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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 27, ex. 02 (P479380)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Nabonidus 27, ex. 02 |
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| ID | P479380 |
| Museum no. | BM 104738 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Sippar |
| Coordinates | 33.0592, 44.2538 |
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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.
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| 1 | e2-babbar-ra _e2_ {d}utu sza2 zimbir{ki} | the Ebabbar, the temple of Šamaš of Sippar |
| 2 | sza2 {disz}{d}na3-nig2-gub-uru3 _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} _lugal_ mah-ri | of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, previous king. |
| 3 | _e2_ szu-a-tim id-ku-'i-i-ma | that house he took away, and |
| 4 | te-me-en-szu2 la-bi-ri la ik-szu-du | His old foundations did not become firm. |
| 5 | e2-babbar-ra szu-a-tim i-pu-usz-ma | he built that Ebabbar and |
| 6 | a-na {d}utu be-li2-szu2 id-di-in | to Šamaš his lord he gave |
| 7 | i-na 5(u) 2(disz) _mu-mesz_ sza2 _e2_ szu-a-tum i-ga-ra-tu-szu2 | in 52 years of that house his debts |
| 8 | i-qu-pa-a-ma il-li-ku la-ba-ri-isz | “He sinned, but he went far away. (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) |
| 9 | ia-a-ti {disz}{d}na3-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | For me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon. |
| 10 | [x x x?] e2#-sag-il2 u3 e2-zi-da ina _bala_-e-a ki-nim | ... Esagila and Ezida in my true reign |
| 11 | [... {d}]utu# i-ram-mu e2-babbar-ra szu-a-ti | ... Utu loved that Ebabbar |
| 12 | [...]-at#-su ah-t,u-ut, te-me-en-szu2 la-bi-ri | ... his ... I destroyed, his old foundation |
| 13 | [...]-szu# a-mu-ur-ma e-li te-me-en-na | ... I saw its ... and above the foundations |
| 14 | [...]-e# _szu#-si_ la e-re-bi | ... ... will not enter. |
| 15 | [...]-na#-at-su | ... his ... |
| 16 | [...]-ma#-nu | ...-manu |
| 17' | a#-a# ir#-sza2#-a4# hi#-t,i#-ti# isz#-da#-szu2#-nu# li#-kunu#{+nu#} | May they not commit a crime against me, may they keep them alive! |
| 18' | ia-a-ti {disz}{d}na3-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | For me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon. |
| 19' | pa-lih _dingir_-u2-ti-ku-nu ra-bi-ti | who reveres your great divinity, |
| 20' | la-le-e ba-la-t,u lu-usz-bi | “Let me live (and) be healthy!’ |
| 21' | u3 sza2 {disz}{d}en-lugal-uru3 _dumu_ resz-tu-u2 s,i-it lib3-bi-ia | and of Bel-šarru-uṣur, the first-born son of my own heart |
| 22' | szu-ri-ku _u4-mesz_-szu2 a-a ir-sza2-a' hi-t,i-tum | may his days be long, may he not commit a crime. |
| 23' | sza2 _ugu_ {na4}a-su-mit-tum sza2 zimbir{ki} | which is upon the asumittu-stone of Sippar |
| 24' | e2-babbar-ra _e2_ {d}utu sza2 larsa{ki} sza2 u4-mu ru-qu-u2-ti | Ebabbar, the temple of Šamaš of Larsa, which in distant days |
| 25' | {d}sin _lugal_ sza2 _dingir-mesz en dingir-mesz_ u3 {d}isz-tar | Sin, king of the gods, lord of gods and goddess |
