Ashurbanipal 165 (Q007573)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 165 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007573 |
| 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 | Battle line of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, the one who established the defeat of the land Elam. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Battle line of Teumman, the king of the land Elam. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | The (decapitated) head of Teumman, the king of the land Elam. |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | I, Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria, the one who conquers his enemies: My battle troops quickly brought to me the head of Teumman, the king of the land Elam, that they had cut off through the might of the deities Aššur, Sîn, Šamaš, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh, Ištar of Arbela, Ninurta, (and) Nergal, and they threw (it) down before my (chariot) wheels in front of the gate “May the Vice-Regent of (the God) Aššur Endure.” |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | I, Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria: Nabû-damiq (and) Umbadarâ, the envoys [whom Teumman, the king of the land Elam, sent with] insolent [messages ...] ... |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | I paraded into (lit. “performed an entry of”) the city Arbela in (the midst of) celebration [in the company of Dunānu, Samgunu, Aplāya], and the decapitated head of Teumman, the king of the land Elam, which the goddess Ištar, the Lady, delivered into my hands. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 4'4'–r 6'6' | I bound Dunānu, Samgunu, (and) Aplāya, together with a bear, at the “Gate of the Rising Sun (and) Setting Sun” to be a spectacle for the people. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | 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. |
| Reverse [8:15] r 9'9'–r 15'15' | I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria: Rusa, the king of the land Urarṭu, sent envoys to me to inquire about my well-being. I made Nabû-damiq (and) Umbadarâ, the envoys of the land Elam, stand before them [with] writing [boa]rds (inscribed with) insolent messages. [Oppo]site them (in the relief) (are) Mannu-kī-aḫḫē, the deputy of Dunānu, and Nabû-uṣalli, a city overseer of his. I ripped out their tongues (and) flayed them. |
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 | ⸢si⸣-id-⸢ru⸣ ša₂ {m}AŠ-⸢DU₃⸣-A MAN KUR AŠ ša₂-kin BAD₅.BAD₅ {⸢kur}ELAM{ki⸣} | |
| 2 | si-id-⸢ru⸣ ša₂ {m}te-um-man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| 3 | ⸢SAG⸣.DU {m}te-um-man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA | |
| 4 | ana-ku {m}AŠ-DU₃-A MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR ⸢AŠ⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢ka⸣-šid {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-šu₂ SAG.DU {m}te-um-man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA ša₂ ina ⸢da-na-ni⸣ | |
| 6 | ša₂ AN.ŠAR₂ {d}30 {d}UTU {d}EN {d}AG {d}15 ša₂ NINA{ki} | |
| 7 | {d}15 ša₂ LIMMU₂-DINGIR {d}MAŠ {⸢d⸣}U.GUR KUD-su₂ ERIM.MEŠ ME₃-ia₂ ḫa-an-ṭiš | |
| 8 | iš-šu₂-nim-ma ina IGI KA₂.GAL lil-⸢bur⸣ ENSI₂ AN.ŠAR₂ id-du-u | |
| 9 | ina ⸢IGI⸣ {giš}ma-gar-ri-ia | |
| 10 | ana-ku {m}AŠ-DU₃-A MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ | |
| 11 | {m}{d}⸢MUATI-SIG₅ {m}um-ba⸣-da-ra-a {lu₂}MAḪ.MEŠ | |
| 12 | [ša {m}te-um-man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ši-pir] ⸢me-re⸣-eḫ-⸢te⸣ | |
| 13 | [iš-pu-ra-aš₂-šu₂-nu-ti ...]-⸢qu-u⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢u₃ KUD-is SAG.DU {m}te-um⸣-man MAN {⸢kur}ELAM.MA⸣ | |
| 2' | ša {d}15 GAŠAN im-nu-u ŠU.II-u-a | |
| 3' | e-reb {uru}LIMMU₂-DINGIR e-pu-uš ina ḪUL₂.MEŠ | |
| 4' | {m}du-na-nu {m}sa-am-gu-nu {m}A-a-a | |
| 5' | ina KA₂.GAL ṣi-it {d}UTU e-reb {d}UTU | |
| 6' | a-na tab-rat UN.⸢MEŠ it⸣-ti a-si u₂-rak-kis-šu₂-nu-ti | |
| 7' | it-ti ni-kis SAG.DU {m}te-um-man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA | |
| 8' | KASKAL {uru}LIMMU₂-DINGIR aṣ-bat ina ḪUL₂.MEŠ | |
| 9' | a-na-ku {m}aš-šur-DU₃-A ⸢MAN KUR⸣ aš-šur {lu₂}MAḪ.MEŠ {m}ur-sa-a | |
| 10' | MAN {kur}ur-ar-ṭa a-na ša₂-ʾa-al šul-mi₃-ia iš-⸢pu-ra⸣ | |
| 11' | {m}{⸢d}MUATI-SIG₅⸣ {m}um-ba-da-ra-a {lu₂}MAḪ.MEŠ ša₂ {kur}ELAM.⸢MA{ki⸣} | |
| 12' | [it-ti] {⸢giš⸣}ZU.MEŠ ši-pir me-re-eḫ-te ul-ziz ina IGI-šu₂-⸢un⸣ | |
| 13' | [ina] ⸢tar-ṣi⸣-šu₂-un {m}man-nu-ki-PAP.MEŠ {lu₂}2-i {m}du-na-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 14' | {m}{d}MUATI-u₂-ṣal-li {lu₂}ša₂ UGU URU-šu₂ EME-šun₃ aš₂-lu-up | |
| 15' | aš₂-ḫu-ṭa KUŠ-šu₂-un | |
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