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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 16 composite (P518945)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Larsa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Nabonidus 16 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P518945 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
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 | {disz}{d}na-bi-um-na-'i-id _lugal_ babila2{ki} | Nabonidus, king of Babylon. |
| 2 | re-e2-a-um ni-bi-it {d}marduk | the shepherd who reveres Marduk, |
| 3 | za-ni-in e2-sag-il2 u3 e2-zi-da | provider of Esagila and Ezida, |
| 4 | mu-t,a-ah-hi-id sa-at-tu-uk-ku | who provides sattukku-offerings, |
| 5 | mu-ud-di-isz ma-ha-zi _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | who renovates the cult centers of the great gods |
| 6 | i-da-an za-ni-na-a-ti | he will give the zāninu-gifts. |
| 7 | mu-t,ah-hi-id gi-mi-ir _e2-kur_ | who provides for the Ekur, |
| 8 | za-ni-in esz-re-e-tim mu-szar-ri-ih i-gi-se-e | Provider of shrines, who makes the igīsê-priestess rejoice, |
| 9 | na-asz2-pa-ri la a-ne-hi | a message not to be forgotten, |
| 10 | ka-szi-du sza-di-i e-lu-tim | the conqueror of the high mountains, |
| 11 | re-e2-a-am mu-usz-ta-lu | The shepherd, who carries off |
| 12 | mu-usz-te-szi-ir ni-szi ma-a-tim | who guides the people of the land, |
| 13 | sza {d}marduk {d}en-lil2 _dingir-dingir_ a-na za-na-nu ma-ha-zi | of Marduk and Enlil, the gods, for the provisioning of the cult centers |
| 14 | u3 ud-du-szu esz-re-e-ti | and the sanctuaries |
| 15 | szu-um-szu ki-ni-isz iz-ku-ru a-na szar-ru-ti | (and) firmly established his name for kingship. |
| 16 | {d}na-bi-um pa-qid kisz-szat _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim | Nabû, overseer of all of heaven and earth |
| 17 | i-na nap-ha-ar a-szi-ib _bara2_ | in the totality who dwells on the dais |
| 18 | u2-szar-bu-u2 be-lu-ut-su | made his lordship greater, |
| 19 | {d}nergal dan-dan-ni | Nergal, his mighty one, |
| 20 | {d}en-lil2 er-s,e-tim mu-ut-tal-ku | Enlil of the netherworld, the one who travels |
| 21 | i-na qa2-ab-lu u3 ta-ha-zi | in battle and battle |
| 22 | il-li-ki i-da-a-szu {d}suen u3 {d}nin-gal | went to his side, Suen and Ningal |
| 23 | a-ge-e du-ur2 _u4-mesz_ i-pi-ir ra-szu-usz-szu2 | the watercourses of the days he filled with awe, |
| 24 | {d}utu u3 {d}a-a t,u-da-at mi-sza-ru | Šamaš and Aya, the one who provides justice, |
| 25 | u2-pa-at-tu-szu _dingir-mesz gal-mesz_ | the great gods, |
| 26 | i-na ku-un lib3-bi-szu2-nu ra-bi-isz ut-tu-szu | [With] their great support they gave him the throne. |
| 27 | u2-ba-'i-lu szu-um-szu | they shall remove his name. |
| 28 | u2-szar-bu-u2 be-lu-ut-su | made his lordship greater, |
| 29 | _dumu_ {disz}{d}na-bi-um-ba-lat-su-iq-bi | son of Nabium-balassu-iqbi |
| 30 | ru-ba-a-am e-em-qa2 a-na-ku | I am a prince, a wise one, |
| 31 | i3-nu-um {d}utu be-lu _gal_-u2 sza2 _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim | When Šamaš, great lord of heaven and earth |
| 32 | re-'u-u2 s,al-mat _sag-du_ be-lu te-ne2-sze-e-tim | the shepherd of the black-headed people, the lord of humanity, |
