Ashurbanipal 181 (Q007589)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Qalat Sherqat (Assur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 181 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007589 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Qalat Sherqat (Assur) |
| Coordinates | 35.4581, 43.2620 |
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, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, who by the command of (the god) Aššur] (and) the goddess Mu[llissu a]chi[eved his heart’s desire: Um]manigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II) [dispatched them (his forces) to Undasu, a s]on of Teum[man — a (former) king of the land Elam — Zazaz, the city ruler of the c]ity Pillatu, (and) [Parr]û, the [city ruler of the land Ḫilmu, to help] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn — [(my) unfaithful] b[rother — (and) to fight with the troops of Assyria] |
| Reverse [0:1] r? 1'1'–r? 1'1' | (No translation possible) |
| Reverse [1:9] r? 2'2'–r? 9'9' | [I], Ashurbani[pal, king of Assyria, who b]y the command of (the god) Aššur (and) the goddess Mullissu a[chieved his heart’s desire: (rev.? 5´) They paraded before me the zaqi]ptu-standard (and) šakirūtu-standard, clothing (and) j[ewelry, all of the royal appurtenances of] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn — [(my) unfaithful] brot[her] — his [pal]ace women, his eunuchs, [his battle troops, chariotry], a processional carriage, the vehic[le of his lordly majesty, horses], his [harn]ess-broken (steeds), every nec[essity of his palace, as much as there was, (and) people] — male and [female, young and old]. |
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' | [ša₂ ina qi₂-bit AN.ŠAR₂] {⸢d}NIN⸣.[LIL₂] ⸢ik-šu⸣-[du ṣu-me-rat ŠA₃-šu₂] | |
| 2' | [ṣe-er {m}un-da-si] ⸢DUMU⸣ {m}te-um-[man LUGAL {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 3' | {[m}za-za-az {lu₂}EN.URU] {lu₂}EN.URU] {⸢uru⸣}pil-la-ti {m}[par-ru]-⸢u {lu₂⸣}[EN.URU {lu₂⸣}[EN.URU {kur}ḫi-il-mu] | |
| 4' | [a-na re-ṣu-ut {m}{d]}GIŠ.NU₁₁-⸢MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ⸣ [NU GI.NA a-na mit-ḫu-ṣi] | |
| 5' | [ERIM.ḪI.A KUR aš-šur{ki} {m}um]-⸢man⸣-i-⸢gaš⸣ [u₂-ma-ʾe-er-šu₂-nu-ti] | |
| r? | ||
| 1' | [...] x ḪU x [...] | |
| 2' | [a-na-ku] {⸢m⸣}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-[A MAN KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 3' | [ša₂] ⸢ina qi₂-bit⸣ AN.ŠAR₂ {d}NIN.⸢LIL₂ ik⸣-[šu-du ṣu-me-rat ŠA₃-šu₂] | |
| 4' | [za]-⸢qip⸣-tu₂ {giš}ša₂-⸢ki⸣-ru-tu₂ lu-bul-⸢tu₂ šu⸣-[kut-tu₂ mim-ma si-mat] | |
| 5' | [MAN-ti] {⸢m⸣}{d}GIŠ.⸢NU₁₁⸣-MU-⸢GI⸣.NA ⸢PAP⸣ [NU GI.NA] | |
| 6' | {[munus]}⸢sek⸣-re-ti-šu₂ {lu₂}šu-⸢ut⸣ SAG.MEŠ-šu₂ {⸢lu₂⸣}[ERIM.MEŠ ME₃.(MEŠ)-šu₂] | |
| 7' | {[giš}GIGIR.(MEŠ)] {⸢giš⸣}ša ša₂-⸢da⸣-di ⸢ru-kub⸣ [EN-ti-šu₂] | |
| 8' | [ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ṣi]-⸢mit⸣-ti {⸢giš⸣}ŠUDUN-šu₂ mim-ma ḫi-[šiḫ-ti E₂.GAL-šu₂] | |
| 9' | [ma-la ba-šu-u UN.MEŠ] zik-ru ⸢u⸣ [sin-niš] | |
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