Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 111
Translation — scholar edition
RINAP 5(i' 1') [...] ... [the deities ..., Š]arrat-Kidmuri, [Ištar of Arbela, Ninurta, Nergal], (and) Nusku (i´ 5´) [...] celebrations [...] their [...]s Completely missing
Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period, volume 5 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Why it matters
A fragmentary Sargonid royal inscription invoking the Assyrian state pantheon — Šarrat-Kidmuri, Ištar of Arbela, Ninurta, Nergal, and Nusku — preserving partial evidence of the ritual and ceremonial language binding kingship to divine favour.
Transliteration
[...] x / [...] x-a-a / [... d]⸢šar⸣-rat-kid-mu-ri / [d15 šá LÍMMU-DINGIR.KI dMAŠ dU.GUR] dnusku / [...] ḪÚL.MEŠ / [...]-⸢te?⸣-šú-nu / [...] x.MEŠ
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003810.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P424543). 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/Q003810/.
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