Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 204
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') (No translation possible) (3') (As for) Tam[mar]ītu, the k[ing of the land Elam, ...] ... [... (5´) (who) hastily sent his weapons] to fig[ht with my troops], by the comma[nd of the goddess Ištar, my lady, his servants rebelled against him and together struck down my adversary. ...] and [...]. (8') (As for) Tammar[ītu, the king of] the land Elam, [along with Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš), Para...], Ummanal[daš]u (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš), son of Teu[m]man, [a (former) king of the land Elam, Ummanamni, son of Ummanpiʾ, son of Urtaku, a (former) king of the land Elam], (10´) Ummanamni, grandson 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/Q007612/
Why it matters
Chronicles the internal Elamite revolts — servants turning on Tammarītu, Ḫumban-ḫaltaš, and their royal kin — that Ashurbanipal credited to Ištar's intervention during the Assyro-Elamite wars of the 650s BCE.
Transliteration
[...] x [...] / x x ⸢LA? U?⸣ x [...] / [m]⸢tam⸣-[ma]-⸢ri⸣-tú ⸢LUGAL?⸣ [KUR.e-lam-ti ...] / ⸢lu?-ú?⸣ [...] / a-na ⸢mit-ḫu⸣-[uṣ ERIM.ḪI.A-ia ur-ri-ḫa GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ-šú] / ina qí-⸢bit⸣ [d15 GAŠAN-ia ARAD.MEŠ-šú ṣe-ru-uš-šú ib-bal-ki-tu-ma a-ḫa-meš ú-ra-si-bu EN ḪUL-tì-ia] / ⸢UGU?⸣-[...]-⸢ú⸣-ma [...]1 / mtam-ma-⸢ri⸣-[tú MAN] KUR.e-⸢lam-ti⸣ [a-di mum-man-al-daš mpa-ra-...] / mum-⸢man-al⸣-[da]-⸢si DUMU⸣…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007612.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P395569). 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/Q007612/.
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