Ashurbanipal 221 (Q007629)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 221 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007629 |
| 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 Column ii [0:7] ii 1ii 1–ii 77 | [...] ... I appealed to ... [...] ... [... to the gods Šamaš] (and) Adad, the diviners of heaven and netherworld, I prayed to the god[(s) ... (and) pray]ed reverently to the gods Nabû and Marduk, (saying) “Proclaim one of my sons as [my] repla[cement ...” (ii 5) ...] ... his name, (and thus) they accepted my prayers (and) listened to [my supplications. ...] “The Fruit” (the god Sîn) made known to him ... [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [0:3] iii 1'1'–iii 3'3' | [...]s [...]s of Assyria [...] ... of the great gods. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ii | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] am-⸢ḫur AN⸣ x x [...] x x [x (x)] | |
| 3 | [... {d}UTU] {d}IŠKUR ba-re-e ša₂-ma-me u qaq-qa-ri u₂-⸢sap⸣-pi {d}[x x (x)] | |
| 4 | [... uš-te]-⸢mi₃⸣-iq pal-ḫiš {d}MUATI u {d}MES ib-ba-a ina DUMU.MEŠ-ia te-⸢nu⸣-[u₂-a x x (x)] | |
| 5 | [...] x DA A ni-bit-su il-qu-u₂ un-ni-ni-ia₂ iš-mu-u [...] | |
| 6 | [...] x ⸢UM⸣ GURUN u₂-ta-⸢da⸣-šu₂ x x [...] | |
| 7 | [...] [...] | |
| iii | ||
| 1' | [...].⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] x.⸢MEŠ KUR⸣ aš-šur{ki} | |
| 3' | [...]-de-e-mu DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
Sources & licences
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