Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 085
Translation · reference
High confidence(i 1') (No translation possible) (i 5') Um[manigaš (Ḫumban-nikaš II) ...] who had fl[ed ...] inside the city S[usa ...] I made h[im] enter [... I placed him] on the throne of Teu[mman ...] (With) the chariots, wagon[s, ...] One or two columns completely missing One or two columns completely missing (r i' 1) [... of Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, (my)] hostile brother, [...] took [the] direc[t road ...] until they ... [...] his command [...] (that) Elamite [...] ... [...]
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/Q003784/
Why it matters
Records Ashurbanipal's installation of Ummanigaš II on the Elamite throne after Teumman's defeat — a rare royal account of Assyrian-engineered regime change in Elam, corroborating the annals' narrative of the 653 BCE Ulai campaign.
Transliteration
x [...] / x [...] / ⸢it⸣-[...] / a-⸢na⸣ [...] / mum-[man-i-gaš ...] / ša ⸢in-nab⸣-[tu ...] / qé-reb URU.⸢šu⸣-[šá-an ...] / ú-še-rib-⸢šú?⸣ [...] / ina GIŠ.GU.ZA mte-⸢um⸣-[man ú-še-šib ...] / GIŠ.GIGIR.MEŠ GIŠ.ṣu-um-⸢bi⸣ [...] / ŠEŠ nak-⸢ri⸣ [...] / uš-te-eš-še-⸢ru⸣-[ni ḫar-ra-nu ...] / a-di šú-nu it-ti-[...] / e-peš pi-i-šú x [...] / LÚ.e-la-mu-⸢ú⸣ x [...] / ⸢ú⸣-x [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003784.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P394588). 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/Q003784/.
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