Ashurbanipal 204 (Q007612)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 204 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007612 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse [2:7] o 3'3'–o 7'7' | (As for) Tam[mar]ītu, the k[ing of the land Elam, ...] ... [... (5´) (who) hastily sent his weapons] to fig[ht with my troops], by the comma[nd of the goddess Ištar, my lady, his servants rebelled against him and together struck down my adversary. ...] and [...]. |
| Obverse [7:16] o 8'8'– | (As for) Tammar[ītu, the king of] the land Elam, [along with Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš), Para...], Ummanal[daš]u (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš), son of Teu[m]man, [a (former) king of the land Elam, Ummanamni, son of Ummanpiʾ, son of Urtaku, a (former) king of the land Elam], (10´) Ummanamni, grandson of [Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš II), a (former) king of the land Elam, (...)], with seventeen members of his family, the seed of [his] fat[her]’s house, [and (with) eighty-eight nobles of the land Elam who march at his side], who [had flown away] from the weapon(s) of (the god) Aššur and the godd[ess Ištar — to praise their great divinity, (rev. 1) they crawled] naked [on their bellies], together with Marduk-šarru-uṣur, a [eunuch of mine whom they had taken away (with them) by force, and they grasped the feet of my royal majesty. He (Tammarītu) handed himself over] to do obeisance [to me and made an appeal to my lordly majesty to be his ally]. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | (As for) Tammaritu, wh[o ...] the kindness [that] I had d[one for him ...], (the god) Aššur (and) the goddess [Ištar ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | x x ⸢LA U⸣ x [...] | |
| 3' | {[m]}⸢tam⸣-[ma]-⸢ri⸣-tu₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ {[kur}e-lam-ti ...] | |
| 4' | ⸢lu-u₂⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | a-na ⸢mit-ḫu⸣-[uṣ ERIM.ḪI.A-ia ur-ri-ḫa {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 6' | ina qi₂-⸢bit⸣ {[d}15 GAŠAN-ia ARAD.MEŠ-šu₂ ṣe-ru-uš-šu₂ ib-bal-ki-tu-ma a-ḫa-meš u₂-ra-si-bu EN ḪUL-ti₃-ia] | |
| 7' | ⸢UGU⸣-[...]-⸢u₂⸣-ma [...] | |
| 8' | {m}tam-ma-⸢ri⸣-[tu₂ MAN] {kur}e-⸢lam-ti⸣ [a-di {m}um-man-al-daš {m}pa-ra-...] | |
| 9' | {m}um-⸢man-al⸣-[da]-⸢si DUMU⸣ {m}te-⸢um-man⸣ [MAN {kur}e-lam-ti {m}um-man-am-ni DUMU {m}um-man-pi-iʾ DUMU {m}ur-ta-ki MAN {kur}e-lam-ti] | |
| 10' | {m}um-⸢man-am-ni DUMU DUMU ša⸣ {[m}um-man-al-da-si MAN {kur}e-lam-ti (...)] | |
| 11' | it-ti 17 qin-ni-šu₂ NUMUN⸣ E₂ ⸢AD⸣-[šu₂ u₃ 88 NUN.MEŠ ša₂ {kur}e-lam-ti a-li-kut A₂.MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 12' | ša la-pa-an {⸢giš}TUKUL AN⸣.ŠAR₂ u {⸢d⸣}15 ip-par-šu-nim-ma a-na da-lal DINGIR-ti-šu₂-nu GAL-ti] | |
| 13' | it-ti {m}{⸢d}AMAR.UTU⸣-MAN-PAP {⸢lu₂⸣}[šu-ut SAG-ia ša ib-šim-mu-šu₂ ina da-na-ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢mi⸣-ra-nu-uš-šu₂-⸢un⸣ [ina UGU lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu ip-ši-lu-nim-ma iṣ-ba-tu GIR₃.II MAN-ti-ia] | |
| 2 | 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] | |
| 3 | {m}tam-ma-ri-tu ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | SIG₅-tu₂ e-⸢pu⸣-[šu-uš ...] | |
| 5 | AN.ŠAR₂ {d}15 ...] | |
| 6 | x x [...] | |
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