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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 16, ex. 03 (P297259)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Larsa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Nabonidus 16, ex. 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P297259 |
| Museum no. | NBC 02508 + VA 10971 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | [...]-ra#-am-mu-szu14 | I want to utter a lament to you |
| 2 | [...]-su# szu-bat-sa# re#-esz#-ti#-tim# | ... her first dwelling |
| 3 | [...] ge#-gu-<na>-a-szu | ... his throne |
| 4 | [...]-li#-i | ...-lî |
| 5 | [...]-ma# | ... and |
| 6 | [...] | |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...]-szu# | ... his |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...]-ma# | ... and |
| 11 | [...]-tim | ...-tim |
| 12 | [...] sza#-a-szu | ... that ... |
| 13 | [...]-babbar#-ra | ... of the white |
| 14 | [...]-ma#-ri | ...-mari |
| 15 | [...]-a | ...-a |
| 16 | [...]-ri# | ...-ri |
| 17' | [...] {d#}utu# | ... Utu |
| 18' | [...] _{gesz}mar_ | ... a wagon |
| 19' | [...] e2#-babbar-ra | ... of the Ebabbar temple |
| 20' | [...]-ra#-tim | ...-ra-tim |
| 21' | [...]-'i#-ir-ma | ... ... and |
| 22' | [...]-tam#-hir | ... he has received. |
| 23' | [...] si-ma-a-tim | ... the simātum |
| 24' | [...] _sze-ga_ | ... will be favorable. |
| 25' | [...] _utu_ u3 {d}a-a | ... the sun and Aya |
| 26' | [...]-lu#-ti-szu-un | ... their ... |
| 27' | [...]-le-szu-un | ... their |
| 28' | [...] re-esz-ta-a-tim | ... of the beginning |
| 29' | [...]-ra#-pi2 _lugal_ la-bi-ri | ...-rapi, the old king |
| 30' | [...]-un# ad-di-ma | ... I gave, and |
| 31' | [...] te-me2-en-szu-un | ... their foundation |
| surface a col 3 | ||
| 1 | _e2#_ szu#-a#-tim# ki#-ma# la#-bi-ri#-im#-ma# | that house, like a old one |
| 2 | e#-esz#-szi#-isz# e#-pu#-usz#-ma# | I built anew, and |
| 3 | us#-si#-mi# szi#-ki#-in#-szu# e2-dur-an-na# | I firmly established its foundations in the E-dur-ana. |
| 4 | _e2#_ na#-ra#-mi#-szu# ki#-ma# sza2# _ud#-mesz#_ ul-lu-tim# | the house of his beloved like that of distant days |
| 5 | u2-ul-la-a re-e-szi-szu | “It is not his head’s |
| 6 | e2-babbar-ra a-na {d}utu u3 {d}a-a | the Ebabbar to Šamaš and Aya |
| 7 | e-pu2-usz u2-sza-ak-li-il-ma | I did, I completed, and |
| 8 | u2-ba-an-na-a ta-al-la-ak-tu-usz | “I will bring it to you, I will go to you. |
| 9 | pa-pa-hi szu-ba-at i-lu-ti-szu-un s,i-ir-tim | The cella, the seat of their exalted divinity, |
| 10 | sza i-te-e zi-qu2-ra-tim | of the edge of the ziggurat |
| 11 | re-tu-u2 te-me-en-szu2 | the rest of his foundation |
| 12 | a-na si-ma-at i-lu-ti-szu-num | for the sake of his divinity |
| 13 | ra-bi-tim szu-lu-ku | (and) the great ones, purified. |
| 14 | a-na {d}utu u3 {d}a-a _en-mesz_-e-a | To Šamaš and Aya, my lords |
| 15 | u4-mi-isz u2-na-am-mi-ir-ma | daily he shall inspect, and |
| 16 | u2-za-aq-qi2-ir hu-ur-sa-ni-isz | he shall remove it as a loan. |
| 17 | sza a-na _lugal_ ma-na-ma la im-gu-ru | which no one to the king has ever granted |
| 18 | {d#}utu be-lu ra-bu-u2 ia-ti _lugal_ pa-li-ih-szu2 | Šamaš, great lord, for me, the king who reveres him |
| 19 | [x]-gu#-ur-an-ni-ma i-ir-a-mu qa2-tu-u2-a | ... my hands ... |
| 20 | [x]-babbar#-ra a-na {d}utu u3 {d}a-a | to Šamaš and Aya |
| 21 | [x x]-e-a ki-ma la-bi-ri-im-ma# | ... like old age |
| 22 | [x x]-qi2-isz e-pu-usz-ma# | ... I did, and |
| 23 | [...]-ri-sza u2-te-er | ... returned her |
| 24 | [...] _gesz-nu11-gal_ szi-t,i-ir szu-um | ... a scepter is written. |
| 25 | [...]-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal_ la-bi-ri | ...-ammurapi, the old king |
| 26 | [x x]-re#-eb-szu ap-pa-al-sa | ... I looked at her |
| 27 | [x x] szi-t,i-ir szu-mi-ia asz2-ku-un-ma | I deposited my inscribed name and |
| 28 | [x]-ki#-in <ana> du-ur2 u4-mu | ... in the middle of the day |
| 29 | [x x] sza-at-ti {d}utu be-lu szu-ur2-bu-u2 | ... of the year: “Šamaš, supreme lord, |
| 30 | sza#-qu-u2 be-lu gim-ri | exalted, lord of all |
| 31 | _lugal# an_-e u3 _ki_-tim# | king of heaven and earth |
| 32 | [x]-ur2# _kur-kur e2_ szu-a-tim ha-di-isz nap#-[x x] | ... of all the lands, that house ... joyfully. |
| 33 | ba#-la-t,a4 u4-mu ru-[...] | The life of the day ... |
| 34 | [x]-be2#-e lit-tu-tu# [...] | ... life ... |
| 35 | u3# la-ba#-[...] | And he did not |
| 36 | [x]-na# [...] | ... ... |
| 37 | [...] | |
| 38 | [...] | |
| 39 | [...] | |
| 40 | [...] | |
| 41 | [...]-ma#-at# [...] | ... of ... |
| 42 | [x x] i-ba-ar#-ra#-a# | ... he will return |
| 43 | nu#-ur2#-ka nam-ri | a bright radiance |
| 44 | szu-uk-szi-da qa2-tu-u2-a | my hand |
| 45 | szu-uk-ni-szu sze-e-pu-u2-a | “Set him free, my enemies! |
| 46 | {d}a-a kal-la-ti ra-bi-tim | O Aya, great lady, |
| 47 | i-na ku-um-mi-ka s,i-i-ri | In your exalted abode |
| 48 | ka-a-a-na li-ta-mi-ka# | May he constantly praise you |
| 49 | da-am-qa-a-ti# | good fortune |
| 50 | {d}bu-ne-ne su-uk-kal#-[x] | Bunene, the šukkal priest |
| 51 | mi-it-lu-uk-ti-ka u4-mi-sza#-[x x] | Your strength ... days ... |
| 52 | li-ka-al-li#-[x] | may he |
| 53 | i-da-a-ti du-um#-[x x] | Idati ... |
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