Ashurbanipal 168 (Q007576)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 168 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007576 |
| 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' | [Teumman, the king of the land Elam who had been struck during my mighty battle, fled in] order to sa[ve (his) life and slipped into the forest. The axle of the wagon, the vehicle of his royal majesty], broke and it overturn[ed upon him]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Teumman, <who>, during a loss of (all) reason], said [to h]is [son]: “Sho[ot the bow]!” |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Teumman, the king of the land Elam, whom (his) wagon had cast down and whom Tammarītu], his [s]on, had helped up, g[rasping his hands]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [Teumman, the king of the land Elam who had been struck during a mighty battle] (and) [who]s[e] hand [Tammarītu], his eldest [s]on, [had grasped — 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]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [The defeat of the troops of Teumman, the king of the land Elam, which Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, had brought about (by inflicting) countless (losses) at] (the city) Tīl-Tū[ba (and during which) he had cast down] the corpses [of his (Teumman’s) warriors]. |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1' | {[m}te-um-man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ša ina ME₃-ia dan-ni muḫ-ḫu-ṣu a]-⸢na⸣ šu-⸢zu⸣-[ub ZI-tim] | |
| 2' | [in-na-bit-ma iḫ-lu-up qe₂-reb {giš}TIR bu-bu-ut {giš}ṣu-um-bi ru-kub LUGAL-ti-šu₂] ⸢iš⸣-še-bir-ma ip-⸢pal⸣-[siḫ₂ EDIN-uš-šu₂] | |
| 3' | {[m}te-um-man <ša> ina mi-qit ṭe₃-e-me a-na DUMU]-⸢šu₂⸣ iq-bu-u šu-⸢le⸣-[e {giš}PAN] | |
| 4' | {[m}te-um-man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ša {giš}ṣu-um-bu id-du-šu₂-ma {m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂] ⸢DUMU⸣-šu₂ id-ku-šu₂-ma ⸢iṣ⸣-[ba-tu ŠU.II-su] | |
| 5' | {[m}te-um-man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ša₂ ina ME₃ dan-ni muḫ-ḫu-ṣu {m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂] ⸢DUMU⸣-šu₂ GAL-u ŠU.⸢II-su⸣ [iṣ-ba-tu-ma] | |
| 6' | [a-na šu-zu-ub ZI-šu₂-un in-nab-tu₂ iḫ-lu-pu qe₂-reb {giš}TIR] ina tu-kul-ti AN.ŠAR₂ u {[d}15 a-nir-šu₂-nu-ti] | |
| 7' | [BAD₅.BAD₅ ERIM.ḪI.A.MEŠ ša {m}te-um-man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ša qe₂-reb] DU₆-tu-⸢u₂⸣-[bu {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A] | |
| 8' | [MAN GAL MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR AŠ ina la mi₃-i-ni iš-ku-nu id-du-u] ⸢ADDA.MEŠ⸣ [qu-ra-di-šu₂] | |
| 9' | [...] x [...] | |
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