Ashurbanipal 217 (Q007625)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 217 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007625 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:7] o 1'1'–o 7'7' | [I removed] šē[dus (and) lamassus], as [many protectors o]f the temple [as there were. I ri]pped out the rag[i]ng wild bulls that adorned gate[ways]. I [had the sanctua]ries of the land Elam utterly [destroyed (and)] I counted its [god]s (and) its goddesses as ghos[ts]. (5´) (As for) their secret groves, [into] which no outsider has (ever) gaze[d] (or) set foot within their borders, my battle troops e[ntered] inside them, saw the[i]r secrets, (and) burned (them) with fi[re]. |
| Obverse [7:11] o 8'8'–o 11'11' | [I destr]oyed (and) demolished [the to]mbs of their earlier and [l]ater kings, (men) who had not revered the deities Ašš[ur, Sîn, N]ingal, (and) Nusku, my lords, (and) who had disturbed the kings, [my] ancestor[s]; I exposed (them) to the sun (lit. “the god Šamaš”). I took their [b]one(s) to [Assyria]. I prevented their [ghos]ts from sleeping (and) depri[ved them] of funerary libations. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | [On a mar]ch of one month (and) twenty-five days, I devast[ated] the districts of the land Elam (and) scattered [sa]lt (and) cress over them (lit. “it”). |
| Obverse [13:20] o 14'14'–o 20'20' | [The daughter]s of kings, the sisters of kin[gs], along with earlier and late[r] family [of the kings of the land] Elam, [offi]cials (and) mayor[s of those cities, as many as I] had conquered, chief archers, captains, [charioteers, third m]en (of chariot crews), cavalrymen, arche[r]s, [eunuchs, engineers, ev]ery kind of artisan there [was, people — male and female, young and old — ho]rses, mules, (20´) [donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats, wh]ich were more num[erous] than locusts — [I carried (them) off to Assyria]. |
| Obverse [20:23] o 21'21'–o 23'23' | [I gathered earth fr]om the cities Susa and Mad[aktu, Ḫaltemaš, and the res]t of [his] cult center[s (and) took (it) to Assyria. I allowed on]ager[(s and) gazelles], |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'1'–r 6'6' | [As for) the goddess Nanāya, who 1,635 years (ago) became angry (and) went to liv]e in the land Elam, a pl[ac]e not [befitting her, then, at that time (when) she — and the gods], her [fat]hers — nominated me for rulin[g over the lands, sh]e entrusted [me] with [the return of her lordly majesty, (rev. 5´) saying: “Ashurbanipal will bring me out o]f the [evil] land Elam [and] make me enter Ea[nna (again)].” |
