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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 23, ex. 01 (P384828)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Larsa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Nabonidus 23, ex. 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P384828 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1922-0201 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Larsa |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a col 1 | ||
| 1 | i3-nu-um _an_-num u3 {d}en-lil2 | when Anu and Enlil |
| 2 | sza _iri_ zimbir{ki} iq-bu-u2 e-de-esz-su | of the city of Sippar, they said to him: |
| 3 | a-da-an-szu-num ki-i-ni ik-szu-dam | Adānšum established a firm positive answer. |
| 4 | a-na e-pe2-esz e2-babbar-ra {d}utu be-el ra-bi2-u3 | To build the Ebabbar, O Šamaš, great lord |
| 5 | i-ih-su-sa szu-bat-sa re-esz-ti-tu2 | her first dwelling, |
| 6 | sza zi-qu2-ra-at ge-gu-na-szu | of the ziggurat of his neck |
| 7 | re-szi-szu e-li sza pa-ni ul-lu-u3 | (Sum) His head is elevated above that of the face (Akk) The head of the one who is above the face |
| 8 | lib-ba-szu-ni ha-di-isz ub-lam-ma | his heart rejoiced, and |
| 9 | {d}na-bi-um-na-'i-id _lugal_ za-ni-nu | Nabopolassar, the king who provides |
| 10 | mu-t,i-ib lib-bi-szu-nu ib-bu-u2 | who makes their heart happy, |
| 11 | re-e2-a-am ka-an-szu | The shepherd is his guarantee. |
| 12 | musz-te-e'#-u2 asz-ra-a-ti _dingir-dingir gal-gal_ | who guides the sanctuaries of the great gods, |
| 13 | _szagina_ it-pe2-szu | the general made it. |
| 14 | sza a-na t,e3-em _dingir-mesz_ pu-tuq-qu | who is responsible for the decisions of the gods |
| 15 | za-ni-in e2-sag-il2 u3 e2-zi-da | provider of Esagila and Ezida, |
| 16 | mu-ud-di-isz esz-re-e-ti _dingir-mesz_ u3 _esz18-dar_ | who renovates the shrines of the gods and goddesses |
| 17 | mu-t,ah-hi-id sa-at-tuk-ku | who provides sattukku-offerings, |
| 18 | mu-szar-ri-ih ni-id-be2-e | who makes kings bow down at our feet, |
| 19 | _dumu_ {disz}{d}na-bi-um-ba-la-at-su-iq-bi | son of Nabium-balāssu-iqbi, |
| 20 | ru-bu-u2 e-em-qa2 a-na-ku | I am a wise prince, |
| 21 | [i3-nu-um {d}marduk be-lu]-ut# _kur#?_-szu2 i-qi2-pa-ni#? | when Marduk the lordship of his land commanded |
| 22 | [...] {d}na-bi-um | ... Nabium |
| 23 | [... im]-ba-an-ni | ... seized me. |
| 24' | [...] hi-t,i-ti3 | ... my sin |
| 25' | [...] x x su-pe-e-szu-un | ... their ... |
| 26' | [...] x _gal#_ qa2-qa2-da-a | ... large ... |
| 27' | [x x szu-te]-mu-qa2-ku13-szu-nu-ti | ... let them be examined. |
| 28' | i#-nu-szu e2-babbar-ra ki-is,-s,i ra-asz2-bu | At that time, in the Ebabbar, the great cult centers |
| 29' | szu-ba-at {d}utu u3 {d}a-a | the residence of Šamaš and Aya |
| 30' | sza i-na qe2-re-eb zimbir{ki} | which in Sippar |
| 31' | sza _lugal_ ma-har i-pu-szu-ma ul-la-a re-e-szi-szu | which the king had done before, and from its top |
| 32' | _4(u) 5(disz) mu-an-na-mesz_ la im-la-ma i-qu-pu i-ga-ru-szu | 45 years he did not die and died, his debts |
| 33' | ra-am-ku-ti3 e2-babbar-ra i-ta-mu-nim | The rākûtu-priestess of the Ebabbar spoke to me: |
| 34' | i-qu-pu _e2_ | he destroyed. The house |
