This five-line dedicatory inscription of Ashurbanipal to the goddess Sutītu is known from a black and grey scorched onyx eye-stone discovered at the Persian capital Persepolis; Asb. 267 might be an exact duplicate of this inscription. With regard to the goddess Sutītu ("the Sutian"), see Frame in Spar and Jursa, CTMMA 4 pp. 309–311.
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Because the current whereabouts of the bead are unknown, although it might be in Tehran (Iran) as R. Borger (BIWA p. 386) has suggested, the present edition of the inscription written on PT4 455 is based on the published photograph (Schmidt, Persepolis 2 pl. 25 no. 3). The script is Neo-Assyrian.
This polished, cylinder-shaped bead from Persepolis has a four-line dedicatory inscription written on it. Assuming that the royal name in line 2 is correctly restored, then this inscription is an exact duplicate of Asb. 266. If not, then this bead would have likely borne an inscription of Ashurbanipal's father Esarhaddon. Based on the fact that the text written on this bead appears to have been an exact duplicate of the preceding inscription, this short dedication to the goddess Sutītu is edited in the present volume among the certain inscriptions of Ashurbanipal.
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This polished banded white, grey, and pink chalcedony cylinder-shaped bead is perforated lengthwise. Because no photograph or copy of PT4 1180 has ever been published and because the original could not be examined since the bead's present location is not known, the edition in the present volume is based on E.F. Schmidt's published edition (Persepolis 2 p. 59). R. Borger (BIWA p. 386) has suggested that the original might be in Tehran (Iran). The script is presumed to have been Neo-Assyrian, just like Asb. 266 and 269. As mentioned in the introduction above, the inscription might be an exact duplicate of Asb. 266, which is inscribed on PT4 455.
An inscribed fragment of a grey and white chalcedony bead found at the Persian capital Persepolis bears a short, proprietary inscription of a late Neo-Assyrian king, possibly Ashurbanipal.
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This inscribed, flat-ellipsoid-shaped bead is pierced through its short axis and it has an octagonal cross section. Since no copy or photograph of PT4 1173 has ever been published and since the original could not be examined, as its current whereabouts are unknown, the present edition is based on E.F. Schmidt's published transliteration (Persepolis 2 pp. 57–58). R. Borger (BIWA p. 386) has suggested that the object might be in Tehran (Iran). The script is presumed to have been Neo-Assyrian, just like Asb. 266 and 269. The proposed restorations are based on those two inscriptions.
An impressive, sculptured bowl with four lion handles found at Persepolis has a one-line proprietary inscription of Ashurbanipal written on it.
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This shattered, decorated stone bowl is reported to have been made from granite, but since its current whereabouts are unknown, the authors were not able to confirm the material support; R. Borger (BIWA p. 386) has suggested that the object might be in Tehran (Iran). The bowl, as E.F. Schmidt (Persepolis 2 p. 84) has already proposed, might have originally been from Nineveh and was very likely removed by the Medes in 612, when the Assyrian capital was captured, looted, and destroyed; this is probably also the case for text Asb. 266–268. The inscription, which is engraved on the bowl's exterior, is written in Neo-Assyrian script. The edition presented here is based on the published hand-drawn facsimile since the original was not available for firsthand examination and since the inscription is not visible in the published photograph of PT4 368 + PT5 156 + PT5 244 (Schmidt, Persepolis 2 pl. 49 no. 1).
Jamie Novotny
Jamie Novotny, 'Inscriptions from Persepolis (text nos. 266-269)', 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/RINAP53TextIntroductions/Ashurbanipal/Persepolistexts266-269/]