Ashurbanipal 169 (Q007577)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 169 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007577 |
| 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 [0:7] 1'1'–7'7' | [...] to pacify the h[eart of ...] those [Ela]mites [...] they inflicted [a heav]y [defeat on him]. The head of Teu[mman ... (5´) ...], the leader of the troop[s of ...]-Aššur, the cavalryman, to pra[ise ...] ... [...]. |
| Obverse [7:10] 8'8'–10'10' | [...]s I made his weapons greater [...], mules, equipment of wa[r, ...] ... of my battle troops without [...]. |
| Obverse [10:12] 11'11'–12'12' | [... the city Ša-p]ī-Bēl, a city upon which [he] relie[d, ...] I burned (it) [with fi]re, whose location [...]. |
| Obverse [12:17] 13'13'–17'17' | [...] by the command of (the god) Aššur, my lord, I c[onquered ... the bo]nes of Bēl-iqīša [... (15´) ... sons of Nabû-šuma-ēreš, the š]andabakku (governor of Nippur), who the se[a]coast [...] with Aplāya [... Samgunu, the] second [brother of Dunān]u, with [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] a-na nu-⸢uḫ-ḫi lib₃⸣-[bi ...] | |
| 3' | [... {kur]}⸢ELAM⸣.MA{ki}a-a šu₂-nu-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... di-ik-ta-šu₂ ma-(aʾ)-as]-⸢su⸣ i-du-ku SAG.⸢DU⸣ {m}⸢te-um⸣-[man ...] | |
| 5' | [...] x a-⸢lik⸣ IGI ERIM.[MEŠ ...] | |
| 6' | [...] x-aš-šur {lu₂}ša₂ pet₂-ḫal ⸢a-na da-la⸣-[li ...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢ṬU KI⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] x.MEŠ u₂-šar-bu-u {giš}⸢TUKUL⸣.MEŠ-šu₂ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] x ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ {giš}til-⸢li ME₃⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] x (x)-⸢da⸣-ar ERIM.MEŠ ⸢ME₃-ia⸣ ina la [...] | |
| 11' | [... {uru}ša₂]-⸢pi⸣-i-{⸢d}EN⸣ URU tu-kul-⸢ti⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 12' | [... ina {d}GIŠ].BAR ⸢aq-mu⸣ šu-bat-⸢su⸣ x [...] | |
| 13' | [...] x ina ⸢qi₂-bit AN.ŠAR₂ EN-ia ak⸣-[šu-ud ...] | |
| 14' | [... GIR₃].⸢PAD⸣.DU.MEŠ {m}EN-BA-ša₂ x [...] | |
| 15' | [... DUMU.MEŠ {m}{d}AG-MU-KAM-eš ša₂]-an-da-⸢bak⸣-ku ša₂ ⸢aḫ⸣ tam-⸢tim⸣ [...] | |
| 16' | [...] it-ti {m}A-⸢ia⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | [... {m}sa-am-gu-nu ŠEŠ {m}du-na]-⸢nu tar-den⸣-nu ⸢it⸣-ti {m}[...] |
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