Ashurbanipal 178 (Q007586)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 178 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007586 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:7] o 1'1'–o 7'7' | [I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, whom (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar made stand over his foes (and who) achieved his] hea[rt’s] desire: [Tammarītu, the king of the land Elam, set out t]o aid Šam[aš-šuma-ukīn — (my) hostile brother — (and) t]o fight with [my] troops. (5´) [He, together with his brothers, his family, the seed of his father’s house], (and) his nobles [fled] to Nineveh [from Indabibi, a servant of his wh]o had in[cited] rebellion against him, [and (then) he kissed the feet of my royal majesty and made an appeal to my lord]ly [majesty t]o do obeisance to m[e]. |
| Obverse [7:14] o 8'8'–o 14'14' | [U]mmanigaš, who forgot the ki[ndness of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyr]ia, his lord, [did not h]onor [his] t[re]at[y, (and) ... the treat]y and oath: (As for) the people of his country, (10´) [whom] he (Tammarītu) had incited to r[ebel w]i[th] him, [he (Ummanigaš) ... fro]m the people of his country and fl[ed ...] into the mountain(s). He c[ut Umman]igaš [down with the sword], (and) his [he]ad, his arms, his feet, [...] ... [...] Tammarītu carried (them) to me and [... before] my eunuch. |
| Obverse [14:21] o 15'15'–o 21'21' | [...] ... [... Ta]mmarītu [...] ... the o[fficial of the city S]amʾā[na, ...]gugu, the offi[cial of the ci]ty A[...] ... [..., Umman]aldašu, the brother of Tam[marīt]u, the king of the land [Elam], (20´) ...teDI, the chief [archer], (and) Teumman, the chief archer of the cava[l]r[y]. |
| Obverse [21:29] o 22'22'–o 29'29' | Tammarītu, the king of the land Elam, who came to the aid of Šamaš-šuma-[ukīn] and to fight with my troops: I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, [ap]pealed to (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar and (25´) they heard my supplications. Indabibi, a servant of his, rebelled against h[im] and brought about his defeat in a pitched battle. (When) Tammarītu’s men fled from the thick of battle [a]nd told him about the defeat of his troops, he fled (on) the road to the Sealand. After him, Indabibi, his servant, sat on his th[ro]ne. |
| Obverse [29:35] o 30'30'–o 35'35' | The boat of Tammarītu, the king of the land Elam, his brothers, his family, the seed of his [fat]her’s house, (and) the nobles who march at his side, which the sediment, mud, and swamp held firm (so that) it did not have (a way) to sail on: From that boat, Ki... carried Tammarītu behind him. He broke through the hardship(s) of the di[ff]i[cu]lt terrain (and) made him (Tammarītu) enter the marshes. On account of their hunger, [... they ate uncooked (food) ...]. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | Tammarītu, the king of the land Elam, who fl[ed] before Ind[ab]ibi, and (then) sailed on the Bitter Sea (and) encountered trou[bl]e: I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, sent [him] my royal leftovers. He accepted those leftove[rs] and kissed the ground before [m]y eunuch. |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | The battle line of Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikas II), the one who did not honor [the kind]ness of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, who had appointed him as [king] inside the land Elam. Tammarīt[u], <who> [had turned hostil]e towa[rds him] and (then) had brought about his de[fe]at (and) scatte[red] his forces. |