| Reverse [6:11] r 7'7'–r 11'11' | [The word(s) of their divine command th]at th[ey] had s[poken] in [di]stant days, [they now disclosed to] the people of a later generation. I g[rasped] the hands of her gre[a]t divinity. She took [the direct path, which] pleases the heart, t[o Eanna. (rev. 10´) I made h]er [enter into Uruk] and [made (her) dwell on] (her) eter[nal] dais in Eḫiliana, which she l[oves]. |
| Reverse [11:19] r 12'12'–r 19'19' | [(As for) the people and the booty of the land Elam], which I had plun[dered] by the command of the deities Aš[šur], Sîn, [Šamaš, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh], Šarrat-Kidmu[ri, Ištar of Arbela, Ninurta], Nergal, (and) Nusku — (rev. 15´) [I gave the best (of them) to my gods]. I [added] the archers, [shield bearers, artisans, (and) engineers whom I had carr]ied off fr[om the land Elam to my royal contingent. I divided up the rest] l[ike sheep and goats among m]y [governors, my] n[obles, my cult centers, (and) my entire camp]. |
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' | [ad-ka-a] {⸢d}ALAD⸣.[MEŠ {d}LAMMA.MEŠ EN.NUN.MEŠ šu]-⸢ut E₂.KUR ma⸣-[la ba-šu₂-u] | |
| 2' | [u₂-na]-⸢as⸣-si-ḫa AM.⸢MEŠ⸣ na-ad-⸢ru⸣-ti si-mat ⸢KA₂⸣.[MEŠ-ni] | |
| 3' | [eš]-⸢re⸣-e-ti {kur}e-⸢lam⸣-ti a-⸢di⸣ la ba-še-e ⸢u₂⸣-[šal-pit] | |
| 4' | [DINGIR].⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ {d}15.MEŠ-šu₂ am-na-a a-na za-qi₂-[qi₂] | |
| 5' | {[giš]}TIR.MEŠ-šu₂-nu ⸢pa⸣-az-ra-a-ti ša₂ ⸢mam₂⸣-ma a-ḫu-u la u₂-šar-[ru ina lib₃-bi] | |
| 6' | ⸢la⸣ i-kab-ba-su i-ta-ši-in {⸢lu₂⸣}ERIM.MEŠ ME₃-ia qe₂-reb-šin ⸢e⸣-[ru-bu] | |
| 7' | ⸢e⸣-mu-ru pu-uz-ra-⸢šin⸣ iq-mu-u ina {d}⸢GIŠ⸣.[BAR] | |
| 8' | [ki]-⸢maḫ⸣-ḫi LUGAL.ME-šu₂-nu maḫ-⸢ru⸣-ti u ⸢EGIR⸣.MEŠ la pa-li-ḫu-ti AN.⸢ŠAR₂⸣ {[d}30 | |
| 9' | {[d]}⸢nin⸣-gal {d}nusku EN.MEŠ-⸢ia mu⸣-nar₃-ri-ṭu ⸢LUGAL⸣.MEŠ AD.[MEŠ-ia] | |
| 10' | [ap]-⸢pul⸣ aq-qur {d}UTU u₂-kal-lim ⸢GIR₃⸣.PAD.DU-šu₂-nu ⸢al⸣-qa-a a-na ⸢KUR⸣ [AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 11' | ⸢GIDIM⸣.MEŠ-šu₂-nu la ṣa-la-lu e-⸢mi₃⸣-id ki-⸢is-pi⸣ naq me-e u₂-za-am-[me-šu₂-nu-ti] | |
| 12' | [ma]-⸢lak⸣ ITI 25 UD.MEŠ na-ge-⸢e⸣ {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} u₂-⸢šaḫ⸣-[rib] | |
| 13' | [ṭa]-⸢ab⸣-tu {u₂}ZAG.ḪI.LI{⸢sar⸣} u₂-sap-pi-ḫa EDIN-uš-šu₂ | |
| 14' | [DUMU.MUNUS].⸢MEŠ LUGAL⸣.MEŠ NIN₉.MEŠ ⸢LUGAL⸣.[MEŠ] ⸢a⸣-di qin-ni maḫ-ri-tu u ar-ki-⸢tu⸣ | |
