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RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 01 (P448637)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P448637 |
| Museum no. | Loan Ant-43 |
| Collection | Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
| 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)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
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| 1 | {d}nergal-lugal-u2-s,u-ur2 _lugal_ babila2{ki} | Nergal-lugal-uṣur, king of Babylon |
| 2 | mu-ud-di-isz e2-sag-il2 u3 e2-zi-da | who renovates Esagil and Ezida, |
| 3 | e-pi2-isz da-am-qa2-a-ti | the good deeds |
| 4 | sza a-na e-pe-e-szu _lugal_-u2-ti-szu da-ri-ti | who forever for his kingship |
| 5 | _dingir gal-gal_ isz-ku-nu mi-it-lu-uk-ti | The great gods established justice. |
| 6 | {d}marduk a-sza-re-du _dingir-dingir_ mu-szi-im szi-ma-a-ti | Marduk, foremost of the gods, who determines the destinies |
| 7 | a-na ki-isz-szu-ti _ma-da-ma-da_ e-pe2-e-szu | to the ki’šūtu-priesthood of the land to build |
| 8 | i-szi-mu szi-ma-at-su | he determined his fate, |
| 9 | a-na re-e2-u2-ti s,a-al-ma-at qa2-qa2-dam e-pe2-e-szu | For the shepherdship of the black-headed people, to do his work |
| 10 | {d}na3 _ibila_ ki-i-nim _{gesz}nig2-gidri_ i-sza-ar-ti | Nabu, true heir, scepter of justice |
| 11 | u2-sza-at-mi-hu qa-tu-usz-szu | he made his hands tremble, |
| 12 | a-na e-t,e-ri ni-szim ga-ma-lu ma-a-ti | For the eṭiru-festival, the festival of the land, |
| 13 | {d}er3-ra sza-ga-pu2-ru _dingir-dingir_ id-di-nu-szu ka-ak-ku-szu | Erra, the ša-gapû-priest of the gods gave to him, his weapon |
| 14 | _dumu_ {d}en-mu-in-gar _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} a-na-ku | son of Enmungar, king of Babylon, am I. |
| 15 | i3-nu-um {d}marduk _en gal_ re-e-szi-ia u2-ul-lu-u2 | When Marduk, the great lord, raised my head |
| 16 | _ma-da_ u3 ni-szim a-na be2-e-lu id-di-nam | the land and people to the lord gave |
| 17 | a-na-ku a-na {d}marduk _en_-ia ka-a-a-na-ak la ba-at,-la-ak | I am constantly attentive to Marduk, my lord. |
| 18 | e2-sag-il2 u3 e2-zi-da a-za-an-na-an | E-sagil and E-zida ... |
| 19 | usz-te-te-esz-sze-er e-esz-re-e-ti | I made the shrines resplendent. |
| 20 | pa-ar-s,u re-esz-tu-tu asz-te-ne2-e'-a ka-a-a-nam | (Sum) I constantly seek out the beginning (Akk) I continually seek the beginning |
| 21 | _musz-husz_ e-ri-i sza i-na ki-se3-e _ka2-ka2_ e2-sag-il2 | the fierce snake that in the courtyard of the gate of Esagil |
| 22 | it-ti ri-i-mu _ku3-babbar_ sza si3-ip-pe-e na-an-zu-zu ka-a-a-nam | with the payment of the silver of the sippû-vessel, he will always know. |
| 23 | i-na _ka2-{d}utu-e3 ka2-{d}lamma_-a-ra-bi _ka2-he2-gal2_ u3 _ka2-u6-de-babbar_ | at the Šamaš Gate, the Lamma-arabi Gate, Ka-hegal and Ka-udebabbar |
| 24 | la usz-zi-zu _lugal_ ma-ah-ri | the king of the past |
| 25 | ia-ti asz2-ru sza-ah-t,u sza pa-la-ha _dingir-dingir_ mu-du-u2 | (Sum) For me, the slain one, the one who knows the cultic rites of the gods, |
