Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 082
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') (No translation possible) (4') [...] of Nineveh, [h]is kingsh[ip ... (5´) ... Ummanigaš, Umman]appi, Tammarītu, K[udurru (and) Parrû ... sons of Urt]aku (and) Ummanaldašu (Ḫumban-ḫaltaš II), the king[s ... the land El]am, who [...] to fight with the weapons of [...] they left and (thus) abandon[ed ... insi]de Elam [... (10´) ... with the suppor]t of (the god) Aššur and the goddess [Ištar ...] (11') (No translation possible)
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/Q003781/
Why it matters
Names five Elamite kings — Ummanigaš, Ummanappi, Tammarītu, Kudurru, and Parrû — abandoned their thrones rather than face Assyrian arms, supplying a rare royal-inscription checklist of the dynastic chaos that consumed Elam after 653 BCE.
Transliteration
[...] x (x) [...] / [...] x x x x [...] / [...] x x x x x [...] / [...] x ⸢ša⸣ NINA.⸢KI LUGAL⸣-[us]-⸢su⸣ [...] / [... mum-man-i-gaš mum-man]-⸢ap-pi⸣ mta-am-ma-ri-⸢it⸣-tu m⸢ku⸣-[dúr-ru ...] / [... DUMU.MEŠ mur]-⸢ta⸣-ku mum-man-al-da-a-še ⸢LUGAL⸣.[MEŠ ...] / [... KUR.e]-⸢lam⸣-ti ša a-na mit-ḫu-uṣ ⸢GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ⸣ [...] / [...] x ⸢e⸣-zi-bu-ma ú-maš-ši-[ru ...] / [... qé]-⸢reb⸣ KUR.e-⸢lam-ti⸣ [...] / [... ina tukul]-⸢ti⸣ AN.ŠÁR ⸢d⸣[15? ...] / [...] x US x [...] / [...] ḪU x [...] / [...] x (x) [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003781.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P396483). 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/Q003781/.
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