Ashurbanipal 257 (Q008346)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nuffar (Nippur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 257 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q008346 |
| Collection | University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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 [0:2] 11–22 | For the god Nergal, mightiest of the gods, most overpowering of the gods, the supreme, perfect, (and) noble sovereign of his brother(s), the one who dwells in (the temple) Ešaḫula, the lord of Sirara, his lord: |
| Obverse [2:6] 33–66 | Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Esarhaddon, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, (5) king of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; grandson of Sennacherib, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria — |
| Obverse [6:10] 77–1010 | In order to ensure his good health, he enlarged the courtyard of (the temple) Ešaḫula with baked bricks from a (ritually) pure kiln and made its processional way shine like daylight. |
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 | {d}en-lil₂-la₂ | |
| 2 | lugal kur-kur-ra | |
| 3 | lugal-a-ni-ir | |
| 4 | (AN.ŠAR₂-)ba-an-ap-lu | |
| 5 | sipad še-ga-bi | |
| 6 | lugal kalag-ga | |
| 7 | lugal ub-da limmu₂-ba | |
| 8 | e₂-kur | |
| 9 | e₂ ki aŋ₂-ŋa₂-a-ni | |
| 10 | šeg₁₂ al-ur₃-ra-ta | |
| 11 | mu-un-na-du₃ |
Sources & licences
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