Ashurbanipal 021


Obverse
11	a-⸢na⸣-ku ^mAN.⸢ŠÁR-DÙ-IBILA⸣ [...]	(1) I, Ashurbanipal, [...] creation of the hands of (the god) Ašš[ur ...], son of E[sar]hadd[on, ...]
22	bi-⸢nu⸣-ut ŠU.II AN.⸢ŠÁR⸣ [...]
33	⸢DUMU ^mAN⸣.[ŠÁR]-PAP-SUM.[NA ...]
	Lacuna	Lacuna
1'1'	[...] (blank) [...]	(1') [..., build]er of [..., ...] (and) Nabû [...] with the gaze of their eyes, [...].
2'2'	[... e]-⸢piš⸣ x [...]
3'3'	[...] ⸢^dAG⸣ ina ni-⸢ši IGI⸣.II.MEŠ-⸢šú-nu⸣ [...]
4'4'	[... ú-šak]-lil É.GAR₈.MEŠ-⸢šú⸣ [...]	(4') [... I compl]eted [...] its walls. [...]
5'5'	[... GAŠAN]-⸢ia⸣ šá qé-reb NINA.KI é-gašan-kalam-ma x [...]	(5') [... m]y [lady], that is in Nineveh, Egašankalama [...]
6'6'	[... DINGIR.MEŠ] GAL.MEŠ EN.MEŠ-ia ma-ḫa-zi-⸢šú-nu⸣ [...]	(6') [... the] great [gods], my lords, their cult centers [...]
7'7'	[...] ⸢ZABAR⸣ AN.BAR [...]	(7') [... b]ronze, iron, [...] his pure daises [...] I constantly set up [...] of silver (and) gold.
8'8'	[...] BÁRA.MEŠ-šú KÙ.MEŠ [...]
9'9'	[...] ⸢šá KÙ.BABBAR⸣ KÙ.GI lu-u áš-tak-kan ⸢é⸣-[...]	(9'b) E[...].
10'10'	[... é]-⸢mes-lam É ^dU.GUR šá GÚ⸣.[DU₈.A.KI ...]	(10'b) [E]meslam, the temple of the god Nergal of Cu[tha, ...].
11'11'	[...] ⸢mi^?⸣-na-a-ti si-mat É.KUR šá KÙ.BABBAR KÙ.GI [...]	(11') [... d]imensions, temple appurtenance(s) of silver, gold, [...].
12'12'	[... ^d]⸢na⸣-na-a ⸢GAŠAN⸣ GAL-tú ⸢ul⸣-[tu ...]	(12'b) [N]anāya, the great lady, (who) f[rom ... i]n Eḫiliana, which she love[s. ...]
13'13'	[...] ⸢ina é⸣-ḫi-⸢li-an⸣-na šá ⸢ta⸣-ram-⸢mu⸣ [...]
14'14'	[...] x ar-⸢ṣip ú⸣-[šak]-⸢lil⸣ sat-tuk-ki-šú-nu baṭ-[lu-tu ...]	(14') [...] I built (and) [comple]ted. [I ...] their aban[doned] regular offerings. [(...)]
15'15'	[... DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ EN].⸢MEŠ-ia⸣ ú-šal-⸢li⸣-mu AN.DÙL-šú-nu ⸢DÙG⸣.[GA UGU-ia it-ru-ṣu-ma ...]1	(15') [..., the great gods], my [lord]s, fully carried out [..., spread] their benev[olent] protection [over me, and ...] th[ey] made [...] b[ow down] to my yoke. [...] I had no rival (lit. “there was no rival”).
16'16'	[...] ⸢a⸣-na GIŠ.ŠUDUN-ia ú-⸢šak⸣-[ni-šu^? ...]
17'17'	[...] x ma-ḫir ul i-ši URU.ni-iʾ URU LUGAL-ti KUR.mu-⸢ṣur⸣ [u KUR.ku-u-si KUR-ud ...]2	(17'b) [I conquered] the city Thebes, a royal city of Egyp[t and Kush. ...]
18'18'	[...] ⸢a⸣-di la ba-še-e ú-šá-lik DINGIR.MEŠ-šú ^d15.MEŠ-[šú ...]	(18') [...] I brought to naught. [I ...] its gods (and) [its] goddesses. [...]
19'19'	[... it-ti ^mtug-dam]-mì-i LUGAL ERIM-man-da ⸢NUMUN⸣ [ḫal-ga-te-e ...]3	(19') [... with Tugdam]mî, king of a barbarian horde, a n[omad, ...]
20'20'	[...] ⸢a^?⸣-ni-ir ú-šam-qit KUR.ma-ta-a-a KUR.man-na-a-a ⸢KUR^?⸣.[...]	(20') [...] I killed (and) cut down (with the sword). The land Media, Mannea, [...] the lands ...uppi and Qadê, which is on the sh[ore of ...]
21'21'	[...] ⸢KUR^?⸣.x-up-pi u KUR.qa-de-e šá ina a-[ḫi ...]4
22'22'	[...] ⸢áš^?⸣-bu ina qí-bit AN.ŠÁR ^dNIN.LÍL <^dEN^?> ^dAG ^d[...]	(22') [...] ... By the command of the deities Aššur, Mullissu, <Bēl (Marduk)>, Nabû, [...]
23'23'	[...]-ia la kan-šú da-na-an AN.ŠÁR ^dNIN.LÍL ^dEN [...]	(23') [...] of mine (who) are insubmissive [...] the might of the deities Aššur, Mullissu, Bēl (Marduk), [...]
24'24'	[... ul-tu tam-tim e-li-ti ša šul-mu] ⸢^d⸣UTU-ši a-di tam-tim ⸢šap⸣-[li-ti ša ṣi-it ^dUTU-ši ...]	(24') [... from the Upper Sea of the Setting] Sun to the L[ower] Sea [of the Rising Sun ...]
25'25'	[...] ⸢la⸣ na-par-ka-a man-da-⸢at⸣-[ta-šú DUGUD-tú ...]	(25') [..., wit]hout interruption, [... his heavy] pay[ment ...]
26'26'	[...] ⸢^dEN^?⸣ x x x [...]	(26') [...] Bēl (Marduk) ... [...]
	Lacuna	Lacuna
1''1''	^dAMAR.UTU ^dzar-pa-⸢ni-tum⸣ [...]	(1'') Marduk, Zarpanīt[u ...].
2''2''	(blank) [...]	(1'') Marduk, Zarpanīt[u ...].

1Compare text no. 12 (Prism H) ii 3´–6´ and text no. 23 (IIT) lines 78b–81.

2The restorations are based on text no. 12 (Prism H) ii 8´ and text no. 23 (IIT) line 82.

3Compare text no. 23 (IIT) line 143.

4⸢KUR^?⸣.x-up-pi “[the lan]d ...uppi”: R. Campbell Thompson (AAA 20 [1933] p. 105) suggested reading the geographic name as KUR.ku-up-pi (“the land Kuppi”), whereas R. Borger (BIWA p. 200) proposed reading it as KUR.lu-up-pi “the land Luppi.”

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