Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 143
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [(As for) Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III), the king of the land Elam who had seen the rage of the mighty weapons of (the god) Aššur (and the goddess Ištar), he r]eturned [from the mountain(s), his place of refuge], and th[ey (his troops)] entered [the city Madaktu, which I had destroyed, demolished, (and) plun]dered [by the command of (the god) Aššur (and the goddess Ištar). He sat down in mourning, (at a place of mourning)]. (4') [By the command of his/their exalted divinity, which cannot] be changed, hi[s] land [rebelled against him. He (then) fled alone from the rebellion tha]t [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/Q007551/
Why it matters
Records Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III's flight into exile after his own land rebelled — Ashurbanipal's account of Elam's internal collapse following Assyrian devastation of Madaktu.
Transliteration
[...] (x) x x [...] / [... i]-⸢tu⸣-ram-ma qé-⸢reb⸣ [URU.ma-dak-tú ...] / [... áš-lu-lu] šal-lat-su e-ru-⸢bu⸣ [...]1 / [... šá la] ⸢in⸣-nen-nu-ú KUR-⸢su⸣ [...] / [...] ⸢šá⸣ ú-šab-šu-ú ⸢UGU⸣-[šú ...] / [... a]-⸢šar⸣ it-ta-nap-raš-ši-⸢du⸣ [...] / [...] MUN e-pu-šú-uš [...] / [... ina MÈ] ⸢EDIN⸣ rap-ši ⸢BAD₅⸣.[BAD₅ ...] / [...] BI A ŠAL x [...] / [...] x BAD₅.⸢BAD₅?⸣ [...] / [...] x [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007551.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P400467). 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/Q007551/.
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