Ashurbanipal 228
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oo | Lacuna | |
o 1'1' | [...] x [...] | (1') [... For 1],63[5 years, the Elamite destruction ..., the gods Aššur], Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, [... in the di]vine assembly place [... (5´) they (the gods) commissioned m]e, Ashurbanipal, the rule[r who reveres them, to scatter the land Elam ... The] great [god]s in heave[n and netherworld ... The god Ša]maš, through his firm “yes,” commanded [me ... They told (me)] to exe[cute faithfully the comma]nd of the deities Aššur, Ištar, and Nergal [...]. |
o 2'2' | [a-na GÉŠ.U] ⸢GÉŠ.U⸣ 7 UŠ [15 MU.AN.NA.MEŠ šal-pú-tim LÚ.e-la-me-e ...] | |
o 3'3' | ||
o 4'4' | [ina] ⸢ub⸣-šu-ukkin-na-ki x [...] | |
o 5'5' | [ia]-⸢a⸣-ti mAN.ŠÁR-DÙ-A ⸢NUN⸣ [pa-liḫ-šú-un a-na sa-pa-aḫ KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ...] | |
o 6'6' | ||
o 7'7' | [d]⸢UTU⸣ ina an-ni-šú ke-e-ni iq-⸢ba⸣-[a ...] | |
o 8'8' | ||
o 9'9' | [at]-kal a-na a-mat AN.ŠÁR dU.GUR ša ú-⸢tak⸣-[ki-lu-in-ni ...] | (9') [I tru]sted in the command of (the god) Aššur (and) the god Nergal, who had enco[uraged me, ...] I did [no]t ... at the command of the goddess Ištar, daug[hter of the god Sîn, ..., wh]ich during the night the fury [of ...] I directed the troops of Assyria against the Elamite [...]. |
o 10'10' | ||
o 11'11' | ||
o 12'12' | ⸢ERIM⸣.ḪI.A KUR AN.ŠÁR uš-te-eš-še-ra UGU KUR.e-la-me-⸢e⸣ [...] | |
o 13'13' | (13') On my first campaign, by the command of the deities Aššur, Išt[ar, ...] I placed Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II), son of [Urtaku], on his (Teumman’s) throne [...]. (15´) Ummanigaš, for whom I had performed (many acts of) kindness (and) who[m] I had installed [as king of the land Elam, ...]. Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, (my) unfaithfu[l] brother, [carried off] the property of Esagil, Ezida, Emeslam, and [...]. | |
o 14'14' | ú-še-šib ina GIŠ.GU.ZA-šú mum-man-i-gaš DUMU [mur-ta-ki ...] | |
o 15'15' | mum-man-i-gaš ša MUN e-pu-šu-uš áš-ku-nu-⸢uš⸣ [a-na LUGAL-ut KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ...] | |
o 16'16' | mdGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ la ke-e-⸢nu⸣ [...] | |
o 17'17' | ||
o 18'18' | AN.ŠÁR dEN.LÍL.LÁ DINGIR.MEŠ mu-šim-mu ši-ma-a-ti u dU.⸢GUR⸣ [...] | (18') (The god) Aššur, supreme one of the gods who determines fates, and the god Ner[gal ...] delivered [him (Ummanigaš)] into the hands of Tammarītu, son of another Ummanigaš, the brother of his father, [...]. (20´) Tammarītu, who sat on the throne of the land Elam after him (and) who, like h[im, ...], (the god) Aššur (and) the god Nergal, the gods who support me, overthrew his kingship and [...]. |
o 19'19' | ina ŠU.II mtam-ma-ri-tu DUMU mum-man-i-gaš-ma ŠEŠ AD-šú im-nu-⸢ú⸣-[šú ...]1 | |
o 20'20' | mtam-ma-ri-tu ša EGIR-šú ú-ši-bu ina GIŠ.GU.ZA KUR.ELAM.⸢MA⸣.KI šá ki-ma ⸢šá⸣-[a-šú-ma ...] | |
o 21'21' | AN.ŠÁR dU.GUR DINGIR.MEŠ ti-ik-⸢le⸣-ia LUGAL-us-su iš-ki-⸢pu⸣-ma [...] | |
o 22'22' | EGIR-šú min-da-bi-bi šá ki-ma šá-a-šu-ma iš-ta-ap-pa-[ra ...] | (22') After him, Indabibi, who, like him, had constantly sen[t ...], (the god) Aššur (and) the god Nergal, gods of mine who constantly answer (enemies) in my stead, (and) fear of the weapons of [... T]error overwhelmed them (the people of Elam) and (then) [they rebelled] against Indabibi [(and) killed him with the sword ... The a]nger of (the god) Aššur (and) the god Nergal did not relent (and) the fury of the Assyrian Ištar [...]. |
