Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 122
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [Moreover, I installed Nabû-šēzibanni, his son, as king in the city Athribis, whose name is (now) Limm]er-iš[šâk-Aššur]. (2') [(As for) Taharq]a, the king of Ku[sh, terror (and) fear of my lordly majesty o]verwhelmed him a[nd he passed away. Tanutam]on, the son of hi[s] sister, [sat upon his throne and governed the land. (5´) He made the city Thebes] his fortres[s and assembled his forces. To wage wa]r and bat[tle against my troops, he mobi]lized [his weapons (and) took the road. With the support of (the god) A]ššur and the [great] g[ods, my lords, they (my troops) brought about his] d[efeat in a] widespread [pitch]ed [battle (and) scattered his forces].
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/Q003821/
Why it matters
Chronicles Assyria's defeat of the Nubian pharaoh Tanutamun and the installation of a local client-king at Athribis — the primary cuneiform record of Assyrian military dominance over Egypt in the 660s BCE.
Transliteration
[ša URU.li]-⸢mer-ÉNSI⸣-[aš-šur MU-šú a-na LUGAL-ú-te áš-kun]1 / [mtar]-⸢qu⸣-ú MAN KUR.ku-⸢u⸣-[si ḫat-tu pu-luḫ-ti EN-ti-ia] / ⸢is⸣-ḫu-up-šu-⸢ma⸣ [il-lik nam-mu-ši-šú] / [mUR-da-ma]-⸢né⸣-e ⸢DUMU⸣ NIN₉-⸢šú⸣ [ina GIŠ.GU.ZA-šú ú-šib-ma ú-ma-ʾe-er ma-a-tum] / [URU.ni-iʾ a]-⸢na⸣ dan-nu-⸢ti⸣-[šú iš-kun-ma ú-pa-ḫir el-lat-su] / [a-na e-peš] ⸢MURUB₄⸣ ù ⸢MÈ⸣ [UGU ERIM.ḪI.A-ia GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ-šú] /…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003821.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P400432). 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/Q003821/.
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