Ashurbanipal 163 (Q007571)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 163 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007571 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [Simburu, the herald of the land Ela]m, [heard about] the ad[vance of my troops and became fri]ghtened at [the mention of my name. He] then [came] before [my messenger and] kissed m[y] feet. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 4'4'–o 8'8' | [Fear] of my royal majesty covered [Umbakidin]u, the herald of the city Ḫidalu; he then cut off [the hea]d of Ištar-Nandi (Šutur-Naḫūndi), the k[in]g of the land Ḫidalu, [...] ... and (then) car[r]ied (it) and cast (it) down [before] my magnates. He then grasped the feet of my royal majesty. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | [Fear of] my lordly majesty covered [Z]inēni, the palace supervisor, (and) GIŠ-TAR-ta[..., ...] of the land Elam, [...] they came here to do obeisance to me. [...] my camp. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | I captured [Dunānu, son of B]ēl-iqīša, [alive. My warriors] th[rew him into iron fette]rs [and] |
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' | {[m}si-im-bu-ru {lu₂}NIMGIR₂ ša {kur}ELAM].⸢MA{ki} ma⸣-[lak ERIM.ḪI.A-ia] | |
| 2' | [iš-me-ma zi-kir MU-ia ip]-⸢laḫ₃-ma⸣ ina IGI {⸢lu₂⸣}[A KIN-ia] | |
| 3' | [il-lik-am-ma] ⸢u₂-na⸣-šiq GIR₃.II-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4' | {[m}um-ba-ki-den]-⸢nu⸣ {lu₂}NIMGIR₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ {uru}ḫi-da-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 5' | [pu-luḫ]-⸢ti⸣ LUGAL-ti-ia ⸢ik-tum₃-šu⸣-ma | |
| 6' | [SAG].⸢DU⸣ {m}iš-tar-na-an-⸢di LUGAL {kur⸣}ḫi-da-lu | |
| 7' | [x x] x x NIG₂ KUD-is-ma iš-⸢šam⸣-ma | |
| 8' | [ina IGI] {⸢lu₂}GAL⸣.MEŠ-ia id-di-ma iṣ-bat GIR₃.II MAN-ti-ia₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[m]}⸢zi-ni⸣-ni {lu₂}ša₂ IGI KUR {m}GIŠ-TAR-ta-x [(x)] | |
| 2 | [x x (x)] ⸢NAM⸣ ša {kur}ELAM.MA{[ki]} | |
| 3 | [pu-luḫ-ti] EN-ti-⸢ia⸣ ik-tum₃-šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢ir-du⸣-ni a-na e-peš ARAD-ti-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 5 | [...] x KARAŠ-ia | |
| 6 | {[m}du-na-nu DUMU {m]}⸢EN⸣-BA-ša₂ | |
| 7 | [bal-ṭu-us-su ina] ⸢ŠU⸣.II aṣ-bat | |
| 8 | [qu-ra-di-ia bi-re]-⸢tu₂ id⸣-[du-šu₂-ma] | |
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