Ashurbanipal 094

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[...] x [...]

(i 1') [...] his [...] Babylo[n ... (i 5´) ... I tore] out and [... qui]ckly [... hi]s [... my temper] turned ho[t ...] who dwells in [...] he sent [...] (and) quickly [... (i 10´) ...] ... [...] his ... [...]

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[...] x-šú x [...]

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[...] AN [...]

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[...] x KÁ.DINGIR.⸢RA⸣.[KI ...]

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[... as-su?]-ḫa-am-ma x [...]

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[... ḫa]-⸢an⸣-ṭiš? x [...]

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[...]-⸢šú⸣ iṣ-ṣa-ru-⸢uḫ⸣ [ka-bat-ti?]

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[...] x ⸢a?⸣-šib? x [...]

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[... ú]-⸢ma⸣-ʾe-er ⸢ḫa⸣-an-⸢ṭiš⸣

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[...] x x x x

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[...] x-bi-šú

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[...] x

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[URU LUGAL-ti a-di na-ge-šú KUR]-⸢ud⸣1 2

(ii 1') [(As for) the entire (area) between the (Ulāya and Idide) river(s), I conquere]d [the city Madaktu, a royal city, along with its district. I conque]red [the city Ḫaltemaš, a royal city of his. I co]nquered [the city Susa, a royal city of his. I conqu]ered [the city Dinšarri, a royal city of his. (ii 5´) I con]qu[e]red [the city Sumuntunaš, a royal city of his]. I conquered [the city Pidilma, a royal city of] his. I conquered [the city Bubilu, a royal city of his]. I conquered [the city Kabinak, a ro]yal [city] of his.

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[URU.ḫal-te-ma-áš URU LUGAL-ti-šú KUR]-ud

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[URU.šu-šá-an URU LUGAL-ti-šú] ⸢KUR⸣-ud

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[URU.di-in-LUGAL URU LUGAL-ti-šú ak]-⸢šu⸣-ud

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[URU.su-mu-un-tu-na-áš URU LUGAL-ti-šú ak]-⸢šu-ud⸣

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[URU.pi-di-il-ma URU LUGAL-ti]-šú ak-⸢šu-ud⸣

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[URU.bu-bi-lu URU LUGAL-ti-šú] ak-šu-ud

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[URU.ka-bi-in-ak URU] ⸢LUGAL⸣-ti-šú KUR-ud

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[ina tukul-ti AN.ŠÁR u d15 ar-de-e-ma] ⸢al⸣-lik

(ii 9') [With the support of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, I advanced and m]arched [against Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-haltaš III), the king of the land Ela]m [who had not bowed down to] my [yoke].

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[EDIN? mum-man-al-da-si MAN KUR.ELAM].⸢MA⸣.KI

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[ša la ik-nu-šú a-na GIŠ.ŠUDUN]-ia

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[...] x-ud?

(ii 12') (No translation possible)

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[...]-šú?

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x [...] x

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[...] ⸢i?⸣-šú?-u?

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[...] x

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⸢32⸣ [ALAM.MEŠ LUGAL.MEŠ pi-tiq KÙ.GI KÙ.BABBAR URUDU NA₄.GIŠ.NU.GAL]

(iii 1') Thirty-t[wo statues of kings fashioned from silver, gold, copper, (and) alabaster] from i[nside the cities Susa, Madaktu, (and) Ḫurādi], along with a sta[tue of Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš I), son of Umbadarâ], a sta[t]ue of I[štar-Nanḫūndi (Šutur-Naḫūndi II), a statue of Ḫallušu (Ḫallušu-Inšušinak I)], (iii 5´) who in the ti[me of the kings, my ancestors], had done [...], and a sta[tue of the la]te[r Tammarītu], who by the c[ommand of (the god) A]šš[ur and] the goddess Ištar fled to me from i[nside] the land Elam and (then) (iii 10´) [grasp]ed my feet (and) did obeisance to me — I took (them) ou[t] of the land Elam to Assyria.

