Ashurbanipal 106
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1'1' | [m]⸢tam-ma-ri-tu⸣ [MAN KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ša UGU ni-kis SAG.DU mte-um-man me-re-eḫ-tu iq-bu-u šá ik-ki-su a-ḫu-ru-ú ERIM.ḪI.A-ía] | (1') [(As for) Ta]mmarīt[u, the king of the land Elam who had spoken insolent word(s) on account of the cutting off of the head of Teumman — which a low-ranking soldier of my army had cut off] — saying: “Will they cu[t off the head of the king of the land Elam in his (own) land, in the assembly of his troops?” He spoke a second time]: “Moreover, [how could] Um[manigaš kiss the ground before the messengers of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, the creation of] (the god) Aššur and the goddess Mul[lissu?” On account of these words that he had slanderously uttered, (the god) Aššur and the goddess Mullissu attacked him and (then) Tammarītu, his brothers, his family, (and) the seed of his father’s house], (5´) together with eighty-[five nobles who march at his side, ... fled to me f]rom Indab[ibi, and (then) crawled naked on their bellies and came to Nineveh]. |
2'2' | ⸢um⸣-ma i-⸢nak⸣-[ki-su-u SAG.DU MAN KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ina qé-reb KUR-šú ina UKKIN ERIM.ḪI.A-šú šá-ni-ia-a-nu iq-bi] | |
3'3' | ù mum-[man-i-gaš ke-e ú-na-áš-šiq qaq-qa-ru ina pa-an LÚ.A KIN.MEŠ ša maš-šur-DÙ-A MAN KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI bi-nu-ut] | |
4'4' | ⸢AN.ŠÁR⸣ u d⸢NIN⸣.[LÍL UGU a-ma-a-ti an-na-a-ti šá il-zi-nu AN.ŠÁR u dNIN.LÍL? e-ri-ḫu-šú-ma mtam-ma-ri-tú ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šú qin-nu-šú NUMUN É AD-šú] | |
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6'6' | ⸢ul⸣-tu m⸢in⸣-[da-bi-bi in-nab-tú-nim-ma mi-ra-nu-uš-šú-un ina UGU ŠÀ.MEŠ-šú-nu ip-ši-lu-nim-ma il-lik-u-ni a-di NINA.KI] | |
7'7' | ⸢DUMU.MEŠ KUR⸣ AN.ŠÁR.⸢KI⸣ [...] | (7') (As for) the Assyrians [... I]ndadb[ibi ... in the ha]nds of [his] mes[senger ...] ... [...] |
8'8' | [m]⸢in⸣-da-⸢bi⸣-[bi ...] | |
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10'10' | [...] x x [...] | |
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1Unfortunately, the parallel account in text no. 8 (Prism G) breaks off after viii 32´´ at this point in the narrative, so it is unknown what should be restored in the second half of the line.
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/Q003805/.