Ashurbanipal 234 (Q008322)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 234 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q008322 |
| 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 i [0:4] o i' 1'1'–o i' 4'4' | I placed [Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikas II), who had fled to me (and) had gr]asped [my] fe[et, on the throne of Teumman. (As for) Tammarītu, the] third [brother of Umman]igaš, [I instal]led him as king [in the city Ḫidalu]. |
| Obverse Column i [4:6] o i' 5'5'–o i' 6'6' | [...] to Uruk [...] him and |
| Obverse Column i [6:11] o i' 7'7'–o i' 11'11' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column ii [0:5] o ii' 1'1'–o ii' 5'5' | [I, Ashurbanipal, the magnanimous (and) for]bearin[g one, m]ustered my troops [for a second time] (and) gave the command to march [against Ummanal]dašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III). [I drove away Um]manaldašu, the king of the land Elam, (and) he fled [from] my weapons and took to the mountains (lit. “ascended his mountain”). |
| Obverse Column ii [5:10] o ii' 6'6'–o ii' 10'10' | (As for) Umba-LAGABua, who sat on the throne of the land Elam in opposition to Ummanaldašu, he, like him (Ummanaldašu) heard about (the advance of my army) and abandoned the city Bubilu, a city that was a lordly residence of his, and, like fish, he took to the depths of far away waters. |
| Obverse Column ii [10:12] o ii' 11'11'–o ii' 12'12' | (As for) Tammarītu, who had grasped my feet, I installed him as king inside the city Susa. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:17] o ii' 13'13'–o ii' 17'17' | He forgot the kindness that I had done for him and constantly sought out evil (ways) to conquer my troops. (ii´ 15´) The deities Aššur, Ištar, (and) Nanāya, [who] marched at my side (and) [allowed me to stand over] my foes, |
| Reverse Column i [0:4] r i 1'1'–r i 4'4' | [(As for) the goddess Nanāya, who 1,635 years (ago)] became angry [and] went to live in the land Elam, she entrusted me with the return of her divinity. |
| Reverse Column i [4:9] r i 5'5'–r i 9'9' | Her divine word(s) that she had spoken in distant days, she now disclosed to the people of a later generation. I grasped the hands of the goddesses Nanāya, Uṣur-amāssa, (and) Urkayītu, and ... |
| Reverse Column ii [0:4] r ii 1'1'–r ii 4'4' | (No translation possible) |
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 i' | ||
| 1' | {[m}um-man-i-gaš ša in-nab-ta iṣ]-⸢ba-ta GIR₃⸣.[II-ia] | |
| 2' | [ina {giš}GU.ZA {m}te-um-man] u₂-še-šib | |
| 3' | {[m}tam-ma-ri-tu₂ ŠEŠ {m}um-man]-⸢i⸣-gaš šal-ša₂-a-a | |
| 4' | [ina {uru}ḫi-da-lu aš₂]-⸢kun⸣-šu₂ a-na ⸢LUGAL-u-ti⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢a-na⸣ UNUG{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 6' | [...] x-šu₂-ma | |
| 7' | [...] x-⸢bi-ti⸣ | |
| 8' | [...] x-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 9' | [...] x x | |
| 10' | [...] x | |
| 11' | [...] x | |
| o ii' | ||
| 1' | [lib₃-bu rap-šu₂ la ka]-ṣir ⸢ik-ki⸣ | |
| 2' | [ša₂-ni-a-nu] ⸢ad⸣-ke ERIM.ḪI.<A>-ia | |
| 3' | [ṣe-er {m}um-man-al]-daš aq-ba-a a-la-ku | |
| 4' | [aṭ-ru-ud {m}um]-⸢man-al⸣-daš MAN {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| 5' | [la-pa-an] {⸢giš}TUKUL.MEŠ⸣-ia in-na-bit-ma KUR-šu₂ e-li | |
| 6' | {m}um-ba-LAGAB-u-a ⸢ša₂ me₂-eḫ-ret⸣ {m}um-man-al-daš | |
| 7' | aš₂-bu ina {giš}GU.ZA {kur}ELAM.MA{ki} | |
| 8' | ki-ma ša₂-a-šu-ma iš-me-e-ma | |
| 9' | {uru}bu-bi-⸢lu URU mu⸣-šab ⸢EN-ti⸣-šu₂ u₂-maš-šir-ma | |
| 10' | ki-ma KU₆.ḪI.A iṣ-bat šu-pul A.MEŠ ru-qu-ti | |
| 11' | {m}tam-ma-ri-tu ša₂ iṣ-ba-tu GIR₃.II-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 12' | qe₂-reb {uru}šu-⸢ša₂⸣-an aš₂-⸢kun⸣-šu₂ a-na LUGAL-u-ti | |
| 13' | MUNUS.SIG₅ e-pu-šu₂-uš im-ši-ma | |
| 14' | ⸢iš⸣-ta-ne₂-ʾa-a MUNUS.ḪUL a-na ka-šad ERIM.ḪI.A-ia | |
| 15' | AN.ŠAR₂ {d}15 {d}na-na-a | |
| 16' | [ša₂] ⸢A₂⸣.II-⸢a-a il⸣-li-ku | |
| 17' | [u₂-ša₂-zi-zu-in-ni ṣe-er] ⸢ga-re-ia⸣ | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | ⸢ta⸣-as-bu-šu-[ma] ⸢tal-li-ku⸣ | |
| 2' | tu-ši-bu qe₂-reb {kur}ELAM.⸢MA⸣{ki} | |
| 3' | ta-a-a-rat DINGIR-ti-ša₂ | |
| 4' | tu-šad-gi-la pa-nu-u-a | |
| 5' | a-mat DINGIR-ti-ša₂ ša ul-tu u₄-me SU₃.MEŠ taq-bu-u | |
| 6' | e-nen-na tu-kal-li-ma UN.MEŠ EGIR.MEŠ | |
| 7' | ŠU.II {d}na-na-a {d}URU₃-INIM-sa | |
| 8' | {d}UNUG{ki}a-a-i-tu at-mu-uḫ-ma | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] x | |
| 3' | [...] x | |
| 4' | [...] x | |
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