| 33 | larsa{ki} a-lu na-ar-mi-szu e2-babbar-ra | Larsa, his beloved city, the Ebabbar |
| 34 | szu-ba-at t,u2-ub lib3-bi-szu2 sza2 ul-tu _u4-mesz_ ul-lu-tim | the dwelling of his happiness, which from distant days |
| 35 | in-na-mu-u2 e-mu-u2 kar-mi-isz | (Sum) The one who sees (me) is a stranger (Akk) They see (me), they see the stranger |
| 36 | ba-as,-s,a u3 tu-ru-ba szi-pi-ik e-pe-ru | “Baṣaṣa and turuba (means) work of the harvest. |
| 37 | ra-bu-tim e-li-szu isz-sza-ap-ku-ma | (Sum) The great gods prayed to him (Akk) Great gods spoke to him and |
| 38 | la us,-s,a-ab-bu-u2 ki-su-ur2-szu | (Sum) Its foundation(s) cannot be dispersed, its base cannot be shattered (Akk) It does not splinter its foundations |
| 39 | la in-na-at,-t,a-la u2-s,u-ra-ti-sza | she will not be deprived of her protection. |
| 40 | i-na _bala_-e {disz}{d}muati-nig2-gub-uru3 _lugal_ mah-ri | in the reign of Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur, the former king |
| 41 | _dumu_ {disz}{d}muati-ap-lu-u2-s,ur ba-as,-s,a szi-pi-ik e-pe-ri | son of Nabû-apla-uṣur, the šīpik-worker of the harvest |
| 42 | sza e-li _iri_ u3 _e2_ szu-a-tim | which above the city and that house |
| 43 | sza-ap-ku in-na-szi-ir-ma te-me-en-na e2-babbar-ra | (Sum) The šapku-demon was brought to me, the foundation of the Ebabbar temple (Akk) The foundations were brought and the foundation(s) were in place |
| 44 | sza {disz}bur-na-bur-ia-asz2 _lugal_ pa-na-a a-li-ik mah-ri | of Burna-Buriaš the previous king who came before |
| 45 | i-mu-ur-ma te-me-en-na _lugal_ la-bi-ri sza2 la-am | he saw, and the foundations of the old king that from |
| 46 | {disz}bur-na-bur-ia-asz2 u2-ba-'i-i-ma la i-mu-ur | Bur-nabūr-iaš appealed, but did not see |
| 47 | e-li te-me-en-na {disz}bur-na-bur-ia-asz2 | above the foundations, Burna-Buriaš |
| 48 | sza qe2-re-eb-sza ip-pa-al-sa e2-babbar-ra i-pu-usz-ma | who looked inside it, built the Ebabbar, and |
| 49 | {d}utu be-lu _gal_-u2 u2-szar-mi qe2-re-eb-szu | Šamaš, great lord, created me inside it. |
| 50 | _e2_ szu-a-tim a-na mu-sza-ab {d}utu _en gal_-u2 | that temple for the residence of Šamaš, the great lord |
| 51 | u3 {d}a-a kal-la-tim na-ra-am-ti-szu | and Aya, his beloved wife |
| 52 | ta-al-la-ak-tu-szu i-s,a-at-ma | (Sum) He took away his taqribtu-vessel (Akk) He seized his flax and |
| 53 | s,u-uh-hu-ru szi-pi-ir-szu | “Ṣuḫuru, his work |
| 54 | i-na-an-na i-na _mu 1(u)-kam_ i-na u4-mu _bala_-e-a | Now, in the 10th year, in my reign |
| 55 | da-am-qa i-na szar-ru-ti-ia da-ri2-tim | The good one in my eternal kingship |
| 56 | sza {d}utu i-ra-am-mu-szu14 | that Šamaš loves |
| 57 | {d}utu be-lu _gal_-u2 ih-su-su szu-bat-sa resz-ti-tim | O Šamaš, great lord, her first-born dwelling |
| 58 | sza zi-qu-ra-tim ge-gu-na-a-szu | of the ziggurat, his throne |
| 59 | re-e-szi-sza e-li sza pa-nim ul-li-ma | I raised its top above that of the face and |
| 60 | li-ib-ba-szu ha-di-isz ub-lam-ma | his heart rejoiced, and |
| 61 | a-na ia-tim {d}muati-ni2-tuku _lugal_ za-ni-ni-szu | To me, Nabonidus, king of his province |
| 62 | e2-babbar-ra a-na asz-ri-szu tu-ur2-ru | Return the Ebabbar to its place. |
