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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 19, ex. 02 (P345498)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Nabonidus 19, ex. 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345498 |
| Museum no. | BM 108981 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | i3-nu-um {d}marduk {d}en-lil2 _dingir-dingir_ sza-qu-u2 _en_ gi-im-ra | When Marduk, Enlil, supreme god, lord of everything |
| 2 | u2-sza-pu-u2 ma-al-ku a-na e-pe2-esz e-nu-tim | (Sum) They made a stela, a shrine, for the performing of the enūtu-rites (Akk) They caused a temple to be erected for the doing of the rituals |
| 3 | {d}na-bi-um-na-'i-id szar-ri a-na za-ni-nu-tim im-bu-u3 | Nabium-naʾid the king for the zaninūtum offerings built. |
| 4 | u2-ul-lu-u2 re-e-szi-szu e-li ka-li-szu-nu _lugal-mesz_ | the kings over all of them |
| 5 | qi2-bi-tu-usz-szu _dingir-dingir gal-gal_ ih-du-u2 a-na szar-ru-ti-szu2 | By his command the great gods rejoiced, to his kingship |
| 6 | {d}a-num u3 {d}en-lil2 _{gesz}gu-za_ a-gu-u2 _{gesz}nig2-gidri_ u3 szi-bir-ri | Anu and Enlil, the throne of the agû-priestess, a scepter and a crossbar |
| 7 | pa-ra-as, szar-ru-tim a-na du-ur u4-mu i-qi2-szu-szum | (Sum) The king, my lord, gave him the scepter of kingship (Akk) For the sake of the king he gave him for the duration of the day |
| 8 | {d}e2-a ba-an ka-la-mu ne2-me!(SZI) qi2 u2-sza2-ag-mi-ir-szu | Ea, the creator of everything, spoke kindly to him. |
| 9 | {d}be-let-i3-li2 ba-na-at gi-im-ra u2-sza2-ak-li-lu bu-na-an-ne2-e-szu2 | Bēlet-ilī, the creator of everything, he made it perfect for him. |
| 10 | {d}na-bi-um pa-qi2-du ki-isz-sza2-ti isz-ru-uk-szu szu-ka-ma | Nabû, entrusted with justice, gave him your name. |
| 11 | {d}nanna-ri _dumu_ ru-be2-e u2-s,a-ab-ba-a nab-ni-it-su | Nanna-ri, son of Rubê, seized his possessions. |
| 12 | {d}utu#-szi nu-ur2 i3-li2 ir-i-am re-e2-ut-su | Šamaš, light of the gods, his shepherd |
| 13 | [x]-'u-la-a-ti u2-sze-szi-ib qi2-bi-tu-usz-szu | I settled the ..., his command |
| 14 | {d}er3-ra-gal ga-asz-ru _dingir-dingir_ isz-ru-uk-szu du-un-num | Erragal, strong one of the gods, gave him strength |
| 15 | {d}za-ba4-ba4 mu-ut-ta-al-lum u2-ma-szu u2-sza-ag-mi-ir-szu2 | “Zababa, the exalted one, made his name surpassing. |
| 16 | {d}nusku da-pi-nu u2-za-'i-in-szu2 me-lam _lugal_-u2-tim | Nusku, the mighty one, exalted him with the splendor of kingship |
| 17 | a-na u2-'u-ur2 t,e3-e-mu sza-ka-ni7 szi-tul-tim | To the one who requests a report, |
| 18 | u3 pa-ra-as ar2-ka-tim i-tur sze-du-usz-szu | and the reed-beds of the future he will return to their places. |
| 19 | a-na mu-er-ru-ti-szu e-pe2-szu _dingir-dingir gal-gal_ u2-sza2-li-ku re-s,u-ut-su | for his extispicy to do, the great gods directed his attention. |
| 20 | i-nu-szu {d}na-bi-um-na-'i-id _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} ru-ba-a na-a-dam | At that time, Nabonidus, king of Babylon, a prince was appointed. |
| 21 | re-e2-a-am it-pe-szu pa-li-ih _dingir-dingir gal-gal_ | the shepherd, who reveres the great gods, |
| 22 | _szagina_ za-ni-nu sza2 a-na t,e3-me _dingir-dingir_ pu-tuq-qu | governor-general who is responsible for the decisions of the gods, |
| 23 | sza u4-mi-sza-am-ma isz-te-ne2-e'-u2 asz-rat _dingir-dingir_ u3 {d}inanna | who daily seeks the abode of the gods and goddesses, |
| 24 | _dumu_ {disz}{d}na-bi-um-din-su-iq-bi _nun_ e-em-qa2 a-na-ku | son of Nabium-balāssu-iqbi, the wise prince, am I. |
| 25 | e-nu-ma {d}marduk <_en gal_-u2> a-na be-lu-tu ma-a-tim im-bu-u3 ni-bi-ti3 | When Marduk, the great lord, to rule over the land he named me, |
