Names

  • Ashurbanipal 092

Numbers

  • Q003791
  • Ashurbanipal 092

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  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Written ca. 668-ca. 631
  • Kuyunjik (Nineveh)
  • Royal Inscription
  • Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal 092

Obverse
Column i
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Column ii
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ii 1'1'

[ḪAR.MEŠ .GI áš-kun ina maḫ-ri-ia ul-zi-is-su-nu]-ti

(ii 1') [(and) placed gold bracelets (around their wrists). I made the]m [stand before me].

ii 2'2'

[mgu-ug-gu LUGAL KUR.lu-ud-di na-gu-ú šá -ber-ti A.AB].BA

(ii 2') [(As for) Gyges, the king of the land Lydia a region on the opposite shore of the se]a, [a remote place, the mention of who]se [n]ame [none of the kings, my ancestors, had (ever) heard (the god) Aššur, the g]od who created me, [made him see in a dream my royal name. (ii ) On the (very) day he saw this dream], he sent his [mounted messen]ger [to inquire about my well-being].

ii 3'3'

[áš-ru ru-u-qu ša LUGAL.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-ia la -mu-u zi-kir] MU-šú

ii 4'4'

[ni-bit LUGAL-ti-ia ina MÁŠ.GI₆ ú-šab-ri-šú-ma AN.ŠÁR] DINGIR ba-nu-u-a

ii 5'5'

[u₄-mi MÁŠ.GI₆ an-ni-ta e-mu-ra .rak]-bu-šú -pu-ra

ii 6'6'

[a-na šá-ʾa-al šul--ia ].gi-mir-ra-a-a .KÚR ek-ṣu

(ii 6'b) [(As for) the C]immerians, a dangerous enemy [who had never feared] my ancestors, [and, with regard to me, had not grasped the fee]t of my royal majesty,

ii 7'7'

[ša la ip-tal-la-ḫu] AD.MEŠ-ia

ii 8'8'

[ù at-tu-u-a la iṣ-ba- GÌR].II LUGAL-ti-ia

Column iii
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iii 1'1'

[30 ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ UGU ma-da-at]-ti-šú maḫ-[ri-ti ú-rad-di-ma e--is-su]

(iii 1') [I added thirty horses to] his f[ormer paymen]t [and imposed (it) upon him].

iii 2'2'

[ina 4-e ger-ri-ia] a-na KUR.ELAM.MA.KI -te--še-ra [ḫar-ra-nu]

(iii 2') [On my fourth campaign], I took the direct [road] to the land Elam. [By the command of the deities Aššur, Sîn], Šamaš, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh, [tar of Arbela, Ninurta, Nergal], (and) Nusku, (iii ) [in the month Ulūlu (VI) “the work of] the goddesses,” the month of the king of the gods, (the god) Aššur, the father of the go[ds, the god Nunnamnir like the assault of a] fierce [stor]m, I covered the land Elam i[n its entirety. I cut off the head of] Teumman, their presumptuous king who had plo[tted evil (deeds). I slew] his [w]arriors [without number]. I captur[ed his fighting men] alive. I filled [the plain of the city Susa] with [their bodies] like baltu-plant(s and) ašāg[u]-plant(s). I made the Ulāya [River] flow [with their blood]; I dy[ed] its water [red like a red-dyed wool].

iii 3'3'

[ina -bit AN.ŠÁR d30] dUTU dEN dAG d15 šá NINA.KI d15 [šá LÍMMU-DINGIR.KI]

iii 4'4'

[dMAŠ dU.GUR] dnusku [(...)]

iii 5'5'

[ina ITI.KIN-dINANNA ši-pir] d15.MEŠ ITI LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ AN.ŠÁR AD DINGIR.[MEŠ dnun-nam-nir]

iii 6'6'

[GIM ti-ib me-ḫe]-e ez-zi ak-tùm KUR.ELAM.MA.KI a-[na si-ḫir-ti-šá]

iii 7'7'

[ak-kis SAG.DU] mte-um-man LUGAL-šú-nu mul-tar-ḫu šá ik-pu-[da ḪUL-tu]

iii 8'8'

[ina la -ni a-duk] qu-ra-di-šú ina ŠU.II.MEŠ TI.MEŠ uṣ-ṣab-bit [mun-daḫ-ṣe-e-šú]

iii 9'9'

[šal-ma-a-ti-šú-nu] ki-ma GIŠ.DÌḪ GIŠ.KIŠI₁₆ ú-mal-la-a [ta-mir-ti URU.šu-šá-an]

iii 10'10'

