Position in chronology
SAA 12 026. Assurbanipal Exempts Nabu-šarru-uṣur, Chief Eunuch, from Taxes (NARGD 10)
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [Assurbanipal, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, overseer; son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, overseer; son of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria, likewise overseer]. (space for royal seal impressions) (4) I, Assurbanipal, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, [kin]g of the four quarters, true shepherd, who does good, the just [kin]g, lover of truth, who makes his people content, who always [beh]aves kindly towards the officials who serve him and [re]wards the reverent who obey his royal command — (11) Nabû-šarru-uṣur,…
Source: Kataja, L. & Whiting, R. 1995. Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period. SAA 12. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa12/P336256/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[maš-šur—DÙ—A LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÚ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur.KI PA-lum] / [DUMU maš-šur—PAB—AŠ LUGAL ŠÚ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur.KI PA-lum] / [DUMU md30—PAB-MEŠ—SU LUGAL ŠÚ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur.KI PA-lum-ma] / a-na-ku maš-šur—DÙ—A LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÚ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur.KI / ⸢LUGAL⸣ kib-rat erbe-tim SIPA ke-e-nu e-piš ṭa-ab-ti / ⸢LUGAL⸣ mi-šá-ri ra-im ket-ti mu-šam-me-ḫu UN-MEŠ-šú / ⸢ša⸣ a-na…
Scholarly note
Royal grant, decree or gift inscription of the Neo-Assyrian period, edited by Laura Kataja & Robert Whiting (SAA 12, 1995). ORACC text P336256.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336256). source
Translation excerpted from Kataja, L. & Whiting, R. 1995. Grants, Decrees and Gifts of the Neo-Assyrian Period. SAA 12. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa12/P336256/.
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