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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 32, ex. 02 (P393978)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Ur · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Nabonidus 32, ex. 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393978 |
| Museum no. | BM 091126 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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 1 | ||
| 1 | {disz}{d}na3-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | Nabonidus, king of Babylon. |
| 2 | za-ni-in e2-sag-il2 | provider of the Esagila, |
| 3 | u3 e2-zi-da | and Ezida |
| 4 | pa-lih _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ a-na-ku | who reveres the great gods, am I. |
| 5 | e2-lugal-galga-si-sa2 | the Elugalgalgasisa |
| 6 | ziq-qur-rat e2-gesz-nu11-gal | Ziqqurat of the Egešnugal temple |
| 7 | sza2 qe2-reb uri2{ki} | in Ur |
| 8 | sza2 {disz}ur-{d}namma _lugal_ szu-ut mah-ri | of Ur-Namma, king of the past |
| 9 | i-pu-szu-ma la u2-szak-li-lu-usz | they built, but they did not make it complete. |
| 10 | {disz}{d}szul-gi _dumu_-szu2 szi-pir-szu2 u2-szak-lil | Šulgi, his son, his work I completed. |
| 11 | i-na mu-sa-re-e sza2 {disz}ur-{d}namma | at the delivery of Ur-Namma |
| 12 | u3 {disz}{d}szul-gi _dumu_-szu2 a-mur-ma | and Šulgi his son I saw, and |
| 13 | sza2 ziq-qur-rat szu-a-ti {disz}ur-{d}namma | of that ziggurat: Ur-Namma |
| 14 | i-pu-szu-ma la u2-szak-li-lu-usz | they built, but they did not make it complete. |
| 15 | {disz}{d}szul-gi _dumu_-szu2 szi-pir-szu2 u2-szak-lil | Šulgi, his son, his work I completed. |
| 16 | i-na-an-ni ziq-qur-rat szu-a-ti | Now that ziggurat |
| 17 | la-ba-ri-isz il-li-ik-ma | he went late, and |
| 18 | e-li te-me-en-na la-bi-ri | Above the old foundations |
| 19 | sza2 {disz}ur-{d}namma u3 {disz}{d}szul-gi _dumu_-szu2 | of Ur-Namma and Šulgi, his son |
| 20 | i-pu-szu ziq-qur-rat szu-a-ti | he built that ziggurat. |
| 21 | ki-ma la-bi-ri-im-ma | like a old man |
| 22 | i-na ku-up-ri u3 a-gur-ri | with bitumen and baked bricks |
| 23 | ba-ta-aq-szu2 as,-bat-ma a-na {d}sin _en dingir-mesz_ | I seized him and to Sîn, lord of the gods, |
| 24 | sza2 _an_-e u _ki_-tim _lugal dingir-mesz dingir-mesz_ sza2 _dingir-mesz_ | of heaven and netherworld, king of the gods, gods of gods |
| 25 | a-szi-ib _an_-e _gal-mesz en_ e2-gesz-nu11-gal | who dwells in the great heavens, lord of the Egeshnugal temple |
| 26 | sza2 qe2-reb uri2{ki} _en_-ia | in Ur, my lord |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | usz-szi-isz-ma | he raised up, and |
| 2 | e-pu-usz | I built. |
| 3 | {d}sin be-li2 _dingir-mesz_ | Sin, lord of the gods, |
| 4 | _lugal dingir-mesz_ sza2 _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim | king of the gods of heaven and earth |
| 5 | _dingir-mesz_ sza2 _dingir-mesz_ | The gods of the gods |
| 6 | a-szi-ib _an_-e _gal-mesz_ | who dwells in the great heavens, |
| 7 | a-na _e2_ szu-a-ti | to that house |
| 8 | ha-di-isz i-na e-re-bi-ka | humbly at your entering |
| 9 | _saga-mesz_ e2-sag-il2 | the good ones of Esagil |
| 10 | e2-zi-da e2-gesz-nu11-gal | Ezida, Egešnugal |
| 11 | _e2-mesz dingir_-u2-ti-ka _gal_-ti | the temples of your great divinity |
| 12 | lisz-sza2-ki-in szap-tuk-ka | May he place your lips. |
| 13 | u3 pu-luh-ti _dingir_-u2-ti-ka | and the fear of your divinity |
| 14 | _gal_-ti lib3-bi _ug3-mesz_-szu2 | the great heart of his people |
| 15 | szu-usz-kin-ma la i-hat,-t,u-u2 | be established, and they shall not be negligent. |
| 16 | a-na _dingir_-u2-ti-ka _gal_-ti | To your great divinity |
| 17 | ki-ma _an_-e isz-da-szu2-nu li-ku-nu | like the heavens their foundations may they establish. |
| 18 | ia-ti {disz}{d}na3-i _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | I, Nabonidus, king of Babylon, |
| 19 | i-na hi-t,u _dingir_-u2-ti-ka _gal_-ti | By the sin of your great divinity |
| 20 | szu-zib-an-ni-ma | Šu-zibanni, and |
| 21 | ba-la-t,u u4-mu ru-qu-ti | (and) life in distant days, |
| 22 | a-na szi-rik-ti szur-kam | It is given to you as a gift. |
| 23 | u3 sza2 {disz}{d}en-lugal-uru3 _dumu_ resz-tu-u2 | and of Bel-lugal-uṣur, the first-born son |
| 24 | s,i-it lib3-bi-ia pu-luh-ti _dingir_-u2-ti-ka | my angry heart, fear of your divinity, |
| 25 | _gal_-ti lib3-bu-usz szu-usz-kin-ma | a great heart be established, and |
| 26 | a-a ir-sza2-a hi-t,i-ti la-le-e _din_ lisz-bi | May he not commit a crime, may he live! |
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