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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 18 (P519005)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | P519005 |
| Museum no. | BM 054329 + BM 054336 + BM 054348 + BM 054351 + BM 054366 + BM 054400 + BM 054412 + BM 054422 + BM 054433 + BM 054458 + BM 054469 + BM 054485 + BM 054 |
| 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) |
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| 1 | [...] x x? [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] e2#-zi#-da# | ... the Ezida temple |
| 4 | [...] i#-na _sza3_ um-mi-szu2 | ... in his mother's house |
| 5 | [...] i#-szi-mu szi-ma-at-su | ... his fate |
| 6 | [...]-qa2# pa-li-hu _dingir gal-gal_ a-na-ku | ... who reveres the great gods, am I. |
| 7 | _[...]-zu#_ sza qe2-re-eb {iri}har-ra-nu | ... of the middle of Harran |
| 8 | [...] s,a#-a#-ti {d}suen be-lu ra-bu-u2 | Suen, great lord |
| 9 | [...] t,u#-ub _sza3#_-szu2 ra-mu-u2 qe2-re-eb-szu | ... happiness of his heart, awe inside it |
| 10 | [x x] _uru#_ u3# _e2#_ sza-a-szu lib3-bu-usz i-zu-uz-ma | ... the city and that house became angry and |
| 11 | um#-ma#-an-man-du u2-szat-ba#-am#-ma# _e2#_ szu-a-tim ub-bit-ma | Ummanmandu he caused to die, and that house he destroyed, and |
| 12 | u2#-sza-lik-szu kar-mu-tu i-na pa-le#-e#-a# ki#-i#-nim# | He made him submit to the true rites in my legitimate reign. |
| 13 | {d}suen be-lu ra-bu-u2 i-na na-ra-am _lugal_-u2-ti-ia | Sîn, great lord, by the love of my kingship |
| 14 | a-na _iri_ u3 _e2_ sza-a-szu is-li-mu ir-szu-u2 ta-a-a-ri | to that city and that house he has reconciled, he shall return. |
| 15 | i-na re-esz _lugal_-u2-ti-ia da-ri2-ti u2-szab-ru-'i-in-ni szu-ut-ti | at the beginning of my eternal kingship he sent me. |
| 16 | {d}marduk _en gal_ u3 {d}suen na-an-na-ri _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim | Marduk, great lord, and Suen, the light of heaven and earth, |
| 17 | iz-zi#-zu# ki#-lal#-la-an {d}marduk# i-ta-ma-a it-ti-ia | “He stood with me, Marduk, the scepter, with me |
| 18 | {d}na3#-[x]-tuku# _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|)#{ki#} i#-na _ansze-kur-ra_ ru-ku-bi-ka | Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, with a horse your hero |
| 19 | i-szi# [...] e2#-hul2-hul2 e-pu-usz-ma | ... I built a house of joy and |
| 20 | {d}suen# be#-[...]-u2# i#-na qe2-er-bi-szu szu-ur-ma-a szu-bat-su | Sîn ... his dwelling inside it |
| 21 | pa-al-hi-isz# [...] a#-na {d}en-lil2 _dingir-mesz_ {d}marduk | ... reverently to Enlil of the gods, Marduk |
| 22 | _e2_ szu-a-tim sza# taq#-[x x] e#-pe-esz15-su | that house which you ... to build |
| 23 | um-ma-an-man-du sa-hi#-ir#-[x]-ma# pu#-ug#-gu#-lu# e#-mu#-qa2#-a#-szu# | Ummanmandu, the ... of the mountain, his strength |
| 24 | {d}marduk-ma i-ta#-[...] um#-ma-an-man#-du sza taq-bu-u2 | Marduk ..., the one who you said |
