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  • Ashurbanipal Babylonian 01

Numbers

  • Q003799
  • Ashurbanipal Babylonian 01

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  • cylinder
  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Written ca. 668-ca. 631
  • Babylon
  • Royal Inscription
  • Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal Babylonian 01

Obverse
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a-na dAMAR.UTU LUGAL ŠÁR dí-- u da-nun-na-ki ba-ni AN-e u KI-tim mu-kin giš-ḫur-ru

(1) For the god Marduk, king of all the Igīgū gods and Anunnakū gods, creator of heaven and netherworld, who establishes archetypes (and) dwells in Esagil, lord of Babylon, great lord, my lord:

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a-ši-ib é-sag-íl EN .DINGIR.RA.KI EN GAL-i be-li-ia

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a-na-ku mAN.ŠÁR--A LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÁR LUGAL KUR--šur LUGAL kib-rat LÍMMU-ti

(3) I, Ashurbanipal, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world); son of Esarhaddon, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, viceroy of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, who (re)settled Babylon, (re)built Esagil, renovated the sanctuaries of all the cult centers, constantly established appropriate procedures in them, and (re)confirmed their interrupted regular offerings, (who) restored the rites (and) rituals according to the old pattern; grandson of Sennacherib, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, I

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DUMU mAN.ŠÁR-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÁR LUGAL KUR--šur GÌR.NÍTA TIN.TIR.KI

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LUGAL KUR-EME.GI₇ u URI.KI mu-še-šib .DINGIR.RA.KI e-piš é-sag-íl

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mu-ud-diš -re-e-ti kul-lat ma-ḫa-zi šá i-na qer-bi-ši-na

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-tak-ka-nu si-ma-a-ti ù sat-tuk-ki-ši-na baṭ-lu-tu ú-ki-nu

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par-ṣi ki-du-de-e ki-ma la-bi-ri-im-ma ú-te-ru áš-ru--šu-un

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DUMU DUMU md30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-SU LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÁR LUGAL KUR--šur a-na-ku-ma

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ina BALA-e-a EN GAL dAMAR.UTU ina ri-šá-a-ti a-na TIN.TIR.KI i-ru-um-ma

(10) During my reign, the great lord, the god Marduk, entered Babylon amidst rejoicing and took up his residence in the eternal Esagil. I (re)confirmed the regular offerings for Esagil and the gods of Babylon. I (re-)established the privileged status of Babylon (and) appointed Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, my favorite brother, to the kingship of Babylon in order that the strong might not harm the weak. I decorated Esagil (“House whose Top is High”) with silver, gold, (and) precious stones and made Eumuša (“House of Counsel”) glisten like the stars (lit. “writing”) of the firmament.

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ina é-sag-íl šá da-ra-a-ti šu-bat-su ir-me sat-tuk-ki é-sag-íl

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ù DINGIR.MEŠ TIN.TIR.KI ú-ki-in ki-din-nu-ú-tu TIN.TIR.KI ak-ṣur

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áš-šú dan-nu a-na SIG la ḫa-ba-li mdGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ ta-li-me

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a-na LUGAL-ú-tu .DINGIR.RA.KI ap-qid ù i-na .BABBAR .GI

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ni-siq-ti NA₄.MEŠ é-sag-íl az-nu-un-ma

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ki-ma ši-ṭir bu-ru-mu ú-nam-mir é-umuš-a ina u₄-me-šú-ma1

(16b) At that time, (with regard to) Imgur-Enlil (“The God Enlil Showed Favor”), the (city) wall of Babylon, (and) Nēmetti-Enlil (“Bulwark of the God Enlil”), its outer wall, which had become old and buckled (and) collapsed, in order to increase the security of Esagil and the (other) sanctuaries of Babylon, with the strength of my labor forces I had Nēmet-Enlil, its outer wall, built quickly anew with the work of the god Kulla and I refitted its gates. I had (new) doors made and hung (them) in its gateways.

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im-gur-den-líl BÀD .DINGIR.RA.KI -met-den-líl šal-ḫu-ú-šú

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ša la-ba-riš il-lik-ú-ma i-qu-pu in-na-ab-tu

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áš-šú ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti é-sag-íl ù -re-e-ti .DINGIR.RA.KI

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du-un-nu-nu ina e-muq um-ma-na-a-ti-ia sur-riš -met-den-líl

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šal-ḫu-ú-šú ina ši-pir dkulla -šiš ú-še-piš-ma .GAL.MEŠ-šú ú-rak-kis

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GIŠ.IG.MEŠ ú-še-piš-ma ú-rat-ta-a ina .MEŠ-šú

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NUN ar-ku-ú šá ina BALA-e-šú ši-pir šu-a-ti in-na-ḫu um-ma-ni en-qu-tu

(23) O (you) future prince, during whose reign this work falls into disrepair, question skilled craftsmen! (Re)build Imgur-Enlil, the (city) wall, (and) Nēmet-Enlil, the outer wall, according to their ancient specifications! Look at my royal inscription, anoint (it) with oil, offer a sacrifice, (and) place (my royal inscription) with your (own) royal inscription! The god Marduk will (then) listen to your prayers.

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ši-ta-ʾa-al im-gur-den-líl BÀD -met-den-líl šal-ḫu-ú

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ki-ma si-ma-ti-šú-nu la-bi-ra-a-ti e-pu- MU.SAR-u-a a-mur-ma

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Ì.GIŠ pu-šu- UDU.SISKUR BAL- it-ti MU.SAR-e-ka šu-kun

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ik-ri-bi-ka dAMAR.UTU i-šem-me šá šu- šaṭ-ru u MU ta-lim-ia

(27b) (But) as for the one who destroys my inscribed name or the name of my favorite (brother) by some crafty device, (or) does not place my royal inscription with his (own) royal inscription, may the god Marduk, king of everything, glare at him angrily and make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the lands!

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ina ši-pir ni-kil-ti i-ab-bat MU.SAR-u-a it-ti MU.SAR-e-šú la i-šak-ka-nu

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dAMAR.UTU LUGAL gi-im-ri ag-giš lik-kil-me-šú-ma

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MU-šú NUMUN-šú i-na KUR.KUR li-ḫal-liq

1For the reading of the name of Marduk’s cella in Esagil as é-umuš-a and for information on this cella, see George, Topographical Texts pp. 273 and 389–91.


Based on Grant Frame, Rulers of Babylonia: From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination (1157-612 BC) (RIMB 2; Toronto, 1995). Digitized, lemmatized, and updated by Alexa Bartelmus, 2015-16, for the Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), a corpus-building initiative funded by LMU Munich and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (through the establishment of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair for Ancient History of the Near and Middle East) and based 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/ribo/Q003799/.

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