| 26 | mar ru-be2-e {d}na-bi-um zi-ik-ri szar-ru-ti-ia u2-szar-bu-u3 | the son of the prince Nabû, the utterance of my royal majesty he made great. |
| 27 | u4-mi-szam-ma a-ta-mi pu-lu-uh2-ti3 i-lu-ti-szu-un | At that time, fear of their divinity, |
| 28 | ka-a-a-nam asz-te-ne2-e'-a sza2 e-li-szu2-nu t,a-a-bi | I constantly seek out those who are pleasing to them. |
| 29 | a-na e2-sag-il2 u3 e2-zi-da szu-tu-rak zi-in-na-a-tu2 | For Esagila and Ezida, he placed the šunnātu. |
| 30 | re-esz im-mi-ma-a-a dam-qa u2-sze-er-re-bu ma-har-szu-un | They brought the good first-fruit offerings before them. |
| 31 | gi-na-a la na-par-ka-a' asz-te-ne2-'a-a asz-ri-szu-un | I have constantly sought out their places of worship without ceasing. |
| 32 | ma-ha-zi-szu-nu ra-bu-tim a-na ta-na-da-a-tu2 asz-tak2-ka-an | I established their great cult centers as steles. |
| 33 | u2-szar-bi zi-ik-ra-<szu2>-nu in a-pa12-ta-asz2 da-ad2-me!(BAR) | I made their utterances greater than (those of) a net. |
| 34 | a-na {d}utu _di-ku5-gal dingir-dingir_ sza-qu-u2 _en_ zimbir{ki} e2-babbar-ra | To Šamaš the high judge of the gods lord of Sippar the Ebabbar |
| 35 | ki-is,-s,i!(AD) _ku3_ szu-bat-sa resz-ti-ti sza ma-na-ma _lugal_ mah-ri la u2-kal-li-mu | The silver throne, her first-ranking residence, which no king of the past had held. |
| 36 | te-me-en-sza e-pe2-esz-su {d}utu _en gal_-u2 u2-qa2-an-ni-ma | the foundations of its construction Šamaš, the great lord, presented to me and |
| 37 | e-li te-me-en sza2 na-ra-am-{d}suen u2-ki-in usz-szu-szu | above the foundations of Naram-Sin he established. |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | sza _bad3_ u4-gal-a-ma2-ru10 _bad3_ gu2-du8-a{ki} u2-ul-la-a re-e-szi-szu | of the wall Ugal-amaru and the wall of Kutha he did not raise his head. |
| 2 | _bad3_ me-lam-kur-kur-<ra>-dul-la _bad3_ kisz{ki} u2-zaq-qi2-ir hur-sa-ni-isz | The wall Melam-kurkurra-dulla, the wall of Kiš, I raised up high. |
| 3 | a-na {d}urasz _en_ ga-asz-ru _e2_ a2-ki-tu4 ta-<ap>-szu-uh-ti-szu2 | To Uraš, the mighty lord, the temple of Akītu, his sanctuary |
| 4 | ki-ma la-bi2-ri-im-ma e-esz-szi-isz e-pu-usz | I built it anew like a former (temple). |
| 5 | sza {iri}u2-ba-as-su _dal-ba-an-na_ babila2{ki} u3 bar2-sipa{ki} | of the city Ubašsu, the pass of Babylon and Borsippa |
| 6 | i-na _esir-e3-a_ u3 a-gur-ru re-e-szi-szu u2-ul-li-ma | with bitumen and baked bricks his head I raised, and |
| 7 | {d}na-na-a {d}inanna szu-ur2-bi-tum u2-sze-ri-bu ki-is,-s,u-usz-szu | Nanāya and Ištar brought into his arms the thornbushes. |
| 8 | a-na {d}sin _en gal_-u2 a-szi-ib e2-kisz-nu-gal2 sza2 qe2-reb uri2{ki} | For Sîn, the great lord, who dwells in the Ekišnugal temple in Ur |
| 9 | sat-tuk-ki-szu u2-t,a-ah-hi-id-ma u2-szar-ri-ih ni-id-be2-e-szu | (Sum) He made his sattukku-bowl shine and made its nīdbēḫi offerings shine (Akk) He brightened his temples and made his offerings shine |
| 10 | asz-te-ne2-<e'>-e-<ma> asz-ri-szu a-ba-lu be-lu-ut-su | I constantly seek out his place, the source of his lordship |
| 11 | a-na e-risz-tum i-ri-isz-an-ni ap-lah3 at-ta-'i-id-ma | (Sum) I am a fugitive, I am an agressor (Akk) For the extispicy that afflicts me, I have been frightened, and |
| 12 | e-ri-isz-ta-szu la ak-la-am-ma am-gu-ru qi2-bit-su | (Sum) I did not fear his wrath, but I obeyed his command. (Akk) I do not forget his command and I obey his command |
| 13 | _dumu-munus_ s,i-it lib3-bi-ia2 a-na e-nu-tim asz2-szi-ma en-nig2-al-di_-{d}nanna_ | a daughter of my own free will I took as a gift and En-niĝaldi-Nanna |
| 14 | _mu_-szu2 am-be2-e-ma a-na e2-ge6-par3 u2-sze-ri-bu ana ma-haz _dingir-dingir gal-gal_ | he named it and brought it into the E-gepar. For the sanctuary of the great gods |
