Ashurbanipal 198 (Q007606)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 198 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007606 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [...] ... [...]s, donkeys, o[xen, ... I t]ook to Ass[yria ...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [On a march of one month (and) twenty-five days, I devastat]ed [the districts of the land Elam (and) scattered] salt (and) cres[s over them (lit. “it”)]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | I cut [off the clamor of humans, (the sound of) the treading of oxen, sheep and goats, (and) the cr(ies) of] pleasant work song(s) [(and so) ruined his harvest]. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 6'6'–r 8'8' | [(As for) the goddess Nanāya, who 1,530 years (ago) became an]gry and went to li[ve in the land Elam, a place not befitting her, then, at that time (when) she nominated me for ruling over the lands, she entrusted me with the re]turn of he[r] lordly majesty, [saying: “Ashurbanipal will b]ring me out [of the evil land Elam] and make [me enter Eanna (again)].” |
| Reverse [8:11] r 9'9'–r 11'11' | [The word(s) of her divine command that she had spok]en [in distant days, she] now [disclosed to the people of a later generation. I grasped the hands of her great divinity. She took the direct path, wh]ich pleases the he[art, to Eanna. I made her enter into Uruk and made (her) dwell on (her) eternal dais in Eḫiliana, which s]he loves. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [At that time, I made ... of] his great [divinit]y, which is a[rrayed in] terror, [the brilliance of ... the gateway(s) of Egalla]m[m]es, the bed chamber of the god Nergal that is inside the city [Tarbiṣu]. |
| Reverse [12:19] r 13'13'–r 19'19' | [...] his benevolent protection (and) [his beneficent] aegis [... (rev. 15´) may ...] be granted (and) may [...] ... with his great support [... the g]od Išum, the famous one who marches before m[e, ... the god Nergal, might]iest of the gods, through the slaughter of lif[e ...] may they slaughter [...]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...].⸢MEŠ⸣ ANŠE.MEŠ ⸢GU₄⸣.[MEŠ ...] | |
| 3' | [... al]-⸢qa⸣-a a-na KUR aš-⸢šur⸣{[ki} ...] | |
| 4' | [ma-lak ITI 25 UD.MEŠ na-ge-e {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} u₂-šaḫ]-⸢rib⸣ MUN sah-⸢le-e⸣ [u₂-sap-pi-ḫa EDIN-uš-šu₂] | |
| 5' | [ri-gim a-me-lu-ti ki-bi-is GU₄.MEŠ u ṣe-e-ni ši-si-it] ⸢a-la⸣-la DUG₃.GA ⸢ap-ru⸣-[us u₂-ḫal-li-qa e-bur-šu₂] | |
| 6' | {[d}na-na-a ša 1 LIM 5 ME 30.AM₃ MU.AN.NA.MEŠ ta-as]-⸢bu⸣-su-ma tal-li-ku ⸢tu⸣-[ši-bu qe₂-reb {kur}e-lam-ti a-šar la si-ma-ti-ša₂] | |
| 7' | [u₃ ina u₄-me-šu₂ tab-bu-u šu-mi₃ a-na be-lut KUR.KUR ta]-⸢a⸣-a-rat EN-ti-⸢šu₂⸣ [tu-šad-gi-la pa-nu-u-a] | |
| 8' | [um-ma {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A ul-tu qe₂-reb {kur}e-lam-ti lem-ne₂-ti u₂]-⸢še⸣-ṣa-an-ni-ma u₂-⸢še⸣-[rab-an-ni qe₂-reb e₂-an-na] | |
| 9' | [a-mat qi₂-bit DINGIR-ti-ša₂ ša₂ ul-tu u₄-me SU₃.MEŠ taq]-⸢bu⸣-u i-na-an-⸢na⸣ [tu-kal-lim UN.MEŠ EGIR.MEŠ] | |
| 10' | [ŠU.II DINGIR-ti-ša₂ GAL-ti at-mu-uḫ ḫar-ra-nu i-šir-tu] ⸢ša⸣ ul-lu-uṣ ⸢lib₃⸣-[bi ta-aṣ-ba-ta a-na e₂-an-na] | |
| 11' | [ina qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} u₂-še-rib-ši-ma ina e₂-ḫi-li-an-na ša₂] ⸢ta⸣-ram-mu u₂-[šar-mi₃-iš BARA₂ da-ra-a-te] | |
| 12' | [ina u₄-me-šu₂ e-pu-uš ... DINGIR-u]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ GAL-ti ša₂ pu-luḫ-tu₂ ⸢šit⸣-[pu-ru me₂-lam-me ...] | |
| 13' | [... KA₂ e₂]-⸢galam-mes⸣ maš-tak {d}U.GUR ša₂ qe₂-reb {⸢uru⸣}[tar-bi-ṣi ...] | |
| 14' | [...] x ṣu-lul-šu₂ DUG₃.GA AN.DUL₃-⸢la⸣-[šu₂ ša ša₂-la-me ...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢liš⸣-ša₂-rik lu-⸢uš⸣-[...] | |
| 16' | [...] x IM NU ina tukul-ti-šu₂ GAL-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | [...] {⸢d⸣}i-šum na-aʾ-du a-lik ⸢maḫ-ri⸣-[ia ...] | |
| 18' | [... {d}U.GUR dan]-⸢dan⸣-ni DINGIR.MEŠ ina šag-gaš-ti na-⸢piš⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 19' | [...] liš-gi-šu₂ [...] | |
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