Ashurbanipal 164 (Q007572)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 164 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007572 |
| 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 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...] sons [...]. |
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | Teumman, the king of the la[nd Elam who had been struck during my mighty battle], fl[ed] in order to sav[e] (his) life [and slipped into the forest. The a]xle of the wagon, [the v]ehicle of his royal majesty, br[oke and it overturned upon him]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Teumman, <who>, during a los[s of (all) r]eason, [said] to hi[s] son: “[Shoot the bow]!” |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | Teum[man, the king of] the land Elam, whom (his) [wagon had cast down and whom Tammarītu], his son, had helped up, [grasping his hands]. |
| Obverse [7:12] o 8'8'–o 12'12' | [Teumman, the king of the lan]d Elam who [had been struck] during a [mighty] battl[e (and) whose] hands [Tammarītu], his eldest son, [had grasped] — (10´) they fled [in order to save] their live(s and) [slipped into the forest. With the support of (the god) Aššur] and the goddess Ištar, [I killed them. I cut o]f[f their head(s) in front of one another]. |
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' | [(x)] ⸢DUMU.MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {m}te-⸢um⸣-man MAN {⸢kur⸣}[ELAM.MA{ki} ša ina ME₃-ia dan-ni muḫ-ḫu-ṣu] | |
| 3' | ⸢a⸣-na šu-zu-⸢ub ZI-tim in-nab⸣-[tu₂-ma iḫ-lu-up qe₂-reb {giš}TIR] | |
| 4' | [bu]-⸢bu-ut⸣ {giš}ṣu-um-bi ⸢ru⸣-kub MAN-ti-šu₂ iš-⸢še⸣-[bir-ma ip-pal-siḫ₂ EDIN-uš-šu₂] | |
| 5' | {m}te-⸢um⸣-man <ša> ina mi-⸢qit ṭe₃⸣-e-me a-na DUMU-⸢šu₂⸣ [iq-bu-u šu-le-e {giš}PAN] | |
| 6' | {m}te-⸢um⸣-[man MAN] {⸢kur⸣}ELAM.MA{ki} ša {giš}[ṣu-um-bu id-du-šu₂-ma] | |
| 7' | {⸢m⸣}[tam-ma-ri-tu₂] DUMU-šu₂ id-ku-šu₂-ma [iṣ-ba-tu ŠU.II-su] | |
| 8' | {[m}te-um-man MAN] {⸢kur⸣}ELAM.MA{ki} ša₂ ina ⸢ME₃⸣ [dan-ni muḫ-ḫu-ṣu] | |
| 9' | {[m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂] DUMU-šu₂ GAL-u ŠU.[II-su iṣ-ba-tu-ma] | |
| 10' | [a-na šu-zu-ub] ZI-šu₂-un in-nab-tu₂ [iḫ-lu-pu qe₂-reb {giš}TIR] | |
| 11' | [ina tu-kul-ti AN.ŠAR₂] ⸢u⸣ {d}15 [a-nir-šu₂-nu-ti] | |
| 12' | [SAG.DU-šu₂-nu KUD]-⸢is⸣ [me₂-eḫ-ret a-ḫa-meš] | |
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