[ÚŠ.MEŠ-šú-nu ÍD].ú-la-a-a ú-šar-di A.MEŠ-šá? aṣ?-[ru-up GIM na-ba-as-si]

iii 11'11'

[mum-man-i-gaš DUMU m]ur-ta-ki MAN KUR.ELAM.MA.[KI ša la-pa-an mte-um-man]

(iii 11') [I took Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), a son of U]rtaku a (former) king of the land Elam [who h]ad fled [from Teumman to Assyria] (and) ha[d grasped my feet, with me] to the land El[am (and) I placed him on Teumman’s throne]. I instal[led Tammarītu], his third [br]other [who had fled to me with him, as king in the city Ḫid]alu.

iii 12'12'

[a-na KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI] in-nab-tu iṣ-[ba-tu GÌR.II-ia]

iii 13'13'

[it-ti-ia ú-bil]-šú a-na KUR.ELAM.[MA.KI ú-še-šib-šú ina GIŠ.GU.ZA mte-um-man]

iii 14'14'

[mtam-ma-ri-tu] ŠEŠ-šú šal-šá-a-a [šá it-ti-šú in-nab-ta]

iii 15'15'

[ina URU.ḫi]-da-lu áš-kun [a-na LUGAL-u-ti]

iii 16'16'

[ul-tu GIŠ.TUKUL] AN.ŠÁR u d15 [UGU KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ú-šam-ri-ru]

(iii 16') [After I had made the weapon(s) of] (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar [prevail over the land Elam (and) had continually esta]blished might[y victories, on] my [retu]rn march, [I set out towards] Dunā[nu, a Gambulian who] had put his trust [i]n the land Elam. (iii 20´) [I conquered the city Ša-p]ī-Bēl, a city upon which the land Gambul[u] relied. [I entered that city (and)] slaughtered [i]ts [people] like lambs. (As for) D[unānu (and) Samgunu, the ones who had distu]rbed my exercising the kingship, I c[lamped (their) hands and feet] i[n iron manacles (and) handcuffs (and)] iron [fett]ers. (iii 25´) [I carried off people, ox]en, sheep and goats, d[onkeys, horses, (and) mules ou]t of the land G[ambulu to Assyria. (As for) Ša-p]ī-Bēl, the city upon which he (Dunānu) relied, I d[estroyed, demolished, (and) dissolved (it) with water].

iii 17'17'

[áš-tak]-ka-nu da-na-nu [u li-i-tu]

iii 18'18'

[ina ta-a-a]-ar-ti-ia UGU mdu-na-[ni KUR.gam-bu-la-a-a]

iii 19'19'

[ša a]-na KUR.ELAM.MA.KI it-tak-lu [áš-ku-na pa-ni-ia]

iii 20'20'

[URU.šá]-pi-i-dEN URU tukul-ti KUR.gam-bu-li [ak-šú-ud -reb URU šu-a-tu e-ru-ub]

iii 21'21'

[UN.MEŠ]-šú as-liš ú-ṭab-bi-iḫ mdu-[na-nu msa-am-gu-nu]

iii 22'22'

[mu-nàr]-ri-ṭu e-peš LUGAL-ti-ia ina [GIŠ.ṣi-iṣ-ṣi -qa-ti AN.BAR]

iii 23'23'

[bi-re]-ti AN.BAR ú-tam-[me-ḫa ŠU.II u GÌR.II]

iii 24'24'

[UN.MEŠ] GU₄.MEŠ US₅.UDU.ḪI.A ANŠE.[MEŠ ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ANŠE.KUNGA.MEŠ]

iii 25'25'

[ul]-tu -reb KUR.gam-[bu-li áš-lu-la a-na KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI]

iii 26'26'

[URU.šá-pi]-i-dEN URU tukul-ti-šú ap-[pul aq-qur ina A.MEŠ -ḫar-miṭ]

iii 27'27'

mum-man-i-gaš šá MUN ma--as-su e-[pu-šú -reb KUR.ELAM.MA.KI]

(iii 27') (As for) U[m]manigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), for who[m] I ha[d performed] many act(s) of kindness (and) whom I had installed as king [in the land Elam], w[ho did not honor my treaty (and) sided] with Šamaš-šuma-ukīn (my) [hostile] br[other] (iii 30´) Tamm[ar]ītu rebel[led] against him [and s]truck him, [together with his family], down [with the sword].

iii 28'28'

áš-ku-nu- a-na LUGAL-u-ti ša [a-de-ia la iṣ-ṣu-ru]

iii 29'29'

it-ti mdGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ [nak-ri -ku-na pi-i-šú]

iii 30'30'

mtam-ma-ri-tu EDIN--šú ib-bal-kit-[ma šá-a-šú ga-du kim-ti-šú]

iii 31'31'

