Ashurbanipal 252 (Q008341)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Birs Nimrud (Borsippa) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 252 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q008341 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Birs Nimrud (Borsippa) |
| Coordinates | 32.3907, 44.3448 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:4] 1'1'–4'4' | this [work] falls into dis[repair ...], question skilled [craftsmen! ... Rebuild (...)], the temple of the goddess Ištar according to [its ancient] specifi[cations! (...) The goddess Ištar (of Agade)] will (then) listen to [your prayers. Look at my] royal inscription, [anoint (it) with oil, offer a sacrifice, (and)] s[et] (my royal inscription) with your (own) royal inscription! |
| Obverse [4:8] 5'5'–8'8' | [(But) as for the one who erases my inscribed name by some crafty device], (or) does not write [my name] with his name, (or) [destroys my royal inscription], (or) does not set [my royal inscription with his (own) royal inscription] ... [...] the goddess Ištar of Agade [will ...]. |
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) |
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| 1 | [ana nabium ...] (x) GAR-ni DINGIR.MEŠ ti-iz-qar ša₂-qu-u muš-tar-hu | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢na⸣-šu-u ṭup-pi NAM.MEŠ DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂ gu-um-mur te-re-e-ti | |
| 3 | [...] x x x KI ša₂-kin ši-tul-tu₂ a-na DINGIR.MEŠ šu-ut AN KI | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ la iš-ša₂-an-na-nu {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [...] ša₂ šur-ba-a-ti e-nu-us-su | |
| 6 | [āšib ezida bītu kīnu ina barsipa māḫāz] ⸢ra-aš₂⸣-bu EN GAL EN-ia | |
| 7 | [anāku aššur-bāni-apli šarru rabû šarru dannu šar kiššati šar māt aš]-⸢šur⸣ LUGAL kib-rat 4-ti | |
| 8 | [mār aššur-aḫa-iddin šarru rabû šarru dannu šar kiššati šar māt aššur šakkanak TIN].⸢TIR⸣{ki} LUGAL KUR EME.GI₇ u URI{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 9 | [mušēšib bābili ēpiš esagil muddiš eš-re-e]-⸢ti⸣ kul-lat ma-ha-⸢zi⸣ | |
| 10 | [ša ina qerbīšina ištakkanu simāti u sattukkīšina] ⸢baṭ⸣-lu-tu₂ u₂-ki-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 11 | [parṣī kidudê kīma labīrimma uterru aš₂]-⸢ru⸣-uš-šu-⸢un⸣ | |
| 12 | [mār māri sîn-aḫḫē-erība šarru rabû šarru dannu šar kiššati šar māt aš]-⸢šur⸣ a-na-ku-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 13 | [ina palêa bēlu rabû marduk ina rīšāti ana TIN.TIR{ki]} ⸢i⸣-ru-um-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 14 | [ina esagil ša dārâti šubassu irme sat-tuk]-⸢ki⸣ e₂-sag-⸢il₂⸣ | |
| 15 | [u ilāni bābili ukīn kidinnūtu TIN].⸢TIR⸣{ki} ak-⸢ṣur⸣ | |
| 16 | [aššu dannu ana enši lā ḫabāli šamaš-šuma-ukīn] ⸢ŠEŠ⸣ ta-li-me | |
| 17 | [ana šarrūtu bābili apqidi u ina kaspi KU₃.GI] ni-siq-ti NA₄.MEŠ | |
| 18 | [esagil aznunma kīma šiṭir burūmû u₂]-⸢nam⸣-mir e₂-umuš-a | |
| 19 | ina [ūmēšuma ṭābi-supūršu dūr barsipa ša la-ba]-⸢riš⸣ il-lik-u₂-ma | |
| 20 | [iqūpu innabtu aššu EN].⸢NUN e₂-zi-da u₃⸣ eš-re-e-te bar₂-sipa{ki} dun-nu-nu | |
| 21 | [ina emūq um]-⸢ma⸣-na-ti-ia [surriš DUG₃].GA-su-pur-šu₂ ⸢BAD₃⸣-[šu₂ ina] ⸢ši⸣-pir {d}kulla eš-šiš u₂-še-piš-ma | |
| 22 | [KA₂.GAL.MEŠ-šu₂] ⸢u₂⸣-rak-ki-si {giš}IG.MEŠ (x) [...] x-ni-ma u₂-rat-ta-a ina KA₂.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 23 | [NUN ar]-⸢ku⸣-u₂ ša ina BALA-e-šu₂ ši-pir šu-a-ti in-na-hu {lu₂}um-ma-a-ni en-qu-tu | |
| 24 | ⸢ši⸣-ta-ʾ-al [DUG₃.GA]-⸢su⸣-pur-šu₂ BAD₃ bar₂-sipa{ki} ki-ma si-ma-ti-šu₂ la-bi-ra-a-te e-pu-uš | |
| 25 | [MU.SAR-u-a] ⸢a⸣-mur-ma I₃.GIŠ pu-šu-uš {udu}SISKUR BAL-qi₂ it-ti MU.SAR-e-ka šu-kun | |
| 26 | [ik-ri-bi]-⸢ka⸣ {d}na-bi-⸢um⸣ [i]-⸢šem⸣-me ša šu-mi₃ šaṭ-ru u₃ MU ta-lim-ia | |
| 27 | [ina ši-pir ni-kil-ti] i-ab-[bat MU].⸢SAR⸣-u-a it-ti MU.SAR-e-šu₂ la i-šak-ka-nu | |
| 28 | [nabium (...) ag-giš lik]-kil-me-šu₂-ma MU-šu₂ NUMUN-šu₂ ina KUR.KUR li-hal-liq |
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