Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 153
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [... in]side that city [...] he c[ame] to Nineveh [(and) ...] Nabû-bēl-šumāt[i ...] he came to me [with his] substantial [audience gift(s)] a[nd ...]. (5) [... the city] Uzubia (Izibia) [...] of the land Man[nea ...] lords [...] daughter [...]
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/Q007561/
Why it matters
Attests Nabû-bēl-šumāti's submission to Ashurbanipal and a connection to Mannean territory, offering fragmentary but direct evidence of Assyrian diplomacy on its northeastern frontier ca. 655 BCE.
Transliteration
[...] ⸢qé-reb⸣ URU šú-a-tú x [...] / [...]-ti a-na NINA.KI ⸢il⸣-[lik-(ma) ...] / [... m]⸢d⸣AG-EN-MU.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] / [... it-ti? ta-mar-ti-šú?] ⸢ka⸣-bit-ti il-lik-am-⸢ma⸣ [...] / [... URU?].ú-zu-bi-⸢ia?⸣ [...]1 / [...]-⸢ti⸣ ša KUR.man-⸢na⸣-[a-a ...] / [...] x EN.MEŠ [...] / [...] ⸢DUMU.MUNUS⸣ [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007561.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P395599). 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/Q007561/.
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