o 23'23' | AN.ŠÁR dU.GUR DINGIR.MEŠ-ni-ia šá i*-tap*-pa-lu ke-mu-u-a ⸢pu⸣-luḫ-ti GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ ⸢AN?⸣ [...]2 | |
o 24'24' | ⸢ḫur⸣-ba-šú is-ḫu-up-šu-nu-ti-ma EDIN min-da-bi-⸢bi⸣ [ib-bal-ki-tú i-na-ru-uš? ina? GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ? ...] | |
o 25'25' | ⸢uz?⸣-zu AN.ŠÁR dU.GUR ul i-nu-⸢uḫ⸣ ag-gat d15 aš-šur-i-⸢tu⸣ [...] | |
o 26'26' | [ina 2]-⸢e⸣ ger-ri-ia ú-pa-ḫir ERIM.ḪI.A.MEŠ AN.ŠÁR ša šá-⸢an?-an?/nu?⸣ [...] | (26') [On] my [seco]nd campaign, I gathered the troops of (the god) Aššur, who ... [...], I scattered [the troops of U]mmanaldašu (and) [his] forc[es ...] I filled the op[en country] with the silence (of desolation) [...] ... [...]. |
o 27'27' | [ERIM.ḪI.A.(MEŠ) m]⸢um⸣-man-al-⸢da⸣-si ú-sap-pi-iḫ el-⸢lat⸣-[su ...] | |
o 28'28' | [...] ⸢šá⸣-qu-um-ma-⸢tu⸣ ú-mal-li ba-[ma-a-ti? ...] | |
o 29'29' | [...] ⸢MAN?⸣ AN DU (blank) [...] | |
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r 1r 1 | [...] x x ⸢d⸣ŠEŠ.KI-ru (blank) [...] | (r 1) [...] ... the divine light (Sîn) [... br]ought out, and (as for) the daug[hter] of the god Sîn (Ištar), the female warrior, her divinity came forth [...] their “yes” [...] ... battle ... [...] I was fully prepared for battle (and) he was marching [... (rev. 5) The god Nergal, the] merciless [warr]ior, powerful one among the gods, his brothers, who intercedes on [my] b[ehalf, ... The goddess Ištar, ... of] battle, the lady of the city Arbela, had quivers hanging (on the right and left) ... [... she] unsheath[ed ...] she was scorching with fire, the one who ... [...]. The god Adad, the canal inspector of hea[ven (and) nether]world, the devastating (storm) cloud, [roared] against him (Ummanaldašu) [...]. With the support of the [great] god[s], my lords, I destroyed the troops of [U]mman[aldašu ...] I established his [de]feat in all directi[ons]. |
r 22 | [... ú]-⸢še?⸣-ṣa-⸢am?⸣-ma ⸢DUMU⸣.[MUNUS] ⸢d⸣30 qa-rit-tu DINGIR-⸢us⸣-sa tu-ṣa-a ⸢tu⸣-[...] | |
r 33 | [...] ⸢an⸣-ni-šu-⸢nu⸣ x [x (x)] x-⸢ku?⸣ qab-lu x x (x) TI BAD? x [...] | |
r 44 | [...]-lu ku-⸢uṣ-ṣu-ra⸣-ku a-nun-tu il-lak [...] | |
r 55 | [dU.GUR qar]-⸢ra⸣-du la pa-du-⸢ú⸣ gaš-ri DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢ŠEŠ⸣.MEŠ-⸢šú⸣ ṣa-bit ⸢ab⸣-[bu-ut-ti-ia ...] | |
r 66 | [d15 x] a-nun-⸢tu be⸣-let URU.LÍMMU-DINGIR tul-la-a-ta ⸢iš⸣-pa-a-⸢ti⸣ i-ŠID/MES-x [...] | |
r 77 | [x x] x šal-⸢pat⸣ [x x] ú-ḫa-am-maṭ nab-lu mu-ma-⸢ʾi?⸣-[...] | |
r 88 | ⸢d⸣IŠKUR GÚ.GAL ⸢AN⸣-[e u] ⸢KI⸣-tim DUNGU ri-iḫ-ṣi e-li-šú [iš-gu-um? ...] | |
r 99 | ⸢ina⸣ tu-kul-ti DINGIR.[MEŠ GAL.MEŠ] EN.MEŠ-ia a-bu-ut ERIM.ḪI.A m⸢um⸣-man-[al-da-si ...] | |
r 1010 | a-na er-bet-ti šá-⸢a⸣-[ri] ⸢taḫ⸣-ta-⸢a⸣-šú áš-kun u₄-um-šú ú-x [...] | (r 10b) (On) that day, ... [...] I flattened (it) like the Deluge (even) more than before [...] I seized the city Susa within the space of a (single) day. I brought [the god Inšušinak ...], the gods of the land Elam and its goddesses, out and count[ed] (them) as booty. [... the pos]sessions (and) property of thei[r] earlier kings, as well as the bribes from the lan[ds that they (the lands) had provided for aid, ...]. |
r 1111 | ú-šá-tir-ma ⸢UGU šá⸣ maḫ-ri a-bu-ba-niš as-pu-un ⸢IZI?⸣ [...] | |
r 1212 | ina li-me-et u₄-mì-⸢im⸣-ma URU.šu-šá-an aṣ-bat (blank) [dMÙŠ.EREN ...] | |
r 1313 | DINGIR.⸢MEŠ⸣ KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ù d15.MEŠ-šú ú-še-ṣa-am-ma šal-la-ti-iš am-⸢nu⸣ [...] | |
