Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 149
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [...]. (2') [...] ... went [...] many [...] dwelling in [... (5´) ...] their ... [...] ... he sent, who/which ... [...] ... [...] ... the city Tīl-Tūb[a ...] a descendant/son/relative of U]rtaku, the king of the land Elam, wh[o ...] (10') (No translation possible)
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/Q007557/
Why it matters
Fragmentary Sargonid royal inscription naming Tīl-Tūba and a descendant of the Elamite king Urtaku — likely part of Ashurbanipal's account of his wars against Elam in the 650s BCE.
Transliteration
[...] x [...] / [...] (erasures) [...] / [...] x ŠU? il-li-ka x [...] / [...] ⸢ma⸣-aʾ-du-ti áš-ba-tú ina? x [...] / [...] x-ru-šú-nu ḪU AD IN LA? ⸢LA?⸣ [...] / [...]-⸢ge?⸣-e iš-pu-ra ⸢šá?⸣ A ŠID [...] / [...] liš?-te-šir pa-pa?/áš?-ra-nu a-x [...] / [...] x-ke-e URU.⸢DU₆?⸣-tu-ú-⸢bi?⸣ [...] / [... m]⸢ur⸣-ta-ki MAN KUR.ELAM.MA.KI ⸢šá?⸣ [...] / [...] x ḪI DA DU x [...] / [...] x x (x) [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007557.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P395626). 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/Q007557/.
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