Ashurbanipal 195
Obverse | ||
o 1o 1 | (1) O Aššur, the great mountain, [...], the sublime one [who resides] i[n] Eḫur[saggalkurkurra, ...], the lord of the crown, ... [...] by whose exalt[ed] command [...], (5) the fierce deluge [...], who, by the weapons of [his mighty] battle array, [...] and together with mankin[d ...] you swept over them like [...] you imposed [...] on the lands [...]. | |
o 22 | ||
o 33 | ||
o 44 | ša a-na a-mat-i-šú ⸢ṣi-ir⸣-[ti ...] | |
o 55 | ||
o 66 | ||
o 77 | ù a-di a-me-lu-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
o 88 | tar-ḫi-su-nu-ti GIM x [...] | |
o 99 | ||
o 1010 | mdu-na-nu DUMU m⸢EN⸣-[BA-šá ...] | (10) Dunānu, son of Bē[l-iqīša, ...] who spoke w[ords of ...] and you, kin[g of the gods ...]. Him, together with [his] famil[y ...] who to Sargon (II) [...] (15) kings who preced[ed me ...]. Moreover, he, Aplāya [... who] constantly harassed [...] their evil deeds [...] to exact revenge for the mention of [...] (20) you became angry with them and you hand[ed (them) over to me. ...] I slaughtered them like shee[p ...]. |
o 1111 | ||
o 1212 | ù at-ta ⸢LUGAL⸣ [DINGIR.MEŠ ...] | |
o 1313 | šá-a-šú a-di kim-⸢ti⸣-[šú ...] | |
o 1414 | šá a-na mLUGAL-GI.⸢NA⸣ [...] | |
o 1515 | ⸢LUGAL⸣.MEŠ a-lik ⸢maḫ-ri⸣-[ia ...] | |
o 1616 | ⸢ù⸣ šu-ú mIBILA-a-⸢a⸣ [...] | |
o 1717 | ⸢ka⸣-a-a-an ú-⸢da⸣-na-⸢la-pa⸣ [...] | |
o 1818 | ep-še-⸢ti⸣-šu-un lem-né-ti (x) [...] | |
o 1919 | ||
o 2020 | ||
o 2121 | ú-ṭa-bi-iḫ-šu-nu-ti GIM as-⸢li⸣ [...] | |
o 2222 | ⸢da⸣-na-an DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti [...] | (22) The might of your great divinity [...] which [...] me, Ashurbanipal [...] in whose youth [his] father [...] (25) and you, the king of the gods, the merciful [one, ...] you nominated [me ...] which to restore the sanctuari[es of Assyria, ...] you entrusted [me] with the conquering of the land of your enemy [...]. |
o 2323 | ⸢ša⸣ ia-a-ti mAN.ŠÁR-DÙ-A [...] | |
o 2424 | ⸢ša⸣ ina ṣe-ḫe-ri-šu a-⸢bu⸣-[šu ...] | |
o 2525 | ⸢ù⸣ at-ta LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ réme-[nu-ú ...] | |
o 2626 | ⸢ta⸣-am-bu-ú zi-kir ⸢MU?⸣-[ia? ...] | |
o 2727 | ||
o 2828 | ||
Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | ù mte-um-man LUGAL KUR.e-lam-⸢ti⸣ [...] | (r 1) Moreover, Teumman, the king of the land Elam, [...] assembled (and) was marchi[ng ...]. He tru[sted] in his (own) strength [...] which to destroy (and) to crea[te ...] (rev. 5) you conquered (that) Elamite, the e[nemy ...]. You cut off his head in the assembly of his troops [...] I proclaimed your exalted greatness [...]. In accordance with these, the weapons of (the god) A[ššur ...] the mighty enemy who trusted in [...]. |
r 22 | ú-ka-ṣi-ra il-la-⸢ka⸣ [...] | |
r 33 | šu-ú a-na da-na-ni-šu it-⸢ta⸣-[kil ...] | |
r 44 | ša a-ba-tu ba-⸢nu⸣-[u ...] | |
r 55 | tak-šu-ud LÚ.e-la-mu-ú LÚ.⸢KÚR⸣ [...] | |
r 66 | ina UKKIN um-ma-ni-šu tak-kis SAG.DU-su [...] | |
r 77 | ||
r 88 | ||
r 99 | ||
r 1010 | ù LÚ.man-na-a-a ša is-lu-ú ni-⸢ir⸣-[ka ...] | (r 10) Moreover, the Manneans who cast off [your] yoke [...] to the cr(ies) of widows and [...] and the Urarṭians of ba[se] talk [...] made spea[k] to the barbarian horde, a dangerous enemy, [...] th[ey] constantly commit[ted] a great sin against you [...]. |
r 1111 | a-na ri-gim MUNUS.al-ma-na-a-ti ù x-[...] | |
r 1212 | ù LÚ.URI-a-a ša da-bab-ti šap-⸢li⸣-[ti ...] | |
r 1313 | a-na ERIM-man-da LÚ.KÚR ek-ṣu ú-šad-ba-⸢bu⸣ [...] | |
r 1414 | ||
r 1515 | i-nan-na AN.ŠÁR GAL-ú ina a-⸢mat⸣-[i-ka ...] | (r 15) Now, O great Aššur, by [your] comman[d ...], the honored one of the gods, the grea[t] lady, [...] regarding the conquering of this enemy [...] I have appealed to your great divinity, O king of the go[ds ...]. Listen to my supplications, accept [my] prayers, [...] (rev. 20) By your exalted command, [...] the wrong do[ers ...], may I constantly look upon you[r (radiant)] face [...] may I constantly kneel down before you [...]. |
r 1616 | ka-bit-ti DINGIR.MEŠ GAŠAN GAL-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
r 1717 | ||
r 1818 | ||
r 1919 | še-me su-pi-ia le-qé un-ni-ni-[ia ...] | |
r 2020 | ina qí-bit-ti-ka ṣir-te ḫa-aṭ-⸢ṭi⸣ [...] | |
r 2121 | ||
r 2222 | lu-uk-tam-mì-sa ma-ḫar-ka [...] | |
r 2323 | ši-pir-ti mAN.⸢ŠÁR⸣-[DÙ-A ...] | (r 23) Letter of Ashu[rbanipal ...] to (the god) Aššur, who resides in E[ḫursaggalkurkurra, ...] (rev. 25) to accept [his] praye[rs ...] to overthrow his enemy (and) to kill [his foes ...]. |
r 2424 | ||
r 2525 | a-na TI-e un-⸢ni⸣-[ni-šu ...] | |
r 2626 |
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/Q007603/.