Ashurbanipal 170 (Q007578)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 170 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007578 |
| 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 [0:5] o? 1'1'–o? 5'5' | [...] ... [... I marched again]st Teu[mman, the king of the land Elam who, concerning Ummanigaš, Ummanappa, (and) Tammarītu — the so]ns of Urtaku — Kudurru (and) [Parrû — the sons of Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš II), the brother of Urtaku, (former) king of the land Elam] — them, together with sixty members of the royal (family), [count]less [archers, (and) nobles of the land Elam who had fled to me and grasped my feet] — concerning (all) those people, [he had regularly sent his] env[oys (asking me) to send (them back) ...]. |
| Obverse [5:11] o? 6'6'–o? 11'11' | He, Teumman, to the [Ulāya] Ri[ver ...]. I trusted in (the god) Aššur and the goddess Iš[tar ...]. Before me, the U[lāya] River [... I brought about his defeat] inside (the city) Tīl-Tūb[a ...]. (obv.? 10´) I cut off his h[ea]d i[n] the a[ssembly of] his [troo]ps. [I placed] U[mmanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II) (...) on his (Teumman’s) throne (...). Chariots], wagons, (and) mules [I counted as] boo[ty ...]. |
| Obverse [11:15] o? 12'12'–o? 15'15' | [Dunānu], the son of Bēl-iqīša, the Gambulian, w[ho ...], I overwhelmed his land like a fog (and) I c[on]quered the city Ša-pī-[Bēl, his fortified city, whose location is situated between rivers]. I carried off him, his brothers, [his] family, [...] (and) people [...]. |
| Obverse [15:17] o? 16'16'–o? 17'17' | (No translation possible) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o? | ||
| 1' | [x x (x)] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [x (x)] ⸢UGU⸣ {m}te-⸢um⸣-[man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} lu-u al-lik ša UGU {m}um-man-i-gaš {m}um-man-ap-pa {m}tam-ma-ri-tu] | |
| 3' | ⸢DUMU.MEŠ⸣ {m}ur-ta-ki {m}ku-dur₂-⸢ru⸣ {[m}pa-ru-u₂ DUMU.MEŠ {m}um-man-al-da-še ŠEŠ {m}ur-ta-ki MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 4' | ⸢šu-nu⸣ a-di 60 NUMUN MAN ina la [mi₃-ni ERIM.MEŠ {giš}PAN DUMU ba-ne₂-e ša {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ša₂ in-nab-tu₂-nim-ma iṣ-ba-tu₂ GIR₃.II-ia] | |
| 5' | ⸢UGU⸣ ERIM.MEŠ ša₂-tu-nu {lu₂}⸢MAḪ⸣.[MEŠ-šu₂ iš-ta-nap-pa-ra ana še-bu-li ...] | |
| 6' | ⸢šu⸣-u₂ {m}te-um-man a-na {⸢id₂⸣}[u₂-la-a-a ...] | |
| 7' | ⸢at⸣-kil a-na AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}iš-[tar ...] | |
| 8' | el-la-mu-u-a {id₂}⸢u₂⸣-[la-a-a ...] | |
| 9' | ⸢qe₂⸣-reb DU₆-{⸢uru}tu-ba⸣ [x x] (x) x [...] | |
| 10' | ⸢SAG.DU-su ina UKKIN ERIM.ḪI.A⸣-šu₂ ak-kis {m}⸢um⸣-[man-i-gaš (...) ina {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂ u₂-še-šib (...)] | |
| 11' | {[giš}GIGIR.MEŠ {giš]}⸢ṣu-um⸣-bi ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ šal-⸢la⸣-[tiš am-nu ...] | |
| 12' | {[m}du-na-nu] ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}⸢EN⸣-BA-ša₂ {kur}gam-bu-la-a-a ⸢ša⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | KUR-⸢su GIM MURU₉ as⸣-ḫu-up {uru}ša₂-pi-i-{[d}EN URU dan-nu-ti-šu₂ ša qe₂-reb ID₂.MEŠ na-da-at šu-bat-su] | |
| 14' | ⸢ak-šud⸣ ša₂-a-šu₂ ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢qin⸣-nu-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 15' | ⸢UN⸣.MEŠ aš₂-lu-la [...] | |
| 16' | x x x x x (x) ⸢bi⸣-re-⸢tu⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | [...] (x) ⸢BI⸣ x [...] | |
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