Numerous inscriptions edited in RINAP 5 include accounts of Ashurbanipal's victories on the battlefield. Since all of these campaigns were briefly discussed in Part 1 (pp. 14–26), there is no reason to include that information here. However, the authors feel that it is necessary to provide a few tables for easy reference. Only texts preserving military narration are included. Details on the military campaigns narrated in the texts edited in RINAP 5/1 and RINAP 5/2 are presented in Tables 1–2 below.
Table 1: "Incidents" Arranged by Campaign Report[83]
| Incident(s) | Source(s) |
|---|---|
| Egypt 1 | 2 iii 6–iv 1´; 3 i 48–i 90; 4 i 38–75; 6 ii 4´–2´´; 7 ii 1´–18´´; 8 ii 1´–12´; 11 i 52–117; 72 ii 1´–21´; 73 i 1–8; 117 1–12; 118 1´–3´; 119 1´–3´; 196 10–21; 197 1´–4´´; 207 6´–36´ |
| Egypt 2 | 2 iv 2´–v 12; 3 i 91–ii 37; 4 i 76–ii 11´; 6 ii 3´´–iii 57´; 7 ii 19´´–iii 15´; 8 ii 13´–33´; 9 i 34–54; 11 i 118–ii 48; 12 ii 7´–14´a; 73 rev. i´ 1´–4´; 93 1´–3´; 118 4´–14´; 119 4´–5´; 121 5´–6´; 122 1´–9´; 197 5´´–6´´, 10´´–24´´; 207 37´–rev. 11; 233 1´–2´ |
| Tyre, Arwad 1–2, Ḫilakku, Tabal, Lydia 1–2 | 1 vi 11–31´; 2 vi 14–vii 3´; 3 ii 38–iii 4; 4 ii 12´–72´; 6 iii 58´–iv 7´; 7 iii 16´–30´´; 8 iii 1´–45´; 9 i 55–ii 20; 11 ii 49–125; 12 ii 14´b–24´; 13 iii 1´–13´; 74 ii 1´–11´; 91 i 1´–16´; 92 ii 1´–8´; 93 4´–12´; 124 1´–7´; 125 Side A 1´–7´; 207 rev. 19–37 |
| Qirbit | 1 vi 1–10; 2 v 1´–vi 13; 3 iii 5–15; 4 ii 73´–iii 8; 6 iv 8´–19´; 7 iii 31´´–35´´; 207 rev. 12–18; 238 1´–rev. 11 |
| Mannea, Media, Urarṭu 1 | 3 iii 16–iv 14; 4 iii 9–iv 8; 6 iv 1´´–v 23; 7 iv 1´–74´´; 8 iv 1´–22´´; 9 ii 21–52; 11 ii 126–iii 26; 12 iii 1´´–9´´; 13 iii 1´´–9´´; 74 iii 1´–iv 16; 75 1´–9´; 76 ii´ 1´–9´; 77 i´ 1´–7´; 78 1´–rev. 3; 91 ii 1´–11´; 92 iii 1´; 171 1´–11´; 195 rev. 10–14 |
| Elam 1–2 | 3 iv 15–79; 4 iv 9–49´; 6 v 24–107; 7 iv 75´´–v 47; 12 iii 10´´–iv 12´; 79 i 1–16, ii 1–18; 80 i´ 1´–22´; 81 1´–7´; 82 1´–13´; 119 rev. 4–14; 120 1´–12´; 121 1´–4´; 135 3´–5´; 186 15–23; 197 7´´–9´´; 240 1´–8´ |
| Elam 3 | 3 iv 80–vi 9; 4 iv 50´–vi 12; 6 v 1´–vii 10; 7 v 48–vi 22´; 8 v 1´–vii 10´; 9 ii 53–71; 11 iii 27–49; 12 v 1–5; 79 ii 19–iv 13´; 83 i´ 1–13; 84 i´ 1´–10´; 85 i 1´–10´; 86 i 1´–9´; 92 iii 2´–15´; 126 rev. 1–4; 128 1´–9´; 135 rev. 1; 155 6´–8´; 161 i 1–ii 14, iii 9´–27´; 162 3´–l.e. 3; 163 1´–rev. 5; 164 1´–12´; 165 1–13, rev. 7´–8´; 166 1´–7´; 168 1´–8´; 169 1´–10´; 170 1´–11´; 171 rev.? 1´–10´; 195 rev. 1–9; 200 7–rev. 14; 201 1´–12´; 202 1´–20´; 228 13´–14´; 233 6´–11´; 234 i´ 1´–4´ |