| 26' | a-szi-bu-tu2 sza2 _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim e-li _iri_ | the dwellings of heaven and earth above the city |
| 27' | u3 _e2_ sza2-a-szu is-bu-su-ma szi-pik ba-as,-s,i _gal-mesz_ | and that house he seized, and the work of the great thieves |
| 28' | e-li-szu2 isz-szap-ku-ma la in-nam-ru | He smote him and did not see him. |
| 29' | ki-is,-s,i-szu2 i-na _bala_-e {disz}{d}na3-nig2-gub-uru3 | in the reign of Nabopolassar |
| 30' | _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} _lugal_ mah-ri a-lik mah-ri-ia | king of Babylon, king before me who marched before me |
| 31' | _dumu_ {disz}{d}na3-ibila-uru3 _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon |
| 32' | i-na qi2-bi {d}sin u3 {d}utu _en-mesz_-szu2 | by the command of Sîn and Šamaš, his lords |
| 33' | it-bu-nim-ma sza2-a-ri er-bet-ti me-he-e _gal-mesz_ | and the four storms, the great storms |
| 34' | ba-as,-s,i sza2 e-li _iri_ u3 _e2_ szu-a-tim kat2-mu | “The gate which is above the city and that house is closed— |
| 35' | in-na-si-ih-ma hi-it,-t,a-tum ih-t,u-ut,-ma | he was frightened, and a crime he committed, and |
| 36' | te-me-en-na e2-babbar-ra sza2 {disz}bur-na-bur-ia2-asz3 | the foundation of the Ebabbar, which Burna-Buriaš |
| 37' | _lugal_ pa-na-a a-lik mah-ri-szu2 i-pu-szu | the previous king, who before him had marched, |
| 38' | i-mur-ma e-li te-me-en-na {disz}bur-na-bur-ia2-asz3 | he saw, and above the foundations of Burna-buriaš |
| 39' | _szu-si_ la a-s,e-e _szu-si_ la e-re-bi | The 'finger' cannot be removed, the 'increment' cannot enter. |
| 40' | usz-szu2 e2-babbar-ra szu-a-ti id-di a-na mu-szab | The foundation of that Ebabbar he laid, to the dwelling |
| 41' | {d}utu _en gal_-u2 u3 {d}a-a kal-lat na-ram-ti-szu2 | Šamaš, great lord, and Aya, his beloved daughter |
| 42' | _e2_ i-pu-usz-ma u2-szak-lil szi-pir-szu2 | he built a house and completed its work |
| 43' | {d}utu be-lum ra-bu-u2 | Šamaš, great lord |
| 44' | qer-ba-szu2 u2-szar-ma-a szub-tum | (Sum) He made the midst of his earth tremble (Akk) I made its midst thumble |
| 45' | ia-a-ti {disz}{d}na3-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | For me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon. |
| 46' | za-nin e2-sag-il2 u3 e2-zi-da | who provides for the Esagila and the Ezida, |
| 47' | i-na-an-na i-na _mu 1(u)-kam_ ina _bala_-e-a ki-nim | Now, in the 10th year of my reliable reign |
| 48' | sza2 {d}sin u3 {d}utu i-ram-mu {d}utu _en gal_-u2 | of Sîn and Šamaš he loved, the god Utu, the great lord |
| 49' | ih-su-us-<<su>>-ma szu-bat-su re-esz-ti-ti | he seized him, and his first dwelling |
| 50' | i-na szu-ut-ti sza2 a-mu-ru u3 _ug3-mesz_ i-tam-ma-ru-ni | in that which I saw and the people saw |
| 51' | a-na _ugu_ te-me-en-na e2-babbar-ra la-bi-ri szu-a-tu2 | Concerning the old foundation of the Ebabbar temple |
| 52' | e2-babbar-ra a-na asz2-ri-szu2 tur-ru szu-bat t,u-ub lib3-bi-szu2 | (Sum) The Ebabbar temple is a small one, the dwelling of his happy heart (Akk) In order to restore the Ebbabar temple to its place, the residence of his happiness |
| 53' | u2-ma-'e-er-an-ni ia-a-szi na-ah-lap-tu4 ziq-qur-rat | “He has caused me to be stricken, the ziggurat, |
