Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 118
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [... the ci]ty Thebes [... fo]rmer [...] which is/are i[n ...] who assembled in Egypt to [...]. (4') [Afterwards, Ne]cho, Šarru-lū-dāri, (and) Pa-qruru, ki[ngs whom the father who had engendered me had installed in Egypt, ...] set out on the path to where my troops (were stationed) and were marchi[ng ... Pi-šan-Ḫ]uru, whom Esarhaddon, the father who had enge[ndered me, had appointed as king] in the city Natho, [...] the evil (deeds) of Necho, Šarru-lū-dāri, (and) Pa-[qruru ...] he spoke [to] a eunuch (of mine) who marches before my troops and ... [...] ... they said thus: “During the…
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/Q003817/
Why it matters
Names Necho, Šarru-lū-dāri, and Pa-qruru as Assyrian-installed client kings in Egypt, giving the Assyrian court's own account of the vassal network Esarhaddon built along the Nile delta.
Transliteration
[...] ⸢URU.ni-iʾ⸣ [...] / [...] ⸢maḫ-ra⸣-a-ti šá qé-⸢reb⸣ [...] / [...] ⸢qé-reb⸣ KUR.mu-ṣur ip-ḫu-ru a-na x [...] / [EGIR-nu? mni]-⸢ik⸣-ku-u mMAN-lu-dà-ri mpa-aq-ru-ru ⸢LUGAL⸣.[MEŠ ...] / [...] ⸢a⸣-šar ERIM.ḪI.A-ia ur-ḫu ṣa-ab-tu-ma il-la-⸢ku⸣ [...] / [mpi-ša-an-ḫu]-⸢ru⸣ šá ina URU.na-at-ḫu-⸢ú⸣ mAN.ŠÁR-PAP-AŠ AD ⸢DÙ⸣-[u-a ú-pa-qí-du a-na? LUGAL-ti?] / [...] ⸢MUNUS⸣.ḪUL šá mni-ik-ku-u…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q003817.
Attribution
Image: HMA 9-01793 (Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA) — from Uruk (mod. Warka) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P247893). 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/Q003817/.
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