| Gambulu | 3 vi 10–85; 4 vi 13–95; 6 vii 11–47´; 7 vi 23´–vii 35; 8 vii 11´–17´´; 9 ii 72–iii 5; 11 iii 50–69; 12 v 6–13; 79 iv 14´; 86 i 10´–ii 15´; 89 i 1–ii 12´; 92 iii 16´–26´; 125 Side A 8´–9´; 127 1–9; 161 ii 15–iii 8´, 28´–iv 16; 162 1´–2´; 163 rev. 6–8; 165 rev. 1´–6´, 9´–15´; 167 1´–13´; 169 11´–17´; 170 12´–15´; 195 10–28 |
| Elam 4, Šamaš-šuma-ukīn rebellion | 3 vi 86–vii 76; 4 vi 96–vii 79; 6 vii 48´–ix 52´´; 7 vii 36–ix 9; 8 viii 1´–ix 37´; 9 iii 6–32; 11 iii 70–iv 109; 85 rev. i´ 1–6; 86 iii 1´; 87 ii 1–6; 88 ii´ 1´–21´; 89 ii 13´–vi 14; 92 iii 27´–iv 4; 94 i 1´–12´; 95 i 1–11; 105 rev.? i 1´–12´a; 106 1´–10´; 107 ii´ 1´–13´; 112 ii 1–18; 126 rev. 5–11; 127 rev. 1´–15´; 130 5´–rev. 9, l.e. 1–4; 131 1´–7´; 132 1´–12´; 133 rev. 1–5; 134 1´–21´; 135 rev. 2–3; 137 1´–9´a; 147 1´–9´; 150 1´–16´; 151 6´–14´; 155 9´–rev. 6; 172 1–22; 173 i 1´–ii 11´, iv 1´–9´; 174 1´–4´, rev. 2´–9´; 175 i 1´–14´, ii 1´–iii 14´; 176 1–17; 177 2´–10´; 178 1´–rev. 22; 179 1´–14´; 180 2´–7´, rev.? 7–15; 181 1´–5´, rev.? 2´–9´; 182 1´–rev.? 8´; 183 3´–7´; 184 8´–9´; 188 1–6; 197 1´´´–rev. 12; 203 13–rev. 8; 204 1´–rev. 6; 205 1´–11´; 228 15´–25´, rev. 23–26; 229 ii 1´–16´ |
| Elam 5 | 7 ix 10–63´´; 8 ix 29´´–x 16´; 9 iii 33–iv 16; 11 iv 110–v 62; 91 iv 1–8´; 112 iii 1´–8´; 133 rev. 6–16; 136 rev. 1–18; 137 9´b–16´; 197 rev. 13–23; 228 26´–29´; 229 iii 1´–4´; 234 ii´ 1´–17´ |
| Elam 6–7 | 9 iv 17–vi 21; 10 iv 12–v 32; 11 v 63–vii 81; 91 v 1–vi 17; 92 v 1–4; 94 ii 1´–iii 23´; 95 rev. i´ 1´–6´; 96 rev. i´ 1´–13´; 97 rev. i´ 1´–4´; 100 ii´ 1´–10´; 101 rev. ii´ 1´–7´; 102 i´ 1´–rev. 12; 103 ii´ 1´–8´; 108 rev.? i´ 1´–19´; 112 iii 9´–16´; 133 rev. 17–20; 134 22´–30´; 135 rev. 4–8; 138 1´–9´; 139 1´–11´; 140 1´–rev. 4; 141 1´–14´; 142 rev. 1´–7´; 143 1´–3´; 152 1´–6´; 154 1´–10´; 155 rev. 7–14; 188 7–rev. 2; 194 v 24–vi 23; 197 rev. 24–41; 198 rev. 1´–11´; 199 rev. 1´–7´; 215 iii 2´–iv 35; 217 1´–rev. 19´; 224 18–19; 227 rev. 1–17; 228 rev. 1–22; 229 iii 1´–v 12; 234 rev. i 1´–9´; 235 1´–7´ |
| Arabs 1 | 3 vii 77–viii 55; 4 vii 80–viii 57; 6 x 1´–18´´; 7 ix 64´´–x 52´; 8 ix 38´–28´´; 11 vii 82–viii 64; 86 iii 2´–iv 18´; 90 i 1´–13´, ii 1´–9´; 129 1´–rev. 7; 172 rev. 1´–9´; 180 8´–rev.? 5; 194 i 1–iii 11 |
| Arabs 2 | 11 viii 65–x 5; 109 i´ 1´–10´; 156 20–rev. 12; 194 iii 12–v 2; 215 v 1–13 |
| Elam 8 | 11 x 6–39; 110 1´–5´; 143 4´–11´; 144 1´–9´; 145 rev. 1´–9´a; 157 6–14; 158 4´–5´; 194 vi 27–43 |