| 54' | e-li-tu2 ap-pa-lis-ma u2-szad-kam-ma _ug3-mesz_ ma-du-tum | above, I looked at and brought to an end, and many people |
| 55' | li-mi-tu4 _e2_ ziq-qur-rat szu-a-tum 1(u)-5(disz) _2(disz)-3(u)_ | the limmītu-house of that ziggurat 15 2/3 (shekels) |
| 56' | pa-ni u3 _egir_ ah-t,u-ut,-ma e2-babbar-ra | before and after I have broken and the Ebabbar |
| 57' | a-di si-hir-ti-szu2 a-mur-ma szi-t,ir szu-um | Look at it in its entirety and write down that incantation. |
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| 1 | sza2 {disz}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal_ mah-ri a-lik mah-ri-ia | of Hammurapi, a former king who came before me, |
| 2 | <<qe2-reb-szu2 ap-pa-lis-ma>> <sza> _7(disz) me mu-mesz_ la-am {disz}bur-na-bur-ia2-asz3 | I looked inside it, and <that> 700 years, before Burna-Buriaš |
| 3 | e2-babbar-ra u3 ziq-qur-ra-tum e-li te-me-en-na | The Ebabbar and the Ziqqurat are above the foundations. |
| 4 | la-bi-ri <<e2-babbar-ra>> a-na {d}utu i-pu-szu2 | The old one of the Ebabbar built for Šamaš. |
| 5 | qer-ba-szu2 ap-pa-lis-ma ih-di lib3-bi | (Sum) He looked at his insides and he was happy. (Akk) I looked inside him and I rejoiced. |
| 6 | im-mi-ru zi-mu-u2-a | who saw my face, |
| 7 | e2-babbar-ra e-li te-me-en-na {disz}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 | above the foundation of the Ebabbar, Hammurapi |
| 8 | _lugal_ mah-ri _szu-si_ la a-s,e-e _szu-si_ la e-re-bi | The king of the past did not go out, did not enter. |
| 9 | usz-szu2-szu2 ad-di-ma u2-kin li-ib-na-at-su | I laid its foundations and deposited its inscriptions. |
| 10 | e2-babbar-ra esz-szisz e-pu-usz-ma u2-szak-lil szi-pir-szu2 | I built the Ebabbar anew and completed its work. |
| 11 | _gesz-ur3-mesz {gesz}erin_ s,i-ru-tum tar-bit {kur}ha-ma-nu | threshing floors of red cedar, adjacent to Mount Amanus |
| 12 | a-na s,u-lu-li-szu2 u2-szat-ri-is, _{gesz}ig-mesz {gesz}erin-babbar_ | I had doors of white cedar made. |
| 13 | sza2 i-ri-is-si-na t,a-a-bi e-ma _ka2-mesz_-szu2 u2-rat-ti | who is sweet to them, wherever he opens his gates |
| 14 | _e2_ szu-a-tum e-pu-usz-<ma> ki-ma u4-mu u2-nam-mir-ra | that temple I built and like a day I made bright. |
| 15 | a-na {d}utu _en gal_-u2 _en_-ia a-na _din zi-mesz_-ia | To Šamaš, the great lord, my en-priestess, for the sake of my life |
| 16 | sa-kap _{lu2}kur2_-ia lu e-pu-usz {d}utu _en_ ra-bu-u2 | May Šamaš, the great lord, do the destroying of my enemy! |
| 17 | u4#-mi-szam-ma la na-par-ka-a' i-na ma-har {d}sin | Every day, without ceasing, before Sîn |
| 18 | [x]-bi# a-li-di-ka i-na ni-ip-hi u3 ri-bi | ... I will give you in a niphu and rību |
| 19 | dam#-qa-a-ti e2-sag-il2 e2-zi-da | The good things of Esagila and Ezida |
| 20 | e2-gesz-nu11-gal e2-babbar-ra e2-an-na e2-ul-masz | Egešnugal of the Ebabbar, Eana, Eulmasz, |
| 21 | szu-bat _dingir_-u2-ti-ku-nu _gal-mesz_ lisz-sza2-kin szap-tuk-ka | May the dwelling of your great divinity be established on your lips. |
| 22 | ki-ma _an_-e isz-da-szu2-nu li-kunu{+nu} | may they be set up like the heavens. |
