Position in chronology
Ashurbanipal 252
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') this [work] falls into dis[repair ...], question skilled [craftsmen! ... Rebuild (...)], the temple of the goddess Ištar according to [its ancient] specifi[cations! (...) The goddess Ištar (of Agade)] will (then) listen to [your prayers. Look at my] inscribed object, [anoint (it) with oil, offer a sacrifice, (and)] s[et] (my inscribed object) with your (own) inscribed object! (5'b) [(But) as for the one who erases my inscribed name by some crafty device], (or) does not write [my name] with his name, (or) [destroys my inscribed object], (or) does not set [my inscribed object with his (own) inscribed object] ... [...] the goddess Ištar of Agade [will ...].
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/Q008341/
Why it matters
Transliteration
[ši]-⸢pir? šu-a⸣-ti ⸢in-na⸣-[ḫu ...] / en-qu-ú-tu ši-ta-⸢al⸣ [...] / ⸢É d15⸣ ki-i si-⸢ma⸣-[ti-šu? la-bi-ra-a-ti e-pu-uš (...) ik-ri-bi-ka dINANNA (a-ga-dè.KI)] / i-⸢šem⸣-me MU.SAR-⸢ú?⸣-[a a-mur-ma Ì.GIŠ pu-šu-uš UDU.SISKUR BAL-qí] / it-ti MU.⸢SAR⸣-e-ka ⸢šu⸣-[kun šá šu-mì šaṭ-ru ina ši-pir ni-kil-ti i-pa-áš-ši-ṭu šu-mì] / it-ti MU-šú la i-šaṭ-ṭa-⸢ru⸣ [MU.SAR-ú-a i-ab-ba-tu-ma it-ti MU.SAR-e-šú] / ⸢la i-šak-ka-nu qí?-bit?⸣ x [...] / dINANNA a-ga-⸢dè⸣.[KI ...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Ashurbanipal or a late Sargonid successor, edited by Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers (RINAP 5, 2018–). ORACC text Q008341.
Attribution
Image: Based on Grant Frame, Rulers of Babylonia: From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination (1157-612 BC) (RIMB 2; Toronto, 1995). Digitized, lemmatized, and updated by Alexa Bartelmus, 2015-16, for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation-funded OIMEA Project at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/rinap/Q008341/..
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/Q008341/.
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