| 63 | ki-ma sza2 _u4-mesz_ ul-lu-tim szu-ba-at t,u-ub lib3-bi-szu2 | like that of distant days, the dwelling of his happiness, |
| 64 | e-pe-szu u2-qa-a-wa6-an-ni | he has appointed me to do it. |
| 65 | i-na qi2-bi-it {d}marduk be-lu _gal_-u2 it-bu-nim-ma | at the command of Marduk, the great lord, they came to me, and |
| 66 | sza-a-ri er-bet-ti-szu-nu me-he-e ra-bu-tim | All of them, the great storm, |
| 67 | ba-as,-s,a sza e-li _iri_ u3 _e2_ sza-a-szu | a fence that is above the city and that house |
| 68 | ka-at-ma in-na-si-ih-ma e2-babbar-ra | (Sum) He screamed, and the Ebabbar |
| 69 | ki-is,-s,i ra-asz2-ba u2-ra-sza za-ma-ri | (Sum) She is the one who binds the limbs of the great mountain (Akk) The great mountain, the mountain of the ziggurat |
| 70 | mu-sza-ab {d}utu u3 {d}a-a | who provides for Utu and Aya |
| 71 | u3 zi-qu2-ra-ti ge-gu-na-a-szu s,i-i-ri | and the ziggurat, his lofty throne, |
| 72 | ku-um-mu da-ru-u2 masz-ta-ku la-le-szu-un | (Sum) I am the eternal guardian of the gods, the one who provides for them (Akk) The eternal guardians, the ones who provide for them |
| 73 | te-me2-en-szu-un in-na-mi-ir-ma | he saw their foundations, and |
| 74 | in-na-at,-t,a-la u2-s,u-ra-ti-szu-un | they will keep watch over them. |
| 75 | szi-t,i-ir szu-um sza {disz}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 | Written document of Ḫammurapi. |
| 76 | _lugal_ la-bi2-ri sza _7(disz) me mu-an-na-mesz_ | the old king who for 700 years |
| 77 | la-am {disz}bur-na-bur-ia-asz2 | from Burnaburiaš |
| 78 | e2-babbar-ra u3 zi-qu-ra-ti | the Ebabbar and the Ziqurats, |
| 79 | e-li te-me-en-na la-bi-ri | Above the old foundations |
| 80 | a-na {d}utu ib-nu-u3 | to Utu he created |
| 81 | qe2-er-ba-szu ap-pa-li-is-ma ap-la-ah | I looked inside it, and I was afraid. |
| 82 | ak-ku-ud-ma ar-sza-a ni-iq-it-ti | “I cut off my protective deeds, |
| 83 | ki-a-am aq-bi a-na li-ib-bi-ia | I said thus to my heart: |
| 84 | um-ma _lugal_ a-li-ku ma-ah-ri-ia | Thus says the king who came before me: |
| 85 | _e2_ i-pu-usz-ma {d}utu be-lu ra-bu-u2 | built a house, and Šamaš, the great lord |
| 86 | u2-sza-ar-mi qe2-re-eb-szu | he made enter inside it. |
| 87 | ia-ti _e2_ szu-a-tim mu-sza-ab {d}utu u3 {d}a-a | that temple, the residence of Šamaš and Aya |
| 88 | i-na a-szar szu-us?-su-mu a-na e-pe2-szu | where he wishes to do it, |
| 89 | asz2-szi qa2-ti u2-s,al-la-a _en en-en_ um-ma | because he was holding my hand, my lord, my [lord], said thus: |
| 90 | {d}en-lil2 _dingir-dingir_ ru-bu-um {d}marduk | Enlil of the gods, prince of Marduk |
| 91 | ba-lu-uk-ka ul in-na-an-da szu-ub-ti | He will not give up your residence. |
| 92 | ul ib-ba-asz2-szi-mu ki-su-ur-szu | did not establish its foundations, |
| 93 | sza la ka-a-szu2 ma-an-ni mi-na-a ip-pu-usz | Who is not yours, what will he do? |
| 94 | be-lu i-na qi2-bi-ti-ka s,i-ir-ti | O lord, by your exalted command |
| 95 | sza e-li-ka t,a-a-bi lu-sze-ep-pe-esz | I will do what is pleasing to you. |
| 96 | asz2-ra-a-ti {d}utu {d}iszkur u3 {d}u-gur | the sanctuaries of Šamaš, Adad and Nergal |
| 97 | a-na e-pe2-szu _e2_ szu-a-tim asz-te-e'-e-ma | to build that temple I sought out, and |
| 98 | _uzu_ dum-qi2 sza a-ra-ku u4-mi-ia | the good flesh of my days |