| 23 | ia-a-ti {disz}{d}na3-i _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} pa-lih _dingir_-u2-ti-ku-nu _gal_-tu2 | Nabonidus, king of Babylon, who reveres your great divinity, |
| 24 | la-le-e _din_ lu-usz-bi u3 sza2 {disz}{d}en-lugal-uru3 | lulû-offerings of living and of Bel-lugal-uṣur, |
| 25 | _dumu_ resz-tu-u2 s,i-it lib3-bi-ia | the first-born son, the offspring of my heart, |
| 26 | szu-ri-ku _u4-mesz_-szu2 a-a ir-sza2-a' hi-t,i-ti | may his days be long, may he not commit a crime. |
| 27 | sza2 _ugu_ {na4}a-su-mit-tum sza2 larsa{ki} | which is upon the asumītu-stone of Larsa |
| 28 | te-me-en-na e2-ul-masz sza2 a-ka3-de3{ki} | the foundations of the Eulmaš of Agade |
| 29 | sza2 ul-tu pa-ni {disz}lugal-gen _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | which since before Lugalgen, king of Babylon |
| 30 | u3 {disz}na-ram-{d}sin _dumu_-szu2 _lugal_ szu-ut mah-ri | and Naram-Sin, his son, king of the past |
| 31 | u3 a-di pa-le-e {disz}{d}na3-i _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | and until the reign of Nabonidus, king of Babylon |
| 32 | la in-nam-ru {disz}ku-ri-gal-zu _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | Kurigalzu, king of Babylon |
| 33 | _lugal_ szu-ut mah-ri u2-ba-'i-i-ma | a king who before me had defeated, and |
| 34 | te-me-en-na e2-ul-masz la ik-szu-ud | The foundation of the Eulmaš did not become firm. |
| 35 | ki-a-am isz-t,ur-ma isz-kun um-ma te-me-en-na | Thus he wrote and [placed] the foundations. |
| 36 | e2-ul-masz u2-ba-'i-i-ma ad-lip-ma la ak-szu-ud | “The Eulmaš I inspected, but I did not reach. |
| 37 | {disz}an-szar2-szesz-mu _lugal kur_ asz-szur u {disz}an-szar2-du3-a _dumu_-szu2 | Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, and Ešar-baniya, his son, |
| 38 | sza2 {d}sin _lugal dingir-mesz_ kisz-szat _kur-kur_ u2-szat-li-mu-szu2-nu-ti-ma | of Sîn, king of the gods, all the lands, I made them live, and |
| 39 | te-me-en-na e2-ul-masz u2-ba-'u-u2 la ik-szu-du-u' | The foundation(s) of the Eulmaš were weakened, they did not reach (them). |
| 40 | isz-t,u-ru-ma isz-ku-nu um-ma te-me-en-na | they wrote and deposited, saying: “The foundations |
| 41 | e2-ul-masz szu-a-ti u2-ba-'i-i-ma | he removed that Eulmaš and |
| 42 | la ak-szu-ud {gesz}s,ar-ba-tum u3 {gesz}masz-tu-u2 | I did not achieve. The ṣarbatum and the maštû tree |
| 43 | ak-szit,-ma te-ne2!(ME) e e2-ul-masz | I smote, and the ... of the Eulmaš temple |
| 44 | lu-u2 e-pu-usz-ma a-na {d}inanna a-ka3-de3{ki} _gaszan gal_-tu2 _gaszan_-ia | I did and to Ištar of Agade, the great lady, my lady |
| 45 | lu-u2 ad-di-in {disz}{d}na3-nig2-gub-uru3 _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | I gave. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon |
| 46 | _dumu_ {disz}{d}na3-a-uru3 _lugal_ mah-ri um-ma-ni-szu2 | son of Nabû-apla-uṣur, king of the past, his master |
| 47 | ma-du-tum id-kam-ma te-me-en e2-ul-masz szu-a-tu2 | “This is the foundation of the Eulmaš. |
| 48 | u2-ba-'i-i-ma id-lip-ma ih-t,u-ut,-ma | he smote, he fell, and he was stricken, and |
| 49 | isz-pil-ma te-me-en-na e2-ul-masz la ik-szu-ud | The foundation of the Eulmaš he had not completed. |
