Ashurbanipal 137

Obverse
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Lacuna

1'1'

[...] x šá x x [...]

(1') [...] ... [... who did not res]pect the kingship of [... did n]ot obey the com[mand of ... the str]ong one, the exalted one, the mig[hty one, ... () ...] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, (my) u[nfaithful] brother, [...] ... he cut him down with the swo[rd. ...] and they listened to [my] plea(s). [...] they fled and grasped m[y] feet. [...] sat [...].

2'2'

[... la pa]-liḫ LUGAL-ut [...]

3'3'

[...] ul -ma-a -[bit ...]

4'4'

[...] dan-nu šá-qu-ú mug-da-[-ru ...]

5'5'

[... m]dGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ la? [ke-e-nu? ...]1

6'6'

[...] x-šu ú-ras-sib-šú ina GIŠ.TUKUL [...]

7'7'

[...] x-ma -mu-ú qa-ba-a-[a ...]

8'8'

[...] in-nab--ma iṣ-ba-tu GÌR.II-ia [...]

9'9'

[...] ú-šib lìb-ba-šú-un [ik-pu-ud ḪUL- ...]

(9'b) Their heart(s) [plotted evil (deeds) ... (10´) ..., wh]o commanded me to march [...] without [n]umber [...] Ummanald[ašu ... I] devastated [... I] laid waste (and) brought ab[out the defeat of ... (15´) ...] with [...] ... [...]

10'10'

[...] šá iq-bu-u-ni a-la-ku [...]

11'11'

[...] mi-na la i-šu-u [...]

12'12'

[...] x mum-man-al-da-[si ...]

13'13'

[... ú]-nam-me [...]

14'14'

[... ú]-šaḫ-ri-ba áš-ku-[na ...]

15'15'

[...] x it-ti x [...]

16'16'

[...] x x [...]

Lacuna

Lacuna

1la? [ke-e-nu?]u[nfaithful]”: Or possibly read nak-[ri], “h[ostile].”


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/Q007545/.