Ashurbanipal 089

(i 1) [On my eighth campaign], I marched [agai]nst Dunānu, [son of Bēl-iqīša, to the land Gambulu, which h]ad put its trust [in the king of the land Elam (and) had not bowed down to my yoke]. With my mighty [bat]tle array, (i 5) I covered [the land Gambulu in its entirety] like a fog. I conquered [the city Ša-pī-Bēl], his fortified [cit]y, [who]se location is [s]ituated [between rivers].

(i 8) I brought [Dunānu (and) his brothers] out of that city [alive. I brought out his wife, his sons], his [daughter]s, [his (palace) women, male singers, (and) female sing]ers [and] I [count]ed (them) [as booty].

(i 1') [With the spoils of the land Elam (and) the booty of the land Gambulu, which] I [captu]red [by the command of (the god) Aššur, with singers perfo]rming mus[i]c, [I ent]ered [Nineveh] in (the midst of) celebr[at]ion.

(i 4') [(As for) Umb]adarâ (and) [Nabû-d]amiq, the envoys [of] Teumman — the king of the land Elam — by [wh]ose hands Teumman sent insolent message(s), whom I had detained before me (i 10´) by making (them) wait for the issuing of my decision, they saw the decapitated head of Teumman, their lord, in Nineveh (and) madness took hold of them. Umbadarâ pulled out his (own) beard (and) (ii 1) Nabû-damiq stabbed [himself in the stomach] wi[th his iron belt-dagger].

(ii 3) (As for) the decapitated head of [Teumman], I displayed (it) opposite the Citadel Gate [of Nineveh as] a spe[ctacle] in order to s[how] the people the might of (the god) <Aš>šur and the goddess Iš[tar, my lords] — the decapitated head of Teumm[an, the king of the land Elam].

(ii 9) (As for) Aplāya, son of Na[bû-salim], grandson of Marduk-[apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-Baladan)], whose father had fled to the land Elam before the father of the father who had engendered m[e] — after [I had installed] Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II) [a]s king in the land Ela[m],

(ii 1') I brought (Dunānu and Aplāya’s bodies) out t[o be a spectacle in all of the lands].

(ii 2') (As for) Nabû-[naʾid (and) Bēl-ēṭir], sons of [Nabû-šuma-ēreš, the šandabakku (governor of Nippur)], whose fat[her, the one who had engendered them, (ii 5´) had stirred up] Urt[aku] to fi[ght with the land Akkad] — the bon[es of Nabû-šuma-ēreš], which th[ey] had take[n] o[ut of the land Gambulu to Assyria], (ii 10´) I made [them (lit. “his sons”) crush those] bon[es] opposi[te the Citadel Gate of Nineveh].

(ii 13') (As for) Um[manigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), ...]

(iv 1') (As for) the r[est, ...] th[ey] (the gods) [put (them) to shame].

(iv 2'b) [(As for) Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, ...], and [the people of the land Akkad, as many as ...], who [had abandoned me ...] wi[th Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II) ...]

(v 1') [They ate] g[rass. (As for) the snake(s and) scorpion(s), as many] creatu[res that there are on earth], (and) rodents th[ey brought them to an end. They gnawed] on animal hides, (leather) stra[ps, shoes and sandals]. (v 5´) To (fight) [their] hunger, [they slaughtered (their) sons, daughters], brothers, [sisters, ...]

(v 1'') [their watercourses, which had (once) gushed with an] abundance of [water, were (now) filled with si]lt.

(v 3'') [(As for) Ša]maš-šuma-ukīn, (my) hostile brother [w]ho had planned murder against Assyria (v 5´´) and uttered grievous blasphemies against (the god) Aššur, the god who created me, [he (the god Aššur) determined for hi]m a crue[l] death; [he consigned him] to a conflagration [and] destroyed [his] l[ife].

(v 10'') (As for) the soldiers who had perpetrated sedition (and) [rebellion], as many as [had made common cause] with him, not a single one (of them) e[scaped]; not one es[caped my grasp]. With the rest [...] (v 15´´) as many who had been spared [... (As for) clo]thing (and) precious jewelry, every royal appurtenance, (his) [p]alace women, his eunuchs, and (other) people [ass]ociated with his palace, silver, gold, possessions, property, [the nece]ssities of the palaces, as much as there was, (v 15´´E) [chario]ts, a processional carriage, the vehicle of his lordly majesty, [hor]ses, his harness-broken (steeds), (and) people — [mal]e and female, young and old — I took (them) to Assyria.

(v 16'') (As for) the people who were guilty, [I imposed] a ha[rsh] punishment [upon them]. I destroyed the<ir> faces, [flayed them, (and)] c[hopped up their flesh].

(v 19'') Indabibi, who [sa]t on the throne of the land Elam a[fter Tammarītu], saw the might of my weapons that had p[rev]iously prevailed over the land Ela[m] and (as for) the Assyrians whom I had sent (vi 5) to aid Nabû-bēl-šumāti, (grand)son of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) (Merodach-baladan), with whom they used to march about <prot>ecting his land like a friend (and) ally (and) [wh]om Nabû-bēl-šumāti (vi 10) had seized by gu[i]le [during the n]ig[h]t (and) c[onfined in pr]ison, [Indabibi], the ki[ng of the land Ela]m, [released t]hem [from prison. So that (they) would intercede (with me), say goo]d [thing(s) about] him, [(and) in order to prevent (me) from doing harm to the territory of] his [land],