Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 018
Translation · reference
High confidence(i' 1') [...] ... [...] Teumman [...] ... a king who [...] ... [...] ... [...] Nabû [...] ... [...] (ii' 1') [...] ... [...] and [...] ... [...“I will co]me and [...].” (ii' 7') [... Ashur]banipal, the king of [Assyria, ...] the Elam[ite ... Indadbib]i, h[is] servant, [...] (iiˊ 10ˊ) ... [...] Ind[abibi ... the land] Elam [... Indabi]bi, who [...] on [...] ... [... (iiˊ 15ˊ) insol]ent messa[ges ...] the deities [Aššur], Mullissu, [... he opened u]p [his hands to me] (and) made an appe[al ...] ... [...] my [troop]s [...] ... [...]
Source: Novotny, J. & Jeffers, J. 2018–. The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Aššur-etel-ilāni (630–627 BC) and Sîn-šarra-iškun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 5. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap5/Q003717/
Why it matters
Preserves Ashurbanipal's account of Elamite vassal Indabibi's submission — fragmentary but direct evidence of how Assyrian royal inscriptions legitimised dominance over post-Teumman Elam.
Transliteration
[...] x ⸢AN?⸣ E x [...] / [... m]te-um-man [...] / [...] x-tim? LUGAL šá x [...] / [...] x (x) x ⸢NA? E?⸣ [...] / [...] x [...] / [...] (traces) [...] / [...] ⸢d?AG?⸣ [...] / [...] (traces) [...] / [...] x [...] / [...] x (x) [...] / [...] DIN? x [...] / [...] ⸢ù?⸣ [...] / [...] x x [...] / [... al-la?]-kam-ma [...] / [... AN.ŠÁR]-DÙ-A MAN ⸢KUR⸣ [AN.ŠÁR.KI ...] / [...] ⸢e?-la?-mu?⸣-[u ...] /…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003717.
Attribution
Image: BM 121080 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P422346). source
Translation excerpted from Novotny, J. & Jeffers, J. 2018–. The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Aššur-etel-ilāni (630–627 BC) and Sîn-šarra-iškun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 5. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap5/Q003717/.
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