| 25 | sza-a-szu# [...] _lugal#-mesz_ a-lik i-di-szu ul i-ba-asz2-szi | There is no king among the kings who came before him. |
| 26 | [...]-lu#-ul#-[x _x]-an#-na_ i-na ka#-sza2#-da u2-szat-bu-nisz-szu-um#-ma# | ...-lul-... ... he made him sit on a throne and |
| 27 | [x x]-ra#-asz2 _lugal_ {kur#}an-za-an _ARAD#_-su# s,a#-ah#-ri# | ...-raš, king of Anzān, his exalted servant |
| 28 | [...]-ma#-ni#-szu# i#-s,u#-tu# um#-[...]-du# rap#-sza2-ti u2-sap-pi-ih | (Sum) ..., he smote the wide earth (Akk) He smite the broad earth |
| 29 | [x] isz#-tu-me-gu _lugal_ um-ma-an-man-du is,#-bat#-[x] ka#-mu-ut-su a-na _kur_-szu il-qe2# | ... after the king had seized Ummanmandu, his booty to his land he took. |
| 30 | a#-mat {d}en _gal_-u2 {d}marduk u3 {d}suen# na-an-na-ri _an_-e u3 _ki#_-tim# | The word of the great lord, Marduk and Suen, the light of heaven and earth |
| 31 | sza# qi2-bit-su-nu la in-nen-nu-u2 a-na qi2#_-e2#_-szu-nu s,i-ir-tim# | Whose command cannot be changed, in accordance with their lofty command |
| 32 | ap#-la-ah ak-ku-ud na-qu2-ut-ti ar#-sze-e-ma# | I was afraid, terrified, and frightened. |
| 33 | dul#-lu-hu pa-nu-u2-a la e-gi la a-sze#-et# a-hi la# ad#-di | My mind is not attentive, I am not frightened, I do not know how to approach. |
| 34 | u2#-szat-ba-am-ma um-ma-ni-ia rap-sza2-a-tu ul-tu# {kur#}ha#-az-za-ti | he sent out, and my extensive army from Ḫazzitu |
| 35 | pa#-at, {kur}mi-s,ir tam-tim e-li-ti a-bar-ti {i7#}buranun{ki} | the border of the Upper Sea to the Euphrates River |
| 36 | a#-di tam-tim szap-li-ti _lugal-mesz ug3-mesz szagina-mesz_ u3 um#-ma-ni-ia rap-sza2#-a-ti | as far as the Lower Sea, kings, people, generals and my extensive army |
| 37 | sza# {d}suen {d}utu u3 {d}isz-tar _en-mesz_-e-a ia-a#-tu# i#-qi2#-pu#-nim# | of Sîn, Šamaš, and Işvtar, my lords, have presented to me |
| 38 | a#-na e-pe-szu e2-hul2-hul2 _e2 {d#}suen#_ be-li-ia# | to build the Eḫulḥul, the temple of Sîn, my lord |
| 39 | a#-lik i-di-ia sza qe2-re-eb {iri#}har-ra-nu# | who marches with me in the middle of Harran |
| 40 | sza# {disz}an-szar2-du3-ibila _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _dumu#_ [{disz}]an#-szar2#-szesz-mu# _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} | belonging to Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, son of Ashur-aḫa-iddin, (who was) also king [of Assur]. |
| 41 | ru#-bu-u2 a-lik mah-ri-ia# i-pu-szu | The prince who came before me did it. |
| 42 | i#-na# _iti#_ [x]-al#-mu# i#-na u4-mu sze-mi-i# | In the month ..., on the day that he hears |
| 43 | [...]-ad#-du-u2 {d#}utu# u3# {d#}iszkur# | ..., Šamaš and Adad |
| 44 | [...]-lu2#-hi i-na ka-ku3-gal2-u2-tu | ...-luhi in the kakugalûtu-vessel |
| 45 | [...] usz#-szu u3 _sig4-hi-a_ | ... its foundations and bricks |
| 46 | [...] szu#-qu-ru-tu hi-bisz-tu2 _{gesz}tir_ | ... šuqurūtu-disease of the forest |
