Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 183
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [...] ... [...]. (2') [(...) H]ardship ... [...]. (3') [(...)] Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, who [...] his royal equipment [... no]bles, his eunuchs, people [...] ... [...]
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/Q007591/
Why it matters
Names Šamaš-šuma-ukīn alongside royal regalia and court officials, preserving fragmentary Assyrian testimony on the brother-king installed at Babylon whose revolt in 652 BCE shook the empire.
Transliteration
[(...) x (x)] x x (x) [...] / [(...)] ⸢ma⸣-ru-uš-tú an-na-[...] / [(...)] mdGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA šá [...] / [(...)] ú-na-a-ti MAN-ti-šú x [...] / [(...)] ⸢NUN⸣.MEŠ šu-ut SAG.MEŠ-šú UN.MEŠ [...] / [(...) x x] x ⸢la?⸣ kit-ti x [...] / [...] x [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q007591.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P400303). 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/Q007591/.
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