Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 173
Translation · reference
High confidence(i 1') [...: Tammar]ītu, the king of the land Elam, [the (very) image of gallû-demons, did not inquire about the well-being of] (my) lordly majesty, (i 5´) [set out to aid Šamaš-šu]ma-ukīn, (my) hostile brother, [(and) hastily sent his weapons to figh]t with my troops. [By the comma]nd of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, [the gods who support me, Indab]ibi, a servant of his, [rebelled against him and sa]t on his throne. [Tammarītu, his brothers, h]is [family], the seed of his father’s house, (i 10´) [and the nobles who march at] his side, [cra]wled [naked on their bellies and grasped…
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/Q007581/
Why it matters
Records Tammarītu of Elam's downfall after aiding the Babylonian rebel Šamaš-šuma-ukīn: divine sanction via internal Elamite revolt, narrated as proof that Aššur and Ištar actively defended Ashurbanipal's throne.
Transliteration
[...] x [...] / [... mtam-ma]-⸢ri-tú⸣ MAN KUR.ELAM.MA.⸢KI⸣ / [tam-šil GAL₅.LÁ.MEŠ? la iš-al šu-lum] EN-u-ti / [a-na kit-ri mdGIŠ.NU₁₁]-⸢MU⸣-GI.NA ŠEŠ nak-ri / [it-ba-a a-na mit-ḫu]-⸢ṣu⸣ ERIM.ḪI.A-ia / [ur-ri-ḫa GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ-ia ina qí]-⸢bit⸣ AN.ŠÁR u diš-tar / [DINGIR.MEŠ ti-ik-le-ia min-da]-⸢bi⸣-bi ARAD-su / [EDIN-uš-šú ib-bal-kit-ma ú]-⸢šib⸣ ina GIŠ.GU.ZA-šú / [mtam-ma-ri-tú ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šú…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007581.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P394571). 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/Q007581/.
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