Ashurbanipal 142

~655 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·Q007550

Translation · reference

High confidence

Obverse completely missing (r 1') [...] all of it [...] his [...]s, [his] possession[s ... Ummanal]dašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), the king of the land Elam, who [...] their ... inside his land upon/against [...]. (r 5') Paʾê, the king of the land Elam, who [had exercised dominion over the land Elam] in op[position to Ummanaldašu, thought about] the awe-inspiring brilliance of the great gods [... He] fled to me [f]rom the land Elam and [grasped the feet of my royal majesty]. (r 8') [The so]ns of kings (and) the brothers of kings, whose ancestors had been [in agreement] with my ancestors [...] came…

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/Q007550/

Why it matters

Records Elamite prince Paʾê fleeing to Ashurbanipal and 'grasping the feet' of the king — the submission formula in action during the Assyrian–Elamite power struggle of the 650s BCE.

Transliteration

[...] ⸢gim-ri-šú⸣ [...] / [...].⸢MEŠ⸣-šú NÍG.ŠU.[MEŠ-šú ...] / [mum-man-al]-⸢da?-si? MAN⸣ KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ša x [...] / x-⸢šú⸣-nu qé-reb KUR-šú ina UGU x [...] / [m]pa-ʾe-e MAN KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ša ⸢mé⸣-[eḫ-ret mum-man-al-da-si e-pu-šu be-lut KUR.ELAM.MA.KI] / nam-ri-ri DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢GAL.MEŠ⸣ [...] / ⸢ul⸣-tu qé-reb KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ⸢in⸣-nab-tam-ma [iṣ-ba-ta GÌR.II LUGAL-ti-ia] / ⸢DUMU⸣.MEŠ LUGAL.MEŠ…

Scholarly note

Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007550.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P395612). 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/Q007550/.

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