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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 21 composite (P518972)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Nabonidus 21 composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P518972 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | i3-nu-ma {d}a-nu u3 {d}en-lil2 sza zimbir{ki} | When Anu and Enlil of Sippar |
| 2' | [...] i-na ki-is,-s,i da-am-qu asz-ri szu-us-su-mu | ... in the thicket of heaven and earth, |
| 3' | u2-sze-szi-bu a-ta-mi mi a-na ni-szi _kur_ [...] | I have heard that to the people of the land ... |
| 4' | [...] an-ni-ta i-ta-mu-nim ul bu-'a-a | ... they heard this, they were not good. |
| 5' | a-szar-szu e-li szu-ub-ti-szu ki-it-tim ul e-pu2-usz | I did not build his place above his true dwelling. |
| 6' | {d}utu be-el ra-bi2-u3 e2-babbar-ra [...] | Šamaš, great lord of the Ebabbar temple |
| 7' | a-na da-ke-e _e2_ szu-a-ti _sza3?_ pa-li-ih ra-sza2-a-ku ni-qi2-it-ti | For the destruction of that temple, the heart(?) is fearful, I am frightened, my command |
| 8' | i-na ma-a-a-al _ge6_ ul u2-qa-at-ta-a szi-it-tim t,a-ab-tim | in the night he did not wait for a good fate. |
| 9' | asz2-szi qa2-ti-ia u2-s,a-al-la-a {d}en-lil2 _dingir-mesz_ {d}marduk | Because of my hand he shook Enlil of the gods, Marduk |
| 10' | a-na e-pe-esz e2-babbar-ra asz2-ra-a-ti3 {d}utu u3 {d}iszkur _en-mesz_ bi-ri asz-te-e-ma | For the building of the Ebabbar, the sanctuaries of Šamaš and Adad, lords of the four quarters, I asked and |
| 11' | {d}utu u3 {d}iszkur an-na ki-i-nu i-ta-ap-pa-lu-in [...] | Šamaš and Adad, the truths of heaven and earth, have been examined |
| 12' | a x x x du un tah u2-sza-asz-t,i-ru i-na? [...] | They wrote in ... |
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