| Urarṭu 2 | 11 x 40–50; 110 6´–9´ |
| Cyrus | 12 vi 7´–13´ |
| Ḫudimiri | 12 vi 14´–25´ |
| Tugdammî | 13 viii 6–11´; 224 20–25 |
Table 2: Proposed Chronology of "Incidents"[84]
| Date | Incident(s) | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 668 | Qirbit | 1 vi 1–10; 2 v 1´–vi 13; 3 iii 5–15; 4 ii 73´–iii 8; 6 iv 8´–19´; 7 iii 31´´–35´´; 207 rev. 12–18; 238 1´–rev. 11 |
| 667 | Arwad 1 | 3 ii 63–72; 4 ii 34´–46´; 6 iii 89´–103´; 7 iii 44´–4´´; 8 iii 15´–29´; 9 i 69–74; 11 ii 63–67; 13 iii 9´–13´; 91 i 9´–16´; 207 rev. 33–37 |
| 667 | Egypt 1 | 2 iii 6–iv 1´; 3 i 48–i 90; 4 i 38–75; 6 ii 4´–2´´; 7 ii 1´–18´´; 8 ii 1´–12´; 11 i 52–117; 72 ii 1´–21´; 73 i 1–8; 117 1–12; 118 1´–3´; 119 1´–3´; 196 10–21; 197 1´–4´´; 207 6´–36´ |
| ca. 666–665 | Lydia 1 | 1 vi 11–31´; 2 vi 14–vii 3´; 3 ii 86b–iii 4; 4 ii 61´–72´; 6 iv 1´–7´; 7 iii 17´´–30´´; 9 ii 10–20; 11 ii 95–110; 74 ii 1´–11´; 92 ii 2´–8´; 125 Side A 1´–7´; 207 rev. 19–27 |
| ca. 666–664 | Egypt 2 | 2 iv 2´–v 12; 3 i 91–ii 37; 4 i 76–ii 11´; 6 ii 3´´–iii 57´; 7 ii 19´´–iii 15´; 8 ii 13´–33´; 9 i 34–54; 11 i 118–ii 48; 12 ii 7´–14´a; 73 rev. i´ 1´–4´; 93 1´–3´; 118 4´–14´; 119 4´–5´; 121 5´–6´; 122 1´–9´; 197 5´´–6´´, 10´´–24´´; 207 37´–rev. 11; 233 1´–2´ |
| ca. 664 | Elam 1 | 3 iv 15–48; 4 iv 9–17´; 6 v 24–72; 7 iv 75´´–v 16; 12 iii 10´´–iv 10´; 79 i 1–16; 80 i´ 1´–22´; 119 rev. 4–8; 186 15–16; 197 7´´ |
| 664 | Elam 2 | 3 iv 49–79; 4 iv 18´–49´; 6 v 73–107; 7 v 17–47; 12 iv 11´–12´; 79 ii 1–18; 81 1´–7´; 82 1´–13´; 119 rev. 9–14; 120 1´–12´; 121 1´–4´; 135 3´–5´; 186 17–23; 197 8´´–9´´; 240 1´–8´ |
| ca. 662 | Tyre | 3 ii 38–62; 4 ii 12´–33´; 6 iii 58´–88´; 7 iii 16´–43´; 8 iii 1´–14´; 9 i 55–68; 11 ii 49–62; 12 ii 14´b–24´; 13 iii 1´–8´; 91 i 1´–8´; 93 4´–12´; 124 1´–7´ |
| ca. 662 | Ḫilakku, Tabal | 3 ii 63–74; 4 ii 34´–48´; 6 iii 89´–105´; 7 iii 44´–6´´; 8 iii 15´–31´; 9 i 69–76; 11 ii 68–80; 207 rev. 28–32 |
| ca. 662 | Arwad 2 | 3 ii 75–86a; 4 ii 49´–60´; 6 iii 106´–iv 1; 7 iii 7´´–16´´; 8 iii 32´–45´; 9 i 77–ii 9; 11 ii 81–94; 92 ii 1´ |
| ca. 660 | Mannea | 3 iii 16–92a; 4 iii 9–15´; 6 iv 1´´–v 5; 7 iv 1´–58´´; 8 iv 1´–21´´; 9 ii 21–52; 11 ii 126–iii 26; 12 iii 1´´–9´´; 13 iii 1´´–9´´; 74 iii 1´–iv 11; 75 1´–9´; 76 ii´ 1´–9´; 77 i´ 1´–7´; 78 1´–3´; 91 ii 1´–11´; 92 iii 1´; 171 1´–11´; 195 rev. 10–14 |
| ca. 658 | Media | 3 iii 92b–iv 5; 4 iii 16´–22´; 6 v 6–12; 7 iv 59´´–65´´; 8 iv 22´´; 74 iv 12–16; 78 4´–6´ |
