Ashurbanipal 056

Obverse
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a-na-ku mAN.ŠÁR--A MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI ina mul-ta-ʾu-ti-ia ina GÌR.II-ia UR.MAḪ ez-zu

(1) I, Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria, while enjoying myself on foot, seized a fierce lion that was born in the steppe (lit. “of its plain”) by its ear and, with the support of (the god) Aššur and the goddess Ištar the lady of battle pierced its body with the lance that was in my hand.

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šá EDIN-šú ina GEŠTU.II-šú aṣ-bat-ma ina tukul-ti AN.ŠÁR ù d-tar be-let ta-ḫa-zi

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ina GIŠ.az-mar-e ša ŠU.II-ia as-ḫul zu-mur-šú


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