Ashurbanipal 243 (Q008331)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Babylon (Bābili) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 243 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q008331 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; Arkeoloji Müzerleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylon (Bābili) |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] 11–66 | Ashurbanipal, [great] king, [mighty king, king of the world], king of Assyria, king of the [four] quarters (of the world), [king of kings], ruler who has no rival, who rules from [the Upper Sea to the] Lower [Sea] and [has subjugated] all [rulers]; (5) son of Esarhaddon, [great] king, [(mighty king), (king of the world), (king of Assyria), (governor of Babylon)], king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; [grand]son of [Sennacherib, (great king), mighty king], king of the world, king of Assyria, I — |
| Obverse [6:11] 77–1111 | [I completed the work on Esagil] which (my) father who had engendered me had not [finished. I (re)confirmed] the regular offerings for Esagil [and the gods of Babylon. I (re-)established] the privileged status of B[abylon (and) appointed Šamas-šuma-ukīn, my favorite brother, to the kingship of Babylon in order that the strong might not harm] the weak. |
| Obverse [11:14] 1'1'–3'3' | [(But) as for the one who ... destroys my] royal ins[cription, or changes its position], may the god Ea, king of the Wat[ery Abyss (apsû), speak evil of him before the god Bēl (Marduk) (and) the goddess Bēltīya (Zarpanītu) and make] his name (and) his descendant(s) [disappear] from [the lands]! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠAR₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur | |
| 2 | LUGAL kib-rat LIMMU₂-ti LUGAL LUGAL.MEŠ NUN la ša₂-na-an | |
| 3 | ša ul-tu tam-tim e-liti a-di tam-tim šap-liti i-be-lu-ma | |
| 4 | gi-mir ma-li-ki u₂-šak-niš še-pu-uš-šu₂ | |
| 5 | DUMU {m}AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠAR₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur | |
| 6 | GIR₃.NITA₂ KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} LUGAL KUR EME.GI₇ u₃ URI{ki} | |
| 7 | DUMU DUMU {m}{d}30-PAP.MEŠ-SU LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠAR₂ LUGAL KUR aš-šur a-na-ku-ma | |
| 8 | ši-pir e₂-sag-il₂ ša₂ AD ba-nu-u-a la u₂-qa-at-tu-u | |
| 9 | a-na-ku u₂-šak-lil sat-tuk-ki e₂-sag-il₂ u DINGIR.MEŠ TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 10 | u₂-ki-in ki-din-nu-tu KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ak-ṣur | |
| 11 | aš₂-šu₂ dan-nu a-na SIG la ha-ba-li {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-<MU>-GI.NA | |
| 12 | ŠEŠ ta-li-me a-na LUGAL-u-ti KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ap-qid | |
| 13 | ina u₄-me-šu₂-ma e₂-tur₃-kalam-ma E₂ {d}INANNA TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 14 | eš-šiš u₂-še-piš {d}INANNA TIN.TIR{ki} {d}GAŠAN ṣir-tu | |
| 15 | ep-še-te-ia MUNUS.SIG₅.MEŠ ha-diš lip-pal-lis-ma | |
| 16 | u₄-me-šam-ma ma-har {d}EN {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ lit-tas-qar da-mi₃-iq-ti | |
| 17 | TI u₄-me SU₃.MEŠ li-šim ši-ma-ti | |
| 18 | [it]-ti AN-e u₃ KI-tim lu-ki-in BALA-u₂-a | |
| 19 | [u₃ ša₂ {m}{d]}⸢GIŠ.NU₁₁⸣-<MU>-GI.NA LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 20 | [ŠEŠ ta-lim-ia u₄-me-šu] li-ri-ku liš-bi lit-tu-tu | |
| 21 | [ša šu-mi₃ šaṭ-ru u MU ta]-lim-ia ina ši-pir ni-kil-ti i-pa-aš₂-ši-ṭu | |
| 22 | MU.⸢SAR⸣-u-a i-ab-ba-tu lu-u a-šar-šu₂ u₂-nak-ka-ru | |
| 23 | {d}INANNA TIN.TIR{ki} ina ma-⸢har⸣ {d}EN {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ MUNUS.HUL-šu₂ | |
| 24 | lit-tas-qar MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR.KUR li-hal-liq |
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