Ashurbanipal 171 (Q007579)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 171 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007579 |
| 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' | ... [...] his hea[vy def]eat [... his] offspr[ing ...] provinces of [...] the people [...]. |
| Obverse [5:11] o? 6'6'–o? 11'11' | I, Ashurbanipa[l, ...], which I constantly marc[hed through ...] the land Mannea [...] you made bow d[own ...] (obv.? 10´) Er[isinni ...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:3] r? 1'1'–r? 3'3' | [...] lordly [...], which [...] Teumman, the king of the land Elam, [...] I cut off his head in the assembly of [his troops ...]. |
| Reverse [3:6] r? 4'4'–r? 6'6' | I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria: (The god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, [...], before “May [the Vice]-Regent of (the God) Aššur En[dure],” the ga[te of (the god) Aššur, (...)], they allowed [me] to stand [ove]r my foes, who [...]. |
| Reverse [6:10] r? 7'7'–r? 10'10' | [...] he appointed [...] I placed him [...] Umma[nigaš ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o? | ||
| 1' | [x] x x [x] x [...] | |
| 2' | [di]-⸢ik⸣-ta-šu₂ ma-aʾ-[as-su ...] | |
| 3' | [x] DUMU ṣi-it ⸢lib₃⸣-[bi-šu₂ ...] | |
| 4' | [(x)] x pa-ḫa-at x [...] | |
| 5' | [x] UN.MEŠ [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢a-na⸣-ku {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-⸢A⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ša at-tal-⸢la⸣-[ku ...] | |
| 8' | {kur}man-na-a-⸢a⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | tu-šak-⸢ni⸣-[iš ...] | |
| 10' | {m}e-⸢ri⸣-[si-in-ni ...] | |
| 11' | [x] x x [...] | |
| r? | ||
| 1' | [...] x ⸢EN⸣-ti ša₂ MUŠ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] {⸢m⸣}te-um-man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{⸢ki⸣} [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢ak⸣-kis SAG.DU-su ina UKKIN [ERIM.ḪI.A-šu₂ ...] | |
| 4' | a-na-ku {⸢m⸣}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-⸢A⸣ MAN KUR aš-šur{ki} AN.ŠAR₂ u₃ {d}iš₈-tar₂ [...] | |
| 5' | ina IGI lil-[bur] ⸢ENSI₂⸣ AN.ŠAR₂ ⸢KA₂⸣.[GAL AN.ŠAR₂ (...)] | |
| 6' | ⸢u₂⸣-ša₂-⸢zi-zu⸣-[in-ni] ⸢EDIN ga⸣-re-ia ša x [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢ip⸣-qid ⸢na⸣-[...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢u₂⸣-še-šib-šu₂ [...] | |
| 9' | [... {m]}⸢um-man⸣-[i-gaš ...] | |
| 10' | [...] x [...] | |
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