| 50 | ia-a-ti {disz}{d}na3-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | For me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon. |
| 51 | za-nin e2-sag-il2 u3 e2-zi-da | who provides for the Esagila and the Ezida, |
| 52 | i-na _bala_-e-a ki-nim ina pu-luh-tu2 sza2 {d}inanna a-ka3-de3{ki} _gaszan_-ia | In my true reign, in the fear of Ištar of Agade my lady |
| 53 | bi-ri ab-re-e-ma {d}utu u3 {d}iszkur | “I sought out the cultic rites and Šamaš and Adad |
| 54 | i-pu-lu-'i-in-ni an-na ki-i-ni | “He made me trust in heaven, |
| 55 | sza2 ka-sza2-du te-me-en-na e2-ul-masz szu-a-ti | (Sum) The one who conquers the Eulmaš temple, the one who destroys the foundation(s) of that temple, |
| 56 | _uzu_ dum-qi2 i-na _{uzu}kin_-ia isz-kun | good flesh he placed on my lips. |
| 57 | _{lu2}ug3-mesz_-ia ma-du-tum u2-ma-'e-er-ma | my many servants I appointed, and |
| 58 | a-na# bu-'i-i te-me-en-na e2-ul-masz szu-a-ti | For the construction of that Eulmaš |
| 59 | _3(disz)-ta mu-mesz_ ina hi-it,-t,a-tum sza2 {disz}{d}na3-nig2-gub-uru3 | 3 years in the debt of Nabu-nigguru |
| 60 | _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} ah-t,u-ut,-<ma> im-nu szu-me-lu!(RI) pa-ni | “The king of Babylon has sinned, and (his) face is full of fear. |
| 61 | u3 ar2-ku u2-ba-'i-i-ma la ak-szu-ud | and after he had weighed it out, I did not achieve it. |
| 62 | ki-a-am iq-bu-ni um-ma te-me-en-na szu-a-tu2 | Thus he said: “That foundation |
| 63 | nu-u2-ba-'i-i-ma la ni-mur ra-a-du sza2 _a-mesz szeg3_ | we did not see. The one who rains water |
| 64 | ib-ba-szi-ma hi-pi isz-kun-ma ni-mur-ma | he erected a temple, he set up a shrine, and we saw it. |
| 65 | ki-a-am aq-bi-szu2-nu-ti | I said to them thus: |
| 66 | um-ma hi-it,-t,a-tum ina hi-pi szu-a-ti | Thus (says) Ḫiṭṭūtu, in this case |
| 67 | hu-ut,-t,a-a-ma a-di te-me-en-na <ina> hi-pi | <If> he is negligent, until the foundations are firm, |
| 68 | szu-a-ti ta-ta-ma-ra-a | you will see this. |
| 69 | hi-pi szu-a-ti ih-t,u-t,u-ma | he sinned against this crime, and |
| 70 | te-me-en-na e2-ul-masz sza2 {disz}na-ram-{d}sin | The foundation of the Eulmaš of Naram-Sin |
| 71 | _lugal_ mah-ri mu-szab {d}inanna a-ka3-de3{ki} | king of the past, who resides in Ištar of Agade |
| 72 | {d}na-na-a {d}a-nu-ni-tum | Nanaya, Anunitum |
| 73 | u3 _dingir-mesz_ szu-ut e2-ul-masz | and the gods of Eulmaš |
| 74 | ik-szu-du-ma iq-bu-ni | he conquered, and said: |
| 75 | ih-di lib3-bi im-mi-ru pa-nu-u2-a | My heart rejoiced, my face turned. |
| 76 | _ugu_ te-me-en-na e2-ul-masz szu-a-ti | upon that foundation of the Eulmaš temple |
| 77 | _szu-si_ la a-s,e-e _szu-si_ la e-re-bi | The 'finger' cannot be removed, the 'increment' cannot enter. |
| 78 | te-me-en-na szu-a-ti di-'u-um _bara2_ | that foundation stone, the diʾû-demon, the dais |
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| 1 | a-di _2(disz)-ta_ ziq-qur-re-e-ti-szu2 | up to 2 ziggurats |
| 2 | ad-di-ma u2-kin li-ib-na-at-su | I gave (it) to him and established his cultic rites. |
| 3 | ta-am-la-a' u2-mal2-li-szu-ma | he filled him with tears, and |
