Ashurbanipal 230 (Q007638)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 230 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007638 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse Column i [1:6] r i' 2'2'–r i' 6'6' | [At] that [tim]e, (as for) Emeslam, [which a king of the past (who had come) before me had bui]lt, (and which) had becom[e old], I renovated its [dilapidat]ed section(s and) [removed] the por[tion(s) of it that had collapsed. (rev. i´ 5´) In b]rick mold(s) of ebony (and) [musukannu-wood, I made its bricks with crushe]d pieces of ar[omatics]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r i' | ||
| 1' | [...] x AN ⸢MUŠ⸣ x [...] | |
| 2' | [ina u₄]-⸢me-šu₂⸣ e₂-mes-lam [ša LUGAL pa-ni maḫ-ri-ia] | |
| 3' | [e]-⸢pu⸣-šu₂ il-li-⸢ku⸣ [la-ba-riš] | |
| 4' | [an-ḫu]-us-su ud-diš ⸢mi⸣-[qit-ta-šu₂ ad-ke] | |
| 5' | [ina {giš]}⸢U₃⸣.ŠUB {giš}ESI {[giš}MES.MA₂.KAN.NA] | |
| 6' | [ḫi]-⸢biš-ti ŠIM⸣.[ḪI.A SIG₅.ḪI.A-šu₂ al-bi-in] | |
Sources & licences
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