Ashurbanipal 188 (Q007596)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 188 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007596 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [... Tammarī]tu, the king of the land Elam, [... the land E]lam, [..., third me]n (of chariot crews), cavalrymen, archers, [(...) eunuchs, engineers, every k]ind of artisan there was, (5) [..., mu]les, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats, [which were more numerous than locusts] — I carried (them) off to Assyria. |
| Obverse [6:13] o 77–o 1313 | [...] I did not (even) leave [a pla]ce for birds (to perch). [The daughters of kings, the sisters of kings, along with] earlier (and) later [family] of the kings of the land Elam, [officials (and) mayors of] those [citi]es, as many as I had conquered, (10) [chief archers, captains, charioteers], third men (of chariot crews), cavalrymen, [archers, eunuchs, engineer]s, every kind of artisan there was, [people — male and female, young and old — horses], mules, donk[ey]s, [oxen, and sheep and goats, which were more numer]ous [than locusts] — I carried (them) off to Assyria. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414– | [...] I covered the land Elam [in (its) entire]ty. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [I gathered earth from the cities Susa, Madaktu, Ḫaltemaš, and the] rest of their cult centers [(and) took (it) to] Assyria. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [... {m}tam-ma-ri]-⸢tu₂⸣ MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| 2 | [... {kur]}⸢ELAM⸣.MA{ki} x | |
| 3 | [... {lu₂}3.⸢U₅⸣.MEŠ {lu₂}ša₂ pet₂-ḫal.MEŠ {lu₂}ERIM.MEŠ {giš}PAN | |
| 4 | [(...) {lu₂}SAG.MEŠ {lu₂}SAG.MEŠ {lu₂}kit-kit-tu-u₂ gi]-⸢mir⸣ um-ma-a-ni ma-la ba-šu₂-u | |
| 5 | [... ANŠE].⸢KUNGA⸣.MEŠ ANŠE.MEŠ GU₄.MEŠ u ṣe-e-ni | |
| 6 | [ša e-li BURU₅.ḪI.A ma-aʾ-du] aš₂-lu-la a-na KUR aš-šur{ki} | |
| 7 | [... man]-⸢za⸣-az MUŠEN.MEŠ ul e-zib | |
| 8 | [DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ LUGAL.MEŠ NIN₉.MEŠ LUGAL.MEŠ a-di qi-in-ni] maḫ-ri-tu₂ ar-ki-tu₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ LUGAL.MEŠ {⸢kur}e-lam-ti⸣ | |
| 9 | {[lu₂}qe₂-pa-a-ni {lu₂}ḫa-za-na-a-ti ša URU].⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂-⸢a⸣-tu-nu ma-la ak-šu-ud-du | |
| 10 | {[lu₂}GAL {giš}PAN.MEŠ {lu₂}GAR-nu.MEŠ {lu₂}mu-kil {kuš}PA.MEŠ] {⸢lu₂⸣}3.U₅.MEŠ {lu₂}ša₂ pet₂-ḫal.MEŠ | |
| 11 | {[lu₂}ERIM.MEŠ {giš}PAN {lu₂}SAG.MEŠ {lu₂}SAG.MEŠ {lu₂}kit-kit-tu]-⸢u₂⸣ gi-mir um-⸢ma⸣-a-ni ma-⸢la⸣ ba-šu₂-u | |
| 12 | [UN.MEŠ NITA u MUNUS TUR u GAL ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ] ⸢ANŠE⸣.KUNGA.MEŠ ⸢ANŠE.MEŠ⸣ | |
| 13 | [GU₄.MEŠ u ṣe-e-ni ša e-li BURU₅.ḪI.A ma]-⸢aʾ-du⸣ aš₂-lu-la a-na ⸢KUR AN⸣.ŠAR₂ | |
| 14 | [... a-na si-ḫir]-⸢ti⸣ ak-⸢tum₃⸣ {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [SAḪAR.ḪI.A {uru}šu-ša₂-an {uru}ma-dak-tu₂ {uru}ḫal-te-ma-aš₂ u₃] ⸢si⸣-it-ti ma-ḫa-⸢zi-šu₂-nu⸣ | |
| 2 | [e-si-pa al-qa-a a-na KUR] AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | |
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