| 47 | [...]-ti# u3# ri#-sza2#-a#-ti# | ... ... and rejoicing |
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| 1 | e#-[...]-an#-ibila# _lugal#_ [...] | E...-anibila, king ... |
| 2 | [...] szul#-man-sag-kal# _dumu#_ {disz}an-szar2-na-s,ir-ibila# [...] | ... Šulman-sagkal, son of Esarhaddon |
| 3 | [...] ad-di-ma u2-ki-in lib#-na#-at#-[x] | ... I gave and established. |
| 4 | i-na _kasz gesztin# i3-gesz lal3_ szal-la-ar-szu am-ha-as,-ma ab#-lu-ul ta-ra-ah-[x x] | In beer, wine, oil, honey, šallāru-flour, I washed his hands and you ... a protective spirit. |
| 5 | e-li# sza# _lugal#-mesz ad-mesz_-e-a e#-ep-sze-ti-szu# | Against the kings, my ancestors, his deeds |
| 6 | u2-dan#-nin-ma u2#-nak#-ki-il# szi#-pi-ir-szu# | he strengthened and strengthened his construction. |
| 7 | _e2-kur_ szu#-a-tim ul-tu te#-me#-en#-ni#-szu a#-di gaba-dab-bi-szu# | That Ekur, from its foundations to its crenellations |
| 8 | e-esz-szi-isz ab-ni-ma u2-sza-ak#-li#-il szi-pi2-ir-szu# | I built anew and completed its construction. |
| 9 | _gesz-ur3 {gesz}erin_ s,i-ru-ti ta-ar#-bi#-it {iri}ha-ma#-nu | a date palm tree, a ṣirūtu tree, the rear part of the city Hamanum |
| 10 | u2-sza-at-ri-is, s,e-ru#-usz#-szu# | he made his way straight. |
| 11 | _{gesz}ig-mesz {gesz}erin_ sza i-ri-is-si3-na# t,a#-a#-bi# | The doors of cedar, whose scent is sweet |
| 12 | u2-ra-at-ta-a i-na# _ka2#-mesz_-szu | he will return. In his gates |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ u3 _ku3#-gi# e2-gar8-mesz_-szu u2-szal-bisz#-ma# u2-sza-an-bi-t,u sza2#-asz2-sza2-ni-isz | The silver and the gold of his walls he made complete, and then he renewed them. |
| 14 | ri-i-mu za-ha-le-e# eb-bi mu-na-ak-ki-ip ga-ri#-ia | The radiance of the zahalû-plant is pure, it covers my body. |
| 15 | ka-ad-ri-isz usz-zi-iz i-na at-ma-ni#-szu | He sat on his dais. |
| 16 | 2(disz)# {d#}lah3#-mu# esz#-ma#-ru#-u2# sa-pi-in a-a#-bi-ia | 2 (mana wool for) Laḫmu, the ešmarû of my enemies |
| 17 | i-na _ka2_ s,i-it {d}utu#-szi _za3_ u3 _gub3_ u2-szar#-szi-id | at the gate of the entrance of Šamaš he made (them) stand on the right and left. |
| 18 | qa2-ti3 {d}suen {d}nin-gal# {d}nusku u3 {d}sa-dar3#-nun-na | Hand of Sîn, Ningal, Nusku and Sadarnuna |
| 19 | _en-mesz_-e-a ul-tu szu#-an-na{ki} _iri lugal#_-[x]-ti#-ia# | my lords from Šuanna, the city of my kingship |
| 20 | as,-bat-ma i-na hi-da-a#-ti u3# [...]-ti# | I seized, and in joy and . . |
| 21 | szu-ba-at t,u-ub lib-bi# qe2-er-ba#-szu# u2#-sze#-szi-ib | He sat in his midst a supplication of happiness. |
| 22 | _{udu}siskur2_ tasz-ri-ih-ti# eb#-bi# ma#-har-szu-nu aq-qi2-ma | I offered a sweet offering before them and |
| 23 | u2-szam-hi-ra ka-ad-ra#-a#-a e2-hul2#-hul2 re-esz-tum u2-mal2-li-ma | I filled the first part of the Ehulhul with joy. |
| 24 | {iri}har-ra-nu a-na# pa-at, gi#-im-ri-szu | the city Ḫarran to its full extent |
