Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 135
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') ... [...] from the hands of [...]. (3') Ummanigaš, U[mmanappa, (and) Tammarītu — the sons of Urtaku, the king of the land Elam] — Kudurru (and) Parrû — the sons of [Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš II), the king who came before Urtaku] — together with sixty members of the royal (family), countless archers, nobles [of the land Elam, (...)] (rev. 1) the head of Teumman, the insolent (former) king of the land Elam, that/who [...]. (r 2) Tammarītu, who sa[t on the throne of the land Elam] after Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), [fled to me] from Indabibi, his servant, [crawled] nak[ed on his belly and…
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/Q007543/
Why it matters
Names four rival Elamite claimants — Ummanigaš, Ummanappa, Tammarītu, and Kudurru — and records Tammarītu's barefoot prostration before Ashurbanipal, giving the most detailed Assyrian account of the dynastic chaos that fractured Elam after Teumman's death.
Transliteration
x (x) [...] / ul-tu ŠU.II x [...]1 / mum-man-i-gaš m⸢um⸣-[man-ap-pa mtam-ma-ri-tu DUMU.MEŠ mur-ta-ki LUGAL KUR.ELAM.MA.KI] / mku-dúr-ru m⸢pa⸣-ru-ú ⸢DUMU.MEŠ⸣ [mum-man-al-da-še LUGAL a-lik pa-ni mur-ta-ki] / ù 60 NUMUN.MEŠ LUGAL ina la mì-ni ⸢LÚ.ERIM.MEŠ GIŠ.PAN DUMU ba⸣-né-⸢e⸣ [ša KUR.ELAM.MA.KI (...)] / SAG.DU mte-um-man MAN KUR.ELAM.MA.KI er-ḫu ša [...] / mtam-ma-ri-tú ša EGIR mum-man-i-gaš…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007543.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P451871). 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/Q007543/.
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