Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 078
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [I had mercy on him (Uallî)]. I [dispatched my messenger with (a message of) goodw]ill [to him. He sent me (his) daughter, his own offspring, to serve as a housekeeper. (As for) his former payment, which they had discontinued in] the time of the ki[ngs, my ancestors, they carried (it) before me]. I add[ed thirty horses to his former payment and imposed (it) upon him]. (4') [At that time, (as for) Birisḫatri, a city ruler of the M]edes, (and) Sara[ti (and) Pariḫi, two sons of Gagî, a city ruler of the land Saḫi, who had cast off the yoke of m]y [lordship, I conquered (and) plundered]…
Source: Novotny, J. & Jeffers, J. 2018–. The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Aššur-etel-ilāni (630–627 BC) and Sîn-šarra-iškun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 5. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap5/Q003777/
Why it matters
Records Ashurbanipal's reimposition of tribute on the Median ruler Uallî — including thirty additional horses — and his simultaneous campaigns against Median city-rulers who had defected, documenting Assyrian methods of coercion and reward on the empire's eastern frontier.
Transliteration
[... šul]-⸢me ú?⸣-[ma-ʾe-er ...] / [...] ⸢ter?-ṣi? LUGAL?⸣.[MEŠ ...] / [...] ú-⸢rad⸣-[di-ma ...] / [...] ⸢mad⸣-a-a msar-⸢a⸣-[ti ...] / [... EN-ti]-⸢ia?⸣ <<U>> 75 URU.MEŠ-[šú-nu ...] / [...] ⸢al⸣-qa-a a-⸢na⸣ [...] / [... KUR.ur]-⸢ar⸣-ṭi šá ⸢a⸣-na [...]1 / [... il]-li-ka ⸢qé?⸣-[reb ...] / [... ma-(aʾ)-as]-⸢su⸣ i-⸢du⸣-[ku ...] / [...] TU SU [...] / [...] x KUR ŠI [...] / [...] x [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003777.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P396498). source
Translation excerpted from Novotny, J. & Jeffers, J. 2018–. The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668–631 BC), Aššur-etel-ilāni (630–627 BC) and Sîn-šarra-iškun (626–612 BC), Kings of Assyria. RINAP 5. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap5/Q003777/.
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