Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 193
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [...] ... [... he] will place a[nd ...] ... [...] his ... [...] for [... (5´) ...] let me remov[e] their [...] I made (them) take [...] which/who(m) the gods Šamaš, Nabû, [... Ash]urbanipal, the cre[ation of ...] ... [...]
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/Q007601/
Why it matters
A fragmentary Sargonid royal inscription invoking Šamaš and Nabû alongside the king's name: one of the manuscript witnesses preserving the divine legitimation formulae of Ashurbanipal's reign.
Transliteration
[...] NÍG KAL [...] / [... i?]-šak-kan-⸢ma⸣ [...] / [...] LA TA x [...] / [...] x-nu-šú a-na x [...] / [...] x-šú-nu lu-nak-ki-[ir ...] / [...] x ú-šá-aṣ-bit ⸢ŠÚ?⸣ [...] / [...] ⸢šá⸣ dUTU dAG [...] / [... mAN].⸢ŠÁR⸣-DÙ-A bi-[nu-ut? ...] / [...] x KI [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007601.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P400471). 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/Q007601/.
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