| 4 | e-li pa-ni qaq-qar asz2-kun-szu2 | I placed him over the surface of the ground. |
| 5 | asz2-szu2 la ma-sze-e te-me-en-na e2-ul-masz | Because there is no (other) alternative to the Eulmaš, |
| 6 | e2-ul-masz e-pu-usz-ma u2-szak-lil szi-pir-szu2 | I built the Eulmaš and completed its work. |
| 7 | _gesz-ur3-mesz {gesz}erin_ s,i-ru-tum tar-bit {kur}ha-ma-nu | threshing floors of red cedar, adjacent to Mount Amanus |
| 8 | a-na s,u-lu-li-szu2 u2-szat-ri-is, _{gesz}ig-mesz {gesz}erin-babbar_ | I had doors of white cedar made. |
| 9 | sza2 i-ri-is-si-na t,a-a-bi ina _ka2-mesz_-szu2 | who is sweet among them, at his gates |
| 10 | lu usz-ziz _e2_ szu-a-ti ki-ma u4-mu | may he establish that house as a day |
| 11 | u2-nam-mir-ma a-na {d}inanna a-ka3-de3{ki} | and to Inanna of Agade |
| 12 | _gaszan gal_-ti _gaszan_-ia a-na _din zi-mesz_-ia | The great lady, my lady, to give life to me! |
| 13 | sa-kap _{lu2}kur2_-ia lu-u2 e-pu-usz | my enemy may I do. |
| 14 | {d}inanna a-ka3-de3{ki} _gaszan gal_-tum _gaszan_-ia | Ištar of Agade, the great lady, my lady |
| 15 | i-na ma-har {d}sin a-bi a-li-di-ka | in the presence of Sîn, my father who came to me |
| 16 | dam-qa-a-ti e2-sag-il2 e2-zi-da | the good things of Esagila and Ezida, |
| 17 | e2-gesz-nu11-gal e2-babbar-ra e2-an-na e2-ul-masz | Egešnugal of the Ebabbar, Eana, Eulmasz, |
| 18 | szu-bat _dingir_-u2-ti-ku-nu _gal-mesz_ lisz-sza2-kin szap-tuk-ka | May the dwelling of your great divinity be established on your lips. |
| 19 | ki-ma _an_-e isz-da-szu-nu li-kunu{+nu} | may they be set up like the heavens. |
| 20 | ia-a-ti {disz}{d}na3-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | For me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon. |
| 21 | pa-lih _dingir_-u2-ti-ku-nu _gal_-ti | who reveres your great divinity, |
| 22 | la-le-e <_tin_> lu-usz-bi sza2 {disz}{d}en-lugal-uru3 _dumu_ resz-tu-u | lulû-offering of the first-born son of Bel-šarra-uṣur, |
| 23 | s,i-it lib3-bi-ia szu-ri-ku _u4-mesz_-szu2 | my heart’s desire, a long life |
| 24 | a-a ir-sza2-a' hi-t,i-ti | May my sin not arise! |
| 25 | sza2 _ugu_ {na4}a-su-mit-tum sza2 a-ka3-de3{ki} | which is upon the asumītu-stone of Agade |
| 26 | e2-ul-masz sza2 zimbir{ki}-{d}a-nu-ni-tum | the Eulmaš of Sippar-Anunitum |
| 27 | sza2 {d}sin _lugal dingir-mesz ugu iri_ u3 _e2_ sza2-a-szu | of Sîn, king of the gods, over the city and that house |
| 28 | is-bu-su u2-szad-kam-ma {disz}{d}sin-szesz-mesz-su _lugal kur_ asz-szur | he smote, and Sîn-ahhēssu, king of Assyria |
| 29 | _{lu2}kur2_ za-ma-nu-u2 _iri_ u3 _e2_ sza2-a-szu2 u2-sza2-lik kar-mu-tu2 | the exalted enemy, the city and that house he conquered |
| 30 | i-na-an-ni ia-a-ti {disz}{d}na3-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | Now, for me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon |
| 31 | za-nin e2-sag-il2 u3 e2-zi-da | who provides for the Esagila and the Ezida, |
| 32 | ina _bala_-e-a ki-nim sza2 {d}sin u3 {d}utu i-ram-mu-usz | in my true reign which Sîn and Šamaš loved |
| 33 | {d}a-nu-ni-tum _gaszan gal_-tum _gaszan_-ia a-szi-bat e2-ul-masz | Anunītum the great lady my lady who dwells in Eulmaš |
