Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 127
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) That/those of the gate of Nippur ... [...] Nabû-šuma-ēreš ... [...] (3) (No translation possible) (r 1') ... [...] to fight wit[h the troops of Assyria ...], saying: “Go, and [exact] revenge [...].” Undasu, a son of Teu[mman ...] (rev. 5´) Atta-metu, the chief [archer, ...] which the messengers of Šama[š-šuma-ukīn ...] in battle with each other [...] until they spoke [I/he] did not [...]. The Elamite ... [...] (rev. 10´) saw and my battle troops [...] ... him and ... [...] the messengers of Šamaš-šu[ma-ukīn ...] ... [...] my ... [...] belonging to Undasu, Zaza[z, ...]
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/Q003826/
Why it matters
Names Undasu, son of the Elamite king Teumman, and Šamaš-šuma-ukīn's messengers in a battle context, adding onomastic and diplomatic detail to the Assyro-Elamite wars of the 650s BCE.
Transliteration
ša? KÁ.GAL ⸢NIBRU⸣.KI x x [...] / ⸢md?AG?-MU-KAM-eš GAL?⸣ x ⸢EN⸣ [...] / (traces) [...] / (traces) [...] / (traces) [...] / (traces) [...] / (traces) [...] / (traces) [...] / (traces) [...] / [x] x x x [...] / a-na mit-ḫu-ṣi ⸢it-ti⸣ [ERIM.ḪI.A KUR aš-šur.KI ...] / ⸢um?-ma? a?⸣-lik-ma tuk-te-e x [...] / mun-da-su DUMU mte-⸢um⸣-[man ...] / mat-ta-me-tu LÚ.GAL ⸢GIŠ⸣.[PAN ...] / ša LÚ.A KIN.MEŠ…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003826.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P395595). 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/Q003826/.
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