• Source: Rassam cylinder

The Rassam cylinder is a cuneiform cylinder, forming a prism with ten faces, written by Neo-Assyrian king Ashurbanipal in 643 BCE. The 7th century BCE cylinder was discovered in the North Palace of Nineveh by Hormuzd Rassam in 1854, hence its name. It is located in the British Museum.




Content


The cylinder describes in detail nine military campaigns of Ashurbanipal. The content of the cylinder has been listed as follows:

Introduction, account of the accession of Ashurbanipal
First Egyptian War against Tirhakah
Second Egyptian War against Urdamane
Conquest of Tyre and death of Ba'al, king of Tyre
Expedition against Ahseri, king of Van
Expedition against Teumman, king of Elam
War against Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon, brother of Ashurbanipal
First war with Ummanaldas, king of Elam
Second war with Ummanaldas, king of Elam
Expedition against Uate, king of Arabia
Capture of Ummanaldas, king of Elam
Embassy from Istar-duri, king of Ararat
Repair of the Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, conclusion, and date of the inscription




Extracts


One of these is his victorious campaign in Egypt:

In my first campaign I marched against Magan, Meluhha, Taharqa, king of Egypt and Ethiopia, whom Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, the father who begot me, had defeated, and whose land he brought under his sway. This same Taharqa forgot the might of Ashur, Ishtar and the other great gods, my lords, and put his trust upon his own power. He turned against the kings and regents whom my own father had appointed in Egypt. He entered and took residence in Memphis, the city which my own father had conquered and incorporated into Assyrian territory.
Some reliefs from Nineveh are otherwise known that illustrate these campaigns.
A full translation of the cylinder was made by Luckenbill in Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia. A full transcription of the cuneiform is available on CDLI.

















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References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Silinder Koresh
• Silinder Nabonidus
• Borsippa
• Rassam cylinder
• Hormuzd Rassam
• Library of Ashurbanipal
• Cyrus Cylinder
• Meluhha
• George Smith (Assyriologist)
• Tantamani
• Cuneiform
• Neo-Assyrian Empire
• Flaying