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.

10'10'

[... áš-ku-nu]- a-na LUGAL-u-ti .DINGIR.<RA.KI>

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'

[.ERIM.MEŠ e-piš si-ḫi u bar]-ti ma-la it-ti-šú šak-nu

(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.

15'15'

[e-du ul] ip-par-šid mul-taḫ-ṭu ul ú-ṣi ina ŠU.II-ia

16'16'

[GIŠ.GIGIR] ru-kub EN-ti-šú GIŠ.GIDRU ṣi-bit ŠU.[II]-šú NA₄.KIŠIB si-mat -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.

17'17'

[it]-ti ú-nu-ut É.GAL-šú áš-lu-la a-na KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI

18'18'

.GAL.MEŠ-šú a-na ta-mar-ti UN.MEŠ ú-še-šib EDIN ANŠE.A.AB.BA

19'19'

ù si-it-tu-ti ina qaq-qa-ri in-da-áš-šá-ru ina maḫ-ri-ia

20'20'

EGIR-nu UN.MEŠ EN ḫi-iṭ-ṭi an-nu kab- e--su-nu-u-ti

(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 -bit AN.ŠÁR u dNIN.LÍL -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 [-ni] áš-kun at-tal-lak šal-ṭiš

24'24'

[mum-man-al-da-si ti-ib] -ia dan-nu e-dur-ma

25'25'

[me-ra-nu--šú in-na-bit]-ma iṣ-ba-ta šá-du-u

26'26'

[14 URU.MEŠ dan-nu-ti mu]-šab LUGAL-ti-šú

(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. [...] ... [...]

27'27'

[ù URU.MEŠ TUR.MEŠ šá ni]-i-ba la i-šu-u

28'28'

[a-di 20.ÀM URU.MEŠ ina na-ge-e] ša URU.ḫu-un-nir

29'29'

[ina UGU -iṣ-ri šá URU.ḫi]-da-lu ak-šu-ud

30'30'

[...] x x (x) x [x]

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[...] x.KI -reb KUR.x [...]

(l.e. 1) [...] ... inside the land [...]


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/.