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  • Ashurbanipal Babylonian 14

Numbers

  • Q003812
  • Ashurbanipal Babylonian 14

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

Ashurbanipal Babylonian 14

Obverse
11

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

(1) Ashurbanipal, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), king of kings, prince who has no rival, who by the command of the gods, his helpers, rules from the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea and has subjugated all rulers; 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; grandson of Sennacherib, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, I

22

LUGAL LUGAL.MEŠ NUN la šá-na-an šá ina a-mat DINGIR.MEŠ ti-ik-li-šú ul-tu tam-tim e-lit

33

a-di tam-tim šap-lit i-be-lu-ma gi-mir ma-lik ú-šak-niš še-pu--šú

44

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

55

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

66

mu-ud-diš -re-e-ti kul-lat ma-ḫa-zi šá ina -reb-ši-na -tak-kan si-ma-ti

77

ù sat-tuk-ki-ši-na baṭ-lu-tu ú-ki-nu DUMU DUMU md30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-SU LUGAL GAL

88

LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÁR LUGAL KUR--šur a-na-ku-ma ina BALA-e-a EN GAL dAMAR.UTU ina ri-šá-a-ti

(8b) 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 completed the unfinished work on Esagil. I decorated Esagil with silver, gold, (and) precious stones and made Eumuša glisten like the stars (lit. “writing”) of the firmament. I restored the damage done to all the sanctuaries. I extended (my) protection over all the cult centers.

99

a-na TIN.TIR.KI i-ru-um-ma ina é-sag-íl šá da-ra-ti šu-bat-su ir-me

1010

sat-tuk-ki é-sag-íl u DINGIR.MEŠ TIN.TIR.KI ú-kin ki-din-nu-tu TIN.TIR.KI

1111

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

1212

a-na LUGAL-ú- TIN.TIR.KI ap-qid ù ši-pir é-sag-íl la qa-ta-a

1313

ú-šak-lil ina .BABBAR .GI ni-siq-ti NA₄.MEŠ é-sag-íl az-nun-ma

1414

ki-ma ši-ṭir bu-ru-mu ú-nam-mir é-umuš-a ù šá -re-e-ti ka-li-ši-na

1515

ḫi-bil-ta-ši-na ú-šal-lim e-li kul-lat ma-ḫa-zi ú-šat-ri-ṣi an-dul-lum

1616

ina u₄-me-šú-ma é-babbar-ra šá -reb ZIMBIR.KI É dUTU EN GAL EN-ía šá la-ba-riš

(16) At that time, I sought the (original) emplacement of Ebabbar, which is inside Sippar, the temple of the god Šamaš, the great lord, my lord, which had become old, buckled, and collapsed. I had (it) (re)built anew with the work of the god Kulla and raised its top (as high) as a mountain.

1717

il-lik-u-ma i-qu-pu in-nab-tu áš-ra-ti-šú áš-te-ʾe ina ši-pir dkulla

1818

-šiš ú-še-piš-ma ki-ma KUR-i re-e-ši-i-šú ul-li a-na šat-ti dUTU

(18b) On account of this, may the god Šamaš, great judge of the gods, great lord, my lord, look upon my good deeds with pleasure! May he determine for me Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, the prince who reveres him as my fate, a long life, fullness of [old age], good health, and happiness! Moreover, with regard to Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, the king of Babylon, my favorite (brother), may his days be long and may he be fully satisfied with (his) good fortune!

1919

DI.KUD.GAL DINGIR.MEŠ EN GAL EN-ía ep-še-ti-ia dam-qa-a-ti ḫa-diš lip-pa-[lis]-ma

2020

a-na ia-a-ši mAN.ŠÁR--A LUGAL KUR--šur NUN pa-liḫ-šú TIN u₄-me .MEŠ še--e lit-[tu-tu]

2121

ṭu-ub UZU u ḫu-ud lìb-bi li-šim ši-ma-ti u šá mdGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA

2222

LUGAL TIN.TIR.KI ŠEŠ ta-lim-ia u₄-me-šú li-ri-ku liš-bi bu-ʾa-a-ri ma-ti-ma

(22b) If at any time in the future, during the days of the reign of some future prince, this work falls into disrepair, may (that prince) renovate its dilapidated sections! May he write my name with his (own) name! May he look at my royal inscription, anoint (it) with oil, offer a sacrifice, (and) place (my royal inscription) with his (own) royal inscription! The god Šamaš will (then) listen to his prayers.

2323

ina aḫ-rat u₄-me NUN ar-ku-ú šá ina u₄-me BALA-šú ši-pir šu-a-ti in-na-ḫu

2424

an-ḫu-us-su lu-ud-diš šu- it-ti MU-šú liš-ṭur MU.SAR-u-a li-mur-ma

2525

Ì.GIŠ lip-šu- UDU.SISKUR BAL- it-ti MU.SAR-e-šú liš-kun ik-ri-bi-šú

2626

dUTU i-šem-me šá šu- šaṭ-ru ù MU ta-lim-ia ina ši-pir ni-kil-ti

(26b) (But) as for the one who erases my inscribed name or the name of my favorite (brother) by some crafty device, (or) does not write my name with his (own) name, (or) destroys my royal inscription, (or) does not place (my royal inscription) with his (own) royal inscription, may the god Šamaš, lord of the upper world and the netherworld, glare at him angrily and make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the lands!

2727

i-pa-áš-ši-ṭu šu- it-ti MU-šú la i-šaṭ-ṭa-ru MU.SAR-ú-a

2828

i-ab-ba-tu-ma it-ti MU.SAR-e-šú la i-šak-ka-nu dUTU EN e-la-ti u šap-la-ti

2929

ag-gi- lik-kil-me-šú-ma MU-šú NUMUN-šú ina KUR.KUR li-ḫal-liq


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/Q003812/.

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