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  • Ashurbanipal 241

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  • Q008329
  • Ashurbanipal 241

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  • cylinder
  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Written ca. 668-ca. 631
  • Babylon (Bābili)
  • Royal Inscription
  • Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal 241

Obverse
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a-na dAMAR.UTU LUGAL ŠÁR dí-- u da-nun-na-ki ba-ni AN-e u KI-tim mu-kin giš-ḫur-ru

(1) For the god Marduk, king of all the Igīgū gods and Anunnakū gods, creator of heaven and netherworld, who establishes archetypes (and) dwells in Esagil, lord of Babylon, great lord, my lord:

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a-ši-ib é-sag-íl EN .DINGIR.RA.KI EN GAL-i be-li-ia

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a-na-ku mAN.ŠÁR--A LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÁR LUGAL KUR -šur LUGAL kib-rat LÍMMU-ti

(3) I, Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world); son of Esarhaddon, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, who (re)settled Babylon, (re)built Esagil, renovated the sanctuaries of all the cult centers, constantly established appropriate procedures in them, and (re)confirmed their interrupted regular offerings, (who) restored the rites (and) rituals according to the old pattern; grandson of Sennacherib, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, I

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DUMU mAN.ŠÁR-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÁR LUGAL KUR -šur GÌR.NÍTA TIN.TIR.KI

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LUGAL KUR EME.GI₇ u URI.KI mu-še-šib .DINGIR.RA.KI e-piš é-sag-íl

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mu-ud-diš -re-e-ti kul-lat ma-ḫa-zi šá i-na qer-bi-ši-na

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-tak-ka-nu si-ma-a-ti ù sat-tuk-ki-ši-na baṭ-lu-tu ú-ki-nu

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par-ṣe ki-du-de-e ki-ma la-bi-ri-im-ma ú-te-ru áš-ru--šu-un

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DUMU DUMU md30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-SU LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠÁR LUGAL KUR -šur a-na-ku-ma

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ina BALA-e-a EN GAL dAMAR.UTU ina ri-šá-a-ti a-na TIN.TIR.KI i-ru-um-ma

(10) During my reign, the great lord, the god Marduk, entered Babylon amidst rejoicing and took up his residence in Esagil for evermore. I (re)confirmed the regular offerings for Esagil and the gods of Babylon. I (re-)established the privileged status of Babylon (and) appointed Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, my favorite brother, to the kingship of Babylon in order that the strong might not harm the weak. Moreover, I decorated Esagil with silver, gold, (and) precious stones and made Eumuša glisten like the stars (lit. “writing”) of the firmament.

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ina é-sag-íl šá da-ra-a-ti šu-bat-su ir-me sat-tuk-ki é-sag-íl

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ù DINGIR.MEŠ TIN.TIR.KI ú-ki-in ki-din-nu-ú-tu TIN.TIR.KI ak-ṣur

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áš-šú dan-nu a-na SIG la ḫa-ba-li mdGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ ta-li-1

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a-na LUGAL-ú-tu .DINGIR.RA.KI ap-qid ù i-na .BABBAR .GI

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ni-siq-ti NA₄.MEŠ é-sag-íl az-nu-un-ma

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ki-ma ši-ṭir bu-ru-mu ú-nam-mir é-umuš-a ina u₄-me-šú-ma2

(16b) At that time, (with regard to) Imgur-Enlil, the (city) wall of Babylon, (and) Nēmetti-Enlil, its outer wall, which had become old and buckled (and) collapsed, in order to increase the security of Esagil and the (other) sanctuaries of Babylon, with the strength of my labor forces I had Nēmetti-Enlil, its outer wall, built quickly anew with the craft of the god Kulla and I refitted its gates. I had (new) doors made and fixed (them) in its gateways.

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im-gur-dEN.LÍL BÀD .DINGIR.RA.KI -met-dEN.LÍL šal-ḫu-ú-šú

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ša la-ba-riš il-lik-ú-ma i-qu-pu in-na-ab-tu

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áš-šú ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti é-sag-íl ù -re-e-ti .DINGIR.RA.KI

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du-un-nu-nu ina e-muq um-ma-na-a-ti-ia sur-riš -met-dEN.LÍL

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šal-ḫu-ú-šú ina ši-pir dkulla -šiš ú-še-piš-ma .GAL.MEŠ-šú ú-rak-kis

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GIŠ.IG.MEŠ ú-še-piš-ma ú-rat-ta-a ina .MEŠ-šú

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NUN ar-ku-ú šá ina BALA-e-šú ši-pir šu-a-ti in-na-ḫu um-ma-ni en-qu-tu

(23) O (you) future ruler, during whose reign this work falls into disrepair, question skilled craftsmen! (Re)build Imgur-Enlil, the (city) wall, (and) Nēmetti-Enlil, the outer wall, according to their ancient specifications! Look at my inscribed object, anoint (it) with oil, offer a sacrifice, (and) place (it) with your (own) inscribed object! The god Marduk will (then) listen to your prayers.

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ši-ta-ʾa-al im-gur-dEN.LÍL BÀD -met-dEN.LÍL šal-ḫu-ú

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ki-ma si-ma-ti-šú-nu la-bi-ra-a-ti e-pu- MU.SAR-u-a a-mur-ma

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Ì.GIŠ pu-šu- UDU.SISKUR BAL- it-ti MU.SAR-e-ka šu-kun

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ik-ri-bi-ka dAMAR.UTU i-šem-me šá šu- šaṭ-ru u MU ta-lim-ia

(27b) (But) as for the one who destroys my inscribed name or the name of my favorite (brother) by some crafty device, (or) does not place my inscribed object with his (own) inscribed object, may the god Marduk, king of everything, glare at him angrily and make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the lands!

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ina ši-pir ni-kil-ti i-ab-bat MU.SAR-u-a it-ti MU.SAR-e-šú la i-šak-ka-nu

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dAMAR.UTU LUGAL gi-im-ri ag-giš lik-kil-me-šú-ma

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MU-šú NUMUN-šú i-na KUR.KUR li-ḫal-liq

1áš-šú dan-nu a-na SIG la ḫa-ba-li “in order that the strong might not harm the weak”: Cf. the prologue of the Code of Ḫammu-rāpi i 37–39: dan-nu-um / en-ša-am / a-na la ḫa-ba-li-im. ŠEŠ ta-li- “my favorite brother”: For a discussion of the meaning of the term talīmu “favorite,” see Bartelmus, SAAB 16 (2007) pp. 287–302. She concludes that the term “was the official designation of the highest possible rank among the king’s relatives, but obviously of lower position than that of the king himself” (ibid., p. 299).

2For the reading of the name of Marduk’s cella in Esagil as é-umuš-a and for information on this holy room, see George, BTT pp. 273 and 389–391.


Based on Grant Frame, Rulers of Babylonia: From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination (1157-612 BC) (RIMB 2; Toronto, 1995). Digitized, lemmatized, and updated by Alexa Bartelmus, 2015-16, for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation-funded OIMEA Project at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0.. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q008329/.

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