| 99 | u3 e-pe-esz _e2_ isz-t,u-ru i-na lib3-bi-szu | and the building of the house he wrote therein |
| 100 | asz2-ni-ma al-pu-ut pu-ha-da | I sat down and poured out the libation bowl. |
| 101 | an-na ki-i-ni sza sza2-la-mu szi-ip-ri-ia | “Are you the true one who cares for my work? |
| 102 | u2-sza2-asz2-ki-ni i-na ter-ti-ia | he caused to be established in my tertiary |
| 103 | a-na a-mat {d}marduk be-lu szu-ur2-bi-ia u3 a-na a-mat | At the command of Marduk, my lord, and at the command |
| 104 | {d}utu u3 {d}iszkur _en-mesz_ bi-ri at-ka-al-ma | Šamaš and Adad, my lords, I trusted, and |
| 105 | i-li-is, lib3-bi ka-ba-at-ta ip-pa-ar-da | (Sum) The heart of a lion is trembling (Akk) (The heart of) a bull is thumping |
| 106 | ih-di ra-ma-ni im-mi-ru zi-mu-u2-a | (Sum) The one who is enraged by his own name, my name is called. (Akk) My name has been called. |
| 107 | ad-ka-am-ma um-ma-na-a-ti {d}utu u3 {d}marduk | I call out to you, scholars of Šamaš and Marduk |
| 108 | s,a-bi-it al-lu na-asz2 _{gesz}mar_ za-bi-il _{gesz}dusu_ | the ša-bi-it al-lu, the bearer of the wagon, the one who lifts up the bale |
| 109 | a-na e-pe2-esz e2-babbar-ra ki-is,-s,i ra-asz2-ba u3 zi-qu2-ra-tim | For the construction of the Ebabbar, the great kīṣu and the ziggurat, |
| 110 | _bara2_-sza s,i-i-ri ra-bi-isz u2-ma-'e-er-ma | her exalted dais he made great, and |
| 111 | um-man-nu mu-du-u2 a-szar-sza usz-ta-am-hir | (Sum) The lord, the one who knows his place (Akk) The expert, the knowledgeable one, has learned his place |
| 112 | te-me-en-na i-hi-t,u-ma u2-s,a-ab-bu-u2 si-ma-a-tim | The foundations were loosened and they were seized. |
| 113 | i-na _iti_ sza-al-ma i-na _u4 sze-ga_ sza e2-babbar-ra | in a fair month, on a favorable day of the Ebabbar |
| 114 | _e2_ na-ra-am {d}utu u3 {d}a-a pa-pa-hi szu-ba-at | the beloved temple of Šamaš and Aya, the cella erected |
| 115 | i-lu-ti-szu-un masz-ta-ku la-le-szu-un | Their divinity is the maštāku-disease of their splendor. |
| 116 | ki-ma si-ma-ti-szu-un re-esz-ta-a-tim | like their first-fruit offerings |
| 117 | e-li te-me-en-na sza {disz}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal_ la-bi-ri | above the foundations of Hammurapi, the old king |
| 118 | li-ib-na-at-su-un ad-di-ma | I gave to them, and |
| 119 | usz-te-szi-ir te-me2-en-szu-un | he made their foundations firm. |
| 120 | _e2_ szu-a-tim ki-ma la-bi-ri-im-ma | that house as old as |
| 121 | e-esz-szi-isz e-pu2-usz-ma | I built anew, and |
| 122 | us-si-mi szi-ki-in-szu e2-dur-an-na | He made his foundation firm, he built the Edurana. |
| 123 | _e2_ na-ra-mi-szu ki-ma sza2 _u4-mesz_ ul-lu-tim | the house of his beloved like that of distant days |
| 124 | ul-la-a re-e-szi-szu | “From the beginning of his life |
| 125 | e2-babbar-ra a-na {d}utu u3 {d}a-a | the Ebabbar to Šamaš and Aya |
| 126 | e-pu-usz u2-sza-ak-li-il-ma | I did, I completed, and |
| 127 | u2-ba-an-na-a ta-al-la-ak-tu-usz | “I will bring it to you, I will go to you. |
| 128 | pa-pa-hi szu-ba-at i-lu-ti-szu-un s,ir-tim | The cella, the seat of their exalted divinity, |
