Ashurbanipal 174 (Q007582)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 174 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007582 |
| 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' | [With the support of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, I] cap[tured the ḫiʾālu-troops of Šamaš-šuma-ukīn that he had sent] to pl[under the steppe]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [With the support of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, I captured] the citizens of [Borsippa who had perpetrated sedition (and) rebellion (and)] who [had sided] w[ith Šamaš-šuma-ukīn]. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | The battle line of Ummanig[aš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), the one who did not honor the kindness] of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, [who] had appointed him [as king inside the land Elam]. (rev. 5´) Tammarītu, <who> [had turned hostile] towards him [and (then) had brought about his defeat] (and) scatte[red his forces]. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | The decapitated hea[d of Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), the king of the land Elam], who [had abandoned] m[e, the lord of his treaty, ...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢a-na ḫu⸣-[bu-ut EDIN ina tukul-ti AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}15 | |
| 2' | ik-[šu-da ŠU.II-a-a] | |
| 3' | DUMU.MEŠ [bar₂-sipa{ki} e-piš si-ḫi bar-ti] | |
| 4' | ⸢ša it⸣-[ti {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA iš-ku-nu pi-i-šu₂-un] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | si-id-ru ša₂ {m}um-man-⸢i-gaš⸣ [la na-ṣir MUN] | |
| 3' | ša {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A MAN KUR AN.ŠAR₂{⸢ki⸣} [ša qe₂-reb {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 4' | iš-ku-nu-šu₂ [a-na LUGAL-ti] | |
| 5' | {m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ <ša> it-ti-šu₂ [x x-ma iš-ku-nu BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂] | |
| 6' | u₂-par-⸢ri⸣-[ru el-lat-su] | |
| 7' | ni-kis SAG.⸢DU⸣ [ša₂ {m}um-man-i-gaš MAN {kur}ELAM{ki]} | |
| 8' | ša₂ ia-⸢a⸣-[ti EN a-de-e-šu₂ u₂-maš-šir-an-ni] | |
| 9' | [(x)] x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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