Ashurbanipal 256 (Q008345)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nuffar (Nippur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 256 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q008345 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK; City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol, UK; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Arkeoloji Müzerleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Yale Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Private Collection: Harper, Unknown, USA; Hilprecht-Sammlung, Fr. Schiller University, Jena, Germany; McGill University Ethnological Collections, Montreal, Quebec Province, Canada |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nuffar (Nippur) |
| Coordinates | 32.1269, 45.2308 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] 11–44 | For the god Enlil, [(...) his lord] Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of [Assyria, (...)] king of the four quarters (of the world), had (this) [(...)] built for the sake of his life. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-na {d}EN.LIL₂ LUGAL DINGIR.DINGIR ⸢EN⸣ AN-e u₃ KI-tim NUN x [...] | |
| 2 | pa-ri-is pu-ru-us-su-u₂ ša₂ la in-nin-nu-⸢u₂⸣ [qibīssu] | |
| 3 | a-ša₂-red {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ ma-am-lu₄ {d}a-nun-na-ki mu-ma-[ʾe-er ...] | |
| 4 | ta-mi-ih ṣer-ret gi-im-ri sa-ni-[iq mitḫurti] | |
| 5 | EN KUR.KUR IGI.GAL₂ DINGIR.MEŠ a-šib e₂-kur ša₂ qe₂-⸢reb⸣ [nippur (bēli rabî) bēlīšu] | |
| 6 | AN.⸢ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA⸣ [šarru rabû] ⸢LUGAL⸣ dan-nu LUGAL ⸢kiš⸣-[šat šar māt aššur] | |
| 7 | [... šarru ša ina kullat] KUR.KUR ma-hi-⸢ru⸣ [lā īšû] | |
| 8 | [mār aššur-aḫa-iddin šarru rabû šarru] ⸢dan⸣-nu LUGAL kiš-šat LUGAL ⸢KUR⸣ [aššur] | |
| 9 | [mār mār] {⸢d}30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-SU⸣ LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL kiš-šat LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki}⸢ma⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR EME.<<UR>>.GI₇ u URI{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ AN.ŠAR₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ u {d}nin-urta | |
| 11 | za-nin ma-ha-zi E MA TAR DU DU₃ si₃-ma-ak-ku | |
| 12 | a-na ba-laṭ ZI-šu ur-ruk u₄-me-šu₂ šu-un-mur SU-šu₂ šu-ul-lum NUMUN-šu₂ | |
| 13 | e-⸢li⸣ a-a-bi-šu u₂-zu-uz-zu BALA.MEŠ-šu₂ la-ba-ri {giš}GIDRU-šu₂ šu-te-šu-ri | |
| 14 | EN-us-⸢su⸣ [UGU] ⸢KUR⸣-šu₂ šu-ṭub₂-bi UN.MEŠ-šu₂ ina ṭuh-di u nu-uh-šu₂ i-tar-ri-i | |
| 15 | e₂-gi-gu-nu-u₂ ziq-qur-rat NIBRU{ki} ša₂ ina i-rat ZU.AB šur-šu-du tem-me-en-šu₂ | |
| 16 | ša₂ i-ga-ri-šu₂ la-ba-⸢riš il-li⸣-ku-ma ib-ba-šu-u₂ se-ri-ih-šu₂ | |
| 17 | ina SIG₄.AL.UR₃.RA UDUN KU₃-tim ma-qit-⸢ta⸣-šu₂ ⸢ak-šir₃-ma⸣ u₂-šak-lil bu-na-a-šu₂ | |
| 18 | ina ši-pir {d}kulla eš-šiš u₂-še-piš-ma u₂-nam-mir-šu₂ ki-ma u₄-mu | |
| 19 | re-ši-šu ki-ma ša₂-di-i ul-li-ma u₂-ša₂-an-bi-iṭ zi-⸢mi⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 20 | a-na šat-ti {d}en-lil₂ LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ {d}EN.LIL₂ DINGIR.MEŠ EN [rabû (EN-šú)] | |
| 21 | e₂-gi-gu-nu-u₂ ṣa-ad-di ma-a-tim ha-diš ina nap-⸢lu⸣-[si-šu₂] | |
| 22 | ša₂ AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} SIPA ki-i-nu pa-lih DINGIR-u-ti-⸢šu₂⸣ [rabīti] | |
| 23 | LUGAL-us-su lik-tar-rab BALA.MEŠ-šu₂ li-iṣ-ṣur ana UD.⸢MEŠ⸣ [rūqūti] | |
| 24 | {giš}GIDRU SIPA-tu₂ sa-ni-qat mit-hur-ti li-šat-⸢mi⸣-[ih-šu₂] | |
| 25 | UGU KUR-šu₂ liš-ṭib re-e₂-ut-su UGU na-ki-⸢ri⸣-[šu₂ lišziz] |
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