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Ashurbanipal 258 (Q008347)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nuffar (Nippur) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 258 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q008347 |
| Collection | University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nuffar (Nippur) |
| Coordinates | 32.1269, 45.2308 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-H2, 2026-10-18), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-na {d}EN.LIL₂ LUGAL DINGIR.DINGIR ⸢EN⸣ AN-e u₃ KI-tim NUN x [...] | For the god Enlil, king of the gods, lord of heaven and netherworld, prince ... |
| 2 | pa-ri-is pu-ru-us-su-u₂ ša₂ la in-nin-nu-⸢u₂⸣ [qi₂-bit-su] | Whose command cannot be changed, |
| 3 | a-ša₂-red {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ ma-am-lu₄ {d}a-nun-na-ki mu-ma-[ʾe-er ...] | The shepherd of the Igigi, the lord of the Anunnaki, the one who ... |
| 4 | ta-mi-iḫ ṣer-ret gi-im-ri sa-ni-[iq mit-ḫur-ti] | he fills the depths of the reed-beds, he scatters the mithburtu-vessel |
| 5 | EN KUR.KUR IGI.GAL₂ DINGIR.MEŠ a-šib e₂-kur ša₂ qe₂-⸢reb⸣ [NIBRU{ki} (EN GAL-i) EN-šu₂] | Lord of the lands, reverent one of the gods, who dwells in Ekur, which is inside Nippur, great lord, [his] lo[rd]: |
| 6 | AN.⸢ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA⸣ [LUGAL GAL] ⸢LUGAL⸣ dan-nu LUGAL ⸢kiš⸣-[šat LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki]} | [Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king], king of the world, [king of Assyria], |
| 7 | [... LUGAL ša₂ ina kul-lat] KUR.KUR ma-ḫi-⸢ru⸣ [la i-šu-u] | [... the king who] has no rival in all of the lands |
| 8 | [DUMU {m}AN.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL GAL LUGAL] ⸢dan⸣-nu LUGAL kiš-šat LUGAL ⸢KUR⸣ [aš-šur{ki]} | [son of Esarhaddon, great king, strong king], king of the world, king [of Assyria], |
| 9 | [A A] {⸢d}30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-SU⸣ LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL kiš-šat LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki}⸢ma⸣ | [son of] Sennacherib, great king, strong [king], king of the world, [king of Assyria] |
| 10 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR EME.<<UR>>.GI₇ u URI{ki} GIR₃.NITA₂ AN.ŠAR₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ u {d}nin-urta | king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, governor of (the god) Aššar, the god Enlil and the goddess Ninurta. |
| 11 | za-nin ma-ḫa-zi E MA TAR DU DU₃ si₃-ma-ak-ku | (Sum) She is adorned with a pomegranate ... (Akk) The lady of ... ... simakku ... |
| 12 | a-na ba-laṭ ZI-šu ur-ruk u₄-me-šu₂ šu-un-mur SU-šu₂ šu-ul-lum NUMUN-šu₂ | For the preservation of his life, for the prolongation of his days, (for) the well-being of his offspring, |
| 13 | e-⸢li⸣ a-a-bi-šu u₂-zu-uz-zu BALA.MEŠ-šu₂ la-ba-ri {giš}GIDRU-šu₂ šu-te-šu-ri | (As for) the one who removes his enemies, (or) destroys his old dynasty (and) his scepter, |
| 14 | EN-us-⸢su⸣ [UGU] ⸢KUR⸣-šu₂ šu-ṭub₂-bi UN.MEŠ-šu₂ ina ṭuḫ-di u nu-uḫ-šu₂ i-tar-ri-i | His lord, over his land, has slain his people with hunger and misery. |
| 15 | e₂-gi-gu-nu-u₂ ziq-qur-rat NIBRU{ki} ša₂ ina i-rat ZU.AB šur-šu-du tem-me-en-šu₂ | The Egigunû, the Ziqqurrat of Nippur, whose foundations are firmly founded in the midst of the ZU.AB river. |
| 16 | ša₂ i-ga-ri-šu₂ la-ba-⸢riš il-li⸣-ku-ma ib-ba-šu-u₂ se-ri-iḫ-šu₂ | Whose wall is old, he went, and whose brickwork is dilapidated. |
| 17 | ina SIG₄.AL.UR₃.RA UDUN KU₃-tim ma-qit-⸢ta⸣-šu₂ ⸢ak-šir₃-ma⸣ u₂-šak-lil bu-na-a-šu₂ | I had his limbs smashed with baked bricks from a pure kiln and I covered his body. |
| 18 | ina ši-pir {d}kulla eš-šiš u₂-še-piš-ma u₂-nam-mir-šu₂ ki-ma u₄-mu | By the craft of the god Kulla, I had (it) built anew and made it shine like daylight. |
| 19 | re-ši-šu ki-ma ša₂-di-i ul-li-ma u₂-ša₂-an-bi-iṭ zi-⸢mi⸣-[šu₂] | He raised his head like a mountain and made his name shine forth. |
| 20 | a-na šat-ti {d}EN.LIL₂ LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ {d}EN.LIL₂ DINGIR.MEŠ EN [GAL (EN-šu₂)] | On account of this, may the god Enlil, king of the gods, (and) the god [Enlil], the great lord, [his] lo[rd], |
| 21 | e₂-gi-gu-nu-u₂ ṣa-ad-di ma-a-tim ḫa-diš ina nap-⸢lu⸣-[si-šu₂] | The Egigunû (temple) is on the border of the land; in its ... |
| 22 | ša₂ AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA LUGAL KUR aš-šur{ki} SIPA ki-i-nu pa-liḫ DINGIR-u-ti-⸢šu₂⸣ [GAL-ti] | (Property) of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, true shepherd who reveres his great divinity. |
| 23 | LUGAL-us-su lik-tar-rab BALA.MEŠ-šu₂ li-iṣ-ṣur ana UD.⸢MEŠ⸣ [SU₃.MEŠ] | May his reign be long (and) he may prolong his days. |
| 24 | {giš}GIDRU SIPA-tu₂ sa-ni-qat mit-ḫur-ti li-šat-⸢mi⸣-[iḫ-šu₂] | May the scepter, the shepherd's yoke, (and) the reed mats pacify him. |
| 25 | UGU KUR-šu₂ liš-ṭib re-e₂-ut-su UGU na-ki-⸢ri⸣-[šu₂ li-iš-zi-iz] | May he pray to his land, may he stand before his enemy. |
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