Position in chronology
SAA 12 029. Assurbanipal Exempts a Eunuch from Taxes (NARGD 11)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 12(1) Assurbanipal, mighty king, k[ing of the world, king] of Assyria, overseer; son of Esarhaddon, k[ing of the world, ki]ng of Assyria, overseer; son of Sennacherib, ki[ng of the world, k]ing of Assyria, likewise overseer. (royal seal impressions) (4) [I, Assurbanipal, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria], k[ing of the four quarters, true shepherd, who does goo]d, k[ing of righteousness, lover of justice, who makes] his [people content, who always behaves kind]ly [towards the officials who serve] him [and rewards] the reverent [who obey] his [royal command] — (11)…
State Archives of Assyria, volume 12 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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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…
Scholarly note
Royal grant, decree or gift inscription of the Neo-Assyrian period, edited by Laura Kataja & Robert Whiting (SAA 12, 1995). ORACC text P336257.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) ? — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336257). 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/P336257/.
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