Ashurbanipal Library Colophon n (Q009343)
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| Designation | Ashurbanipal Library Colophon n |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009343 |
| Language | Akkadian |
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-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL {kur}AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | Ashurbanipal, king of the world, King of Assyria. |
| 2 | GIR₃.NITA₂ kam₂-šu pa-lih DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | O mighty governor, who reveres the great gods, |
| 3 | DUMU {m}AN.ŠAR₂-PAP-AŠ LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL {kur}AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, ki[ng of Assyria] |
| 4 | DUMU {m}{d}30-PAP-MEŠ-SU LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL {kur}AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | son of Sennacherib, king of the world, ki[ng of Assyria] |
| 5 | ša {d}PA u {d}NAGA u₂-bal-li-ṭu-šu-ma | of Nabû and Nabopolassar restored to him, and |
| 6 | iṣ-ṣu-ru LUGAL-us-⸢su⸣ | king of the four quarters (of the world) |
| 7 | ne₂-me-qi₂-šu₂-nu pal-ku-u-[te ...] | whose wisdom is supreme |
| 8 | a-na TI.LA ZI.MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂.DA UD.MEŠ-šu₂ [...] | For the preservation of his life, the lengthening of his days |
| 9 | kun-nu BALA.MEŠ-šu₂ [...] | Establisher of his reign |
| 10 | šur-šu₂-du {giš}GU.ZA LUGAL-⸢ti⸣-[šu₂ ...] | The throne of his royal majesty |
| 11 | bu-un-ni-šu₂ nam-ru-u-ti UGU-šu₂ x-ra-x [...] | (Sum) The one who ... his bright splendor (Akk) His shining splendor |
| 12 | ina DUG₃.GA UZU.MEŠ hu-ud ŠA₃-bi na-mar ka-bat-ti | On account of the good health of your flesh, may there be joy in your heart. |
| 13 | šal-meš i-tal-lu-ku ma-har-šu₂ | The soldiers went before him |
| 14 | iš-ṭur is-niq IGI.KAR₂-ma | Išṭbur has inspected, checked, and |
| 15 | ina IM.GU₂.LA₂ E₂ {d}AG EN-šu₂ ša₂ qe₂-reb NINA{ki} u₂-kin | In the imgula of the temple of Nabu, his lord, which is inside Nineveh he established. |
Sources & licences
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