Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 086
Translation · reference
High confidence(i 1') [I installed] Tamma[rītu, his third brother, as king] in the city Ḫida[lu]. (With) the chariots, wag[ons, horses, mules], harness-broken (steeds), (and) [equipment suited for war] (i 5´) that [I] captured between the city Susa and the [Ulāya] Riv[er] with the support of (the god) Aššur (and) the goddess [Išt]ar, [the great gods, my lords], I joyfully [came out] of the land Elam [and] salvation [was established] for my entire army. (i 10') I ma[rched] against Dunānu, son of Bē[l-iqīša], to the land Gambulu, which had put its tr[ust] in the king of the land Elam (and) had not bowed down…
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/Q003785/
Why it matters
Chronicles Aššurbanipal's installation of Tammarītu as an Elamite client king and the subsequent Gambulu campaign — concrete evidence of Assyria's strategy of dynastic manipulation to pacify its eastern frontier.
Transliteration
[m]⸢tam-ma⸣-[ri-tu ŠEŠ-šú šal-šá-a-a] / ina URU.ḫi-⸢da⸣-[lu a-na LUGAL-ú-ti áš-kun] / GIŠ.GIGIR.MEŠ GIŠ.⸢ṣu-um⸣-[bi ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ] / ṣi-mit-ti ni-i-⸢ri⸣ [GIŠ.til-li si-mat MÈ] / ša ina tu-kul-ti AN.ŠÁR ⸢d15⸣ [DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia] / bi-rit URU.šu-šá-an u ⸢ÍD⸣.[ú-la-a-a] / ik-šu-da [ŠU.II-a-a]1 / ul-⸢tu⸣ qé-reb KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ḫa-diš ⸢ú⸣-[ṣa-am-ma] / a-na gi-mir…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003785.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P393718). 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/Q003785/.
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