Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 095
Translation · reference
High confidence(i 1) Afterwards, [... Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikas II)], who forgot my kindness [and ...]. Tamma[r]ītu, who [sat] on the throne of the land Elam aft[er Ummanigaš], cut down [...] and ... [...]. (i 6) Tammarītu, who [sat on the throne of] the land Elam after [Ummanigaš (Ḫumban-nikas II)] (and) who did not inq[uire about the well-being of my royal majesty], came to the aid of Ša[maš-šuma-ukīn — (my) hostile brother] — and [hastily sent his weapons] to fig[ht with my troops]. (i 10) As a result of the supplications that [I had addressed to] the deities Aš[šur, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû],…
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/Q003794/
Why it matters
Chronicles Elamite king Tammarītu's military support for the rebel Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, supplying a rare Assyrian royal account of the political fractures that ignited the Babylonian revolt of 652–648 BCE.
Transliteration
EGIR-nu il-[...] / ša ⸢MUN im⸣-šu-[ma ...] / mtam-ma-⸢ri⸣-tú šá ⸢EGIR⸣ [mum-man-i-gaš ú-ši-bu] / ina ⸢GIŠ⸣.GU.ZA KUR.ELAM.⸢MA⸣.KI x [...] / KUD-is-ma id-da-[...] / mtam-ma-ri-tú ša EGIR [mum-man-i-gaš ú-ši-bu ina GIŠ.GU.ZA] / KUR.e-lam-ti la iš-[a-lu šu-lum LUGAL-ti-ia] / a-na re-ṣu-u-ti md⸢GIŠ⸣.[NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA ŠEŠ nak-ri] / il-lik-am-ma a-na mit-[ḫu-ṣi ERIM.ḪI.A-ia ur-ri-ḫa GIŠ.TUKUL.MEŠ-šú] /…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003794.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P394569). 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/Q003794/.
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