Ashurbanipal 203 (Q007611)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 203 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007611 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | For [the goddess Ištar, ...] who in ... [...] who resides in Egašankalam[a, ... his lady] — |
| Obverse [3:12] o 44–o 1212 | I, Ashurbanipal, [...] who performs her cultic rites, [...]; offspring of Esarhaddon, [...] through t[hese] deeds of mine [...] a mighty bow, an embl[em of ...] instead of me, [my] foes [...]. (10) Wherever conflict and battle [...] in might[y] victories [...] the kings who were not submissive to me ... [...]. |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | (As for) Tammarītu, the king of the land Elam, who rebelled [...] (and) who came to the aid of Šamaš-šuma-ukī[n] and [hastily sent his weapons] to figh[t with my troops], by the command of the goddess Ištar, my lady, his servants rebelled aga[i]nst him and [struck down my adversary]. |
| Obverse [15:25] o 1616– | (As for) Tammarītu, the king of the land Elam, along with Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš), Para[..., (rev. 1) U]mmanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš), son of Teumman, a (former) king of the lan[d Elam], Ummanamni, son of Ummanpiʾ, son of Urtaku, [a (former) king of the land Elam], Ummanamni, grandson of Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš II), a (former) ki[ng of the land Elam, (...)], with seventeen members of his family, the seed of his father’s house, and (with) eighty-eight nobles [of the land Elam who march at his side], (rev. 5) who had flown away from the weapon(s) of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar — to praise [their great divinity], they crawled naked on their bellies, together with Marduk-šarru-uṣur, a eunuch of mine whom th[ey] had taken aw[ay (with them) by force], and they grasped [the feet of my royal majesty]. He (Tammarītu) handed h[i]mself over to do obeisance to me and [made an appeal to my lordly majesty] to be [his] a[lly]. |
| Reverse [8:14] r 99–r 1414 | At that time, [I gave] this bow t[o the goddess Ištar ... (and)] pr[esented (it)] as a prayer [...]. On account of the might of the goddess I[štar ...] this gol[d] bow [... May] the goddess Ištar, who resides in the cit[y Arbela ...] the rest of [my] foes [...]. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | Thirty [lines which are (written) upon the (gold) bow] o[f the goddess Ištar who resides in the city Arbela]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | x x [...] | |
| 2 | ša ina ba-⸢li⸣-[...] | |
| 3 | a-ši-bat e₂-gašan-⸢kalam-ma⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | a-na-ku {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-⸢A⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | e-piš par-ṣe-e-ša₂ x [...] | |
| 6 | E₃ lib₃-bi {m}AN.ŠAR₂-PAP-AŠ [...] | |
| 7 | ina ep-še-e-ti-ia ⸢an⸣-[na-a-ti ...] | |
| 8 | {giš}PAN dan-na-tu₂ si-⸢mat⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | ke-mu-u₈-a {lu₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-[ia ...] | |
| 10 | e-ma qab-li u ME₃ x [...] | |
| 11 | ina li-i-ti u da-na-⸢a⸣-[ni ...] | |
| 12 | LUGAL.MEŠ la ⸢kan⸣-šu-ti-ia x x x x (x) [...] | |
| 13 | {m}tam-ma-ri-⸢tu⸣ LUGAL {kur}ELAM.MA{⸢ki⸣} ša ib-bal-⸢ki-tu⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | ⸢ša₂⸣ a-na kit-⸢ri⸣ {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.⸢NA⸣ il-⸢li-kam-ma a-na mit-ḫu-uṣ⸣ [ERIM.ḪI.A-ia ur-ri-ḫa {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 15 | ⸢ina⸣ qi₂-bit {d}15 GAŠAN-ia ARAD.MEŠ-šu₂ ṣe-⸢ru-uš⸣-šu₂ ib-bal-ki-tu-ma u₂-[ra-si-bu EN ḪUL-ti₃-ia] | |
| 16 | {⸢m⸣}tam-ma-ri-⸢tu⸣ MAN {kur}⸢ELAM⸣.MA{ki} a-⸢di⸣ {m}um-man-al-daš {m}pa-ra-[...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[m]}⸢um⸣-man-⸢al⸣-da-si DUMU {m}⸢te⸣-um-man LUGAL {⸢kur⸣}[ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 2 | {[m]}um-man-am-ni DUMU {m}um-man-pi-iʾ DUMU {m}ur-ta-ki [LUGAL {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 3 | {m}um-man-am-ni DUMU DUMU ša {m}um-man-al-da-si ⸢LUGAL⸣ {[kur}ELAM.MA{ki} (...)] | |
| 4 | it-ti 17 qin-ni-šu₂ NUMUN E₂ ⸢AD⸣-šu₂ u₃ 88 NUN.⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša₂ {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} a-li-kut A₂.MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 5 | ša la-pa-an {giš}TUKUL AN.ŠAR₂ u {d}15 ip-par-šu-ma a-na da-lal [DINGIR-ti-šu₂-nu GAL-ti] | |
| 6 | it-ti {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MAN-PAP {⸢lu₂⸣}šu-ut SAG-ia ša ib-⸢šim⸣-[mu-šu₂ ina da-na-ni] | |
| 7 | mi-ra-nu-uš-šu₂-un ina UGU ŠA₃-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ ip-ši-lu-nim-ma iṣ-ba-⸢tu⸣ [GIR₃.II LUGAL-ti-ia] | |
| 8 | a-na e-peš ARAD-ti-ia ⸢ra-man-šu₂ im-nu-ma a-na kat₃⸣-[a-ri-šu₂ u₂-ṣal-la-a EN-u-ti] | |
| 9 | ina u₄-me-šu₂ {giš}PAN šu-a-tu₂ a-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | ki-i su-ra-ri u₂-⸢ma⸣-[aṣ-ṣi ...] | |
| 11 | aš₂-šu₂ da-na-an {d}⸢iš⸣-[tar ...] | |
| 12 | {giš}PAN ⸢šu⸣-a-tu KU₃.⸢GI⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | {d}iš-tar a-ši-bat {⸢uru⸣}[LIMMU₂-DINGIR ...] | |
| 14 | si-⸢it⸣-ti {lu₂}KUR₂.⸢MEŠ⸣-[ia ...] | |
| 15 | 30 [MU.DIDLI ša₂ ina UGU {giš}PAN (KU₃.GI)] | |
| 16 | ⸢ša⸣ {[d}iš-tar a-ši-bat {uru}LIMMU₂-DINGIR] | |
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