Names

  • Ashurbanipal 212

Numbers

  • Q007620
  • Ashurbanipal 212

View

Details

  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Written ca. 668-ca. 631
  • Kuyunjik (Nineveh)
  • Royal Inscription
  • Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal 212

Obverse
oo Lacuna

Lacuna

o 1'1'

[... ša rag]-⸢gu⸣ u ke-e-nu i-bar-[ru-u ...]

(1') [... who] se[es the wick]ed and the just [...] ... [... who pre]sents bursagg[ê]-offerings [...] ... [...] the rites [... (5´) ...], who burns up evil ones, w[ho] strikes [the ...] of the evil (doer), [...] ..., beloved of the god Duranki (Enlil), who dwells in E[m]elamana that is inside the city Ḫarrān, [the great lord, his lord] —

o 2'2'

[...] ⸢na⸣-áš-KI MU x [...]

o 3'3'

[...].⸢MEŠ?⸣ [... ú]-⸢ṭaḫ⸣-ḫu-u BUR.SAG.⸢GÁ⸣ [...]

o 4'4'

[...] x x MU x [...] sak-ke-e LUḪ [...]

o 5'5'

[...] x ⸢qa⸣-mu-u MUNUS.ḪUL.MEŠ ⸢ša?⸣ [x x] ⸢ID⸣ lem-ni i-maḫ-ḫa-ṣu [...]

o 6'6'

[x (x)] x ⸢KUN?⸣-nu-u na-ram ddur-an-ki a-⸢šib é-me-lám⸣-an-na šá qé-reb URU.KASKAL [EN GAL-e EN-šú]1

o 7'7'

⸢a-na⸣-ku mAN.ŠÁR-⸢DÙ⸣-A LUGAL GAL-u LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÚ ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI NUN mun-dal-⸢ku⸣ [...]

(7') I, Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, judiciou[s] ruler, [...], obedient governor, favorite of god and goddess, who loves the (cities’) privileged status, who establishe[s ...], who obeys the command of the god Sîn and the goddess Ningal, whom, with [t]heir steadfast hearts, they crowned with the crown of rulership, [...], (10´) who is assiduous towards the sanctuaries of the god Nusku, administrator of the gods, who provides for the cult centers and sanctuaries, [...]; son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, who reveres [(the god) Aššur and the goddess Mullissu]; grandson of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria; the eternal seed [of kingship]:

o 8'8'

GÌR.NÍTA kan-⸢šú⸣ mi-gir DINGIR u d15 ra-im ⸢ki⸣-di-nu-ti šá-ki-⸢nu⸣ [...]

o 9'9'

na-ṣir a-mat ⸢d⸣30 u dnin-gal ša ina ku-un lìb-bi-⸢šú⸣-nu a-ge-e EN-u-ti e-pi-ru-⸢šú⸣ [...]

o 10'10'

muš-te-eʾ-u áš-rat dnusku mu-er-ri DINGIR.MEŠ za-⸢nin⸣ ma-ḫa-zi u eš-re-e-ti [...]

o 11'11'

DUMU mAN.ŠÁR-PAP-AŠ LUGAL ŠÚ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI GÌR.NÍTA ⸢KÁ⸣.DINGIR.RA.KI pa-liḫ [AN.ŠÁR u dNIN.LÍL]

o 12'12'

DUMU DUMU md30-PAP.MEŠ-SU ⸢LUGAL⸣ ŠÚ LUGAL KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI NUMUN da-ru-ú [šá LUGAL-u-ti?]2

o 13'13'

ú-še-⸢piš⸣-ma GIŠ.IG.MEŠ GIŠ.EREN ši-⸢ḫu-ú-ti⸣ ša i-ris-su-nu DÙG.GA ina IGI? x [...]

(13') I had doors ma[d]e from long cedar (beams), whose fragrance is sweet, with ... [...] and [I fastened (on them)] band(s) of pure z[aḫ]alû-metal, which is [b]right like [daylig]ht, through the workmanship of the god Kusiba[nda]. (15´) I f[ixed (them) in the gateways] of the cella of Emelamana, the seat of his ... that is inside the city Ḫarrān, as ones that pres[e]rve life (and) protect the path of the king who reveres the god Sîn, hi[s] lord, [...] that speak favorable thing(s) in the evening (and) bring in petitions [...].

o 14'14'

me-⸢ser za-ḫa⸣-le-e eb-bi šá ki-ma [u₄]-⸢me nam⸣-ru ina ep-še-ti dkù-si₂₂-⸢bàn⸣-[da ú-rak-kis]

o 15'15'

ina É ⸢pa-paḫ⸣ é-me-lám-an-na šu-bat x-MA?-ti-šú šá qé-reb URU.KASKAL ú-⸢rat⸣-[ta-a KÁ.MEŠ-šú]

o 16'16'

⸢mu⸣-šal-⸢li⸣-mat na-piš-ti na-ṣi-rat ⸢ki⸣-bi-is LUGAL pa-liḫ d30 EN-⸢šú⸣ [...]

o 17'17'

[...] x qa-ba-at MUNUS.SIG₅-⸢tim⸣ ina ⸢li⸣-la-a-ti mu-še-ri-bat tés-li-ti x [...]

o 18'18'

[GIŠ.IG.MEŠ] šá-a-ti-na ši-⸢pir-ši-na ú⸣-šak-lil-ma e-mì-da KÁ šu-bat [...]