r 1414 | ⸢NÍG.ŠU.MEŠ⸣ NÍG.GA.MEŠ LUGAL.MEŠ-šú-⸢nu⸣ maḫ-ru-ú-ti a-di ṭa-ʾa-a-⸢ti KUR⸣.[KUR ša a-na kit-ri id-di-nu ...] | |
r 1515 | [ina tukul]-⸢ti AN⸣.ŠÁR d30 ⸢d⸣UTU dIŠKUR dEN dAG d15 šá NINA.KI d[15 šá LÍMMU-DINGIR.KI ... DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia] | (r 15) [With the suppo]rt of the deities A[š]šur, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, Ištar of Nineveh, [Ištar of Arbela, ..., the great gods, my lords], I flattened the land Elam [in on]e [ye]ar, I destroye[d it] in a second year, [(and then) a third (time), when Ummanaldašu ... By] their [p]ronouncement(s), which no one can overturn, the El[amite] destruction [... With the suppor]t of the gods Aššur, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, (and) Nergal, the great gods, my lords, to [...] the cities Bašimu (and) Banunu, royal [ci]t(ies) of the land Elam that [... (rev. 20) By the co]mmand of the gods Aššur, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, (and) Nergal, who had encouraged m[e, ... I grasped the ha]nds of the goddesses Nanāya, Uṣur-amāssa, (and) Urkayī[tu ... (and) I made (them) enter (and) reside in Eanna ...]. The god Mār-bīti of the city Māliki, whom the Elamit[e] villain [...]. |
r 1616 | [1]-⸢et⸣ [MU].⸢AN⸣.NA KUR.ELAM.MA.KI as-⸢pu⸣-un šá-ni-tu MU.AN.NA ú-ḫal-⸢liq⸣-[ši 3-tum šá mum-man-al-da-si ...] | |
r 1717 | [ina ṣi]-⸢it⸣ pi-i-šú-nu šá la uš-pe-e-lu šal-pú-tim LÚ.e-⸢la⸣-[me-e ...] | |
r 1818 | [ina tukul]-⸢ti⸣ AN.ŠÁR dEN dAG dU.GUR DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia a-na x [...] | |
r 1919 | ⸢URU⸣.ba-ši-mu URU.ba-nu-nu URU LUGAL-ti ša KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ša ⸢na?⸣-[...] | |
r 2020 | [ina] ⸢qí⸣-bit AN.ŠÁR dEN dAG dU.GUR ša ú-tak-ki-lu-⸢in⸣-[ni ...] | |
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r 2323 | [m]dGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ la ke-e-nu ša MUN e-pu-⸢šu⸣-uš áš-⸢ku⸣-[nu-uš a-na LUGAL-ut KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI ...] | (r 23) Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, (my) unfaithful brother, for whom I had performed (many acts of) kindness (and) [whom] I had insta[lled as king of Babylon, ...] the lands Akkad, Chaldea, Aram, (and) Karduniaš (Babylonia), which ... [... (rev. 25) The] great [go]ds looked upon his evil deeds and in [... (As for) the one who] had disturbed my (exercising the) kingship, I imposed a harsh punishment on hi[m ...]. |
r 2424 | KUR URI.KI KUR.kal-du KUR.a-ru-mu KUR.kár-ddun-ía-àš ša ip-⸢ri?⸣-[...] | |
r 2525 | ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ ep-še-te₉-e-šú lem-né-e-ti ip-pal-su-ma ina AN [...] | |
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r 2727 | [ina u₄-me-šú] ⸢é⸣-mes-lam ⸢ša LUGAL⸣ pa-ni ⸢maḫ⸣-ri-⸢ia e⸣-[pu-šú ...] | (r 27) [At that time], (as for) Emeslam, which [a ki]ng of the past (who had come) before me had bu[ilt, ...] ... [...] |
r 2828 | [...] x x [...] | |
Lacuna |
1mtam-ma-ri-tu DUMU mum-man-i-gaš-ma ŠEŠ AD-šú “Tammarītu, son of another Ummanigaš, the brother of his father”: For the difficulties of this filiation (which also appears [partially restored] in text no. 126 rev. 8), see Fuchs, ZA 93 (2003) pp. 134–137, Waters, IrAnt 41 (2006) pp. 63–64, and Baker and Waters, PNA 3/2 p. 1306 sub Tammarītu 2.a.
2i*-tap*-pa-lu “who constantly answer”: The text appears to have AD for i-tap.
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/Q007636/.