Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 176
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, who by the command of the great gods achieve[d] his heart’s desire: They paraded before me clothing (and) jewelry, all of the royal appurtenances of Šamaš-šu[ma-ukīn] — (my) unfaithful brother — his palace women, his eunuchs, his battle troops, chariotry, a processional carriage, the vehicle of his lordly majesty, horses, his harnes[s]-broken (steeds), every necessity of his palace, as much as there was, (and) people — male (and) female, young and old. (7) Nabû-šallimšunu, the chariot driver, (and) Mannu-kī-Bābili, son of Nabû-š[allimšunu]. (8) The sons…
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/Q007584/
Why it matters
Records Ashurbanipal's confiscation of his rebel brother Šamaš-šuma-ukīn's household after the Babylonian civil war (652–648 BCE): palace women, eunuchs, chariotry, and named officials catalogued as war spoils of fratricide.
Transliteration
ana-ku mAN.ŠÁR-DÙ-A MAN KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI šá ina qí-bit DINGIR.ME GAL.MEŠ ik-šú-⸢du⸣ / ⸢ṣu⸣-me-rat ŠÀ-šú lu-bul-tú šu-kut-tú mim-ma si-mat MAN-ti mdGIŠ.NU₁₁-⸢MU⸣-[GI.NA] / PAP NU GI.NA MUNUS.sek-re-ti-šú LÚ.šu-ut SAG.MEŠ-šú LÚ.ERIM.MEŠ MÈ-šú1 / GIŠ.GIGIR.MEŠ GIŠ.šá šá-da-di ru-kub EN-ti-šú ANŠE.KUR.RA.⸢MEŠ⸣ / ⸢ṣi⸣-mit-ti GIŠ.⸢ŠUDUN⸣-šú mim-ma ḫi-šiḫ-ti É.GAL-šú ma-la ba-šú-u / ⸢UN⸣.MEŠ zi-kir sin-niš…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007584.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P424608). 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/Q007584/.
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