Inscriptions on Stone Tablets (text no. 61)

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A copy of an inscription of Ashurbanipal from Aššur is known from a badly damaged stone tablet that was later reused as a door socket. The prologue of the text records the restoration of Esagil ("Temple Whose Top is High") at Babylon, the return of Marduk's statue from Baltil (Aššur) to Babylon, and the dedication of a ceremonial chariot and a bed, as well as the renovation of the city wall of Aššur. The tablet was inscribed in the eponymy of Awiānu, the governor of the land Que (655).

Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap5/Q003760/] of Ashurbanipal 61.

Source: EȘ 06699 (Ass 00900 + Ass 00877 + Ass 00904 + Ass 00905)

Commentary

Each line of text is separated by a horizontal ruling. The script is a mixture of Assyrian and contemporary Babylonian sign forms, with Assyrian forms predominating.

Bibliography

1939–41 Weidner, AfO 13 pp. 204–207 and pls. XI–XII (copy, edition, study)

1991 Grayson, CAH² 3/2 p. 157 (study)

1996 Borger, BIWA p. 383 (partial transliteration, study)

Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers

Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers, 'Inscriptions on Stone Tablets (text no. 61)', 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/stonetabletstext61/]

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