| 15 | ka-li-szu-nu za-na-nu na-sza-an-ni lib3-bi | All of them, the zānu-priestess, the lady of the heart, |
| 16 | i-nu-szu a-na {d}lugal-mar2-da qar-ra-du mu-ut-ta-al-lum | At that time, for Lugal-Marda, the hero, the envoy |
| 17 | et,-lu mu-ut-le-el2-lu-u2 sza2 da-na-num szu-uk-lu-lu | (Sum) The young man, the one who purifies the pure rites of Anana (Akk) Young man, who purification rituals of Ananum |
| 18 | u4-um ez-zu sza la im-mah-ha-ru qa2-bal-szu ra-hi-is, _kur_ nu-kur2-tum | a furious storm that cannot be opposed, whose flanks are enraged, a hostile land |
| 19 | sza-lil _kur_ a-a-bi a-szi-ib e2-igi-kalam-ma _en_-ia | who enlarges the land of the enemies, who dwells in the Eigikalama, my lord |
| 20 | <<_en_-ia>> at-ta-'i-id-ma _{gesz}gigir_ ru-ku-bu i-lu-ti-szu!(MA) | My lord, I sought out, and the chariot, his weapon, |
| 21 | si3-ma-at qar-ra-du-ti-szu2 sza-li-la-at _kur_ a-a-bi | who is worthy of his heroism, who provides for the land of the enemies, |
| 22 | <sza> a-na ta-ha-za szu-lu-ka-at sza isz-tu _u4-mesz_ ru-qu2-tu2 | <that> for fighting, the šulukat-offering that from distant days |
| 23 | _lugal_ mah-ri la i-pu-szu i-na te-me-en e2-igi-kalam-ma | a previous king did not do, from the foundation of the Eigikalama |
| 24 | _na4-mesz_ te-eq-ni-szu u3 u2-nu-ut-su in-na-mir-ma | the stones of his tēqnu-vessel and his equipment he saw, and |
| 25 | _{gesz}gigir_ szu-a-tim e-esz-szi-isz ab-nim i-na _ku3-babbar_ eb-bi _ku3-sig17_ nam-ri | a new chariot with silver of shiny gold |
| 26 | u3 ni-si3-iq-tu4 _na4-mesz_ ra-bisz u2-za-'i-in-szu-ma | and the nisīqtu-rites of large stones I surrounded him, and |
| 27 | a-na ma-ha-ri-szu2 u2-sze-rib e2-igi-kalam-ma _e2_-su sza2 _lugal_ mah-ri | into his presence he brought in. Eigikalama, his temple of the previous king |
| 28 | i-pu2-szu-ma u2-ul-lu-u2 re-e-szi-szu i-ga-ri ki-di-szu | he built, and he raised its superstructure as high as a mountain. |
| 29 | la u2-sza2-as-hi-ru-ma la u2-dan-ni-in ma-as,-s,ar-tu-usz | They did not release him and did not strengthen his guard. |
| 30 | a-szar-szu na-di-ma la ru-uk-ku-su sip-pe-e-szu e-pe-ri-szu | (Sum) Its place is unknown and it is not his. (Akk) It is unknown where it is. Its doorjambs are open. |
| 31 | qa-a-a-pu-tu ad-ka te-me-en-szu la-bi2-ra a-hi-it, | I have recited the incantations of your father, his old foundation. |
| 32 | ab-re-e-ma e-li te-me-en-<ni>-szu u2-kin usz-szu-szu | I sought out and established its foundations over its foundation(s). |
| 33 | _bad3_-szu ab-ne2-e-ma ma-as,-s,ar-ta-szu2 u2-dan-<ni>-in e-esz-szi-isz | I erected its wall and strengthened its guard. |
| 34 | e-pu-usz-ma u2-ul-la-a re-e-szi-szu {d}lugal-mar2-da _en_ szur-bu-u2 | I did, and without him, Lugal-Marda, the supreme lord, |
| 35 | _ur-sag_ mug-da-szir9 a-na _e2_ szu-a-tim ha-disz ina e-re-bi-ka mim-mu-u2 | a hero, a mugdāšir-priest to that house, joyfully, when you enter, whatever |
| 36 | e-te-ep-pu-usz ha-disz in nap-lu-si-ka in ma-har {d}marduk _lugal_ | I have done well. With your help, before Marduk, the king, |
| 37 | _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim u4-mi-szam-ma at-ma-a _saga_-tim li-ri-ku u4-mu _din_-ia2 lu-usz-ba-a | May heaven and earth be at peace daily, may good things come to pass, may I dwell in the days of my life. |
| 38 | lit-tu-tu ina _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ka ez-zu-tim szu-um-qi2-ta a-a-bi-ia hul-liq | With your furious weapons, my enemies were destroyed. |
| 39 | gim-ra-at ga-ri-ia | all my possessions |
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