ú-ra-as-sib-šú [ina GIŠ.TUKUL]

iii 32'32'

mtam-ma-ri-tu šá EGIR mum-man-i-[gaš ú-ši-bu ina GIŠ.GU.ZA KUR.ELAM.MA.KI]

(iii 32') (As for) Tamm[ar]ītu, who [sat on the throne of the land Elam] after Ummani[gaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II) (and)] who ca[m]e t[o the a]id of Šam[aš-šuma-ukīn (my) unfaithful brother he hastily sent his weapons] to fight with [my] troops. (iii 35´) As a result of the supplications [th]at I had address[ed to] (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, [they listened to my prayers]. Indab[ib]i, a servant of his, [rebelled] against [him and] brought about his [defe]at in a pitched battle. [He sat on his throne].

iii 33'33'

ša a-na re-ṣu-u-ti mdGIŠ.NU₁₁-[MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ la ke-e-nu]

iii 34'34'

il-lik-am-ma a-na mit-ḫu-ṣi ERIM.ḪI.[A-ia ur-ri-ḫa GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ-šú]

iii 35'35'

ina su-up-pe-e šá AN.ŠÁR u d15 ú-sap-pu-[u -mu-ú un-ni-ni-ia]

iii 36'36'

min-da-bi-bi ARAD-su EDIN-[-šú ib-bal-kit-ma]

iii 37'37'

ina EDIN [BAD₅].BAD₅-šú -kun [ú-šib ina GIŠ.GU.ZA-šú]

iii 38'38'

mtam-ma-ri-[tu] ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šú qin-nu-šú [NUMUN É AD-šú it-ti 85 NUN.MEŠ]

(iii 38') Tammarī[tu], his [br]others, hi[s] family, [(and) the seed of his father’s house, together with eighty-five nobles] who marc[h at his side, (fled) f]ro[m Indabibi his (Tammarītu’s) servant (iv 1) crawled] nak[e]d on [their] belli[es and (then)] fle[d to Assyria] and grasped [my] feet.

iii 39'39'

a-li-kut [Á.II-šú] la-pa-an [min-da-bi-bi ARAD-šú]

Column iv
iv 1iv 1

mi-ra-nu-[]-šú-nu UGU lìb-bi-[šú-nu ip-ši-lu-nim-ma a-na KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI]

iv 22

in-nab-tu-[nim]-ma iṣ-ba-tu GÌR.II-[ia mtam-ma-ri-tu a-na e-peš ARAD-ti-ia]

(iv 2b) [Tammarītu handed] himself [ov]er [to do obeisance to me] and, [by] the com[mand of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, he made an appeal to my lordly majesty] to dec[ide his case (and) to come to his aid. He stood before me and]

iv 33

ra-man-šú [im-nu]-u-ma áš-šú e-peš [di-ni-šú a-lak Á.TAḪ-šú]

iv 44

[ina] -bit? [AN.ŠÁR u d15 ú-ṣal-la-a EN-ú-ti ina maḫ-ri-ia i-zi-iz-ma]

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Column v
v 1v 1

[re-še-e-ti a-na DINGIR.MEŠ-ia áš-ruk] .ERIM.MEŠ GIŠ.PAN [GIŠ.a-rit]

(v 1) [I gave the best (of them) to my gods. I added th]e arch[e]rs, [shield bearers, artisans, (and) engineers whom I had carr]ied off from [the land Elam to my royal contingent. I divided up th]e res[t like sheep and goats among my governors, my nobles, my cult centers, (and)] my [entire ca]mp.

v 22

[.um-ma-ni .kit-kit-tu-u šá áš]-lu-la ul-tu -reb [KUR.ELAM.MA.KI]

v 33

[UGU ki-ṣir LUGAL-ti-ia ú-rad-di] si-it-tu-ti [a-na .NAM.MEŠ-ia]

v 44

[.GAL.MEŠ-ia ma-ḫa-za-ni-ia gi-mir] KARAŠ-ia [GIM ṣe-e-ni ú-za-iz]

v 55

[ina u₄-me-šú É ri-du-ti te--e É.GAL] ša -[reb NINA.KI URU ṣi-i-ru]

(v 5) [At that time, the replacement House of Succession, the palace th]at is in[side Nineveh the exalted city loved by the goddess Mullissu which Sennach]e[rib, king of Assyria, the father of the father who had engendered me],

v 66

[na-ram dNIN.LÍL šá md30-PAP].MEŠ-[SU MAN KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI AD AD ba-ni-ia]

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