Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 168
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [Teumman, the king of the land Elam who had been struck during my mighty battle, fled in] order to sa[ve (his) life and slipped into the forest. The axle of the wagon, the vehicle of his royal majesty], broke and it overturn[ed upon him]. (3') [Teumman, <who>, during a loss of (all) reason], said [to h]is [son]: “Sho[ot the bow]!” (4') [Teumman, the king of the land Elam, whom (his) wagon had cast down and whom Tammarītu], his [s]on, had helped up, g[rasping his hands]. (5') [Teumman, the king of the land Elam who had been struck during a mighty battle] (and) [who]s[e] hand [Tammarītu],…
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/Q007576/
Why it matters
Narrates the rout of the Elamite king Teumman at the Battle of Til-Tuba (653 BCE), his wagon's collapse in the forest, and his son Tammarītu grasping his hand — a royal account of Assyria's decisive dismemberment of Elam's royal line.
Transliteration
[mte-um-man MAN KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ša ina MÈ-ia dan-ni muḫ-ḫu-ṣu a]-⸢na⸣ šu-⸢zu⸣-[ub ZI-tim] / [in-na-bit-ma iḫ-lu-up qé-reb GIŠ.TIR bu-bu-ut GIŠ.ṣu-um-bi ru-kub LUGAL-ti-šú] ⸢iš⸣-še-bir-ma ip-⸢pal⸣-[síḫ EDIN-uš-šú] / [mte-um-man <ša> ina mi-qit ṭè-e-me a-na DUMU]-⸢šú⸣ iq-bu-u šu-⸢le⸣-[e GIŠ.PAN] / [mte-um-man MAN KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ša GIŠ.ṣu-um-bu id-du-šú-ma mtam-ma-ri-tú] ⸢DUMU⸣-šú id-ku-šú-ma…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007576.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P452441). 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/Q007576/.
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