Ashurbanipal 201 (Q007609)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 201 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007609 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1'1'–o 5'5' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] ... [he (Teumman) s]ent insolent words to me. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [During the month Abu (V) — the month of the heliacal rising of the Bo]w Star — I made an appeal to the goddess [Išt]ar, the queen, the lady of ladies. [... (and)] I made an appeal to [h]er [divinity], while [my] t[ears] were flowing, [saying]: |
| Obverse [8:12] o 9'9'–o 12'12' | [“O Divine Lady of the city Arbela! I, As]hurbanipal, the governor, the creation of [your] h[ands whom (the god) Aššur] — the [E]nlil of the gods, the father who had engende[red you — requires ... I have co]me (here) to revere [your] divinit[y ...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [...] ... [... the one who dis]turbs my emblem(s) (and) does not write the mention of m[y] name (on it/them), may [the goddess Ištar ...] glare at him angrily and completely overthrow his kingship. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [...]+41 lines [...] of the goddess Ištar, who resides in the city Arbela. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ḪI x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢KA AM⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x ERIM x [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x MA A ⸢SU⸣ x (x) | |
| 6' | [...] x ⸢IK⸣ x x [(x) iš]-⸢pu⸣-ra me-re-eḫ-tu₂ | |
| 7' | [ina {iti}NE ITI na-an-mur-ti] ⸢MUL⸣.PAN am-ḫur {d}15 šar-ra-tu₂ be-let ⸢be-le-ti⸣ | |
| 8' | [... DINGIR-us]-⸢sa⸣ u₂-sap-pa-a il-li-ka ⸢di⸣-[ma-a-a] | |
| 9' | [um-ma {d}be-let {uru}LIMMU₂-DINGIR{ki} a-na-ku {m}aš]-šur-DU₃-A GIR₃.⸢NITA₂⸣ bi-nu-ut ⸢ŠU⸣.[II-ki] | |
| 10' | [...] {⸢d}EN.LIL₂⸣ DINGIR.⸢MEŠ⸣ AD ba-⸢nu⸣-[ki] | |
| 11' | [... al]-⸢li⸣-ka a-na pa-laḫ DINGIR-⸢ti⸣-[ki] | |
| 12' | [...] x ⸢a-na⸣ x KUR x [x x (x)] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x [x] | |
| 2' | [... mu]-⸢saḫ-ḫu⸣-u si-ma-ti-⸢ia⸣ la ša₂-ṭi-ru ni-bit ⸢MU-ia⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ez-zi⸣-iš lik-kil-me-šu-ma a-di la ba-še₂₀-e lis-ki-pa LUGAL-⸢su⸣ | |
| 4' | [...]+41 MU.DIDLI | |
| 5' | [...] x {d}15 a-ši-bat {uru}LIMMU₂-⸢DINGIR⸣ | |
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