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| Keywords: Assyrian - Tablet with Cuneiform Writing - Walters 41163 - View A.jpg In four pieces the inscription features the name of Assurbanipal between 669 626 BC Neo-Assyrian limestone cm 55 51 accession number 41 163 36122 Edgar J Banks Bagdad claimed from Nineveh date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1931 Translation To Nabu exalted lord who dwells in Ezida / which is in Nineve his lord I Ashurnasirpal king of Assyria / the one who is longed for and destined by his great divinity / who at the issuing of his order and the giving of his solemn decree / after defeating him in battle cut off the head of Teumman / king of Elam And Ummanigash Tammaritu / Pa'e Ummanaldash who before Teumman / exercised kingship over Elam by his great command / he captured them To my sedan chair / my royal conveyance I yoked them / with his great help in all the lands / I established order At that time the court of the Temple of Nabu / my lord with massive limestone its construction / I enlarged May Nabu look joyfully upon it / May he find it acceptable in the impression of its wedges / May the order for a life of long days come forth / from your lips Walking in Ezida / in your divine presence may my feed grow old place of origin Nineveh in present-day Iraq Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Cuneiform Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Nineveh | ||||
