Ashurbanipal 099
| Obverse | ||
| Column i | ||
| o io i | Lacuna | |
| o i 1'1' | (i 1') [(As for) the throne-dais, the seat of his (Marduk’s) exa]lted [divinity, I cast fifty talents of shiny zaḫ]alû-silver [into] bricks and (thereby) [enlarge]d it. | |
| o i 2'2' | [50 GUN za]-⸢ḫa⸣-lu-u | |
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| o i 6'6' | (i 6') [I had a canopy, which rival]s the heavens, [ma]de from musukkannu-wood, [a dur]able [wood. (i 10´) I] clad [its perimeter with thirty-four talents (and) twenty min]as of reddish gold | |
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| Lacuna | ||
| Column ii | ||
| o iio ii | Lacuna | |
| o ii 1'1' | (ii 1') I [added (temple appurtenances)] to [those of the kings, my ancestors]. I made the [great] gods who sup[port me reside] in [their exalted] inner sanctum[s. I offered sumptuous] offerings before [them (and) presented (them) with my gifts. I made] re[gular offerings (and) contributions more plentiful than those of distant days]. | |
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| Lacuna | ||
| One column likely completely missing | ||
| Reverse | ||
| rr | Reverse completely missing |
1The translation assumes that the lacuna contained BÁRA.MAḪ-ḫu šu-bat “(As for) the throne-dais, the seat of”; see, for example, text no. 10 (Prism T) i 27.
2The translation assumes that the now-missing text contained e-li ša u₄-me ul-lu-ti ú-šá-tir-ma “I made more plentiful than those of distant days”; see, for example, text no. 10 (Prism T) iii 47b–48.
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/Q003798/.