Ashurbanipal 219
Obverse | ||
oo | Lacuna | |
o 1'1' | [...] (traces of about 5 signs) DA [...] | (1') [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... the stars (lit. “writing”) of the firmament ... [...] I clad its (the canopy’s) perimeter with [thirty-four ta]lents (and) twenty mi[nas of] reddish [g]old (and thereby) reinforced [its] b[onds. (5´) Through the cr]aft of the god Kusiba[n]d[a], I made their [ap]pearance shine. Like the structure of heaven, I [...] (and) I stretched out its covering over the dwelling of the god [Marduk], the great lord, and (thus) secured [its] ro[of]. |
o 2'2' | [...] (traces of about 8 signs) DÙG.GA [...] | |
o 3'3' | [...] x x-ti? ⸢ši?-ṭir?⸣ bu-ru-um-me? (traces of about 4 signs) [...] | |
o 4'4' | [34] ⸢GUN⸣ 20 MA.[NA] ⸢KÙ⸣.GI ru-uš-šú-u kip-pat-su ú-šal-biš ú-dan-ni-⸢na rik?⸣-[se-šú] | |
o 5'5' | [ina ši]-⸢pir⸣ dkù-si₂₂-⸢bàn-da ni?⸣-ṭi-il-šú-un ú-nam-mir GIM ši-kin AN-e uš?-x [x x (x)] | |
o 6'6' | [e]-⸢li⸣ šu-bat ⸢d⸣[AMAR.UTU] EN GAL-e ṣu-lul-šú at-ru-uṣ-ma ú-kin ta-⸢ra⸣-[an-šú] | |
o 7'7' | [BÁRA].MAḪ-ḫu at-man DINGIR-ti-šú ṣir-ti šá e-li gi-piš tam-tim ⸢na⸣-du-u x [x x (x)] | (7') [(As for) the throne]-dais, the inner sanctum of his (Marduk’s) exalted divinity, which is placed over the massive body of the sea (Tiāmat), [...] I cast fifty talents of shiny zaḫalû-silver into bricks and (thereby) enlarged i[t]. I adorned it with an awe-inspiring aura and radiance, arrayed it in splen[dor], (10´) made all of its workmanship resplendent, skillfully m[ade] its feature(s), (and) made (it) more [...] than previously. The išippu-priests (and) pašīšu-priests cleansed all of Es[agil] with their purification c[erem]onies. |
o 8'8' | ⸢50 GUN⸣ za-ḫa-lu-u ⸢eb⸣-bu a-na a-gúr-ri ap-ti-iq-ma ú-rab-ba-a ṣe-[ru-uš-šú] | |
o 9'9' | me-lam-mi ù šá-lum-ma-tu ú-za-in-šú ú-šal-bi-is-su nam-ri-⸢ir⸣-[ri] | |
o 10'10' | si-ḫi-ir ep-še-ti-šú ú-šar-ri-iḫ nab-ni-ta-šú ú-nak-⸢ki⸣-[il] | |
o 11'11' | ||
o 12'12' | i-šip-pí pa-ši-ši ina ⸢ri⸣-[im]-ki?-šú-nu KÙ.MEŠ ub-bi-bu si-ḫir-ti é-⸢sag⸣-[íl] | |
o 13'13' | (13') Month of Nisan (I). | |
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Reverse | ||
r 1r 1 | ⸢ki?-ma?⸣ dEN.LÍL mu-kin BALA-⸢e-ia⸣ [...] x x x [x x] | (r 1) Like the god Enlil, who establishes my reign, [...] ..., [may] the god [Mardu]k, the great lord, [...] the statue of [my] royal maje[sty ...] ..., may he constantly listen to me [...] ... May he alway[s ...] my troops at (sun)rise and (sun)set. (rev. 5) May he answer me with a firm “yes” [in] divination (and) keep [me] in good health. Like the finest oil, may my [she]pherdship be pleasing to the people [... (so that) whe]rever his radiance goes forth, they may respect [my] na[me] by his command. May he make [the] four [quarters (of the world)] submit to me (so that) they may pull [my] yo[ke]. [...] sunrise (to) sunset ... [... (rev. 10) ...] (so that) I may expand the territory of Assyria ... [... wi]de [...] (and) tall mountains ... [... tr]uth, justice, my reign ... [...]. |
r 22 | ⸢d⸣[AMAR].⸢UTU⸣ EN GAL-ú ṣa-lam ⸢LUGAL?⸣-[ti-ia? ...] x x [x] | |
r 33 | ||
r 44 | [LÚ?].ERIM.MEŠ-ia ina ni-ip-ḫi u ri-bi lik?-[x x] ka-a-a-⸢an⸣ | |
r 55 | [ina] bi-ri an-nu ke-e-nu le-e-pul-⸢an-ni⸣ li-šal-li-⸢ma⸣-[ni] | |
r 66 | ||
r 77 | [e]-⸢ma?⸣ šá-ru-ru-šú a-ṣu-u qí-bi-tuš-šú liš-ḫu-tú zi-⸢ik?⸣-[ri?] | |
r 88 | [kib-rat] LÍMMU-ti ⸢a⸣-na GÌR.II-ia li-šak-ni-šá li-šu-ṭu ⸢ab?⸣-[šá-ni] | |
r 99 | ||
r 1010 | [...] x ⸢mi⸣-ṣir KUR aš-šur lu-šá-an-di-⸢la⸣ x LU x [...] | |
r 1111 | [...] ⸢DAGAL⸣-tim KUR-i zaq-ru-ti x ÁŠ TA x [...] | |
r 1212 | [...] ⸢kit⸣-ti me-šá-ri BALA.⸢MEŠ-ia⸣ la-ba-[...] | |
r 1313 | (r 13) [In the futur]e, [may] one of the kings, [my] descendants, [...] ... [...] | |
r 1414 | [...] x KID (traces) [...] x ⸢ZI?⸣ [...] | |
Lacuna |
1The first half of the line is uninscribed, with the UGU sign written under the iḫ sign of ú-šar-ri-iḫ “made resplendent” from the previous line.
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/Q007627/.