Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 188
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [... Tammarī]tu, the king of the land Elam, [... the land E]lam, [..., third me]n (of chariot crews), cavalrymen, archers, [(...) eunuchs, engineers, every k]ind of artisan there was, (5) [..., mu]les, donkeys, oxen, and sheep and goats, [which were more numerous than locusts] — I carried (them) off to Assyria. Blank space for 2 lines (7) [...] I did not (even) leave [a pla]ce for birds (to perch). [The daughters of kings, the sisters of kings, along with] earlier (and) later [family] of the kings of the land Elam, [officials (and) mayors of] those [citi]es, as many as I had conquered,…
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/Q007596/
Why it matters
Narrates Ashurbanipal's systematic deportation of the Elamite royal family, elite troops, and craftsmen after his sack of Elam — primary Assyrian evidence for the deliberate dismantling of a rival dynastic state.
Transliteration
[... mtam-ma-ri]-⸢tú⸣ MAN KUR.ELAM.MA.KI / [... KUR].⸢ELAM⸣.MA*.KI x1 / [... LÚ.3].⸢U₅⸣.MEŠ LÚ.šá pét-ḫal.MEŠ LÚ.ERIM.MEŠ GIŠ.PAN / [(...) LÚ.SAG.MEŠ LÚ.kit-kit-tu-ú gi]-⸢mir⸣ um-ma-a-ni ma-la ba-šú-u / [... ANŠE].⸢KUNGA⸣.MEŠ ANŠE.MEŠ GU₄.MEŠ u ṣe-e-ni / [ša e-li BURU₅.ḪI.A ma-aʾ-du] áš-lu-la a-na KUR aš-šur.KI / [... man]-⸢za⸣-az MUŠEN.MEŠ ul e-zib / [DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ LUGAL.MEŠ NIN₉.MEŠ LUGAL.MEŠ…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007596.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P394555). 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/Q007596/.
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