Ashurbanipal 264 (Q008353)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Warka (Uruk) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal 264 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q008353 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Warka (Uruk) |
| Coordinates | 31.3245, 45.6388 |
English translation
By ORACC project rinap/rinap5 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:9] o 1'1'– | [...] ... [...] pure [food offer]ings, everything ... established before you [... to m]e, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, the servant (who is) the favorite of your heart, [... tr]uth (and) just shepherdship that you bestow at your command [...] the preservation of (my) life ... [...] a [b]right spirit ... Grant ... as a gift, ... come to my aid and always stand in for me, kill m[y] enemy, (and) make the foundation of my royal throne as secure as a mountain for eternity. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | May someone among the kings, [my] descendants, restore its [dilapid]ated section(s) when this cart becomes dilapidated and old. May he place (on it) the writing of my name with the writing of his name. [...] will (then) list[en to] his prayers. |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | [(As for) the one who] changes [...] (and) writ[es] his (own) name, may [...] not be pres[ent for] his prayers [and ... angri]ly |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] [x x] x x ⸢TAR ŠU₂ BAD⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x (x) ma-ka]-⸢le⸣-e KU₃.MEŠ mim-ma x-⸢su₂⸣ [x] DU ma-ḫar-ka kun-nu | |
| 3' | [x x (x) ia-a]-⸢ti⸣ {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A MAN KUR aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} ARAD mi-gir lib₃-bi-ki | |
| 4' | [...] x-tim re-ʾu-u₂-⸢ti⸣ mi-šar ša₂ taš-ru-ki ina ⸢qi₂⸣-bi-ti-⸢ki⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢le⸣ x ⸢TI.LA⸣ ZI-tim x x x x x [x] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢na⸣-mar ka-bat-ti x (x) x x TI x x x x | |
| 3 | [x] x x x DU a-na ši-rik-ti šur-⸢ki⸣ ŠAR RA x (x) re-ṣu-ti | |
| 4 | ⸢al⸣-ki-ma i-tap-pa-li i-da-a-a {lu₂}KUR₂-⸢ia⸣ ne₂-e-ri SUḪUŠ {giš}GU.⸢ZA⸣ LUGAL-ti-ia₂ | |
| 5 | ⸢a⸣-na u₄-me SU₃.MEŠ ki-ma KUR-i šur-ši-di ⸢ma⸣-nam-ma ina LUGAL.MEŠ DUMU.MEŠ-e-[a] | |
| 6 | ⸢e⸣-nu-ma {giš}at-ta-ri šu-a-ti in-na-⸢ḫu⸣-ma DU-ku la-ba-⸢riš⸣ | |
| 7 | [an]-⸢ḫu⸣-ut-su ⸢lu⸣-ud-diš ši-ṭir šu-mi₃-ia it-ti ši-ṭir MU-šu₂ liš-⸢kun⸣ | |
| 8 | [...] x ik-ri-bi-($erasure$)-šu₂ i-šem-[mu-u] | |
| 9 | [ša₂ ... a]-⸢šar-šu₂⸣ u₂-nak-ka-ru MU-šu₂ i-šaṭ-⸢ṭa⸣-[ru] | |
| 10 | [... a-na] ⸢ni⸣-ši ŠU.II-šu₂ a-a iz-⸢zi⸣-[zu-ma] | |
| 11 | [... ag-gi]-⸢iš⸣ [x x] | |
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