Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 113
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) When (the god) Aššur, the father of the gods [...]; the god Anu, the supreme one ... [...]; the god Enlil, the exalted lord [...]; the goddess Mullissu, the mother of the great gods [...]; (5) the god Ea, who fashions the people [...]; the god Sîn, who bears signs [...]; the goddess Ištar, the daughter of the god Sîn, the female warrior [...]; the god Šamaš, who renders decision(s) through his fir[m] “yes” [...]; the god Adad, the king of abundance (and) rain [...]; (10) the god Marduk, the sage of the gods, the fat[e of ...]; the god Nabû, the scribe of everything, the precep[ts of ...];…
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/Q003812/
Why it matters
Invokes the full Assyrian-Babylonian pantheon — Aššur to Nabû — in a single royal inscription, attesting the late Sargonid formula for anchoring royal authority in the consent of every major deity.
Transliteration
i-nu-um AN.ŠÁR AD DINGIR.MEŠ [...] / da-nu-um tiz-qa-ru id-⸢di⸣-[...] / dEN.LÍL be-lum šá-qu-ú x [...] / dNIN.LÍL AMA DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ x [...] / dé-a pa-⸢ti-iq⸣ UN.MEŠ x [...] / d30 na-áš ṣa-ad-di ar-[...] / diš-tar ⸢DUMU⸣.MUNUS d30 qa-rit-tu [...] / dUTU pa-ri-is EŠ.BAR ina an-ni-šu ke-⸢e⸣-[ni ...] / dIŠKUR LUGAL ḪÉ.GÁL-li ŠÈG x [...] / dAMAR.UTU ABGAL DINGIR.MEŠ ši-⸢mat⸣ [...] / dAG DUB.SAR…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003812.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P394773). 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/Q003812/.
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