| 26 | e-ep-ti-iq-ma 8(disz) _musz-husz_ e-ri-i sze-zu-zu-u2-ti | he had built, and 8 mushḫuššakku-birds of the szezuzūtu-plant |
| 27 | sza le-em-nim u3 a-a-bi i-za-an-nu i-ma-at mu-u2-ti | (Sum) The one who kills a man and his enemy (Akk) Who kills an enemy and its enemy |
| 28 | ti-i-ri _ku3-babbar_ e-eb-bi u2-sza-al-bi-isz-ma | he made the silver of the pure river flow, and |
| 29 | i-na _ka2-{d}utu-e3 ka2-{d}lamma_-a-ra-bi _ka2-he2-gal2_ u3 _ka2-u6-de-<babbar>_ | at the Šamaš Gate, the Lamma-Arabi Gate, Ka-hegal and Ka-ude-babbar |
| 30 | i-na ki-se-e _ka2-ka2_ szi-na-a-ti ki-ma la-bi-ri-im-ma | at the lower gates of those gates, like old age |
| 31 | it-ti ri-i-mu _ku3-babbar_ sza si3-ip-pe-e | together with the silver of the sippû-vessel |
| 32 | ki-ma si3-ma-a-ti-szu re-esz-ta-a-ti u2-usz-zi-iz i-na ki-gal-lam | (Sum) Like his first-born son, he sat on the pedestal (Akk) Like its first born sons, I stood on (its) pedestal |
| 33 | _bara2_ szi-ma-a-ti sza qe2-re-eb e2-zi-da | The dais of fates in Ezida |
| 34 | sza i-na za-am-mu-<uk-ku> re-e-sza sza-at-ti | who at the beginning of the year |
| 35 | [...]-ki-ti ta-be-e {d}en-lil2 _dingir-dingir_ {d}marduk | ... of Enlil, the gods, Marduk |
| 36 | [...]-ad#-di-hu a-na qe2-re-eb szu-an-na{ki} | ... to Šuanna |
| 37 | _ud#-5(disz)#-kam2# ud#-1(u) 1(disz)#-kam2#_ i#-na a-la-ku u3 ta-a-ri sza ba-bi-lam{ki} | on the 5th and the 11th day at the departure and arrival of Babylon |
| 38 | [...] i-ra-am-mu-u2 s,e-ru-usz-szu | ... they love him, his flock |
| 39 | [...] _ku3-babbar_ ip-ti-qu pi-ti-iq-szu | ... of silver, he split off his share. |
| 40 | [...]-ru ti-iq-nim me2-lam-mu u2-sza-al-bi-isz-szu | (Sum) ... he made his radiance surpassing in splendor (Akk) The ... of the tiqnû (temple) made his splendor surpassing |
| 41 | [...] sza isz-tu bi-na-a-ti-szu | ... which from his houses |
| 42 | i-te-e e2-sag-il2 szu-te-szu-ru mu-u2-szu ga-ap-szu-ti | (Sum) At the entrance of the Esaŋil temple, a šūtēru (is a synonym of) a fuller. (Akk) The entrance to the Esagil temple is full of tears. |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | i-na pa-le-e _lugal_ ma-ah-ri mu-u2-szu a-na i-te-e e2-sag-il2 | in the reign of a previous king his name to the side of Esagil |
| 2 | is-su-u2 <<x>> i-re-e-qu a-na sa-a-bu | <(If)> he ..., he will go up to the mountain. |
| 3 | ia-ti a-sza-ar-szu la-bi2-ri asz-te-e'-e-ma | (Sum) I have sought out his old inscription (Akk) I searched for his old one |
| 4 | ma-la-ak me2-e-szu ki-ma la-bi-ri-im-ma | the length of his battle like a mountain |
| 5 | a-na i-te-e e2-sag-il2 usz-te-te-szi-ir | (Sum) He set up the Esagil temple (Akk) I set it up at the side of the Esagal temple |
| 6 | _pa5 {d}utu-e3_ sza _lugal_ ma-ah-ri u2-sza-ah-ru-ma | the shrine of Šamaš-ēṭer, which a previous king had made and |
| 7 | la ib-na-a su-uk-ki-szu | he did not establish his shrine, |
| 8 | _pa5_ u2-sza-ah-ri-ma i-na ku-up-ri u3 a-gur-ri | a canal he removed and with bitumen and baked bricks |
| 9 | ab-na-a su-uk-ki-szu | “I have slain his body’s |
