Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 2015
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [(For) the god Nanna, king of the Enlil (circle of) gods], his [lord: Sîn-balāssu-iq]bi, [governor of Ur, (5) who provides for Eri]du, built [E...]kuga, [the abode/station] of the god Ennugi.
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/Q003854/
Why it matters
Attests a Sargonid governor of Ur, Sîn-balāssu-iqbi, sponsoring temple construction for Nanna and Ennugi at Eridu — localising late Assyrian royal piety within the ancient sacred landscape of the deep south.
Transliteration
[dnanna lugal den-líl-e]-⸢ne⸣ / [lugal-a]-ni / [mdEN.ZU-TI.LA.BI-DU₁₁].GA / [šagina úri].KI-ma / [ú-a] ⸢eridu⸣.KI-ga / [é-x]-x-ga?-kù-ga / [ki-tuš/gub] den-nu-gi-ke₄ / [mu-na]-dù
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003854.
Attribution
Image: UM 33-35-191a (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) — from Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P461698). 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/Q003854/.
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