Ashurbanipal 199 (Q007607)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 199 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007607 |
| 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 [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [I cut off the clamor of humans, (the sound of) the treading of oxen], sheep and go[ats, (and) the cr(ies) of pleasant work song(s) (and so) ruined his harvest]. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | [(As for) the goddess Nanāya, who 1,530 y]ears (ago) became an[gry (and) went to live in the land Elam, a place not befitting her, then, at that time (when) she nominated] me for rulin[g over the lands, she entrusted me with the return of her lordly majesty, saying: “Ashurbani]pal [will bring me out] of the evil land El[am and make me enter Eanna (again)].” |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | [The word(s) of] her divine [com]mand that [she had spoken] in dis[tant] days, [she now disclosed to the people of a later generation]. I grasped the hands of her great divinity. [She took] the d[irect] path, [which pleases the heart, to Eanna]. I made her enter into Uruk and [made (her) dwell on (her) eternal dais] in Eḫil[iana, which she loves]. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 8'8'–r 10'10' | At that time, I made lion-headed eagles of s[hiny] silver [... of his great divinity], which are arrayed in terror, the brillian[ce of ...], (rev. 10´) the protectors of the gateway(s) of the temple, ... [...] the gateway(s) of Egallammes, the bed chamber of [the god Nergal that is inside the city Tarbiṣu]. |
| Reverse [10:13] r 11'11'–r 13'13' | [... his] underta[kings ...] |
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' | [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] | |
| 2' | {[d}na-na-a ša 1 LIM 5 ME 30.AM₃] ⸢MU⸣.AN.NA.MEŠ tas-⸢bu⸣-[su tal-li-ku tu-ši-bu qe₂-reb {kur}e-lam-ti a-šar la si-ma-ti-ša₂] | |
| 3' | [u₃ ina u₄-me-šu₂ tab-bu-u] ⸢šu⸣-mi₃ a-na be-⸢lut⸣ [KUR.KUR ta-a-a-rat EN-ti-ša₂ tu-šad-gi-la pa-nu-u-a] | |
| 4' | [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] | |
| 5' | [a-mat qi₂]-⸢bit⸣ DINGIR-ti-ša₂ ša ul-tu UD.MEŠ ⸢SU₃⸣.[MEŠ taq-bu-u e-nen-na tu-kal-lim UN.MEŠ EGIR.MEŠ] | |
| 6' | ⸢ŠU⸣.II DINGIR-ti-ša₂ GAL-ti at-mu-uḫ ⸢ḫar⸣-ra-nu ⸢i⸣-[šir-tu ša₂ ul-lu-uṣ lib₃-bi ta-aṣ-ba-ta a-na e₂-an-na] | |
| 7' | 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] | |
| 8' | ina u₄-me-šu₂ e-pu-uš {d}IM.DUGUD{mušen.}MEŠ KU₃.BABBAR ⸢eb⸣-[bi ... DINGIR-u-ti-šu₂ GAL-ti] | |
| 9' | ⸢ša⸣ pu-luḫ-tu ⸢šit-pu⸣-ru me₂-⸢lam-me⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | EN.NUN.MEŠ KA₂ ⸢E₂⸣.KUR mu-x [...] | |
| 11' | KA₂ e₂-galam-⸢mes maš-tak⸣ {[d}U.GUR ša₂ qe₂-reb {uru}tar-bi-ṣi ...] | |
| 12' | ⸢ep⸣-šet ⸢qa⸣-[ti-šu₂ ...] | |
| 13' | x [...] | |
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