Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 148
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [... w]ho forgot [...] I brought about his [def]eat [...] ... to the temple [... (5´) ... through the cra]ft of the deities Nina[gal, Kusibanda, (and) Ninkurra, ...] ... before the goddesses Mulli[ssu, ...], Ištar of Nineveh, Š[arrat-Kidmuri, ...]
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/Q007556/
Why it matters
Invokes the craft deities Ninagal, Kusibanda, and Ninkurra alongside Mullissu and Ištar of Nineveh, preserving late Sargonid royal theology linking divine artisanship to military victory.
Transliteration
[...] x [...] / [...] ⸢im⸣-šu-ú x [...] / [... BAD₅].BAD₅-šú áš-kun ⸢ID⸣ [...] / [...]-⸢ka?⸣-bu a-na É.KUR x [...] / [... ina ši]-⸢pir⸣ dnin-á-[gal ...] / [...] x-lu-ú ma-ḫar dNIN.[LÍL? ...] / [...] x ⸢d15⸣ ša NINA.KI d⸢šar⸣-[rat-kid-mu-ri ...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007556.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P426235). 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/Q007556/.
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