| Reverse [10:17] r 1111–r 1717 | The [decapitated] head [of] Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikas II), the king of the land Elam, [who] had abandoned me, [the lord of] his [treat]y, [(and) had gone to the ai]d of [Šamaš]-šuma-ukīn, my enemy, [that] Tammarītu had cut off in the thick of b[attle (rev. 15) as a s]pectacle for my eunuch, whom Ummanigaš [had detain]ed in the land Elam. [H]e (Tammarītu) sent it into [the c]ity Madaktu as (good) n[e]ws. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | [...]-NU-NU/BAD, son of Ummanappa, son of U[r]taku, the king of the land Elam. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | [U]mmanaldašu, son of Teumman, the king of the land Elam. |
| Reverse [19:21] r 2020–r 2121 | [U]mbakidinu, son of Ummanappa, [son of] Urtaku, [the king of] the land Elam. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 2222–r 2222 | [...]NAGdinu, the herald. |
| Reverse [22:24] r 2323–r 2424 | [That which is (written) u]pon the wal[ls of] the House of Succession, o[f] the south [wing]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [im-ṣu-u] ma-la ⸢lib₃⸣-[bi-šu₂ {m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 3' | [a]-⸢na⸣ kit-ri {m}{d}GIŠ.[NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ nak-ri it-ba-a] | |
| 4' | [a]-na mit-ḫu-uṣ ⸢ERIM.ḪI⸣.[A-ia la-pa-an {m}in-da-bi-bi ARAD-šu₂] | |
| 5' | ⸢ša⸣ si-ḫu UGU-šu₂ u₂-⸢šab⸣-[šu₂-u šu-u a-di ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ qin-ni-šu₂ NUMUN E₂ AD-šu₂] | |
| 6' | {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL.MEŠ-šu₂ a-na ⸢NINA{ki⸣} [in-nab-tu₂-nim-ma GIR₃.II LUGAL-ti-ia u₂-na-šiq-ma] | |
| 7' | [a]-⸢na⸣ e-peš ARAD-ti-⸢ia⸣ [u₂-ṣal-la-a be]-⸢lu⸣-[ti] | |
| 8' | {[m]}⸢um⸣-man-i-gaš ša ⸢MUN⸣ {[m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A MAN KUR aš]-⸢šur⸣ EN-šu₂ in-šu₂-⸢u⸣ | |
| 9' | [la] ⸢iṣ⸣-ṣu-ru ⸢a-de-e⸣-[šu₂ ... a-de]-e u ma-miti UN.MEŠ KUR-šu₂ | |
| 10' | [ša] ⸢it⸣-[ti]-šu₂ uš-⸢bal⸣-[ki-tu la-pa]-⸢an⸣ UN.MEŠ KUR-šu₂ | |
| 11' | [x x (x)]-ma in-na-[bit ...] x ina qe₂-reb KUR-i | |
| 12' | {[m}um-man]-⸢i⸣-gaš u₂-⸢ra⸣-[sib ina {giš}TUKUL] ⸢SAG⸣.DU-su A₂.II-šu₂ GIR₃.II.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 13' | [x x (x)] ⸢TI⸣ SAG x [... {m]}⸢tam⸣-ma-ri-tu₂ iš-ša₂-am-ma | |
| 14' | [... {lu₂]}šu-ut SAG-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 15' | [x x (x)] x-⸢na⸣-a [... {m]}⸢tam⸣-ma-⸢ri⸣-tu₂ | |
| 16' | [x x] x MU {lu₂}⸢qe⸣-[e-pu {uru]}⸢sa⸣-am-u₂-[nu] | |
| 17' | [x x] x-gu-gu {lu₂}qe-⸢e⸣-[pu] {⸢uru}a⸣-[x x] | |
| 18' | [x x] x-⸢ka⸣-lu A x x (x) [...] | |
| 19' | {[m}um-man]-⸢al⸣-da-⸢su ŠEŠ⸣-šu₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ {m}⸢tam⸣-[ma-ri]-⸢tu₂⸣ MAN {kur}[ELAM{ki]} | |
| 20' | {[m]}x-⸢te⸣-DI {⸢lu₂}GAL⸣ {giš}[PAN] | |
| 21' | {⸢m}te-um⸣-man {⸢lu₂⸣}GAL {giš}PAN ⸢ša₂ pet⸣-ḫal-⸢la-a⸣-[ti] | |
| 22' | {m}tam-ma-⸢ri⸣-tu₂ ⸢MAN⸣ {kur}ELAM{ki} ša₂ a-⸢na kit-ri {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU⸣-[GI.NA] | |
