Names

  • Ashurbanipal Babylonian 16

Numbers

  • Q003814
  • Ashurbanipal Babylonian 16

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  • brick
  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Written ca. 668-ca. 631
  • Nippur
  • Royal Inscription
  • Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal Babylonian 16

Obverse
11

a-na dEN.LÍL LUGAL DINGIR.DINGIR EN AN-e ù KI-tim NUN x [...]

(1) For the god Enlil, king of the gods, lord of the heaven and netherworld, prince [...], one who renders decisions, who[se order] cannot be changed, foremost of the Igīgū gods, hero of the Anunnakū gods, who ru[les ...], one who holds the lead-rope of every(one), one who makes [opposing forces] agr[ee], lord of the lands, wisest of the gods, one who dwells in Ekur which is inside [Nippur, (the great lord), his lord]:

22

pa-ri-is pu-ru-us-su-ú šá la in-nen-nu-ú [-bit-su?]

33

a-šá-red dí-- ma-am-lu₄ da-nun-na-ki mu-ma-[ʾe-er ...]

44

ta-mi-iḫ ṣer-ret gi-im-ri sa-ni-[iq mit-ḫur-ti?]

55

EN KUR.KUR IGI.GÁL DINGIR.MEŠ a-šib é-kur šá -reb [NIBRU.KI (EN GAL-i) EN-šú]

66

AN.ŠÁR--IBILA [LUGAL GAL] LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL kiš-[šat LUGAL KUR--šur.KI]

(6) Ash[ur]b[ani]p[al, great king], mighty [kin]g, king of the wor[ld, king of Assyria, ... king who has no] equal [in all] the lands; [son of Esarhaddon, great king], mighty [king], king of the world, king [of Assyria; grandson of Sennacherib], (who was) also great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria; (10) king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, vice-regent for the gods Aššur, Enlil and Ninurta, one who provides for the cult centers, ... sanctuaries

77

[... LUGAL ša ina kul-lat] KUR.KUR ma-ḫi-ru [la i-šu-ú]

88

[DUMU mAN.ŠÁR-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL GAL LUGAL] dan-nu LUGAL kiš-šat LUGAL KUR-[-šur.KI]

99

[DUMU DUMU] d30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-SU LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL kiš-šat LUGAL KUR--šur.KI-ma

1010

LUGAL KUR-EME.<<UR>>.GI₇ u URI.KI GÌR.NÍTA AN.ŠÁR dEN.LÍL u dnin-urta

1111

za-nin ma-ḫa-zi E MA TAR DU -ma-ak-ku

1212

a-na ba-laṭ ZI-šu ur-ruk u₄-me-šú šu-un-mur SU-šú šu-ul-lum NUMUN-šú

(12) In order to ensure his good health, to prolong his days, to make his appearance (lit. “body”) radiant, to ensure the well-being of his offspring, so that he stand (victoriously) over his enemies, that his reign endure, that he lead (his people) aright with his staff, that his rule please his [land], (and) that he guide his people in abundant prosperity,

1313

e-li a-a-bi-šu ú-zu-uz-zu BAL.MEŠ-šú la-ba-ri GIŠ.GIDRU-šú šu-te-šu-ri

1414

EN-us-su [UGU] KUR-šú šu-ṭúb-bi UN.MEŠ-šú ina ṭuḫ-di u nu-uḫ-šú i-tar-ri-i

1515

é-gi-gu-nu-ú ziq-qur-rat NIBRU.KI šá ina i-rat ZU.AB šur-šu-du tem-me-en-šú

(15) (With regard to) Egigunû, the ziggurrat of Nippur, whose foundation is made secure on the breast of the Watery Abyss (apsû), whose enclosure wall had become old and eroded, I repaired its dilapidated section(s) with baked bricks from a (ritually) pure kiln, and completed its structure. I had it built anew with the work of the god Kulla and made it shine like daylight. I raised its top (as high) as a mountain and made [its] appearance resplendent.

1616

šá i-ga-ri-šú la-ba-riš il-li-ku-ma ib-ba-šu-ú se-ri-iḫ-šú

1717

ina SIG₄.AL.ÙR.RA UDUN -tim ma-qit-ta-šú ak-šìr-ma ú-šak-lil bu-na-a-šú

1818

ina ši-pir dkulla -šiš ú-še-piš-ma ú-nam-mir-šú ki-ma u₄-mu

1919

re-ši-šu ki-ma šá-di-i ul-li-ma ú-šá-an-bi-iṭ zi-mi-[šú]

2020

a-na šat-ti dEN.LÍL LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ dEN.LÍL DINGIR.MEŠ EN [GAL-ú? (EN-šú)]

(20) On account of this, when the god Enlil, king of the gods, chief god of the gods, [great] lord, [(his lord)], loo[ks] upon Egigunû, the sign of the lands, with pleasure, may he (Enlil) constantly bless the kingship of Ashurbanipal king of Assyria, true shepherd who reveres his [great] divinity (and) keep his reign safe until [far-off] days! May he cause [him to] gr[asp] a staff of shepherdship which makes opposing forces agree! May he make his shepherdship pleasant to his land! [May he make (him) stand (victoriously)] over [his] enemy!

2121

é-gi-gu-nu-ú ṣa-ad-di ma-a-tim ḫa-diš ina nap-lu-[si-šú]

2222

šá AN.ŠÁR--IBILA LUGAL KUR--šur.KI SIPA ki-i-nu pa-liḫ DINGIR-u-ti-šú [GAL-ti?]

2323

LUGAL-us-su lik-tar-rab BALA.MEŠ-šú li-iṣ-ṣur ana UD.MEŠ [.MEŠ]

2424

GIŠ.GIDRU SIPA- sa-ni-qat mit-ḫur-ti li-šat-mi-[iḫ-šú?]

2525

UGU KUR-šú liš-ṭib re-é-ut-su UGU na-ki-ri-[šú liš-ziz?]


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/Q003814/.

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