| 35' | qi2-bi-it-su-nu la a-qi2-ip-ma | I did not listen to their words, and |
| 36' | ra-sza2-a-ku ni-qi2-it-ti | (Sum) I am the one who is enraged, I am awe-inspiring, |
| 37' | u2-ma-'e-er-ma _dumu-mesz_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} u3 bar2-sipa{ki} | and the citizens of Babylon and Borsippa |
| 38' | em-qu-tu mu-de-e szi-ip-ri | (Sum) The emqūtu priestess, the one who knows the work (Akk) The imqû priestesses, who know the work |
| 39' | a-na qe2-re-eb e2-babbar-ra u2#-sze#-rib-ma | I brought into the Ebabbar |
| 40' | ip-pa-al-su#-ma | looked at him, and |
| 41' | _e2_ szu-a-ti i-ga-ru-szu qu-up-pu-ma | that house, its walls are smashed, and |
| 42' | pu-ut,-t,u-ru ri-ki-is _ka2-ka2_ | Release the lock of the gate! |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | _gesz-ur3_ s,u2-lu-li-szu szu-uh-hu-t,u | a threshing-floor, its bolts are broken, |
| 2 | a-s,u2-u2 qe2-re-eb _e2_ | the wanderer inside the house |
| 3 | ip-pal-su-ma u2-sza-am-lu-in-ni pu-lu-uh3-tu2 | he looked at him and made me fearful. |
| 4 | isz-tu _e2_ szu-a-ti | from that house |
| 5 | qa2-at {d}utu u3 {d}a-a is,-ba-tu-ma | the hand of Šamaš and Aya seized, and |
| 6 | i-na ki-is,-s,i da-am-qu | with a strong rope |
| 7 | asz-ri szu-us-su-mu u2-sze-szi-bu | (Sum) They sat down on the throne (Akk) They made them sit on their thrones |
| 8 | a-ta-mi# [a]-na# ni-szi ma-a-ti | I have heard that the people of the land |
| 9 | mi-na-a i-szi-ir-szum-ma i-qu-up-ma | What has he done to him, and he has fallen, and |
| 10 | an-ni-ta i-ta-mu-nim | they have heard this. |
| 11 | ul bu-'a-a a-szar-szu | “It is not mine, its place, |
| 12 | e-li szu-ub-ti-szu2 kit-ti ul e-pu2-usz-ma e-ni qa2-qa2-ar-szu | (Sum) I did not do justice to his true dwelling (Akk) Towards his false dwelling I did no justice to him |
| 13 | {d}utu be-el ra-bi2-u3 | Šamaš, great lord |
| 14 | e-pe2-esz e2-babbar-ra u2-qa-a re-esz-ka | To build the Ebabbar, your head is elevated. |
| 15 | szi-pi2-ir-szu bu-un-ni-i | his work is finished, |
| 16 | i-na asz-ri-szu ki-nim e-pe2-esz-su | in his true place, to do |
| 17 | u2-sza-ad-gi-il pa-ni-ka | I have made your face resplendent, |
| 18 | a-na da-ke-e e2-babbar-ra _sza3_ pa-li-ih | For the sake of the Ebabbar, the heart who reveres |
| 19 | ra-sza2-a-ku ni-qi2-it-ti | (Sum) I am the one who is enraged, I am awe-inspiring, |
| 20 | i-na ma-a-a-al mu-szi-im | in the night |
| 21 | ul u2-qa-at-ta-a szi-it-tim t,a-ab-tim | I did not wait for a good fate. |
| 22 | asz2-szi qa-[ti-ia u2-s,a]-al#-la#-a | because of my hand he seized me |
| 23 | {d}en-lil2 _dingir#-mesz#_ {d}marduk | Enlil of the gods, Marduk |
| 24 | [asz]-szum# e-pe2#-[esz] e2-babbar-ra | Because of the construction of the Ebabbar |
| 25 | [asz-ra-a-ti {d}]utu u3 {d}iszkur | the sanctuaries of Shamash and Adad |
| 26 | _[en-mesz_ bi-ri] asz-te-e-ma | the lords of intercession I asked and |
| 27 | [bi-ri ab-re-e-ma {d}utu u3] {d}iszkur | I sought out the cultic rites, and Šamaš and Adad |
| 28 | [an-na ki-i-nu i-tap-pa]-lu#-in | They make the truth known. |
| 29 | [asz2-ne2-e-ma te-er-tum ap-qid]-ma# | I asked, and a return I entrusted, and |
