Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 175
Translation · reference
High confidence(i 1') [With the support of (the god) Aššur and the goddess] Ištar, [I] c[aptured the ḫiʾālu-troops of Šamaš-šuma-ukīn that he had sent to plunder the steppe]. (i 2') [With the support of (the god) Aššur] and the goddess Ištar, I captured [the citizens of Borsippa] who had perpetrated sediti[on (and) rebell]ion (and) [who] had sided [with] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn. (i 5') [With the support of (the god) Aššu]r and the goddess Ištar, I captured [the ... of] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn that had perpetrated sedition (and) rebellion (and) [I] struck (them) down with the sword. (i 8') [I, A]shurbanipal, king of…
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/Q007583/
Why it matters
Ashurbanipal's own account of suppressing his brother Šamaš-šuma-ukīn's revolt (652–648 BCE): one of the few royal inscriptions detailing the Assyrian civil war that nearly split the empire.
Transliteration
[ina tukul-ti AN.ŠÁR u d]15 ⸢ik⸣-[šu-da ŠU.II-a-a]1 / [DUMU.MEŠ bár-sipa.KI] e-piš si-⸢ḫi⸣ [bar]-ti / [ša it-ti m]dGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA iš-ku-⸢nu⸣ pi-i-šú-un / [ina tukul-ti AN.ŠÁR] u d15 ik-šu-du ŠU.II-a-a / [... ša] mdGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA e-piš si-ḫi bar-ti / [ina tukul-ti AN].⸢ŠÁR⸣ u d15 ⸢ik⸣-šú-da ŠU.II-a-a / [ú]-ra-sib ina GIŠ.⸢TUKUL⸣.MEŠ / [a-na-ku m]⸢AN⸣.ŠÁR-DÙ-A MAN KUR aš-šur šá DINGIR.MEŠ…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007583.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P395559). 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/Q007583/.
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