Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 238
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [...] my [... the beginning of (my) r]eign [... ins]ide the land of the Kassites (5´) [...] their counsel changed [...], the king of Assyria, [...], who had [not b]owed down to my yoke, [...] pours out ...s [...] constantly did [...] he was uttering hostilities [towards Assyria]. (10'b) [I, Ashur]banipal, strong king, king of Assyria, [...] ... [..., w]ho was quick with reliable words, [...] I sent him [to] the city Qirbit and [... I made] him take [the road. (15´) ...] I sent and [... t]hem. (r 1) [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... he made (his troops) enter and [...] ... they seized (and)…
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/Q008326/
Why it matters
Records Ashurbanipal's military intervention against a ruler of Qirbit who refused submission — one of the few inscriptions attesting Assyrian punitive campaigns into the Kassite borderlands during his reign.
Transliteration
[...] x / [...] x-ú-a / [... MU.SAG].⸢NAM⸣.LUGAL.LA / [... qé]-⸢reb⸣ KUR kaš-ši-i / [...] x iš-ta-ni mi-lik-šú-un / [...]-⸢ú⸣ LUGAL KUR aš-šur.KI / [... la] ⸢ik⸣-nu-šú a-na ni-ri-ia / [...] x DA GÀR?.MEŠ i-tab-ba-ku / [...] x i-te-ep-pu-šú i-dab-bu-ub ze-rat / [KUR aš-šur.KI a-na-ku mAN.ŠÁR]-DÙ-IBILA LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL KUR aš-šur.KI / [...] SIG₅ Ú GAL Ú MU e-mid/pap re-ši-ia / [...] ⸢ša iḫ⸣-mu-ṭu…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q008326.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P238186). 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/Q008326/.
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