Ashurbanipal 244 (Q008332)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Babylon (Bābili) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 244 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q008332 |
| 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 [0:7] 11–77 | Ashurbanipal, great king, strong 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, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; grandson of Sennacherib, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria — |
| Obverse [7:12] 88–1212 | 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. (10) I (re-)established the privileged status of Babylon (and) appointed Šamaš-<šuma>-ukīn, my favorite brother, to the kingship of Babylon in order that the strong might not harm the weak. |
| Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313 | At that time, I had Eturkalama, the temple of the goddess Ištar of Babylon, (re)built anew. |
| Obverse [13:20] 1414–2020 | May the goddess Ištar of Babylon, the exalted lady, look upon my good deeds with pleasure and may she say good things about me daily before the god Bēl (Marduk) and the goddess Bēltīya (Zarpanītu)! May she determine as my fate a long life (and) make my reign [as] firm as heaven and netherworld! [Moreover, with regard to] Šamaš-<šuma>-ukīn, king of Babylon, [my favorite brother], may [his days] be long and may he experience the fullness of old age! |
| Obverse [20:24] 2121–2424 | [(But) as for the one who] erases [my inscribed name or the name of] my [fav]orite (brother) by some crafty device, (or) destroys my royal inscription, or changes its position, may the goddess Ištar of Babylon speak evil of him before the god Bēl (and) the goddess Bēltīya (and) make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the lands! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 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 ḫa-ba-li {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-<MU>-GI.NA | |
| 12 | ŠEŠ ta-li-mi₃ 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 ḫa-diš lip-pal-lis-ma | |
| 16 | u₄-me-šam-ma ma-ḫar {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-⸢ḫar⸣ {d}EN {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ MUNUS.ḪUL-šu₂ | |
| 24 | lit-tas-qar MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR.KUR li-ḫal-liq |
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