Ashurbanipal 167 (Q007575)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 167 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007575 |
| 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] 1'1'–2'2' | [I th]rew [Dunānu, son of Bēl-iqīša, the Gambulian, face down] and [s]et up ... [...] over h[im]. |
| Obverse [2:6] 3'3'–6'6' | I captured [Dunān]u, son of Bēl-iqīša, [ali]ve. My [w]arriors threw him into iron fetters and promptly sent (him) [to Ni]neveh, before me. |
| Obverse [6:13] 7'7'–13'13' | I, Ashurbani<pal>, king of the world, king of Assyria, [after] I made offerings (to) the goddess Šatru (Ištar of Arbela), [performed] the akītu-festival, [(and) (10´) seized] the reins (of the chariot) of the goddess Ištar, par[ad]ed into (lit. “performed [an ent]ry of”) the city Arbela in (the midst of) celebration [in the company of Dunānu], Samgunu, Aplāya, [and the decapitated head of Teu]mman, the king of the land Elam, [which the goddess Ištar, the Lady, delivered into my hands]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [bu-up-pa-niš as]-⸢ḫu-up-šu₂-ma AD⸣ x [...] | |
| 2' | [az-qu]-pa EDIN-⸢uš⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 3' | {[m}du-na]-⸢nu⸣ DUMU {m}EN-BA-⸢ša₂⸣ | |
| 4' | [bal-ṭu]-us-su ina ŠU.II aṣ-bat | |
| 5' | ⸢qu⸣-ra-di-ia bi-re-tu₂ id-du-šu₂-ma | |
| 6' | [a-na] ⸢NINA⸣{ki} a-di maḫ-ri-ia u₂-šaḫ-mi₃-ṭu-ni | |
| 7' | [a-na]-⸢ku⸣ {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-<A> MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | |
| 8' | [ul-tu] {⸢udu⸣}SISKUR.MEŠ {d}šat-ri aq-qu-u | |
| 9' | [e-pu-šu₂] ⸢i-sin⸣-ni E₂ a-ki-ti | |
| 10' | [at-mu-ḫu {kuš]}⸢a-ša₂⸣-a-ti {d}15 | |
| 11' | [ina ŠA₃ {m}du-na-ni] {⸢m}sa⸣-am-gu-nu {m}A-a-a | |
| 12' | [u₃ KUD-is SAG.DU {m}te]-⸢um⸣-man MAN {kur}⸢ELAM⸣.MA{ki} | |
| 13' | [ša {d}iš-tar GAŠAN im-nu-u qa-tu-u-a e]-⸢reb {uru}LIMMU₂-DINGIR e-pu⸣-šu ina ḪUL₂.MEŠ | |
| 14' | [...] x [...] |
Sources & licences
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