| ca. 657 | Urarṭu 1 | 3 iv 6–14; 4 iv 1–8; 6 v 13–23; 7 iv 66´´–74´´; 78 rev. 1–3 |
| 653 | Elam 3 | 3 iv 80–vi 9; 4 iv 50´–vi 12; 6 v 1´–vii 10; 7 v 48–vi 22´; 8 v 1´–vii 10´; 9 ii 53–71; 11 iii 27–49; 12 v 1–5; 79 ii 19–iv 13´; 83 i´ 1–13; 84 i´ 1´–10´; 85 i 1´–10´; 86 i 1´–9´; 92 iii 2´–15´; 126 rev. 1–4; 128 1´–9´; 135 rev. 1; 155 6´–8´; 161 i 1–ii 14, iii 9´–27´; 162 3´–l.e. 3; 163 1´–rev. 5; 164 1´–12´; 165 1–13, rev. 7´–8´; 166 1´–7´; 168 1´–8´; 169 1´–10´; 170 1´–11´; 171 rev.? 1´–10´; 195 rev. 1–9; 200 7–rev. 14; 201 1´–12´; 202 1´–20´; 228 13´–14´; 233 6´–11´; 234 i´ 1´–4´ |
| 653 | Gambulu | 3 vi 10–85; 4 vi 13–95; 6 vii 11–47´; 7 vi 23´–vii 35; 8 vii 11´–17´´; 9 ii 72–iii 5; 11 iii 50–69; 12 v 6–13; 79 iv 14´; 86 i 10´–ii 15´; 89 i 1–ii 12´; 92 iii 16´–26´; 125 Side A 8´–9´; 127 1–9; 161 ii 15–iii 8´, 28´–iv 16; 162 1´–2´; 163 rev. 6–8; 165 rev. 1´–6´, 9´–15´; 167 1´–13´; 169 11´–17´; 170 12´–15´; 195 10–28 |
| before 652 and ca. 650 | Arabs 1 | 3 vii 77–viii 55; 4 vii 80–viii 57; 6 x 1´–18´´; 7 ix 64´´–x 52´; 8 ix 38´–28´´; 11 vii 82–viii 64; 86 iii 2´–iv 18´; 90 i 1´–13´, ii 1´–9´; 129 1´–rev. 7; 172 rev. 1´–9´; 180 8´–rev.? 5; 194 i 1–iii 11 |
| 652–648 | Šamaš-šuma-ukīn rebellion | 6 viii 9´´´b–ix 10´´; 7 viii 1´–79´; 8 viii 1´´´–36´´´´; 11 iii 70–135, iv 41b–109; 89 iv 2´b–v 18´´; 94 i 1´–12´; 105 rev.? i 1´–12´a; 130 5´–rev. 9, l.e. 1–4; 134 1´–21´; 172 9–22; 173 ii 9´–11´; 174 1´–4´; 175 i 1´–7´, ii 1´–25´; 176 1–8; 180 2´–7´; 181 rev.? 2´–9´; 183 3´–7´; 228 rev. 23–26 |
| ca. 651–650 | Elam 4 | 3 vi 86–vii 76; 4 vi 96–vii 79; 6 vii 48´–viii 9´´´a and ix 11´´–52´´; 7 vii 36–viii 12 and viii 80´–ix 9; 8 viii 1´–34´´ and viii 37´´´´–ix 37´; 9 iii 6–32; 11 iii 136–iv 41a; 85 rev. i´ 1–6; 86 iii 1´; 87 ii 1–6; 88 ii´ 1´–21´; 89 ii 13´–iv 2´a, v 19´´–vi 14; 92 iii 27´–iv 4; 95 i 1–11; 106 1´–10´; 107 ii´ 1´–13´; 112 ii 1–18; 126 rev. 5–11; 127 rev. 1´–15´; 131 1´–7´; 132 1´–12´; 133 rev. 1–5; 135 rev. 2–3; 137 1´–9´a; 147 1´–9´; 150 1´–16´; 151 1´–14´; 155 9´–rev. 6; 172 1–8; 173 i 1´–ii 8´, iv 1´–9´; 174 rev. 2´–9´; 175 i 8´–14´, ii 26–iii 14´; 176 9–17; 177 2´–10´; 178 1´–rev. 22; 179 1´–14´; 180 rev.? 7–15; 181 1´–5´; 182 1´–rev.? 8´; 184 8´–9´; 188 1–6; 197 1´´´–rev. 12; 203 13–rev. 8; 204 1´–rev. 6; 205 1´–11´; 228 15´–25´; 229 ii 1´–16´ |
| 647 | Elam 5 | 7 ix 10–63´´; 8 ix 29´´–x 16´; 9 iii 33–iv 16; 11 iv 110–v 62; 91 iv 1–8´; 112 iii 1´–8´; 133 rev. 6–16; 136 rev. 1–18; 137 9´b–16´; 197 rev. 13–23; 228 26´–29´; 229 iii 1´–4´; 234 ii´ 1´–17´ |
