Ashurbanipal 184 (Q007592)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 184 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007592 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | (PN) [...] |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | Sixteen thousand bow(s) [...] (my) enemy ... [...]. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'–o 7'7' | In order to exact re[venge ...] (the god) Aššur roused Ashurbanipal, the favor[ite of ...] mighty ones into his hand(s) [...]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | (PN), the envoy of Tammarīt[u, ...] made an appeal to my lordly majesty, saying, “O king, ... [...” (...)]. |
| Obverse [9:16] o 10'10'–o 16'16' | The rest, who did not submit to my yoke, [...] I made (him) enter (and) sit on the throne of the land Elam. At the mentio[n of my name ... I marched f]rom the Upper Sea to the Low[er] Sea, [where the kings, my ancestors, had regularly traveled]. At a distance of one month (and) twenty <days> (journey) into the midst of the sea and on dry land, [I added] t[erritory to that of the kings, my ancestors, and ruled (it)]. I made [the people] living in those lands bow [down to my yoke (and) imposed upon them annual tribute payment. (15´) With the supp]ort of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, the gods who had enc[ouraged me, the kings who sit upon (royal) daises kiss my feet] (and) great [r]ulers from (both) east and we[st are anxious for me to be their ally]. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 17'17'–o 18'18' | [...] ... before me one [...] my lord [...] |
| Left [0:5] l.e. 1'l.e. 1'–l.e. 5'5' | [...] ... which my feet [...] ... in Eḫulḫul, which I had built anew and [...] and the kings of the land Ḫatti, servants who belonged to me, [...] I clad the [c]ella of the god Sîn, my lord, [with ...] (and) made (it) shine like [daylight ...], which from distan[t] days [...]. |
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' | {⸢m⸣}x x x [...] | |
| 2' | {m}($blank$) [...] | |
| 3' | 16 LIM {giš}PAN x [...] | |
| 4' | na-ki-ri ka-KID/E₂-x [...] | |
| 5' | a-na tu-ur-ri gi-[mil-li ...] | |
| 6' | ⸢u₂-šat-bi AN.ŠAR₂ {m}AN.ŠAR₂⸣-DU₃-A mi-⸢gir⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | dan-nu-ti qa-tuš-šu₂ [...] | |
| 8' | {m}($blank$) {lu₂}MAḪ ša₂ {m}tam-ma-ri-⸢tu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | u₂-ṣal-la-a EN-u-ti um-⸢ma LUGAL⸣ x ⸢a-na IGI⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | si-it-tu-ti ša₂ la ik-nu-šu₂ a-na {giš}⸢ŠUDUN-ia⸣ x [...] | |
| 11' | u₂-še-rib u₂-še-šib ina {giš}GU.ZA {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} ina zi-⸢kir⸣ [MU-ia ...] | |
| 12' | ⸢ul⸣-tu tam-tim e-liti a-di tam-tim šap-[liti ša LUGAL.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-ia ir-te-ed-du-u₂ a-na-ku lu-u ar-de] | |
| 13' | ⸢ma-lak⸣ ITI <UD>.20.KAM₂ ina MURUB₄ tam-tim u na-ba-li ⸢mi⸣-[iṣ-ru e-li ša LUGAL.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-ia u₂-rad-di-ma a-bel] | |
| 14' | [UN].MEŠ a-ši-bu-ti KUR.KUR ša₂-a-ti-na u₂-šak-[ni-ša₂ a-na {giš}ŠUDUN-ia GUN man-da-at-tu₂ šat-ti-šam-ma u₂-kin EDIN-uš-šu₂-un] | |
| 15' | [ina] ⸢tukul⸣-ti AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}15 DINGIR.MEŠ ti-⸢ik⸣-[le-ia LUGAL.MEŠ a-šib pa-rak-ki u₂-na-aš₂-ša₂-qu GIR₃.II-ia] | |
| 16' | ⸢ma⸣-al-ki GAL.MEŠ ša₂ ṣi-taš u ši-⸢la⸣-[an a-na kit-ri-šu₂-nu u₂-pa-qu-u-ni] | |
| 17' | [x x] x x a-di maḫ-ri-ia 1-et x [...] | |
| 18' | [...] x ⸢EN-ia u₂⸣-[...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x ⸢ša₂ še-pu⸣-a ⸢KI⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x PAD ⸢TU⸣.MEŠ ina e₂-ḫul₂-⸢ḫul₂⸣ ša₂ eš-šiš e-pu-šu₂-ma x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] u₃ LUGAL.MEŠ {kur}ḫat-ti ARAD.MEŠ da-gil₂ pa-ni-ia x [...] | |
| 4' | [... E₂] ⸢pa-pa-ḫi {d⸣}30 EN-ia₂ u₂-⸢šal⸣-biš u₂-nam-⸢mir GIM⸣ [u₄-mi ...] | |
| 5' | ša₂ ul-tu₂ u₄-me ul-lu-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
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