(18') [(As for)] these [doors], I completed their work and positioned (them) on the gate(s) of the abode of [...]

Reverse
rr Lacuna

Lacuna

r 1'1'

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

(r 1') [...] who makes [...] may [...] be pleasi[ng befo]re you. [...] make [...] stretch out over m[e fo]r good fortune [...] give to me [a]s a gift.

r 2'2'

[...] x e-piš x [x (x)]

r 3'3'

[... ma]-⸢ḫar⸣-ka lid-mì-[iq]

r 4'4'

[... a?]-⸢na?⸣ SIG₅-tim šu-ut-ri-ṣa UGU-⸢ia⸣3

r 5'5'

[...].⸢MEŠ?⸣ [... a]-⸢na⸣ ši-rik-ti šur-ka

r 6'6'

[...] x BUR.⸢SAG⸣.[GÁ ...] x x-i bur-gi-i

(r 6') [...] bursag[gê-offerings ...] ... burgê-offer­ings [...] may [...] be on your mind [...] ... the god Sîn constantly crossed over the broad heavens [... in the p]lace of judgement and decision, [a]nswer me with a firm “yes” [...] make [...] favorable for me before both lords.

r 7'7'

[...] x lib-⸢šá⸣-[a] kar-šu-uk-ka

r 8'8'

[...] x-aḫ?-šú d30 i-te-⸢et⸣-ti-qu AN-e šad-⸢lu⸣-ti4

r 9'9'

[...] ⸢a⸣-šar šip-ṭi u EŠ.BAR ⸢ap⸣-la-an-ni an-⸢nu⸣ ke-e-nu

r 10'10'

[...] ⸢du⸣-um-mì-qa ma-ḫar ⸢EN.MEŠ⸣ ki-lal-la-an

r 11'11'

[ina BALA.MEŠ UD.MEŠ SÙ.MEŠ ki-ma] GIŠ.IG.MEŠ šá-a-ši-na in-na-⸢ḫa⸣-ma il-la-ka la-ba-riš

(r 11') [During a reign in the distant future, when] these doors become dilapid[at]ed and old, [may he restore these doors, my handiwork], not change their work, and return (them) to their place. May he write (on them) [the praise of the deities Sîn, Ningal, and Nusku, my lords, and the m]ention of my name with his (own) name and deposit (them) for all time.

r 12'12'

[GIŠ.IG.MEŠ šá-a-ši-na ši-pir ŠU.II-ia li-diš]-⸢ma⸣ ši-pir-ši-na a-a ú-šá-an-ni-ma li-ter áš-ru-uš-ši-in

r 13'13'

[ta-nit-ti d30 dnin-gal u dnusku EN.MEŠ-ia u] ⸢zi⸣-kir MU-ia KI MU-šú liš-ṭur-ma li-zi-ba aḫ-ra-taš5

r 14'14'

[ša GIŠ.IG.MEŠ šá-a-ši-na la-pa]-⸢an?⸣ é-me-lám-an-na ú-nak-ka-ru ⸢a⸣-na šip-ri šá-nam-ma ep-pu-šú6

(r 14') [(As for) the one who] removes [these doors fro]m Emelamana (and) (re)fashions (their metal) for some other work, [or] destroys [the praise of the deities Sîn, Ningal, and Nusku, my lords], and changes the mention of [m]y name, may [the god Nusku ...] his favorable [...] speak evil of him before the god Sîn and the god[dess Ninga]l, and [... may ... make] his egi[rr]û-oracles [unfavora]ble.

r 15'15'

[ù ta-nit-ti d30 dnin-gal u dnusku EN.MEŠ-ia] ⸢ib⸣-ba-tu-ma zi-kir MU-⸢ia⸣ ú-šá-an-nu-u7

r 16'16'

[dnusku ...] x-⸢šú?⸣ ma-ag-ra ina ma-ḫar d30 u ⸢d⸣[nin]-⸢gal⸣ ḪUL-ta-šú lit-tas-qar-ma8

r 17'17'

[... li-lam?]-⸢mì?-na⸣ e-⸢ger-ra⸣-a-šu9



r 18'18'

[(an-ni-u) ša ina UGU GIŠ.IG.MEŠ ša é-me-lám-an-na É dnusku ša URU.KASKAL]

(r 18') [(This is) what is (written) upon the doors of Emelamana, the temple of the god Nusku of the city Ḫarrān].

