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RIMB 2.02.08.05, ex. 002 (P425392)
Official or display, Early Neo-Babylonian, Nineveh · c. 1000 BCE–730 BCE
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| Designation | RIMB 2.02.08.05, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425392 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Early Neo-Babylonian · c. 1000 BCE–730 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 7 | the... of kingship, the lord of Dur-Sibba, the E-zida temple, the treasury |
| obverse 10 | who marches at his side, his great helper, the one who establishes his dominion, |
| obverse 1 | labar-vessel of the uumgal creature... with a great fearsomeness... barley |
| reverse 8 | he had a scepter made for the rest of his ears and he gave it to him. |
| obverse 4 | he fashioned it, he fashioned it, he fashioned it, he fashioned it, he fashioned it, he fashioned it. Offspring of Erua |
| obverse 9 | his exalted omen and his king |
| obverse 12 | Ditto: king of Babylon, prince who reveres him. |
| obverse 14 | For his young men... his heart..., |
| reverse 9 | 11(?) lines(?) which are upon(?) the... of the lord of Borsippa(?) |
| obverse 5 | As for the guard of the head, I have recited its reeds and its tops. |
| obverse 8 | who establishes the privileged status of kingship, lord of Borsippa, who dwells in Ezida |
| obverse 2 | ... to the exalted vizier........, |
| obverse 3 | the office of Dumuzi, first-born son of adilidu, son of Zurzur-Re’s son of Eru-tudda |
| reverse 3 | a gold ibla-garment with a furious gold and mighty stone, a fitting thing, |
| reverse 2 | his first-born son,... his supplication, a supplication,... the work of the fathers... |
| reverse 5 | When you stand at the front of the reed fence, you stand upon it. |
| obverse 11 | adjoining Adad-apla-iddina king of Babylon who reveres the aggu-priest |
| reverse 1 | The ada priestess of the marshes sat down, the namab priestess sat down, and the... |
| reverse 7 | he fashioned his bindings. He dedicated it to him. |
| obverse 13 | In order to smite the good mouths, in order to smite the heart, to make justice flourish, |
| reverse 4 | ....................... |
| obverse 6 | ...... and omens, who makes the kusû-offerings plentiful, he fashioned. |
| reverse 6 | 'and to the fourth day, a rejoicing radiance reaches the highest rank |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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