| 23' | ⸢il⸣-li-⸢ka-am-ma⸣ a-na mit-ḫu-⸢uṣ ERIM.ḪI.A-ia⸣ | |
| 24' | a-⸢na⸣-ku {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-⸢A MAN⸣ KUR aš-šur AN.⸢ŠAR₂⸣ u {d}15 [am]-ḫu-⸢ur-ma⸣ | |
| 25' | iš-⸢mu⸣-u su-up-⸢pi-ia⸣ {m}in-da-bi-bi ⸢ARAD-su EDIN-uš⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 26' | ib-⸢bal-kit⸣-ma ina ME₃ ⸢EDIN⸣ iš-ku-⸢nu⸣ BAD₅.BAD₅-šu | |
| 27' | UN.⸢MEŠ⸣ {m}⸢tam⸣-ma-ri-tu₂ ⸢TA MURUB₄⸣ tam-ḫa-⸢ri⸣ in-nab-tu₂-nim-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 28' | BAD₅.BAD₅ ERIM.ḪI.A-šu₂ iq-bu-šu₂-⸢ma⸣ in-nab-⸢ta u₂-ru-uḫ KUR tam⸣-tim | |
| 29' | ⸢EGIR-šu₂⸣ {m}in-da-bi-⸢bi ARAD-su u₂⸣-šib ina {giš}⸢GU.ZA-šu₂⸣ | |
| 30' | {⸢giš}MA₂⸣ {m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ MAN {kur}ELAM{⸢ki} ŠEŠ.MEŠ⸣-šu₂ qin-ni-šu₂ NUMUN ⸢E₂ AD⸣-šu₂ | |
| 31' | ⸢NUN⸣.MEŠ ⸢a-lik A₂.II⸣-šu₂ ša ⸢ši-ik⸣-nu ⸢ṭe⸣-ru u ru-šum-tu₂ iṣ-⸢ba-tu₂⸣ | |
| 32' | ni-qi₂-il-⸢pa-a la ti⸣-šu₂-u ⸢ul⸣-tu₂ ⸢qe₂⸣-reb {giš}MA₂ šu₂-⸢a-tu₂⸣ {m}⸢ki⸣-x x (x) | |
| 33' | {m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ a-na ⸢EGIR-šu₂ iš-ši ma-ru⸣-uš-tu₂ qaq-qar nam-⸢ra-ṣi⸣ | |
| 34' | u₂-par-ri-($traces$) | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {m}tam-ma-⸢ri⸣-tu₂ MAN {kur}⸢ELAM{ki} ša₂ pa-an⸣ {m}⸢in-da-bi-bi in-nab⸣-[tu₂]-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 2 | ina ⸢qe₂⸣-reb mar-ra-ti i-⸢qi₂-il⸣-pa-a e-⸢mu-ru ma-ru⸣-[uš]-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 3 | a-na-ku {m}AN.⸢ŠAR₂-DU₃-A⸣ MAN KUR aš-šur ⸢re-ḫe-e⸣-ti LUGAL-ti-⸢ia u₂-še-bil⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 4 | re-ḫe-⸢e⸣-[ti] ⸢ša₂-a⸣-ti-na ⸢im⸣-ḫur-ma ina IGI {lu₂}⸢šu⸣-ut ⸢SAG-ia⸣ | |
| 5 | u₂-na-aš₂-ši-qa qaq-qa-ru | |
| 6 | si-id-ru ša₂ {m}⸢um⸣-man-i-gaš la na-ṣir ⸢MUN⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢ša⸣ {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A MAN KUR aš-šur ša qe₂-reb {kur}ELAM.[(MA)]{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 8 | iš-ku-nu-šu₂ a-na [LUGAL]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 9 | {⸢m⸣}tam-ma-ri-⸢tu₂⸣ x x [x x] x-ma ⸢iš⸣-ku-nu ⸢BAD₅.BAD₅-šu₂⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢u₂⸣-par-ri-[ru] el-⸢lat-su⸣ | |
| 11 | [ni]-⸢kis SAG⸣.DU [ša₂ {m]}um-man-i-gaš MAN {kur}ELAM{ki} | |
| 12 | [ša₂] ⸢ia⸣-a-ti [EN a-de]-⸢e⸣-šu₂ ⸢u₂⸣-maš-šir-⸢an⸣-ni | |
| 13 | [a-na kit]-⸢ri⸣ {[m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁]-⸢MU⸣-GI.NA EN {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-ia | |
| 14 | [...] x x [x (x)] {m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ ik-ki-su MURUB₄ ⸢tam⸣-[ḫa-ri] | |
| 15 | [a-na] ⸢ta⸣-mar-⸢ti {lu₂}šu-ut SAG⸣-ia ša₂ {m}⸢um⸣-man-i-gaš | |
| 16 | [ik]-⸢lu⸣-u ina {kur}ELAM{ki} qe₂-⸢reb {uru⸣}ma-dak-ti | |
| 17 | ⸢u₂⸣-še-bil-šu₂ a-na ⸢pu-us⸣-ra-a-ti | |
| 18 | {[m}x]-NU-NU/BAD A {m}um-man-ap-pi A {m}⸢ur⸣-ta-ki MAN {kur}ELAM.⸢MA⸣{[ki]} | |
| 19 | {[m]}⸢um⸣-man-al-da-su A {m}⸢te⸣-um-man MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 20 | {[m]}⸢um⸣-ba-ki-den-nu A {[m]}um-man-ap-pi | |
| 21 | [A] {⸢m⸣}ur-ta-ki ⸢MAN⸣ {kur}ELAM{ki} | |
| 22 | {[m}(x)] x-NAG-di-nu {lu₂}NIMGIR₂ | |
| 23 | [ša ina] ⸢UGU⸣ E₂.⸢GAR₈⸣.[MEŠ ša] E₂ ri-du-u-ti | |
| 24 | ⸢ša⸣ [E₂] {⸢im⸣}šu-u-⸢ti⸣ | |
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