Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 1026
Translation · reference
High confidence(o 1') [... the me]ntion of his lordly majesty ... [...] ... [...] they (the gods) were constantly [im]ploring him for (my) life ... [...] I had [... of the go]ds written therein and [...]. (r 3) [... o]n you, may your divinity accept (and) [may your] m[ind desire ...] a singer with a lyre, the abode of the god Dunga, (in) the month Addaru (XII), [... (rev. 5) ...] may [(the command for) ...] come forth [from] your [lips]. Always remem[ber ..., ...], make firm the foundation(s) of [my royal] throne. [...]. May your holy [...]. (r 8) [...] may [... a] pleasure bed [...] ... [... (rev. 10) ...] ... and ... [...] the goddess Zarpanīt[u ...] ... [...] ... [...]
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/Q009294/
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Transliteration
[...] ⸢zi⸣-kir be-⸢lu-ti-šú⸣ x x x [...] / [...] (traces) [...] / [... i?]-⸢ter⸣-ri-šú-uš TI.LA x x (x) [...] / [...] ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ qé-reb-šú ú-šá-áš-ṭir-ma x x [...] / [...] ⸢UGU⸣-ka DINGIR-ut-ka lim-ḫur ⸢ka⸣-[bat-ta-ka? li-iḫ-ši-iḫ? (...)]1 / [...] ⸢LÚ⸣.NAR ina GIŠ.ZÀ.MÍ šu-bat ddúnga ITI.ŠE x [...] / [...]-ka li-ṣa-a ḫi-tas-[sas ...] / [...]-tim ki-in SUḪUŠ GIŠ.GU.⸢ZA⸣ [...] / [...] x-ka KÙ-tum…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q009294.
Attribution
Image: Created by Jamie Novotny and Joshua Jeffers, 2015-22. Lemmatized by Joshua Jeffers, 2018-19, for the NEH-funded RINAP Project at the University of Pennsylvania. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0.. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q009294/..
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/Q009294/.
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