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SANER 3, 2.02.05 (C23), ex. 01 (P429207)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | SANER 3, 2.02.05 (C23), ex. 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P429207 |
| Museum no. | YBC 02309 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | {d}na-bi-um-IBILA-u₂-[ṣu-ur₂] | Nabium-apla-uṣur |
| 2 | LUGAL dan-⸢num₂⸣ [LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki]} | king of the four quarters (of the world) king [of Babylon] |
| 3 | LUGAL MA.DA [šu-me-ri₂-im u ak-ka-di-i] | king of Sumer and Akkad. |
| 4 | iš-⸢ša⸣-[ak-ku-um ṣi-i-ri pa-lih {d}u₂]-raš u {d}iš-⸢tar₂⸣ | Išva-Eakkûm, the hero who reveres Ubru and Ishtar |
| 5 | ⸢RE⸣.[E₂.UM ki]-⸢nam⸣ [ti]-⸢ri⸣-iṣ qa₂-at | “ÉRE₂.EUM (means) the place of the en priestess of Tîri-Ešdb. |
| 6 | {⸢d⸣}na-bi-um ⸢u₃⸣ {[d}AMAR.UTU] ⸢a⸣-na-ku | I am Nabium, Marduk, |
| 7 | i₃-⸢nu⸣-um i₃-[li₂ ra]-bi₂-u₂-tim | Ištar, great god |
| 8 | a-na be-lu-ut ma-a-ti šu-ma-am ṣi-ri-im | For the lordship of the land, the hand of the dragon |
| 9 | ⸢ib⸣-bu-u₂ ha-aṭ-ṭa ši-ri-ik-ti | “It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient! Its ritual: |
| 10 | ⸢a⸣-na ri-te-ed-de-e ni-ši-ia | “May my limbs be loosened, |
| 11 | ⸢i⸣-qi₂-pu-u₃-ni {giš}uš-pa-ri-im ṣi-ri-im | The eqipû-plant is a boxwood tree |
| 12 | [a]-⸢na⸣ ku-nu-uš la ma-gi-ri-im | “Alas, you are the one who is not a fugitive |
| 13 | [u₂]-ša-at-mi-ih qa₂-tu-u₂-a | I made my hands pacify |
| 14 | in u₄-mi-šu-ma na-ap-ha-ar um-ma-ni-ia | At that time, I received the tribute of my army. |
| 15 | tu-up-ši-ik-ku ⸢lu e-mi-id⸣ | The tupšikku-tablets of the elu-priests I gathered. |
| 16 | {giš}al-lu {giš}mar-ri-im lu u₂-ša-aš-ši-im | May the hoe and the wagon be with him. |
| 17 | ni-ši₃ ma-a-ti e-li-ti u₃ ša-ap-li-tim | the people of the upper and lower countries |
| 18 | ša {d}na-bi-um u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU ṣe-re-es-⸢su⸣ | of Nabû and Marduk, Šeressu-esu |
| 19 | ⸢a⸣-na qa₂-ti-ia u₂-ma-al-lu-⸢u₂⸣ | “He will fill my hands with my hand.’ |
| 20 | {d}er₃-ra be-li [(x x)] x x ⸢il⸣-li-[ik] | Erra, my lord, |
| 21 | im-ni-ia ra-bi-[ṣu x x] ⸢er⸣-ša [ra]-bi₂-a | the great one of mine, the great ... of Erša |
| ii | ||
| 1 | [...] x ⸢DI⸣ [x] x AN NI ⸢RI⸣ | ... ēriš-plant |
| 2 | [ad]-⸢kam⸣-[ma] um-ma-[na-at {d}EN.LIL₂] | the first-born son of Enlil |
| 3 | {[d}UTU u₃] {d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ ra-bi₂-[x x] | Šamaš and Marduk the great |
| 4 | [...] x a-na IM LIMMU₂.BA [...] | ... into a three-sided tablet |
| 5 | i₃-⸢ni⸣ u₄-mi-šu ne₂-met-ti-{d}⸢EN⸣.[LIL₂ šal-hu-u₂-šu] | On that day Nēmetti-Ellil, his hero |
| 6 | ⸢e⸣-eš₁₅-ši-iš lu ab-ni-ma a-na {⸢d}AMAR.UTU⸣ be-li₂-[ia] | I called out to Marduk, my lord. |
| 7 | ki-ma u₄-mi-im lu u₂-na-⸢mi⸣-ir | like a day I shall make it shine for him. |
| 8 | ma-aṣ-ṣa-ar-ti e₂-sag-il₂ u KA₂.DINGIR.MEŠ | Protection of Esagil and the Gates. |
| 9 | lu u₂-da-ni-in DUMU.MEŠ ba-bi-lam{ki} | the citizens of Babylon |
| 10 | šu-ub-ti ne-eh-ti lu u₂-še-ši-ib | I made a pleasant dwelling. |
| 11 | ba-bi-lam{ki} ma-ha-az EN ra-bi₂-im {d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ | Babylon, the cult center of the great lord, Marduk |
| 12 | ki-ma ša u₄-mu-um u₂-ul-lu-tim | like that of a distant day |
| 13 | a-na ta-na-da-a-ti lu aš-ta-ka-an | I have placed (it) as a gift. |
| 14 | {d}AMAR.UTU {d}EN.LIL₂ i₃-li₂ a-ši-ir ki-ib-ra-a-tim | Marduk, Enlil, my (personal) god, protector of the world quarters |
| 15 | e-ep-še₂₀-ti-ia da-am-qa₂-a-tim | my good deeds |
| 16 | ha-di-iš na-ap-li-is-ma ha-aṭ-ṭa | “Hadīš (is) naplîm and ḫatta (is a synonym of) |
| 17 | i-ša-ar-tim {giš}ku-sa-a šu-ur-šu-da | “Ištar-tum, the scepter of the mountain, |
| 18 | pa-le-e u₄-mu-um re-e-qu-tim | a reign of long days |
| 19 | in ki-ib-ra-a-tim ar-ba-ʾi-im | in the four world quarters |
| 20 | in re-ša-an e-la₂-a-tim ši-ta-ad-⸢du⸣-[hi] | In the beginning of the upper world he was praised |
| 21 | in ⸢qi₂-bi₂⸣-ti-ka ṣi-ir-[tim] | By your exalted command |
| 22 | [a]-⸢na⸣ ši-ri-ik-tim šar-ru-ti-[ia šu-ur-kam] | My kingship is supreme |
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