| 30 | [...]-e? | ...-e(?) |
| 31' | za#-bi#-il# [tu]-up#-szi-ik-ku | “You are the one who provides for the tupšikku-festival. |
| 32' | isz-tu pa-ni qa2#-qa2-ri-im | from the front of the field |
| 33' | _1(u) 8(disz) kusz3_ u2-sza-ap-pi2-lu-ma | 18 cubits he filled, and |
| 34' | te-me-en la-bi-ri-im | the old foundation |
| 35' | sza na-ra-am-{d}suen _lugal_ ma-har | of Naram-Sin the king before |
| 36' | ap-pa-li-is-ma | I looked, and |
| 37' | t,up-pi2 _ku3-sig17 {na4}za-gin3_ u3 _{na4}gug_ | A tablet of gold, lapis lazuli and carnelian |
| 38' | sza e-pe2-esz e2-babbar-ra a-mu-ur-ma | I saw of the construction of the Ebabbar. |
| 39' | a-szar-szu-nu la u2-na-ak-ki-ir-ma | shall not alter their place, and |
| 40' | u2-te-er asz-ru-usz-szu-<un> | I returned to their places. |
| 41' | szi-t,i-ir szu-mi-ia it-ti-szu-un | [Written] according to my name with them. |
| 42' | u2-ki-in a-na s,a-a-ti | he established as a pledge. |
| 43' | e-li te-em-me2-ni-szu2 la-bi-ri | above his old impressions |
| 44' | _szu-si_ a-na la a-s,e-e u3 la e-re-bi | the horn to not go out and not enter |
| 45' | pu-lu-uk-ka-szu lu-u2 u2-ki-in | I firmly established his trust. |
| 46' | mi-im-ma hi-szi-ih-tum e-pe2-esz _e2_ szu-a-tu2 | whatever šiḫtum to build that house |
| 47' | la ak-la-am-ma u2-sze-ri-ib qe2-re-eb-szu | I did not eat, but I brought inside it. |
| 48' | sza _lugal_ ma-har i-na _gesz-ur3 {gesz}geszimmar_ | which the king before with a date palm tree |
| 49' | ib-nu-u2 s,u2-lu-ul-szu | he built, his protection |
| 50' | _{gesz}erin-mesz_ da-an-nu-ti | strong cedars |
| surface a col 3 | ||
| 1 | isz-tu la-ab-na-nu | from Labnanu |
| 2 | _{gesz}tir_ el-le-ti | pure forest |
| 3 | u2-bi-il-lam-ma | he brought, and |
| 4 | _1(disz) lim 5(u) {gesz}erin-mesz_ a-na e-pe2-esz e2-babbar-ra | 1 thousand 50 cedars for the construction of the Ebabbar |
| 5 | lu-u2 u2-sze-ri-ib | may he bring in. |
| 6 | a-na szi-i-pi2-szu _{gesz}erin-mesz ku3-mesz_ asz-tak-ka-an | for his work I set up pure cedars. |
| 7 | _{gesz}dal {gesz}gan-du7_ gesz-ka2-na-ku | a door, a bolt, (and) a gate |
| 8 | _{gesz}sag-kul lal2_ sza2 _{gesz}erin_ el-lu-tim | a honey cone made of pure cedar |
| 9 | e-ma _ka2-mesz_ u3 _e2-mesz_ u2-szar-szi-id | wherever the gates and houses he had built |
| 10 | ki-ma sza isz-tu _kur_-i _{gesz}erin_ | like that which from the mountain of cedar |
| 11 | {d}utu _en_ szur-bu-u2 i-na na-pa-hi-szu2 | Šamaš, supreme lord, at his rising |
| 12 | i-na _{gesz}erin_ da-an-nu-tu | with strong cedar |
| 13 | e-li-szu s,u2-lu-lu ab-ni | I surrounded it with splendor. |
| 14 | a-szar mu-sza-bi-szu ki-ma _{gesz}tir ha-szur_ | where he lives, like a forest of Hašur, |
| 15 | i-ri-isz-su usz-t,i-ib | he made his lustrations sweet. |
| 16 | _{gesz}ig#-mesz {gesz}erin-mesz_ u3 _{gesz}mes-ma2-kan-na_ | doors of cedar and meskannu-wood |
| 17 | e-ma _ka2-mesz_-szu u2-szar-szi-id | wherever he opens his gates |
| 18 | <_e2-mesz?_> si-hi-ir-ti e2-babbar-ra | the temples that are adjacent to the Ebabbar |
| 19 | i-na _{gesz}u3-<suh5>-mesz_ pa-ag-lu-tim | with arrows of the front |
| 20 | s,u2-lu-ul-szi-na ab-ni | I built their walls. |