| 10 | me2-e nu-uh-szu la na-pa-ar-ku-ti | (Sum) The water is pure, it is not swollen. (Akk) The waters are pure, they are not blocked. |
| 11 | u2-ki-in a-na _ma-da_ | to the land |
| 12 | a-na e2-sag-il2 u3 e2-zi-da la ba-at,-la-ak sa-at-ta-kam | It is written down in order not to be forgotten in Esagila and Ezida. |
| 13 | ka-al ma-ha-zi _dingir-dingir_ a-na zi-in-na-a-ti | the gate of the cult centers of the gods for the rites |
| 14 | asz-te-ne2-e'-a ka-a-<a>-nam | I constantly seek out, |
| 15 | i3-nu-mi-szu _e2-gal_ mu-sza-bu szar-ru-ti-ia | At that time, the palace, the seat of my kingship |
| 16 | sza er-s,e-tim babila2{ki} sza qe2-re-eb ba-bi-lam{ki} | of the lands of Babylon, which is inside Babylon, |
| 17 | isz-tu a-a-i-bu-ur2-sza-bu-um su-le-e babila2{ki} | from Aya-iburšabum, the shepherd of Babylon |
| 18 | a-di ki-sza-du {i7}buranun{ki} | to the bank of the Euphrates |
| 19 | sza _lugal_ ma-ah-ri i-pu2-szu-ma u2-ra-ak-ki-su si3-ip-pu-szu | which a previous king had built and his foundations had weakened, |
| 20 | i-na li-ib-bi a-na ki-da4-a-nim _e2-gal_ | in the middle of the palace |
| 21 | a-na mu-uh2 ki-sza-du {i7}buranun{ki} | to the bank of the Euphrates |
| 22 | i-qu-up-ma up-ta-at,-t,i-ri s,i-in-du-szu | “He fell, and smashed his nails, |
| 23 | i-ga-ru-sza qu-up-pu-tu ad-ke-e-ma | I firmly established its foundations and |
| 24 | szu-pu2-ul me2-e ak-szu-ud | I completed the irrigation work. |
| 25 | me2-he-ra-at me2-e i-na ku-up-ri u3 a-gur-ri | “It is a flood of water with bitumen and baked brick, |
| 26 | i-szi-id-sa u2-sza-ar-szi-id-ma | he caused her to be bound, and |
| 27 | e-pu2-usz u2-sza-ak-li-il-ma | I did, I completed, and |
| 28 | u2-ul-la-a re-e-sza-a-sza | “It is not hers, it is hers |
| 29 | _{gesz}erin_ da-nu4-tum a-na szi-i-pi2-sza | Anūtum-tree for its construction |
| 30 | _{gesz}gan-du7_-sza u3 s,u-lu-li-sza u2-sza-at-ri-is, | her throne and her yoke I made bow down. |
| 31 | {d}marduk _en gal {d}en-lil2 dingir-dingir_ szu-pu-u2 | Marduk, great lord, Enlil, supreme god |
| 32 | nu-ur2 _dingir-dingir_ ab-be2-e-szu | the radiance of the gods, his fathers |
| 33 | i-na qi2-bi-ti-ka s,i-ir-ti sza la na-ak-ri | By your exalted command that cannot be changed, |
| 34 | _e2_ e-pu2-szu la-la-a-szu lu-usz-bu | the house he built, his luxuriance I may dwell. |
| 35 | i-na qe2-er-bi-sza szi-bu-tu lu-uk-szu-ud | In her womb may I achieve a wish. |
| 36 | lu-usz-ba-a li-it-tu-u2-ti | May I live, may I live! |
| 37 | isz-tu _an-ur2_ a-di _an-pa_ e-ma {d}utu a-s,u-u2 | from the horizon to the eagle, wherever Šamaš goes |
| 38 | sza _lugal-lugal_ ki-ib-ra-a-ti sza ka-al te-ne2-sze-e-ti | of the kings of the world, who all the people |
| 39 | bi-la-at-su-nu ka-bi-it-ti | their precious possessions |
| 40 | lu-um-hu-ur2 qe2-er-bu-usz-sza | Let me praise her inside. |
| 41 | li-i-pu-u2-a i-na qe2-er-bi-sza a-na da-ri2-a-ti | May they make me flourish in her midst forever. |
| 42 | s,a-al-ma-at qa2-qa2-dam li-be-e-lu | May the figurines of the ground rule over them. |
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