| 646 | Elam 6 | 9 iv 17–vi 21; 10 iv 12–v 32; 11 v 63–vii 8; 91 v 1–vi 17; 92 v 1–4; 94 ii 1´–iii 23´; 95 rev. i´ 1´–6´; 96 rev. i´ 1´–13´; 97 rev. i´ 1´–4´; 100 ii´ 1´–10´; 101 rev. ii´ 1´–7´; 102 i´ 1´–rev. 12; 103 ii´ 1´–8´; 108 rev.? i´ 1´–19´; 112 iii 9´–16´; 133 rev. 17–20; 134 22´–30´; 135 rev. 4–6; 138 1´–9´; 139 1´–11´; 140 1´–rev. 4; 141 1´–14´; 152 1´–6´; 154 1´–10´; 155 rev. 7–14; 188 7–rev. 2; 197 rev. 24–41; 198 rev. 1´–11´; 199 rev. 1´–7´; 215 iii 2´–iv 35; 217 1´–rev. 19´; 224 18–19; 227 rev. 1–17; 228 rev. 1–22; 229 iii 1´–iv 13; 234 rev. i 1´–9´; 235 1´–7´ |
| ca. 645 | Elam 7 | 11 vii 9–81; 135 rev. 7–8; 142 rev. 1´–7´; 143 1´–3´; 194 v 24–vi 23; 229 v 1–12 |
| ca. 645–643 | Arabs 2 | 11 viii 65–x 5; 109 i´ 1´–10´; 156 20–rev. 12; 194 iii 12–v 2; 215 v 1–13 |
| ca. 645–643 | Elam 8 | 11 x 6–39; 110 1´–5´; 143 4´–11´; 144 1´–9´; 145 rev. 1´–9´a; 157 6–14; 158 4´–5´; 194 vi 27–43 |
| ca. 645–643 | Lydia 2 | 11 ii 111–125 |
| ca. 645–643 | Urarṭu 2 | 11 x 40–50; 110 6´–9´ |
| ca. 642–640 | Cyrus | 12 vi 7´–13´ |
| ca. 642–640 | Ḫudimiri | 12 vi 14´–25´ |
| ca. 640–639 | Tugdammî | 13 viii 6–11´; 224 20–25 |
[83] Tables 1–2 combine information provided in Parts 1 and 2. All of the text numbers mentioned in these two tables refer to inscriptions of Ashurbanipal, despite the absence of the "Asb." prefix. The abbreviations for the "incidents" follow the designation of Grayson, ZA 70 (1980) pp. 240–244 (with minor changes); Gambulu is treated separately from Elam 3 here. See Novotny and Jeffers, RINAP 5/1 pp. 14–26 for more details about Ashurbanipal's campaigns and Grayson's classifications of them. There are a few incidents that are not included in Tables 1–2. These are Jeffers and Novotny, RINAP 5/2 p. 101 Asb. 110 lines 10´–13´ (mentions Bīt-Ḫumbê); p. 256 Asb. 197 lines 25´´–27´´ and p. 365 Asb. 233 lines 3´–5´ (tribute from kings in the Levant); and p. 337 Asb. 224 line 25 (Sandak-šatru incident), which is subsumed under the Tugdammî incident.
[84] Information on the dates can be found in Novotny and Jeffers, RINAP 5/1 pp. 16–26.
Jamie Novotny
Jamie Novotny, 'Military Campaigns', RINAP 5: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal, Aššur-etel-ilāni, and Sîn-šarra-iškun, The RINAP/RINAP 5 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2023 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap5/RINAP53Introduction/MilitaryCampaigns/]