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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 21, ex. 01 (P518973)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Nabonidus 21, ex. 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P518973 |
| Museum no. | BM 046600 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 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] | … by means of the exalted yoke he made him dwell in the sanctuaries. |
| 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 repair of that house I am afraid, I am awe-inspiring, |
| 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 have made truthful in heaven |
| 12' | a x x x du un tah u2-sza-asz-t,i-ru i-na#? [...] | They wrote in ... |
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