| 25 | ki-ma s,e-et# _iti_ u2-nam-mi#-ir sza-ru-ru-szu | in the middle of the month he made his šarurû-festival bright. |
| 26 | {d}suen _lugal# dingir-mesz_ sza _an_-e u3# _ki_-tim sza# ul#-la#-nu-usz#-szu# | Sîn, king of the gods of heaven and netherworld, who forever |
| 27 | _iri_ u3# _kur_ la in-nam-du-u2 la i-tur-ru asz2-ru-usz-szu | The city and the land will not become stable, they will not return to their places. |
| 28 | a#-na e2-hul2-hul2 _e2_ szu-ba-at la#-le#-e#-ka i-na e-re-bi#-ka# | To the Eḫulhu, the house of your dwelling, when you enter, |
| 29 | [x x]-iq#-ti# _uru#_ u3# [...] li#-isz-sza2-ki-in szap-tuk-ka | ... of the city and ... may he place on your lips. |
| 30 | [x x] a-szi-bu-u2#-tu# sza2# [x x] u3 _ki_-tim | ... the inhabitants of ... and the underworld |
| 31 | [x x]-ta#-ra-bu _e2 {d}suen_ a-bi ba#-ni-szu-un | ...-tarabu, the temple of Sîn, their father who created them |
| 32 | ia#-a-ti {d}na3-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|)#{ki#} mu#-szak#-lil# _e2_ szu-a-tim | For me, Nanītuku, king of Babylon, who purifies that temple |
| 33 | {d#}suen _lugal dingir-mesz_ sza _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim# i#-na# ni#-isz# i#-ni#-szu# dam#-qa#-a#-ti# | Sîn, king of the gods of heaven and earth, by his good command |
| 34 | ha#-di-isz lip-pal-sa-an-ni-ma ar2-hi-szam#-ma# i#-na ni-ip-hi u3 ri-bi | May he look upon me with pleasure and may he quickly with a niphu and rību prayer |
| 35 | li#-dam-mi-iq it-ta-tu-u2-a u4-mi#-ia# li#-sza#-ri-ik | May my days be long, may my offspring be plentiful. |
| 36 | _mu-an-na-mesz_-ia li-sza2-an#-di#-lu lu#-ki#-in# pa#-lu#-u2-a | May my years be long and my reign secure. |
| 37 | {lu2}na-ak-ru-ti-ia lik-szu-ud {lu2}za-ma#-ni#-ia# li#-sza2#-am#-qi2#-it# | May my enemies be released. May my opponents be expelled. |
| 38 | li-is-pu-un ga-ri-ia {d}nin#-gal _ama dingir gal-gal#_ | May Ningal, mother of the great gods, do justice to me. |
| 39 | i-na ma-har {d}suen na-ra-mi-szu# liq-ba-a ba-ni-tu2# | In the presence of Sîn his beloved may he say: "Sin" |
| 40 | {d}utu u3 {d}isz-tar s,i-it lib#-bi-szu na-am-ra | Utu and Ištar, his beloved spouse |
| 41 | a-na {d}suen a-bi ba-ni-szu-un li#-iq#-bu#-u2 da-mi-iq-ti | To Sîn, their father who created them, may they speak good things. |
| 42 | {d}nusku suk-kal-lum s,i-i-ri su-pe-e-a li-isz#-me#-e#-ma# li#-is,#-bat# a#-bu#-tu# | May Nusku, exalted vizier, hear my prayer and grasp my word |
| 43 | _mu-sar_-ru-u2 szi-t,i-ir szu-um# sza# {disz#}an-szar2-ba-an-ibila _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki#} | Written document of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria. |
| 44 | a-mu-ur-ma la u2-nak-ki#-ir _i3-gesz_ ap-szu-usz _{udu#}siskur#_ aq#-qu# | I saw and did not remove. I poured out oil. I offered a sacrifice. |
| 45 | it-ti _mu-sar_-e-a# asz2-ku-un-ma# u2-te-er asz2-ru-usz-szu# | I placed with my inscription and returned it to its place. |
