš₂-⸢pur⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | UN.MEŠ {uru}ḫi-⸢da-lu⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | {m}si-im-bu-ru {lu₂}⸢NIMGIR₂⸣ [ša {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ma-lak ERIM.ḪI.A-ia iš-me-ma] | |
| 9' | zi-⸢kir⸣ MU-ia₂ ip-pal-laḫ₃-⸢ma ina⸣ [IGI {lu₂}A KIN-ia il-lik-am-ma u₂-na-šiq GIR₃.II-ia₂] | |
| 10' | {m}um-ba-ki-den-nu {⸢lu₂⸣}[NIMGIR₂ ša₂ {uru}ḫi-da-lu pu-luḫ-ti LUGAL-ti-ia] | |
| 11' | ⸢ik-tum₃⸣-šu₂-ma ⸢SAG⸣.[DU {m}iš-tar-na-an-di LUGAL {kur}ḫi-da-lu] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {⸢d}UTU⸣ {d}IŠKUR {d}⸢EN⸣ {[d}AG {d}15 ša NINA{ki]} | |
| 2' | {d}15 ša {uru}LIMMU₂-⸢DINGIR⸣ {[d}MAŠ {d}U.GUR u {d}nusku] | |
| 3' | {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-ia₂ ⸢ak⸣-[šu-du am-ṣu-u ma-la lib₃-bi-ia] | |
| 4' | a-na-ku {m}AN.ŠAR₂-⸢DU₃⸣-[A ...] | |
| 5' | ina li-i-ti [u da-na-ni ...] | |
| 6' | u₂-ša₂-zi-⸢zu⸣-[in-ni ...] | |
| 7' | ⸢MAN⸣ {kur}ELAM.MA{[ki} ...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | {m}um-man-⸢i⸣-[gaš DUMU {m}ur-ta-ki MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 2 | mun-nab-tu₂ ša₂ iṣ-⸢ba⸣-[tu₂ GIR₃.II LUGAL-ti-ia A₂.KAL-ia] | |
| 3 | it-ti-šu₂ ⸢aš₂⸣-[pur a-na kit-ri-šu₂] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢MURUB₄⸣ NINA{ki} | |
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