Ashurbanipal 134
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1'1' | [...] x | (1') (No translation possible) |
2'2' | [...] x ŠÚ? | |
3'3' | [...] U? | |
4'4' | [...] x | |
5'5' | [...] ŠÚ? | |
6'6' | [...]-⸢ma?⸣ | |
7'7' | [...]-⸢ia?⸣ | |
8'8' | [...] x-šú | |
9'9' | [...] ⸢EN?⸣-u-ti | (9') [...] my [lordly maj]esty [... (Šamaš-šuma-ukīn) who]m [I had installed] as king of Babylo<n> [...] who altered [the peace (between us) ...] did battle [wi]th me [...] they consigned him [to a conflagrat]ion and destroyed his life. |
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11'11' | [...] ú-nak-ki-ru | |
12'12' | [...] ⸢it?⸣-ti-ia e-pu-šá ta-ḫa-zu | |
13'13' | [... ina mi-qit d]⸢GIŠ⸣.BAR id-du-šu-ma ú-ḫal-li-qu nap-⸢šat⸣-su | |
14'14' | (14') [(As for) the soldiers who had perpetrated sedition and rebelli]on, as many as had made common cause with him, [not a single one (of them)] escaped; (anyone) who tried to get away did not escape my grasp. | |
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16'16' | [GIŠ.GIGIR] ⸢ru⸣-kub EN-ti-šú GIŠ.GIDRU ṣi-⸢bit ŠU⸣.[II]-⸢šú⸣ NA₄.KIŠIB si-mat GÚ-šú | (16') I carr[ied] off to Assyria [a chariot], the vehicle of his lordly majesty, the scepter held in his hand[s], (and) a seal — the insignia (worn around) his neck — [along w]ith equipment from his palace. I sat his nobles on camel(s) as a spectacle for the people and they dragged the rest of them to and fro across the ground before me. |
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18'18' | ⸢LÚ⸣.GAL.MEŠ-šú a-na ta-mar-ti UN.MEŠ ⸢ú⸣-še-šib EDIN ANŠE.A.AB.BA | |
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20'20' | (20') Afterwards, (as for) the people who were guilty, I imposed a harsh punishment upon them. I destroyed their faces, flayed them, (and) chopped up their flesh. | |
21'21' | bu-un-na-ni-šú-nu at-bal KUŠ.MEŠ-šú-nu ⸢áš⸣-ḫu-uṭ ú-nak-ki-sa UZU.MEŠ-šú-un | |
22'22' | ina qí-bit AN.ŠÁR u dNIN.LÍL qé-⸢reb⸣ KUR.ELAM.MA.KI e-ru-ub | (22') By the command of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Mullissu, I entered the land Ela[m], brought about their (the Elamites’) defe[a]t [count]less (times), (and) marched about triumphantly. [Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš III)] became frightened by [the assault of] my mighty [battle a]rray, [fled naked, an]d took to the mountain(s). |
23'23' | BAD₅.⸢BAD₅-šú-nu ina la⸣ [mì-ni] ⸢áš-kun⸣ at-tal-lak šal-ṭiš | |
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26'26' | (26') I conquered [fourteen fortified cities], his royal [reside]nce(s), [and small(er) settlements, which] were without [nu]mber, [together with twenty villages, in the district o]f the city Ḫunnir, [(which is) on the border of the city Ḫid]alu. [...] ... [...] | |
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30'30' | [...] x x (x) x [x] | |
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l.e. 1l.e. 1 | [...] x.KI qé-reb KUR.x [...] |
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/Q007542/.