Ashurbanipal 189 (Q007597)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 189 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007597 |
| 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 [0:11] o 1o 1–o 1111 | [...] of the land Elam [... the lan]d Elam [...] against h[im ...] ... their gate(s) (5) [... deva]stating the settlements [...] against my troops [...] I marched about triumphantly [inside the land El]am [... the as]sembly of his troops [... that I] had conquered, I (now) plundered it. [..., who]m I/they placed on his throne, [...] (and) he took refuge (there). |
| Obverse [11:18] o 1212–o 1818 | [..., ki]ng of the four quarters (of the world), [(...) the deities ..., Ninurt]a, Nergal, and Nusku [...] his weapons. (15) [... a] profit[le]ss [decision ... the go]ds who support me [...] went [...] did [n]ot escape. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [...] ... [... for f]uture 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 | [...] ša {kur}ELAM.MA{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 2 | [...] {⸢kur⸣}ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢a⸣-na EDIN-⸢uš⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 4 | [...] x x KA₂-šu₂-un | |
| 5 | [... u₂]-⸢šaḫ⸣-ra-bu da-ad₂-me-ni | |
| 6 | [... a]-⸢na⸣ EDIN ERIM.ḪI.A-ia | |
| 7 | [... qe₂-reb {kur]}⸢ELAM⸣.MA{ki} at-tal-la-ku šal-ṭi-iš | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢UKKIN⸣ ERIM.ḪI.A-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢ak⸣-šu-du aš₂-lu-la šal-lat-su | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ u₂-še-ši-bu ina {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂ | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢e⸣-ḫu-uz mar-qi₂-tu | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣ kib-rat LIMMU₂-tim | |
| 13 | [... {d]}⸢MAŠ⸣ {d}U.GUR u {d}nusku | |
| 14 | [...] {⸢giš⸣}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 15 | [... mi₃-lik] ⸢la⸣ ku-širi₄ | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ tik-le-ia₂ | |
| 17 | [...] ŠU₂ il-lik-u-x | |
| 18 | [...] ⸢ul⸣ e-zib | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] x NAM x | |
| 2 | [... a-na] ⸢aḫ⸣-rat UD.MEŠ | |
Sources & licences
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