Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 265
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [At that time], I sought the (original) emplacement [of Edimgalkalama, (which is inside (the city) Dēr), the temple of Great Anu], the gr[eat] lord, [my lord, which had become old, ...] ... [I had (it) built anew] with the craf[t of the god Kulla, …, (and) ma]de (it) as high as a mountain. (3'b) On account of this, [may] Great Anu, the exalted lord, [look upon this] wor[k with pleasure]. Determine [for me — Ash]urbanipal, king of Assyria, the ruler who reveres you — as my fate a long life, fulln[ess of old age, good health, ha]ppiness, and a bright spirit. Make me stand [ov]er my…
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/Q008354/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[é-dim-gal-kalam-ma (šá qé-reb BÀD.AN.KI) É AN.GAL] EN ⸢GAL⸣ [EN-ia šá la-ba-riš il-li-ku-ma]1 2 / [...] x x x x ⸢áš-ra⸣-ti-šú ⸢áš-te-ʾe⸣ ina ⸢ši-pir⸣ [dkulla eš-šiš? ú-še-piš-ma?]3 / [... ú]-⸢zaq-qìr ḫur-sa-niš a-na⸣ šat-ti AN.GAL EN ṣi-i-ri ši-⸢pir⸣ [šá-a-šú? ḫa-diš lip-pa-lis-ma]4 / [ia-a-ti? mAN].⸢ŠÁR⸣-DÙ-IBILA LUGAL KUR aš-⸢šur⸣ NUN pa-liḫ-ka TI u₄-me SÙ.MEŠ še-⸢bé⸣-[e lit-tu-tu] / [ṭu-ub…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q008354.
Attribution
Image: Created by Jamie Novotny and Joshua Jeffers, 2015-22. Lemmatized by Jamie Novotny, 2022, for the OIMEA Project at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q008354/..
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/Q008354/.
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