1ddur-an-ki “the god Duranki (Enlil)”: The term Duranki (“Bond of Heaven and Underworld”) was used as a by-name for Nippur in its role as the ideological center of the universe (George, Topographical Texts p. 261). Since Enlil was the patron deity of Nippur, the designation dDuranki is a reference to this god. The god list AN: da-nu-um Tablet I line 171 (Litke, God-Lists p. 39) identifies dDuranki as a name of Enlil, and the god list AN: Anu ša amēli line 14 (ibid. p. 229) identifies him as dEN.LÍL šá EŠ.BAR “Enlil of decision(s).”

2[šá LUGAL-u-ti?] “[of kingship]”: For this restoration, see text no. 9 (Prism F) vi 66 and text no. 11 (Prism A) x 112.

3In the break, possibly restore ṣu-lul-ka DÙG.GA “your benevolent protection” or AN.DÙL-la-ka ša šá-la-me “your beneficent aegis” (see, for example, text no. 11 [Prism A] x 64–65); or perhaps restore bu-un-ni-ka (nam-ru-ti) and translate “direct [your (radiant) face] towards m[e fo]r good fortune” (compare text no. 229 vi 1–2 and the on-page note).

4x-aḫ? could be ⸢kun⸣-.

5The restoration at the beginning of the line is taken from text no. 211 rev. 16 and text no. 208 rev. 10.

6[GIŠ.IG.MEŠ šá-a-ši-na] “[these doors]”: Or possibly restore šip-ru šu-a-tu “this work”; see text no. 213 rev. 4´. [la-pa]-⸢an?⸣ é-me-lám-an-na “[fro]m Emelamana”: For this usage of lapān “before” in Ashurbanipal’s Ḫarrān inscriptions, see text no. 213 rev. 4´, and compare la-pa-an KÁ é-ḫúl-⸢ḫúl⸣ “from the gate of Eḫulḫul” in text no. 208 rev. 11.

7[ù ta-nit-ti d30 dnin-gal u dnusku EN.MEŠ-ia] “[the praise of the deities Sîn, Ningal, and Nusku, my lords]”: Or possibly restore ù ta-nit-ti dnusku EN-ia “the praise of the god Nusku, my lord”; see text no. 210 rev. 8´ and text no. 213 rev. 6´.

8⸢d⸣[nin]-⸢gal⸣ “the god[dess Ninga]l”: W. Schramm (WO 8 [1975] p. 45) instead read d[Šam-š]i “the god [Šama]š.” However, the divine pair Sîn and Ningal appear in obv. 9´.

9[li-lam?]-⸢mì?-na⸣ “[may ... make unfavora]ble”: The restoration is based on Borger, BIWA LoBl p. 14; also compare, for example, Kataja and Whiting, SAA 12 p. 112 no. 90 rev. 13.


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/Q007620/.

Debugging Information

Invocation

The pager was invoked as:

/home/oracc/bin/px web=1 proj=rinap%2Frinap5 pxid=Q007620

Pager Status

The pager reported status as:

Internal Data Structure State (Isp *ip)

oracc=/home/oracc from=list data=dcat show=rcat project=rinap/rinap5 projdir=/home/oracc/rinap/rinap5 list_name=outlined.lst op_nlevels=0 dors=0 perm=1 zoom=1 page=9 psiz=25 srch=(null) glos=(null) item=Q007620 item_replace=(null) bkmk=(null) ceid=xmd cemd=ccat lang=en xhmd=html part=(null) form=(null) what=pager wrap=(null) uimd=(null) pack=asis host=(null) aapi=rest host_path=(null) sig=(null) tmp_dir=(null) err=(null) errx=(null) pui=p4html.xml nowhat=0 force=0 olev=0 debug=0 hdr_done=1 noheader=0 pub_output=0 verbose=0 web=1 zlev=1 argc=4 referer=(null) tmpdir=(null)

