Ashurbanipal 176 (Q007584)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 176 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007584 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, who by the command of the great gods achieve[d] his heart’s desire: They paraded before me clothing (and) jewelry, all of the royal appurtenances of Šamaš-šu[ma-ukīn] — (my) unfaithful brother — his palace women, his eunuchs, his battle troops, chariotry, a processional carriage, the vehicle of his lordly majesty, horses, his harnes[s]-broken (steeds), every necessity of his palace, as much as there was, (and) people — male (and) female, young and old. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Nabû-šallimšunu, the chariot driver, (and) Mannu-kī-Bābili, son of Nabû-š[allimšunu]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | The sons of Ea-zēru-qīša of Bīt-Amukkāni. |
| Obverse [8:17] o 99–o 1717 | I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria: By the command of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Mullissu, the great gods, the kings who sit upon (royal) daises bowed down to my yoke. (As for) the archers among whom Tammarītu, the king of the land Elam, had bragged about fighting with my troops, now, through the might of (the god) Aššur and the goddess [Mullissu, (15) the go]ds who support me, tho[se] archers [...] the month Nisannu (I), with [...] approac[hed ...] |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | Belonging to the temple at Nin[eveh (...)]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | ana-ku {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A MAN KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} ša₂ ina qi₂-bit DINGIR.ME GAL.MEŠ ik-šu₂-⸢du⸣ | |
| 2 | ⸢ṣu⸣-me-rat ŠA₃-šu₂ lu-bul-tu₂ šu-kut-tu₂ mim-ma si-mat MAN-ti {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-⸢MU⸣-[GI.NA] | |
| 3 | PAP NU GI.NA {munus}sek-re-ti-šu₂ {lu₂}šu-ut SAG.MEŠ-šu₂ {lu₂}ERIM.MEŠ ME₃-šu₂ | |
| 4 | {giš}GIGIR.MEŠ {giš}ša₂ ša₂-da-di ru-kub EN-ti-šu₂ ANŠE.KUR.RA.⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢ṣi⸣-mit-ti {giš}⸢ŠUDUN⸣-šu₂ mim-ma ḫi-šiḫ-ti E₂.GAL-šu₂ ma-la ba-šu₂-u | |
| 6 | ⸢UN⸣.MEŠ zi-kir sin-niš TUR u GAL u₂-še-ti-qu ina IGI-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 7 | {m}{d}⸢MUATI⸣-šal-lim-šu₂-nu {lu₂}DAB PA.MEŠ {m}man-nu-ki-KA₂.DINGIR.RA{⸢ki⸣} A {m}{d}MUATI-⸢šal⸣-[lim-šu₂-nu] | |
| 8 | DUMU.MEŠ {m}{d}e₂-a-NUMUN-BA-⸢ša₂⸣ ša₂ E₂-{m}a-muk-ka-a-ni | |
| 9 | a-na-ku {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A MAN KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | |
| 10 | ina qi₂-bit AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}NIN.LIL₂ DINGIR.⸢MEŠ GAL.MEŠ⸣ | |
| 11 | LUGAL.MEŠ a-šib BARA₂.MEŠ ik-nu-šu₂ ⸢a-na⸣ {giš}ŠUDUN-ia | |
| 12 | {giš}PAN.MEŠ ša₂ {m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ MAN {⸢kur⸣}ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| 13 | ina ŠA₃-ši-na uš-tar-ri-ḫu ana mit-⸢ḫu⸣-uṣ ERIM.ḪI.A-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 14 | i-{d}nan₂-na ina da-na-an AN.ŠAR₂ u {⸢d⸣}[NIN.LIL₂] | |
| 15 | ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ tik-le-e-a {giš}PAN.MEŠ ša₂-⸢a-ti⸣-[na] | |
| 16 | [...] x-e {iti}⸢BARA₂ it⸣-ti x [...] | |
| 17 | [...] x [x] ⸢u₂-qar-ri⸣-[bu ...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | ša₂ E₂.KUR ⸢NINA⸣{[ki} (...)] | |
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