| 129 | sza i-te-e zi-qu-ra-tim re-tu-u2 te-me-en-szu2 | (Sum) The one of the ziggurat, the beginning of his foundations, (Akk) Whose foundations are the beginnings of the ziqurat, |
| 130 | a-na si-ma-at i-lu-ti-szu-num | for the sake of his divinity |
| 131 | ra-bi-tim szu-lu-ku | (and) the great ones, purified. |
| 132 | a-na {d}utu u3 {d}a-a _en-mesz_-e-a | To Šamaš and Aya, my lords |
| 133 | u4-mi-isz u2-na-am-mi-ir-ma | daily he shall inspect, and |
| 134 | u2-za-aq-qi2-ir hur-sa-ni-isz | he cleared away, in the mountains |
| 135 | sza a-na _lugal_ ma-na-ma la im-gu-ru | which no one to the king has ever granted |
| 136 | {d}utu be-lu _gal_-u2 ia-tim _lugal_ pa-li-ih-szu2 | Šamaš, great lord, my friend, king who reveres him, |
| 137 | im-gu-ur-an-ni-ma i-ir-a-am qa2-tu-u2-a | he turned to me, and my hand he touched. |
| 138 | e2-babbar-ra a-na {d}utu u3 {d}a-a | the Ebabbar to Šamaš and Aya |
| 139 | _en-mesz_-e-a ki-ma la-bi-ri-im-ma | my lords like olden days |
| 140 | da-am-qi2-isz e-pu2-usz-ma | I did very well, and |
| 141 | a-na asz2-ri-sza u2-te-er | returned it to its place. |
| 142 | t,up-pi _{na4}gesz-nu11-gal_ szi-t,i-ir szu-mi | A tablet of alabaster written according to my name |
| 143 | sza {disz}ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 _lugal_ la-bi-ri | of Hammurapi, the old king |
| 144 | sza qe2-re-eb-szu ap-pa-al-sa | that inside it I looked, |
| 145 | it-ti szi-t,i-ir szu-mi-ia asz2-ku-un-ma | I deposited my (own) name with the inscribed object of my name. |
| 146 | u2-ki-in ana du-ur2 u4-mi | he established as the foundation of the day. |
| 147 | a-na sza-at-ti {d}utu be-lu szu-ur2-bu-u2 | For eternity, O Šamaš, exalted lord, |
| 148 | sza-qu-u2 be-lu gim-ri | exalted, lord of everything, |
| 149 | _lugal an_-e u3 _ki_-tim | king of heaven and earth |
| 150 | nu-ur2 _kur-kur e2_ szu-a-tim ha-di-isz nap-lis-ma | the radiance of all the lands, that house, rejoice joyfully |
| 151 | ba-la-t,a4 u4-mu ru-qu-u2-ti | life of distant days, |
| 152 | sze-be2-e lit-tu-tu ku-un-nu _{gesz}gu-za_ | a stable foundation, a throne |
| 153 | u3 la-ba-ra pa-le-e a-na szi-rik-ti szur-kam | And if there is no reopening (of the case): grant me a long life. |
| 154 | i-na qi2-bi-ti-ka s,i-ir-ti | By your exalted command, |
| 155 | {d}utu be-lu ra-bu-u2 _e2_ szu-a-tim | Šamaš, great lord, that temple |
| 156 | ma-ha-ar-ka lu-la-ab-bi-ir | Let me make it abundant in your presence. |
| 157 | a-na da-ri2-a-ti | forever. |
| 158 | ni-szi s,a-al-ma-at qaq-qa-du | the people, the figurines of the ground |
| 159 | ma-la i-ba-ar-ra-a nu-ur2-ka nam-ri | As much as there is, your bright radiance |
| 160 | szu-uk-szi-da qa2-tu-u2-a | my hand |
| 161 | szu-uk-ni-szu sze-e-pu-u2-a | “Set him free, my enemies! |
| 162 | {d}a-a kal-la-ti ra-bi-tim | O Aya, great lady, |
| 163 | i-na ku-um-mi-ka s,i-i-ri | In your exalted abode |
| 164 | ka-a-a-na li-ta-mi-ka | May he constantly praise you! |
| 165 | da-am-qa-a-ti | good things |
| 166 | {d}bu-ne-ne su-uk-kal-lum | Bunene, the vizier |
| 167 | mi-it-lu-uk-ti-ka u4-mi-sza-am-ma | Your strength is everlasting. |
| 168 | li-ka-al-li-mu | may they keep alive. |
| 169 | i-da-a-ti du-um-qi2-ia | my good days, |
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