Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 203
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) For [the goddess Ištar, ...] who in ... [...] who resides in Egašankalam[a, ... his lady] — (4) I, Ashurbanipal, [...] who performs her cultic rites, [...]; offspring of Esarhaddon, [...] through t[hese] deeds of mine [...] a mighty bow, an embl[em of ...] instead of me, [my] foes [...]. (10) Wherever conflict and battle [...] in might[y] victories [...] the kings who were not submissive to me ... [...]. (13) (As for) Tammarītu, the king of the land Elam, who rebelled [...] (and) who came to the aid of Šamaš-šuma-ukī[n] and [hastily sent his weapons] to figh[t with my troops], by the…
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/Q007611/
Why it matters
Dedicates military victories over the Elamite king Tammarītu and the rebel Šamaš-šuma-ukīn to Ištar of Egašankalam, anchoring Ashurbanipal's civil-war propaganda within her cult.
Transliteration
x x [...] / ša ina ba-⸢li⸣-[...] / a-ši-bat é-gašan-⸢kalam-ma⸣ [...] / a-na-ku mAN.ŠÁR-DÙ-⸢A⸣ [...] / e-piš par-ṣe-e-šá x [...] / È lìb-bi mAN.ŠÁR-PAP-AŠ [...] / ina ep-še-e-ti-ia ⸢an⸣-[na-a-ti ...] / GIŠ.PAN dan-na-tú si-⸢mat⸣ [...] / ke-mu-u₈-a LÚ.KÚR.MEŠ-[ia ...] / e-ma qab-li u MÈ x [...] / ina li-i-ti u da-na-⸢a?⸣-[ni ...] / LUGAL.MEŠ la* ⸢kan⸣-šu-ti-ia x x x x (x) [...]1 / mtam-ma-ri-⸢tu⸣…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007611.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P393920). 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/Q007611/.
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