Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 129
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [... he (Uaiteʾ (Iautaʾ)) abando]ned me and [sided with Šamaš-šuma-ukīn ... I dispatched my troops, wh]o were statio[ned] on the border of his land, [...], my lord, I brought about his defeat (and) [I inflicted] a [heavy] l[oss on him ...] I carried off [without nu]mber. (4'b) (As for) Uaiteʾ (Iautaʾ), har[dship befell him ...]. (5'b) [Abī-Yateʾ], son of Tēʾri, [came] to Nineveh [... I installed him as king in place of U]aite[ʾ (Iautaʾ) ...]. (r 1) [... the deities ..., Šama]š, Adad, [Bēl (Marduk), ...] in a [widespread] pitched battle [... I captured Ammi-ladīn (and)] the rest of 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/Q003828/
Why it matters
Records Assyria's deposition of the Qedarite king Uaiteʾ and the installation of Abī-Yateʾ in his place — direct evidence of Sargonid intervention in Arab dynastic succession during the wars tied to Šamaš-šuma-ukīn's rebellion.
Transliteration
[... ú-maš]-⸢šir⸣-an-ni-⸢ma⸣ [it-ti mdGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA ...] / [... ERIM.ḪI.A-ia] ⸢ša⸣ ina mi-ṣir KUR-šú áš-[bu ...] / [...] EN-ia BAD₅.BAD₅-šú áš-kun di-[ik-ta-šú ...] / [... ina la] ⸢mì⸣-ni áš-lu-la mú-a-a-te-eʾ ma-⸢ru⸣-[uš-tú ...] / [... ma-bi-ia-te-eʾ] ⸢DUMU⸣ mte-⸢eʾ-ri⸣ a-na ⸢NINA⸣.[KI ...] / [... ku-um mú]-a-a-⸢te⸣-[eʾ ...] / [...] / [... d]⸢UTU⸣ dIŠKUR d[EN ...] / [...] ina MÈ EDIN [...] /…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003828.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P395695). 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/Q003828/.
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