Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 109
Translation — scholar edition
RINAP 5(i' 1') [...] ... [...] royal [..., I imposed a harsh punishment] upon them, and I destroyed their [face]s, [flayed them], (and) chopped up their flesh. (i' 6') [(As for) Uaiteʾ, the king of the land S]umuʾil, who [had sided] with him [(and) had cast o]ff the yoke of my lordship, [... h]e was placed [in a dog collar] and (then) [I made him guard th]e gate [...]. (i' 10') [...] (ii' 1') (No translation possible)
Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period, volume 5 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Why it matters
Places the Arab king Uaiteʾ of Sumuʾil in a dog collar at the city gate — one of the few royal inscriptions to specify this particular humiliation for a defeated vassal who broke his oath to Assyria.
Transliteration
[...] x x x x / [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣-ú-ti / [an-nu kab-tu e-mid]-su-nu-ti-ma / [bu-un-na-an]-⸢ni⸣-šú-nu at-bal / [KUŠ.MEŠ-šú-nu áš-ḫu-uṭ] ⸢ú⸣-nak-ki-sa UZU.MEŠ-šú-un / [mú-a-a-te-eʾ LUGAL KUR].⸢su⸣-mu-ìl šá it-ti-šú / [iš-ku-nu pi-i-šú iṣ-lu]-⸢ú⸣ GIŠ.ni-ri EN-ú-ti-ia / [... ul-li? UR.GI₇?] ⸢iš⸣-šá-kin-ma / [... ú-šá-an-ṣir-šú] ⸢GIŠ.ši⸣-ga-ru / [...] x / x [...] / mx [...] / me-x [...] / x [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003808.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P394583). 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/Q003808/.
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