| 46 | a-na {d}utu# da#-a-a-nu sza _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim | To Šamaš, judge of heaven and earth |
| 47 | e2#-babbar#-ra _e2_-su sza qe2-re-eb zimbir{ki#} | Ebabbar, his temple which is inside Sippar |
| 48 | [x] {disz}{d}na3-nig2-gub-uru3 _lugal_ mah#-ri i-pu-szu-ma# | ... Nebuchadnezzar, a former king, built and |
| 49 | te#-me#-en-szu la-bi-ri u2-ba-'u-u2-ma la i-mu-ru# | The old foundation documents they examined, but did not find. |
| 50 | _e2_ szu-a#-tim# i#-pu#-szu-ma# i#-na# 4(u) 5(disz)# _mu#-an#-na#-mesz#_ | that house they built and in 45 years |
| 51 | sza# _e2#_ szu#-a#-tu i-qu-pu i-ga-ru-szu# | of that house they destroyed, their walls |
| 52 | ak-ku-ud asz2-hu-ut na#-qu2#-ut-ti ar-sze-e-ma dul-lu-hu pa-nu-u2#-a | I sat down on the throne (lit. “seat of the fallen’), I was attentive, and my face was full of tears. |
| 53 | a-di {d}utu ul#-tu# qe2-er-bi-szu u2-sze-s,u-u2 | until Šamaš has brought out from inside it |
| 54 | u2-sze-szi-bu i#-na _e2_ sza-nim-ma# | in another house |
| 55 | _e2_ szu-a-ti ad#-ke#-e#-ma te-me-en-szu la-bi-ri u2-ba-'i#-ma# | I surveyed that house and examined its old foundation(s) and |
| 56 | 1(u) 8(disz) _kusz3_ qa2#-qa2-ri# [...]-ma# te#-me#-en#-<na> sza2# na-ram-{d}suen _dumu#_ {disz#}lugal#-gi#-na# | 18 cubits, the ground ... and the foundation(s) of Nar-Sîn, son of Lugalgina |
| 57 | sza# _3(disz) lim 2(disz) me mu-an_-[...]-ri#-ia la# i#-[x]-ru# | of 3 thousand 2 hundred years I did not ... |
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| 1 | {d#}utu be-lu ra-bu-u2 e2-babbar-ra _e2_ szu-bat t,u-ub lib3-bi-szu u2-kal-lim-an-[...] | Šamaš, great lord, the Ebabbar temple, the temple whose abode is pleasing to him, he made manifest |
| 2 | i#-na {iti}du6_ i-na _iti_ sza2-al-mu i-na u4-mu _sze#-ga#_ | In the month Tašritu, in the month of Šalmu, on a propitious day |
| 3 | sza# i-na bi-ri u2-ad-du-u2 {d}utu u3 {d}iszkur i-na _ku3#-babbar#_ [x x] | who in the middle of battle he defeated, Šamaš and Adad with silver |
| 4 | _na4_ ni-siq-ti szu-qu-ru-tu hi-bisz-ti _{gesz}tir#_ | precious stones, precious stones of the forest |
| 5 | _szim-hi-a {gesz}erin_ i-na hi-da-a-ti u3 ri-sza2-a-ti# | juniper and cedar in joy and rejoicing |
| 6 | e-li te-me-en-<na> {disz}na-ra-am#_-{d}suen _dumu_ {disz}lugal-gi#-na# | above the foundation(s) of Naram-Sin, son of Lugalgina |
| 7 | _szu-si_ la a-s,e-e _szu-si_ la e-re-bi u2-ki-in lib#-na#-[x x] | The 'finger' cannot be removed, the 'foot' cannot enter. |
| 8 | 5(disz) _lim {gesz}erin#-mesz_ da-nu4-tim a-na s,u#-lu-li-szu u2-szat-ri#-is,# | 5,000 strong cedars for its trimming I had cut down. |
| 9 | _{gesz#}ig#-[x] {gesz#}erin_ s,i-ra-a-ti as-kup-pu u3 nu-ku-sze-e# | ... doors of ṣirātu-tree, ašuppu and nukušê-wood |
| 10 | [x]-na# _ka2-mesz_-szu u2-ra#-at-ti# | ... opened his gates. |