| 34 | i-na qi2-bit {d}sin _lugal dingir-mesz ad_ a-li-di-szu2 | by the command of Sîn, king of the gods, father of his city |
| 35 | a#-na _iri_ u3 _e2_ szu-a-tum tar-szu-u2 sa-li-mu | to the city and that house are transferred; there is peace. |
| 36 | ina _masz2-ge6_ i-na szat mu-szi a-na e-pesz e2-ul-masz | in the night of the night for the building of the Eulmaš |
| 37 | tu-szab-ra-an-ni szu-ut-ti ih-di lib3-bi | “You have slandered me, my heart rejoiced, |
| 38 | im-mi-ru zi-mu-u2-a u2-szad-kam-ma | (Sum) The one who sees my face (Akk) I see my face |
| 39 | _{lu2}erin2-hi-a_ ma-du-tum te-me-en e2-ul-masz szu-a-ti | many cedars, the foundation of that Eulmaš |
| 40 | ah-t,u-ut,-ma s,al-mu szi-t,ir _mu_ sza2 {disz}sza-ga-rak-ti-szur-ia-asz2 | I erased and a figurine of the name of Šagarakti-Šuriaši |
| 41 | _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} _lugal_ mah-ri ina hi-it,-t,a-tum szu-a-ti | king of Babylon, previous king, because of this fault |
| 42 | a-mur-ma ki-i an-na-a' | Look, and as follows: |
| 43 | ina _ugu_ s,al-mu szi-t,ir _mu_-szu2 sza2-t,ir | upon a figurine whose name is written, |
| 44 | um-ma {disz}sza-ga-rak-ti-szur-ia-asz2 _sipa_ ki-num | Thus Šagarakti-Šuriaši, the kinum shepherd: |
| 45 | _nun_ na-a-du mi-gir {d}utu u3 {d}a-nu-ni-tum a-na-ku | prince who loves the gods Šamaš and Anunitu, am I. |
| 46 | i-nu {d}utu u3 {d}a-nu-ni-tum a-na be-lu-ut ma-a-ti | when Šamaš and Anunitum for the lordship of the land |
| 47 | szu-um im-bu-u2 s,er-ret ka-la _ug3-mesz szu-min_-u2-a | “If the hand of the imbû-demon covers all the people in my hands, |
| 48 | usz-ma-al-lu-u2 i-nu-szu2 e2-babbar-ra | At that time, in the Ebabbar |
| 49 | _e2_ {d}utu sza2 zimbir{ki} _en_-ia u3 e2-ul-masz | the temple of Šamaš of Sippar, my lord, and the Eulmash |
| 50 | _e2_ {d}a-nu-ni-tum sza2 zimbir{ki}-{d}a-nu-ni-tum _gaszan_-ia | the temple of Anunitu of Sippar-Anunitu my lady |
| 51 | sza2 isz-tu {disz}sa3#-bu-um ina la-bar u4-mu i-ga-ru-szu2-nu | that from Sabum in the morning on the day of their return |
| 52 | i-qu-up-ma i-ga-ri-szu2-nu aq-qur | he smashed, and I burned their walls. |
| 53 | usz-szi-szu2-nu e-ep-tu2 e-pe-ri-szu2-nu as-suh | I demolished their foundations, I razed their foundation pit. |
| 54 | _bara2_-szu2-nu as,-s,ur u2-s,u-ra-ti-szu2-nu u2-szal-lim | I guarded their dais(es) and completed their work. |
| 55 | usz-mal2-lu usz-szi-szu2-nu e-pe-ri ki#-di u2-ter | he filled, he made their foundations firm. He returned the earth to its place |
| 56 | i-ga-ri-szu2-nu a-na asz2-ri-szu2-nu u2-nam-mir | he made their streets turn into ruin mounds. |
| 57 | szi-kit-ta-szu2-nu e-li <sza2> pa-ni u2-sza2-tir | Their foundations he made surpassing that of the face. |
| 58 | a-na sza2-at-ti {d}utu u {d}a-nu-ni-tum a-na ep-sze-ti-ia | For the life of Šamaš and Anunitu for my deeds |
| 59 | szu-qu-ra-a-ti lib3-ba-ku-nu li-ih-du-ma li-ri-ku _u4-mesz_-ia2 | May your heart be glad and may my days be long. |
| 60 | li-id-di-szu2 _din_ u4-mu ri-sza2-a-tu2 _iti_ ta-szi-la-a-ti | may he give him. On a day of joy, a month of joy |
| 61 | _mu-an-na-mesz he2-gal2_-la a-na szi-rik-ti lisz-ru-ku-nu | years of abundance may they grant to you. |
