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Antiochus I 01 (P498384)

Official or display, Hellenistic, Borsippa · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE

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DesignationAntiochus I 01
IDP498384
Museum no.BM 036277
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodHellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
GenreOfficial or display
Find spotBorsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Coordinates32.3924, 44.3434

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.

LineMachine English (draft)
col 2 5first-born son of Assur,
col 2 1kingship in Antiochus
col 1 29Good health for the years.
col 2 18until he enters, may ama bless her.
col 1 25the destruction of the land of my enemies
col 2 19Let me pay [the money] in my hands.
col 2 3for eternity, son of the prince
col 1 15House of peace, temple of Nabû in Borsippa.
col 2 25Seleucus, the king, his son
col 2 10at your arrival, at your command
col 2 17the lands from east to west
col 1 28(As for) the king who reveres me,
col 1 30May my supplication be favourable!
col 1 22with pleasure, and
col 2 22foremost heir to Ezida
col 2 29may he establish in your mouth.
col 2 20for the clearing of Esagila
col 2 6Offspring of Erua, queen
col 2 8your temple of Aniti, your dwelling of happiness
col 1 19your first-born son
col 2 2and Silukku, the king, his son,
col 2 12May my years be long.
col 1 11I poured (them) with oil.
col 1 7Esagil and Ezida
col 1 9Esagil and Ezida
col 1 24whose command cannot be changed,
col 1 5the Makkadunaeans, king of Babylon.
col 2 7to Ezida, the true house
col 1 18that for a gift
col 2 26Astartanikku
col 1 13and Ezida he brought.
col 1 20of Marduk, offspring of Erua
col 2 21and Ezida let me carry. May Nabû
col 2 15who establishes peace,
col 1 4heir of Seleucus, the king.
col 1 2strong king, king of the world, king of Babylon, king of the lands.
col 2 14My lord, in your... he is exalted
col 2 23In your new house
col 1 16the father who begot him, Nabû, the exalted heir
col 1 23By your exalted command
col 1 1Antiochus, the great king
col 1 12to the herdsman the foundations of Esagil
col 2 11Truth that cannot be dispersed,
col 1 21the queen who is assiduous towards the shrines
col 1 3who provides for the E-sagil and the E-zida
col 2 28their good fortune
col 1 14The 43rd year, the death of Ezida.
col 1 26the kaadu-official of my ernittiya
col 1 6when to do
col 1 27They made him stand over the enemy.
col 2 4Nabû, son of the heir of Esagil
col 1 17Igigala, the gods,
col 2 27his kingship
col 2 9with joy and joy
col 1 10in the land of the haattu-flour,
col 2 16By your pure command let them set out.
col 1 8Its interior he brought, and bricks
col 2 24Good. Antiochus, king of the lands.
col 2 13May my throne be set free.

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