| 21 | asz-szum ug-ga-tu2 ar-ra-tim u3 hi-t,i-ti3 | Concerning the late death and the crime, |
| 22 | qe2-er-ba-szu la szu-ub-szi-i | in its midst cannot be abandoned. |
| 23 | i-na pi-i um-ma-na-a-ti e-pe2-esz szip-ri-szu2 | In the mouth of scholars, to do his work |
| 24 | la sza-ka-nim-ma | do not place, and |
| 25 | ik-ri-ib da-mi-iq-tim | who prays for the good things, |
| 26 | i-na pi-i-szi-na sza2-ka-na-am | in their mouths are placed |
| 27 | _ninda-hi-a kasz-sag uzu-hi-a_ u3 _gesztin_ t,u3-uh2-hu-du | bread, first-class beer, meat and wine are to be drunk. |
| 28 | u2-da-asz2-szi-szu2-nu-ti pisz-sza2-tu2 _i3-gesz_ el-lu | I gave them to drink pure oil. |
| 29 | zu-mur-szu2-un u2-t,ah-hi-id nar-qi2-ti _i3-gesz du10-ga_ | their flesh he shaved off, the narqītu-disease with good oil |
| 30 | mu-uh-ha-szu-nu u2-sza2-asz2-qi2 | he will pay back their deficit. |
| 31 | [el]-s,i#-isz lib3#-ba#-szu2#-nu# usz-par-di | I had their heart tremble |
| 32 | [... li]-ib-ba-szu-nu-ma | ... their heart |
| 33 | [...]-a-ri | ...-ari |
| 34 | [...] asz-ru-usz-szu | ... his place |
| 35 | [...]-an-ni-ma | ... me and |
| 36 | [a-na {d}utu _en gal_ mu]-dam#-mi-iq | To Šamaš, great lord, who makes perfect |
| 37 | [it-ta-ti-ia _e2_ sza2] ma-[na-ma] _lugal#_ i-na _lugal_ | has transferred the house of every king among the kings |
| 38 | [ki-ma] ia-a-ti-ma la ib-nu-u2 | like me they did not build |
| 39 | [ia-a-ti] a-na {d}utu [u3] {d}a-a | myself to Šamaš and Aya |
| 40 | _[en-mesz]_-e#-a dam-[qi2-isz] e-pu2-szu | my lords did very well. |
| 41 | [ra]-bi#-isz ab-ni-szu-ma | I built it anew and |
| 42 | u2-sza-ak-li-il szi-pi2-ir-szu | he made his work complete. |
| 43 | {d}utu _en gal_ sza _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim | Šamaš, great lord of heaven and earth, |
| 44 | a-na _e2_ szu-a-ti | to that house |
| 45 | ha-di-isz i-na e-re-bi-ka | humbly at your entering |
| 46 | szu-bat-ka el-le-ti re-esz-ti-tu2 | Your pure dwelling, the first one, |
| 47 | t,a-bi-isz i-na ra-me2-e-ka | It is sweet on your account. |
| 48 | a-na {d}na3-na-'i-id _lugal_ za-ni-nu | to Nanāyid, the king who provides |
| 49 | ik-ri-bi da-mi-iq-tu2 ku-ur2-ba | (Sum) Its prayer is good, its supplication is good. (Akk) (Its) prayer is sweet. |
| 50 | szu-ur2-ka-am-ma _din u4-mesz_ ru-qu-tim | send me, and I will give you the days of distant days. |
| 51 | lu-bu-ur2 a-na da-ri2-a-tim | (Sum) I want to utter an arazu prayer to you (Akk) For eternity |
| 52 | id-na be-lu-ti3 s,al-mat qa2-qa2-du | the lordship of the black-headed people |
| 53 | lu-ur2-a-am na-gab-szu-un | “Lurām, their herdsman, |
| 54 | {d}a-a hi-ir-ti na-ra-<am>-ta-ka | O Aya, your beloved spouse, |
| 55 | li-ta-mi-ka da-mi-iq-ti3 | May my good fortune be known to you. |
| 56 | i-na di-nim u3 bi-ri | in litigation and litigation |
| 57 | e-ma qa-ti a-na-asz2-szu-ka | wherever I take you, |
| 58 | i-sza-ri-isz ap-la-an-ni | “I have looked at him with pleasure,’— |
| 59 | ma-ha-ar {d}marduk _lugal an_ u3 _ki_ | before Marduk, king of heaven and earth |
| 60 | ka-a-a-na szu-um-gi-ra | the land of Sumgir |
| 61 | ep-sze-tu-u2-a | my deeds |
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