Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 100
Translation · reference
High confidence(i' 1') [granted m]e [power, virility, (and) outstanding strength]. They [place]d [lands that had not bowed down to] me [into my hands (and) allowed] me [to achieve] (i´ 5´) my [he]art’s [desire]. I marched [from the] Upper [Se]a [to the] Lower [S]ea, [where the k]ings, my ancestors, had regularly [tr]aveled. (ii' 1') [I conquered ...] in the di[strict of the city Ḫunnir], (which is) on [the border] of the city Ḫid[alu]. (ii´ 5´) I destr[oyed] (and) demolished the city Bašimu and [the villages] in its environs. (ii' 6'b) As for the people living inside them, I annihilat[ed] them. I smashed thei[r] gods [...] ... [...] Reverse completely missing
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/Q003799/
Why it matters
Places an Assyrian campaign against the district of Ḫunnir and destruction of Bašimu on the Hidalian border, adding localized geographic and military detail to the fragmentary record of Ashurbanipal's eastern operations.
Transliteration
[ú-šat-li-mu-in]-⸢ni⸣1 / [KUR.KUR la ma-gi-re]-ia / [ina ŠU.II-ia im]-⸢nu⸣-u / [ú-šam-ṣu]-⸢in⸣-ni / [ma-la] ⸢lìb⸣-bi-ia / [ul-tu tam]-tim e-⸢li⸣-ti / [a-di] ⸢tam⸣-tim šap-li-ti / [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-ia / [ir]-te-ed-du-ú / [a-na-ku lu]-⸢u ar-de⸣ / ina ⸢na⸣-[ge-e šá URU.ḫu-un-nir] / ina ⸢UGU⸣ [mi-iṣ-ri] / ša URU.ḫi-⸢da⸣-[lu ak-šu-ud] / URU.ba-ši-mu ⸢ù⸣ [URU.MEŠ] / ša li-me-ti-šú ap-⸢pul⸣ / ⸢aq⸣-qur ša UN.MEŠ / a-⸢šib⸣ lìb-bi-šú-un / ka-mar-šú-nu áš-⸢kun⸣ / ú-šab-bir DINGIR.MEŠ-šú-⸢un⸣ / [...] x x [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003799.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P395609). 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/Q003799/.
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