| 15' | [ša₂ LUGAL.MEŠ {kur]}⸢e-lam-ti⸣ {[lu₂}qe₂]-⸢pa⸣-a-ni {lu₂}ḫa-za-na-a-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 16' | [ša URU.MEŠ ša₂-a-tu-nu ma-la] ⸢ak⸣-šu-du {lu₂}GAL {giš}PAN.MEŠ {lu₂}GAR-nu.⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 17' | {[lu₂}mu-kil {kuš}PA.MEŠ {lu₂}3.⸢U₅⸣.MEŠ {lu₂}ša₂ pet₂-ḫal {lu₂}ERIM.MEŠ {giš}⸢PAN⸣ | |
| 18' | {[lu₂}SAG.MEŠ {[lu₂}SAG.MEŠ {lu₂}kit-kit-tu-u] ⸢gi⸣-mir um-ma-a-ni ma-la ba-⸢šu₂⸣-[u] | |
| 19' | [UN.MEŠ NITA u MUNUS TUR u GAL] ⸢ANŠE⸣.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.KUNGA.⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 20' | [ANŠE.MEŠ GU₄.MEŠ u US₅.UDU.ḪI.A] ⸢ša⸣ UGU BURU₅.ḪI.A ma-⸢aʾ⸣-[du] | |
| 21' | [aš₂-lu-la a-na KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} SAḪAR].⸢ḪI⸣.A {uru}šu-ša₂-⸢an u⸣ {uru}⸢ma⸣-[dak-tu] | |
| 22' | {[uru}ḫal-te-ma-aš₂ u₃ si-it]-⸢ti⸣ ma-ḫa-⸢ze⸣-[e-šu₂] | |
| 23' | [e-si-pa al-qa-a a-na KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} ⸢ANŠE.EDIN⸣.[NA MAŠ.DA₃.MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [ta-as-bu-su tal-li-ku tu-ši]-⸢bu qe₂⸣-reb {⸢kur}ELAM.MA{ki} a-šar la⸣ [si-ma-ti-ša₂] | |
| 3' | [u₃ ina u₄-me-šu₂ ši-i u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ] ⸢AD⸣.MEŠ-ša₂ tab-bu-u šu-mi₃ a-⸢na⸣ be-[lut KUR.KUR] | |
| 4' | [ta-a-a-rat EN-ti-ša₂] ⸢tu⸣-šad-gi-la pa-⸢nu⸣-[u-a] | |
| 5' | [um-ma {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A ul]-tu qe₂-reb {kur}⸢e-lam⸣-[ti] | |
| 6' | [lem-ne₂-ti u₂-še-ṣa-an-ni-ma] ⸢u₂⸣-še-rab-an-⸢ni⸣ qe₂-⸢reb e₂-an⸣-[na] | |
| 7' | [a-mat qi₂-bit DINGIR-ti-šu₂-un] ⸢ša⸣ ul-tu UD.⸢MEŠ SU₃⸣.MEŠ ⸢iq⸣-[bu-u] | |
| 8' | [e-nen-na u₂-kal-li-mu] UN.MEŠ EGIR.MEŠ ŠU.II ⸢DINGIR-ti⸣-ša₂ GAL-ti ⸢at⸣-[mu-uḫ] | |
| 9' | [ḫar-ra-nu i-šir-tu ša₂] ⸢ul⸣-lu-uṣ lib₃-bi ta-aṣ-ba-ta ⸢a⸣-[na e₂-an-na] | |
| 10' | [ina qe₂-reb UNUG{ki} u₂-še-rib]-⸢ši⸣-ma ina e₂-ḫi-li-an-na ša ⸢ta⸣-[ram-mu] | |
| 11' | [u₂-šar-mi₃-iš] ⸢BARA₂⸣ da-⸢ra⸣-[a-ti] | |
| 12' | [UN.MEŠ u₃ šal-lat {kur}ELAM.MA]{⸢ki} ša⸣ ina ⸢qi₂⸣-bit AN.[ŠAR₂] {⸢d}30 {d⸣}[UTU] | |
| 13' | {[d}EN {d}AG {d}15 ša₂ NINA]{⸢ki⸣} {d}⸢šar-rat-kid-mu⸣-[ri] | |
| 14' | {[d}15 ša₂ LIMMU₂-DINGIR{ki} {d}MAŠ] {⸢d}U.GUR {d⸣}nusku ⸢aḫ-bu⸣-[ta] | |
| 15' | [re-še-e-ti a-na DINGIR.MEŠ-ia aš₂-ruk] {⸢lu₂⸣}ERIM.MEŠ {giš}⸢PAN⸣ {[giš}a-rit] | |
| 16' | {[lu₂}um-ma-ni {lu₂}kit-kit-tu-u ša₂ aš₂]-⸢lu⸣-la ⸢ul⸣-tu₂ ⸢qe₂⸣-[reb {kur}ELAM.MA{ki]} | |
| 17' | [UGU ki-ṣir LUGAL-ti-ia] ⸢u₂⸣-[rad-di] | |
| 18' | [si-it-tu-ti a-na {lu₂}NAM.MEŠ]-⸢ia {lu₂}GAL⸣.[MEŠ-ia] | |
| 19' | [ma-ḫa-za-ni-ia gi-mir KARAŠ-ia] ⸢ki⸣-[ma ṣe-e-ni u₂-za-ʾi-iz] | |
| 20' | [...] x [...] | |
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