Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 174
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [With the support of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, I] cap[tured the ḫiʾālu-troops of Šamaš-šuma-ukīn that he had sent] to pl[under the steppe]. (3') [With the support of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, I captured] the citizens of [Borsippa who had perpetrated sedition (and) rebellion (and)] who [had sided] w[ith Šamaš-šuma-ukīn]. (r 1') [...] (r 2') The battle line of Ummanig[aš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), the one who did not honor the kindness] of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, [who] had appointed him [as king inside the land Elam]. (rev. 5´) Tammarītu, <who> [had turned hostile]…
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/Q007582/
Why it matters
Chronicles Ashurbanipal's suppression of his brother Šamaš-šuma-ukīn's revolt and the punishment of Borsippan rebels, preserving the Assyrian court's own framing of the great civil war of 652–648 BCE.
Transliteration
⸢a-na ḫu⸣-[bu-ut EDIN ina tukul-ti AN.ŠÁR u d15]1 / ik-[šu-da ŠU.II-a-a] / DUMU.MEŠ [bár-sipa.KI e-piš si-ḫi bar-ti] / ⸢ša it⸣-[ti mdGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA iš-ku-nu pi-i-šú-un]2 / x [...] / si-id-ru šá mum-man-⸢i-gaš⸣ [la na-ṣir MUN] / ša mAN.ŠÁR-DÙ-A MAN KUR AN.ŠÁR.⸢KI⸣ [ša qé-reb KUR.ELAM.MA.KI] / iš-ku-nu-šú [a-na LUGAL-ti] / mtam-ma-ri-tú <ša?> it-ti-šú [x x-ma iš-ku-nu BAD₅.BAD₅-šú]3 /…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007582.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P400402). 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/Q007582/.
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