| 62 | di-in kit-ti mi-sza2-ri liq-ba-a u3 sa-li-mu | May he command truth, justice, and peace. |
| 63 | li-szab-szu-ma ma-ti-ma an-na-a szi-t,ir _mu_ sza2 {disz}sza-ga-rak-ti-szur#-ia-asz2 | May he be angry with him. At any time, this is the inscribed name of Šagarakti-Šuriaši |
| 64 | _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} _lugal_ mah-ri sza2 e2-ul-masz sza2 zimbir{ki} | king of Babylon, king before of the Eulmaš of Sippar. |
| 65 | {d}a-nu-ni-tum i-pu-szu2 te-me-en-szu2 la-bi-ri ap-pa-lis-ma | Anunītum did it, his old foundation I examined, and |
| 66 | _szu-si_ la a-s,e-e _szu-si_ la e-re-bi _ugu_ te-me-en-na la-bi-ri | The 'finger' cannot be removed, the 'increment' cannot enter over the old foundations. |
| 67 | usz-szu2-szu2 ad-di-ma u2-kin _sig4_-at-su e2-ul-masz szi-pir-szu2 u2-szak-lil-ma | I laid its foundations and deposited its brickwork. The Eulmaš, its work, I completed and |
| 68 | ki-ma u4-mu u2-nam-mir-ma a-na {d}a-nu-ni-tum _gaszan gal_-ti _gaszan_-ia2 | like a day I brightened and to Anunitu, the great lady, my lady |
| 69 | a-na _din zi-mesz_-ia sa-kap _{lu2}kur2_-ia lu-u2 e-pu-usz | for the sake of my life and the well-being of my enemy I did. |
| 70 | {d}a-nu-ni-tum _gaszan gal_-tu2 ina ma-har {d}sin _ad_ a-li-di-ka | Anunītum the great lady before Sîn the father who preceded you |
| 71 | _saga-mesz_ e2-sag-il2 e2-zi-da e2-gesz-nu11-gal e2-babbar-ra e2-an-na | the good ones of Esagila, Ezida, Egešnugal, Ebabbar, Eanna |
| 72 | e2-ul-masz szu-bat _dingir_-ti-ku-nu _gal-mesz_ lisz-sza2-kin szap-tuk-ka ki-ma _an_-e | May Eulmaš, the dwelling of your great divinity, be placed upon your lips like heaven. |
| 73 | _suhusz-mesz_-szu2-nu li-kunu{+nu} u pu-luh-ti {d}sin _en dingir-mesz_ ina sza2-ma-mu | May their foundations be firm, and may the fear of Sîn, lord of the gods, in my heart |
| 74 | lib3-bi _ug3-mesz_-szu2 szu-usz-ki-na-a-ma a-a ir-sza2-a' hi-t,i-ti _suhusz-mesz_-szu2-nu | May the heart of his people be reconciled with me, and may a crime not be committed against their foundations. |
| 75 | li-ku-nu ia-a-ti {disz}{d}na3-i _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} pa-lih _dingir_-u2-ti-ku-nu _gal_-tu2 | May Nabonidus, king of Babylon, who reveres your great divinity |
| 76 | la-le-e _din_ lu-usz-bi u3 sza2 {disz}{d}en-lugal-uru3 _dumu_ resz-tu-u | lulû-offering of the living and of Bel-lugal-uṣur the first-born son |
| 77 | s,i-it lib3-bi-ia szu-ri-ku _u4-mesz_-szu2 a-a ir-sza2-a' hi-t,i-ti | May my heart be at ease, may his days not be long! |
| 78 | sza2 _ugu_ {na4}a-su-mit-tum sza2 sip-par-{d}a-nu-ni-tum | which is on the asumittu-stone of Sippar-Anunitu |
| 79 | e-pisz-tu2 {d}sin _en dingir-mesz_ u3 {d}isz-tar <a-szi-bu-tu2> | the deed of Sîn, lord of the gods, and Ištar, the one who dwells |
| 80 | sza2 _an_-e u _ki_-tim sza2 ina _ugu_ {na4}a-su-mi-ne2-e-tu2 | of heaven and earth, which on the šumētu-stone |
| 81 | sza2 ga-la-la asz2-t,u-ru-ma a-na sza2-me-e sza2 _ug3-mesz_ ar2-ku-tum | I wrote and to the heavens of the ancient people |
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