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ul-tu ⸢qé⸣-[reb URU.šu-šá-an URU.ma-dak-tu URU.ḫu-ra-di]

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a-di ⸢ALAM⸣ [mum-man-i-gaš DUMU mum-ba-da-ra-a]

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⸢ALAM⸣ m⸢iš⸣-[tar-na-an-ḫu-un-di ALAM mḫal-lu-si]

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ša ina ⸢ter⸣-[ṣi LUGAL.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-ia]3

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e-pu-⸢šú⸣ [...] x [x]

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⸢ù ALAM⸣ [mtam-ma-ri-tu] ⸢EGIR⸣-[u]

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ša ina ⸢qí⸣-[bit] ⸢AN.ŠÁR⸣ [u] ⸢d15⸣

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ul-tu ⸢qé⸣-[reb] ⸢KUR⸣.ELAM.⸢MA.KI in-nab⸣-tam-ma

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GÌR.II-ia [iṣ-ba]-tu e-pu-šú ARAD-ú-ti

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⸢ul-tu KUR⸣.ELAM.MA.KI al-qa-a a-na KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI

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[ALAM m]ḫal-lu-su LUGAL KUR.ELAM.MA.KI an-nu-u

(iii 12') (As for) this [statue of] Ḫallušu (Ḫallušu-Inšušinak I), king of the land Elam — [who] had plotted evil (deeds) [agains]t Assyria (and) (iii 15´) init[ia]ted sedition [against] Sennacherib, king of Assyria, the father of the father who had engendered me — I cut out [its] tong[ue] that had scoffed, sliced off its lips that had spoken insolent word(s), and cut off its hands that had seized the bow to fight with Assyria. (iii 20´) To sing the praise(s) of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar, the gods who support me, [I ... (it)] in the gateway of [Egalza]gdinutuku (“Palace Without a Rival”), which is ins[ide Nineveh].

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[ša a]-⸢na?⸣ KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI ik-pu-du le-mut-tu

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[it?-ti?] ⸢m⸣d30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI AD AD DÙ-ia

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⸢e-pu⸣-šú ṣe-lu-ú-tú

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⸢EME⸣-[šú] ša iš-ni-iṣ-ṣu ak-kis

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NUNDUM.⸢MEŠ⸣-šú ša iq-ba-a me-re-eḫ-tú ⸢ap⸣-ru-uʾ

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ŠU.II-šú ú-kar-ri-it ša GIŠ.⸢PAN⸣ iṣ-ba-tú

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a-na mit-ḫu-ṣi KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI

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a-na da-la-⸢li⸣ ta-nit-ti AN.ŠÁR u d15

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DINGIR.⸢MEŠ⸣ ti-ik-le-ia

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ina ⸢KÁ⸣ [é-gal]-⸢zag-di-nu-tuku⸣

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ša qé-[reb NINA.KI ...]



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1The translation assumes that the now-missing line before ii 1´ contained bi-rit ÍD ka-la-mu URU.ma-dak-tú, “(As for) the entire (area) between the (Ulāya and Idide) river(s), the city Madaktu.”

2These lines are tentatively restored from the parallel passages in text no. 9 (Prism F) iv 34b–40 and text no. 11 (Prism A) v 82–89. Note, however, that it is possible that this inscription might have marginally deviated from those two texts: this inscription appears to have listed the cities Dinšarri and Sumuntunaš separately, rather than as a single unit. If this was not the case, and this text followed exactly the list of Elamite royal cities in text nos. 9 (Prism F) and 11 (Prism A), then ii 1´–5´ should be read as [bi-rit ÍD ka-la-mu URU.ma-dak]-⸢tú⸣ / [URU LUGAL-ti a-di na-ge-šú KUR]-ud / [URU.ḫal-te-ma-áš URU LUGAL-ti-šú] ⸢KUR⸣-ud / [URU.šu-šá-an URU LUGAL-ti-šú ak]-⸢šu⸣-ud / [URU.di-in-LUGAL URU.su-mu-un-tu-na-áš URU MAN-ti-šú ak]-⸢šu-ud⸣, “[I conque]red [the city Madakt]u, [a royal city, along with its district. I co]nquered [the city Ḫaltemaš, a royal city of his. I conqu]ered [the city Susa, a royal city of his. I co]nqu[e]red [the cities Dinšarri (and) Sumuntunaš, royal cit(ies) of his].”

3These two lines are not present in the accounts of text no. 9 (Prism F) and text no. 11 (Prism A).


Created by Jamie Novotny and Joshua Jeffers, 2015-22. Lemmatized by Joshua Jeffers, 2018-22, for the NEH-funded RINAP Project at the University of Pennsylvania. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q003793/.