Ashurbanipal 054
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11 | a-na-ku mAN.ŠÁR-DÙ-A MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI šá AN.ŠÁR LUGAL DINGIR.⸢MEŠ d15⸣ be-let MÈ ši-mat qar-ra-du-ti i-ši-mu-⸢uš⸣ [...] | (1) I, Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria, for who[m] (the god) Aššur — the king of the gods — (and) the goddess Ištar — the lady of battle — determined a destiny of heroism, [...]: The god Palil, the one who goes before me, let me go triumphantly hunting in the steppe. For pleasure ... [...] I went out. |
22 | dIGI.DU a-lik maḫ-ri ba-ʾu-ú-ri ⸢ša⸣ EDIN šal-ṭiš ú-še-⸢piš⸣-an-ni ki-i mul-ta-ʾu-u-ti A SAL NAB [...] | |
33 | ú-ṣi ina EDIN áš-ri rap-ši la-ab-bi na-ad-[ru-(u)]-ti i-lit-ti ḫur-šá-a-ni ḪUŠ.MEŠ it-bu-[nim-ma] | (3b) In the steppe, a widespread place, rag[ing] lions, a ferocious mountain breed, attacked [me and] surrounded the chariot, the vehicle of my royal majesty. By the command of (the god) Aššur (and) the goddess [Ištar], the great gods, my lords, with a single team [harnes]sed to my yoke [...] I scatter[ed] the pack of tho[se] lions. |
44 | il-mu-u GIŠ.GIGIR ru-kub LUGAL-ti-ia ina ⸢qí-bit AN.ŠÁR u d⸣[15] DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia ina 1-⸢et ú-re-e⸣ | |
55 | [ṣi-mit]-⸢ti⸣ ni-ri-ia [...] el-lat UR.MAḪ.MEŠ šú-a-tu-[nu] ⸢ú-par-ri-ir⸣ | |
66 | [mum-man]-⸢ap-pa DUMU⸣ [mur]-ta-ki MAN KUR.ELAM.KI šá in-nab-⸢tú-ma iṣ-ba-tú⸣ [GÌR.II-ia] | (6) [Umman]appa, a son of [Ur]taku, the king of the land Elam, who had fled and had grasped [my feet, ...] ... a lion attacked him and [he ... my] lordly majesty, [...], became frightened, and made an appeal to [my] lordly majesty (for help). |
77 | [...]-nu-ti UR.MAḪ ina muḫ-ḫi-⸢šú it-bi-ma EN?-u-ti⸣ | |
88 | [...] ip-làḫ-ma ⸢ú⸣-ṣal-⸢la-a EN-u-ti⸣ |
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