Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 120
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') (No translation possible) (3') [...] ... me [...] he became disheartened (5´) [... the cov]ering of death [... on the inst]ruction(s) of the goddess Ištar [... I] made his troops tremble [...] I poured out [and ...] his [...] bed [...] (11') (No translation possible)
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/Q003819/
Why it matters
A fragmentary Sargonid royal inscription invoking Ištar's authority over the king's enemies — one of many RINAP 5 witnesses preserving the theological language that legitimised Neo-Assyrian military campaigns.
Transliteration
[...] x ⸢AN⸣ [x] / [...] x PI ŠÚ ŠUR x / [...]-⸢pi⸣-sa-an-ni / [...] ḫi-ip lìb-bi ir-ši / [...] ⸢se⸣-ḫe-ep mu-u-ti / [... ina na]-⸢áš⸣-par-ti d15 / [... ú]-gal-lit ERIM.ḪI.A-šú / [...] ⸢at⸣-bu-⸢uk⸣-[ma?] / [...]-⸢us?⸣-su ⸢A⸣ [x x] / [...] x GIŠ.NÁ ⸢AN⸣ [x x] / [...] x-na x [x x] / [...] x ⸢KUM⸣ x [x x (x)]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003819.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P425592). 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/Q003819/.
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