struct isp_cache ip->cache

sys=/home/oracc/www/p4.d project=/home/oracc/www/p4.d/rinap/rinap5 sub=/home/oracc/rinap/rinap5/02pub/p4.d/outlined.lst out=/home/oracc/www/p4.d/rinap/rinap5/outlined.lst/1 list=/home/oracc/rinap/rinap5/02pub/p4.d/outlined.lst/list sort=/home/oracc/rinap/rinap5/02pub/p4.d/outlined.lst/1 csi=(null) tsv=/home/oracc/rinap/rinap5/02pub/p4.d/outlined.lst/1/pag.tsv max=/home/oracc/rinap/rinap5/02pub/p4.d/outlined.lst/1/max.tsv mol=/home/oracc/rinap/rinap5/02pub/p4.d/outlined.lst/1/zoom.mol pkey=(null) pgin=(null) page=/home/oracc/www/p4.d/rinap/rinap5/outlined.lst/1/1-z1-p9.div zout=/home/oracc/www/p4.d/rinap/rinap5/outlined.lst/1/1-z1.otl item=/home/oracc/www/p4.d/htm/rinap/rinap5/Q007/Q007620 prox=/home/oracc/www/p4.d/htm/rinap/rinap5/Q007/Q007620 meta=/home/oracc/www/p4.d/htm/rinap/rinap5/Q007/Q007620/meta.xml html=(null) ltab=(null) hilite=(null) pub=/home/oracc/rinap/rinap5/02pub/p4.d use=/home/oracc/rinap/rinap5/02pub/p4.d txtindex=(null) t_sort=(null) t_tsv=(null) t_max=(null) t_mol=(null)

struct isp_config ip->default_cfg

leftmenu=1 select=0 sort_fields=ruler sort_labels=ruler head_template=1 2 3 cat_fields=designation,popular_name,provenience,object_type cat_links=(null) cat_widths=35,35,15,15

struct isp_config ip->special_cfg

leftmenu=1 select=0 sort_fields=period,genre,provenience sort_labels=Time,Genre,Place head_template=1 2 3 cat_fields=designation,primary_publication,subgenre|genre,period,place|provenience cat_links=(null) cat_widths=auto,17,17,17,17

struct isp_glosdata ip->glosdata

dir=(null) web=(null) let=(null) lmax=(null) ent=(null) xis=(null) ltab=(null) lbase=(null) lpath=(null) ecpath=(null) emax=(null) ipath=(null)

struct isp_itemdata ip->itemdata

langs=en nlangs=1 xtflang=en lmem=(null) item=Q007620 fullitem=(null) block=(null) proj=rinap/rinap5 htmd=/home/oracc/www/p4.d/htm html=/home/oracc/www/p4.d/htm/rinap/rinap5/Q007/Q007620/Q007620.html dotted=(null) index=212 page=9 pindex=12 zoom=1 zpag=9 zindex=212 prev=Q007619 next=Q007621 tmax=346 xmdxsl=/home/oracc/lib/scripts/p4-xmd-div.xsl bld=/home/oracc/www/p4.d/htm/rinap/rinap5/Q007/Q007620/Q007620.html hili=(null) not=0

struct isp_list_loc ip->lloc

type=www lang=(null) method=file key=(null) dbpath=(null) dbname=(null) path=/home/oracc/bld/rinap/rinap5/lists/outlined.lst

struct isp_srchdata ip->srchdata

tmp=(null) bar=(null) count=0 gran=(null) list=(null) new=0 adhoc=0 zmax=318

Environment

HTTP environment variables:

CONTEXT_DOCUMENT_ROOT=/home/oracc/www
CONTEXT_PREFIX=
DOCUMENT_ROOT=/home/oracc/www
GATEWAY_INTERFACE=CGI/1.1
HTTP_ACCEPT=*/*
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING=gzip, br, zstd, deflate
HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL=max-age=259200
HTTP_CONNECTION=keep-alive
HTTP_HOST=oracc.ub.uni-muenchen.de
HTTP_USER_AGENT=Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)
HTTP_VIA=1.1 squid-proxy-5b96dc6d46-67sfg (squid/6.13)
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR=10.9.47.120
ORACC=/home/oracc
ORACC_BUILDS=/home/oracc
ORACC_HOME=/home/oracc
ORACC_HOST=oracc.ub.uni-muenchen.de
ORACC_MODE=multi
ORACC_USER=yes
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin
PATH_INFO=/rinap/rinap5/Q007620/
PATH_TRANSLATED=/home/oracc/www/cgi-bin/wx/rinap/rinap5/Q007620/
QUERY_STRING=
REMOTE_ADDR=216.73.217.140
REMOTE_PORT=46671
REQUEST_METHOD=GET
REQUEST_SCHEME=http
REQUEST_URI=/rinap/rinap5/Q007620/
SCRIPT_FILENAME=/home/oracc/www/cgi-bin/wx
SCRIPT_NAME=
SCRIPT_URI=http://oracc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/rinap/rinap5/Q007620/
SCRIPT_URL=/rinap/rinap5/Q007620
SERVER_ADDR=141.84.241.151
SERVER_ADMIN=stinney@upenn.edu
SERVER_NAME=oracc.ub.uni-muenchen.de
SERVER_PORT=80
SERVER_PROTOCOL=HTTP/1.1
SERVER_SIGNATURE=
Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu) Server at oracc.ub.uni-muenchen.de Port 80
SERVER_SOFTWARE=Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)