Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 1013
Translation · reference
High confidence(o 1') [...] ... [...]s and the noble(s), who(m) my ancestors ... [... to d]eliver payment, which [...] yearly [...] trusted [...], like an eagle [whose dwelling] is situated in a mountain cleft, [...] whose settlements are [s]ituated [...], whose forces are organized (and) [whose] troo[ps are ...]. (o 6') [The deities ...], Nabû, Sîn, Ištar, (and) Nergal, who march at [my] side, [...] ... the assault of troops (and) the setting of an atta[ck] in motion, [...] and they became terrified. They foolishly forgot [...] royal ..., including all of his extens[ive] troops, (10´) [...], (and) his…
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/Q009281/
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Transliteration
[...] x x x (x) [...]1 / [...] x.⸢MEŠ⸣ u GAL-u ša AD.MEŠ-ia ⸢ú⸣-x [...] / [... a-na?] ⸢na⸣-še-e man-da-at-ti šá šat-ti-šam-⸢ma⸣ [...] / [...] x tak-lum GIM TI₈.MUŠEN ina šá-ḫat KUR-e šit-ku-na-⸢at⸣ [šu-bat-su] / [...] ⸢šit?⸣-ku-nu da-ad-me-šú kàṣ-rat el-lat-su e-mu-⸢qi⸣-[šú x x (x)] / [...] x dMUATI d30 d15 dU.GUR a-li-ku Á.⸢II⸣-[ia] / [...] x-ti ti-bu-ut ERIM-ni di-ku-ut a-na-⸢an⸣-[ti] /…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q009281.
Attribution
Image: Created by Jamie Novotny and Joshua Jeffers, 2015-22. Lemmatized by Joshua Jeffers, 2018-19, for the NEH-funded RINAP Project at the University of Pennsylvania. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0.. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q009281/..
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/Q009281/.
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