Ashurbanipal 181
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o?o? | Lacuna | |
o? 1'1' | [šá ina qí-bit AN.ŠÁR] ⸢dNIN⸣.[LÍL] ⸢ik-šu⸣-[du ṣu-me-rat ŠÀ-šú]1 | (o? 1') [I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, who by the command of (the god) Aššur] (and) the goddess Mu[llissu a]chi[eved his heart’s desire: Um]manigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II) [dispatched them (his forces) to Undasu, a s]on of Teum[man — a (former) king of the land Elam — Zazaz, the city ruler of the c]ity Pillatu, (and) [Parr]û, the [city ruler of the land Ḫilmu, to help] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn — [(my) unfaithful] b[rother — (and) to fight with the troops of Assyria] |
o? 2'2' | ||
o? 3'3' | [mza-za-az LÚ.EN.URU] ⸢URU⸣.pil-la-ti m[par-ru]-⸢u LÚ⸣.[EN.URU KUR.ḫi-il-mu] | |
o? 4'4' | [a-na re-ṣu-ut md]GIŠ.NU₁₁-⸢MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ?⸣ [NU GI.NA a-na mit-ḫu-ṣi] | |
o? 5'5' | [ERIM.ḪI.A KUR aš-šur.KI mum]-⸢man⸣-i-⸢gaš⸣ [ú-ma-ʾe-er-šú-nu-ti] | |
Lacuna | ||
Reverse | ||
r?r? | Lacuna | |
r? 1'1' | [...] x ḪU x [...] | (r? 1') (No translation possible) |
r? 2'2' | (r? 2') [I], Ashurbani[pal, king of Assyria, who b]y the command of (the god) Aššur (and) the goddess Mullissu a[chieved his heart’s desire: (rev.? 5´) They paraded before me the zaqi]ptu-standard (and) šakirūtu-standard, clothing (and) j[ewelry, all of the royal appurtenances of] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn — [(my) unfaithful] brot[her] — his [pal]ace women, his eunuchs, [his battle troops, chariotry], a processional carriage, the vehic[le of his lordly majesty, horses], his [harn]ess-broken (steeds), every nec[essity of his palace, as much as there was, (and) people] — male and [female, young and old]. | |
r? 3'3' | [šá] ⸢ina qí-bit⸣ AN.ŠÁR dNIN.⸢LÍL ik?⸣-[šu-du ṣu-me-rat ŠÀ-šú] | |
r? 4'4' | [za]-⸢qip⸣-tú GIŠ.šá-⸢ki⸣-ru-tú lu-bul-⸢tú šu⸣-[kut-tú mim-ma si-mat] | |
r? 5'5' | ||
r? 6'6' | [MUNUS].⸢sek⸣-re-ti-šú LÚ.šu-⸢ut⸣ SAG.MEŠ-šú ⸢LÚ⸣.[ERIM.MEŠ MÈ.(MEŠ)-šú] | |
r? 7'7' | ||
r? 8'8' | [ANŠE.KUR.RA.MEŠ ṣi]-⸢mit⸣-ti ⸢GIŠ⸣.ŠUDUN-šú mim-ma ḫi-[šiḫ-ti É.GAL-šú] | |
r? 9'9' | ||
Lacuna |
1The translation assumes that the lacuna contained a-na-ku mAN.ŠÁR-DÙ-A MAN KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI “I, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria” from rev.? 2´.
2The translation assumes that the lacuna contained TUR u GAL ú-še-ti-qu ina IGI-ia “They paraded before me ..., young and old”; see, for example, text no. 175 ii 22´.
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/Q007589/.