Inscriptions on Anthropomorphic Statues (text no. 63)

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A fragment from the left shoulder of a large pink limestone statue of Ashurbanipal discovered at Nineveh by G. Smith preserves the beginning of a short inscription stating that the Assyrian king set up a statue in Nineveh shortly after defeating the Elamite king at Tīl-Tūba. The anthropomorphic statue may have been commissioned by Ashurbanipal in late 653 or in early 652.

Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap5/Q003762/] of Ashurbanipal 63.

Source: BM 136973 (Sm 2492)

Bibliography

1875 G. Smith, Assyrian Discoveries pp. 147 and 430 (study, provenance)

1970 Strommenger, Rundskulptur p. 25 Ab 1 (study)

1981–82 Reade and Walker, AfO 28 pp. 119–122 no. 5 with figs. 9–14 (photo, edition, study)

1996 Borger, BIWA p. 367 (study)

Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers

Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers, 'Inscriptions on Anthropomorphic Statues (text no. 63)', RINAP 5: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal, Aššur-etel-ilāni, and Sîn-šarra-iškun, The RINAP/RINAP 5 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2019 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap5/rinap51textintroductions/statuestext63/]

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