Ashurbanipal 213 (Q007621)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 213 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007621 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [who provides str]ewn offerings, who quick[ly dispatches] the meal-offer[ing(s) for the great gods]; |
| Obverse [1:7] o 2'2'–o 7'7' | supreme [hei]r of Ekur, who renders decision(s) for cities l[ike the divine light (Sîn)] (and) proclai[ms truth], who carries out the cultic rite(s) of the office of supreme power, who ke[eps secret(s)], (5´) without whom no [deliberation] is hel[d] in Ekur, who watches over the command of everything, who constantly brings [instructions] before the god Sîn, the d[ivine light]; |
| Obverse [7:13] o 8'8'–o 13'13' | righteous judge, who sees the mind of [the people], who purifies the just and [the wicked] like the Divine River, (10´) [who keeps] truth and justice [pur]e, whom the king of the gods, the god Na[mraṣīt (Sîn), commissi]oned to destroy the m[alicious, the exalte]d [vizier], who proclaims good thi[ngs], [whose decision cannot be alte]red (and) [whose] co[mmand] cannot be changed; |
| Obverse [13:16] o 14'14'–o 16'16' | [... the wicked, w]ho destroys enemi[es, the one to whom injustice] (and) deceit[ful] acts [are an abomination, who strikes foes with lightning, who goes out and walks along the street(s) of his city to give] judgement and de[cision], |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [may he wri]te [the mention of my good name, which the gods Aššur and Marduk had made greater than (those of) all (other) rulers, w]it[h his (own) name] and [deposit (them) for the future]. May the god Nusku and the goddess Sadarnunna lo[ok] upon his handiwork with pleasure [and grant his prayers]. |
| Reverse [2:8] r 3'3'–r 8'8' | (As for) the one who [erases] my name from upon [these] lion-headed eagle[s], or [removes] this work from Emel[amana and (rev. 5´) (re)fashions (its metal)] for anything else, or destroys the praise of the god Nusku, my lord, and [changes the mention of my name, may] the god Nusku, the just vizier, [beloved of the god Sîn], constantly [speak inauspicious words about him] before the god Sîn, the one who had begotten him. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | This is what is (written) upon the lion-headed eagle[s ...] that sta[nd] in front of the cella [...]. |
| Reverse [10:14] r 11'11'–r 14'14' | Upon the lion-headed eagles. That which is (written) up[on ...]. The praise and ... [... That wh]ich is (written) in the lines (of text) on the lion-he[aded eagles ...] ... [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [na-din sur]-qin-ni mu-⸢šaḫ⸣-[miṭ] ⸢tak-li⸣-[me ša₂ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ] | |
| 2' | ⸢IBILA⸣ e₂-kur šur-bu-⸢u₂ ša₂ ki⸣-[ma {d}ŠEŠ.KI-ri] | |
| 3' | EŠ.BAR URU.URU i-par-ra-su u₂-ša₂-⸢pu⸣-[u ki-na-a-ti] | |
| 4' | mut-tab-bil GARZA {d}EN.LIL₂-u₂-ti ⸢na⸣-[ṣir pi-riš-ti] | |
| 5' | ša₂ e-la ša₂-a-šu₂ ina e₂-kur la iš-šak-⸢ka⸣-[nu ši-tul-tu₂] | |
| 6' | ḫa-a-a-iṭ ur-ti gim-ri mu-še-rib [te-re-e-ti] | |
| 7' | kak-da₃-a ma-ḫar {d}30 {d}⸢ŠEŠ⸣.[KI-ri] | |
| 8' | da-a-a-an kit-ti ba-ru-u ka-raš [UN.MEŠ] | |
| 9' | ša₂ ki-ma {d}ID₂ ub-ba-bu ke-e-nu ⸢u⸣ [rag-ga] | |
| 10' | [mu-ub-bi]-⸢ib kit⸣-ti u mi-ša₂-ri ša₂ a-na ḫul-lu-uq ⸢mu⸣-[uṣ-ṣab-ri] | |
| 11' | [u₂-ma-ʾe]-⸢e-ru⸣-šu₂ LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ {d}⸢AŠ⸣.[IM₅.BABBAR] | |
| 12' | [SUKKAL ṣi-i]-⸢ru⸣ mu-ša₂-pu-u MUNUS.⸢SIG₅⸣.[MEŠ] | |
| 13' | [ša₂ EŠ.BAR-šu₂ la ut-tak]-⸢ka⸣-ru la in-nen-nu-u ⸢qi₂⸣-[bit-su] | |
| 14' | [... rag-gi] ⸢mu-ḫal-liq⸣ za-ma-[a-ni] | |
| 15' | [ša₂ an-zil-la-šu₂ la kit-tu₂] ⸢e-peš⸣ sur-ra-[a-ti] | |
| 16' | [mu-šab-riq za-a-a-ri ša₂ a-na na-dan] ⸢šip-ṭu⸣ u ⸢EŠ⸣.[BAR] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢it-ti⸣ [MU-šu₂ liš]-⸢ṭur-ma⸣ [li-zi-ba aḫ-ra-ti] | |
| 2' | {d}nusku u {d}⸢sa-dar₃-nun⸣-na ⸢ši⸣-pir ŠU.II-šu₂ ḫa-diš lip-⸢pal⸣-[su-ma lim-gu-ru su-pe-e-šu₂] | |
| 3' | ša šu-mi₃ šaṭ-ru TA UGU {d}IM.DUGUD{⸢mušen⸣.}[MEŠ šu-nu-ti i-pa-aš₂-ši-ṭu] | |
| 4' | u₃ šip-ru šu-a-tu la-pa-an e₂-me-⸢lam₂⸣-[an-na u₂-nak-ka-ru-ma] | |
| 5' | a-na ⸢mim⸣-ma ša₂-nam-ma [ep-pu-šu₂] | |
| 6' | u₃ ta-nit-ti {d}nusku EN-ia ib-⸢ba-tu⸣-ma [zi-kir MU-ia u₂-ša₂-an-nu-u] | |
| 7' | {⸢d}nusku⸣ SUKKAL ke-e-nu [na-ram {d}30 | |
| 8' | ⸢ina ma-ḫar⸣ {d}30 a-li-di-šu₂ ka-a-a-an [li-zak-ki-ra a-mat lum-ni-šu₂] | |
| 9' | an-ni-u ša ina UGU {d}IM.DUGUD{⸢mušen⸣.}[MEŠ ...] | |
| 10' | ša ina pa-an E₂ pa-pa-ḫi iz-⸢za⸣-[zu ...] | |
| 11' | ina UGU {d}IM.DUGUD{⸢mušen.}MEŠ ša₂⸣ ina ⸢UGU⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | ⸢ta⸣-nit-tu₂ u ri-iḫ-x [x] x x [...] | |
| 13' | ⸢ša⸣ ina UGU MU.⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ {d}IM.⸢DUGUD⸣{mušen.}[MEŠ ...] | |
| 14' | [...] [...] | |
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