Ashurbanipal 202 (Q007610)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 202 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007610 |
| 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 [0:14] 1'1'–14'14' | [...] placed ... [... g]raves [... t]o their side ... [...] you change[d t]hem [from a man] into a woman [... (5´) ...] their fortifie[d] watering place [...] awe-inspiring brill[iance ...] (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar like [...] battle like an engine[er ... in a]ll directions daggers [... (10´) ... the pos]ition of the mercile[ss] arrow [... sp]ears, the weapons of (the god) Aššur that conque[r ... I grasp]ed the bows of Ištar, the lady of b[attle, ...] your axes that cannot ... [... cons]tantly flash like lightning [...]. |
| Obverse [14:20] 15'15'–20'20' | [... to s]trike down the Elamite who(se) [...] they [co]nverged on them in the month Tašrītu (VII) and [... I cast do]wn the body of Teumman, the king of the land [Elam, ...] I [slew his warriors wi]thout number [...] I [captured his fighting men a]live [...] their [...] ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢iš-kun NA⸣ x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ki⸣-maḫ-ḫi MA [...] | |
| 3' | [... a]-⸢na⸣ i-di-šu₂-nu šap-⸢la⸣-[...] | |
| 4' | [... zik-ru]-⸢su-nu⸣ sin-niš-a-niš tu-ša₂-⸢lik⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] maš-⸢qi₂⸣-su-nu dan-na-⸢tu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] na-mur-ra-[tu ...] | |
| 7' | [...] x AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}15 ⸢GIM⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] tam-ḫa-ru ki-ma kiš-kat₃-⸢te⸣-[e ...] | |
| 9' | [... a-na er]-⸢bet⸣-ti ša₂-a-ri GIR₂.MEŠ šul-[...] | |
| 10' | [... man]-za-az mul-mul-lu la pa-⸢du⸣-[u ...] | |
| 11' | [... šu-ku]-ur-ru {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ AN.ŠAR₂ ka-ši-⸢du⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [... at-mu]-⸢ḫa⸣ til-pa-na-a-ti {d}15 be-let ⸢ta⸣-[ḫa-zi ...] | |
| 13' | [...] x qul-me-e-ka la kaš-⸢da⸣-[...] | |
| 14' | [... it]-⸢ta⸣-nab-ri-⸢qu⸣ GIM ber-qi₂ x [...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢ra⸣-sa-ab {kur}⸢e⸣-lam-e ša₂ ma-[...] | |
| 16' | [... in]-⸢nen⸣-du-ma ina {iti}DU₆ UGU-šu₂-nu [...] | |
| 17' | [... ad]-⸢di⸣ ADDA {m}te-um-⸢man⸣ MAN {⸢kur⸣}[e-lam-ti ...] | |
| 18' | [... ina] ⸢la⸣-a mi₃-ni a-[duk qu-ra-di-šu₂ ...] | |
| 19' | [... ina] ⸢ŠU⸣.II TI.LA.MEŠ ⸢u₂⸣-[ṣab-bit mun-daḫ-ṣe-e-šu₂ ...] | |
| 20' | [...]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu E BAL TE E [...] |
Sources & licences
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