| 11 | [x]-babbar#-ra a-di-i e2-kun4-an-ku3-ga ziq-qur-ra-ti-szu# | x-babbar until the E-kun-an-kug, his ziggurat |
| 12 | e#-esz#-szi-isz e-pu-usz-ma u2-szak#-li#-il szi-pi-ir-szu# | I built it anew and completed its construction. |
| 13 | qa2#-ti3# {d}utu _en_-ia as,-bat-ma i-na hi#-da#-a#-ti# u3# ri#-sza2-a-ti# | I seized the hand of Šamaš, my lord, and with joy and rejoicing |
| 14 | szu#-ba-at t,u#-ub lib3-bi qe2-er-ba-szu u2-sze-szi#-ib# | I made dwell inside it a dwelling of happiness. |
| 15 | [x]-t,i#-ir szu-um# sza# {disz#}na#-ra#-am#_-{d}suen _dumu_ {disz}lugal-gi-na a-mur#-ma# | I saw the ... of Naram-Sin, son of Lugalgina, and |
| 16 | la# u2-nak-ki-ir _i3-gesz_ ap-szu-usz _{udu}siskur_ aq-qi2# | I poured out oil. I offered a sacrifice. |
| 17 | it-ti _mu-sar_-e-a asz2-ku-un-ma u2-te9-er asz2-ru-usz-szu# | I placed with my inscription and restored its place. |
| 18 | {d}utu _en gal_ sza _an_-e u3 _ki_-tim nu-ur2 _dingir-mesz_ ab-be2-e-szu# | O Shamash, great lord of heaven and earth, light of the gods, his fathers, |
| 19 | s,i-it lib3-bi sza {d}suen u3 {d}nin-gal | the heart of Sîn and Ningal |
| 20 | a-na e2-babbar-ra _e2_ na-ra-mi#-ka# i-na e#-re#-bi-ka# | To the Ebabbar, the house of your love, at your entering |
| 21 | _bara2_-ka da-ru-u2# i-na ra-me2-e-ka | May your eternal dais be at your feet. |
| 22 | ia-a-tu2 {d}na3-ni2-tuku _lugal#_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} ru-bu-u2 za-nin-ka | For me, Nanituku, king of Babylon, the prince, your provider |
| 23 | mu-t,i-ib lib-bi-ka e-pi2-isz ku-um-mi-ka s,i-i-ri | (Sum) The one who makes your heart happy, the one who performs your kummu ritual (Akk) Your happy heart, your joyful heart, |
| 24 | e-ep-sze-tu-u2-a _saga-mesz_ ha-di-isz na-ap-li-is-ma | my good deeds, I rejoiced joyfully and |
| 25 | u4-mi3#?-szam#-ma i-na ni-ip-hi u3 ri-bi i-na sza2-ma-mi u3 qa2-qa2#-ri# | Every day in the niphu and rību, in the heavens and the earth |
| 26 | du#-um-mi-iq it-ta-tu-u2-a un-nin-ni-ia le-qe2-e-ma# | Take my supplication, accept my prayer. |
| 27 | mu-gu-ur ta-as,-li-ti _{gesz}nig2-gidri_ u3 szi-bir#-ri# ki#-i#-nim# | the one who provides for the scepter, arrow, and arrow of truth |
| 28 | sza tu-szat-mi-hu qa-tu-u2-a lu-be2-el a-na du-ri da-a#-ri# | (Sum) May I be the one who makes my hands tremble (Akk) That which you have made, I shall be my lord forever |
| 29 | a-na {d}a-nu-ni-tum be-le-et ta-ha-zi# na-sza2-at _{gesz}pan_ u3 isz-pa-ti# | To Anunītum, the lady of battle, the one who holds the bow and the arrows |
| 30 | mu#-szal-li-ma-at qi2-bit {d}en-lil2 a-bi-szu# | who preserves the command of Enlil, his father |
| 31 | sa-pi-na-at na-ak-ru mu-hal-li#-qa-at rag-gu# | Who destroys enemies, who destroys the raggu-demon, |
| 32 | a-li-ka-at mah-ri sza _dingir-mesz_ sza i-na _{d}utu-e3_ u3 _{d}utu-szu2#-a#_ | before the gods, who by Šamaš-ēṭer and Shamash-ia |
| 33 | u2-da-am-ma-qu it-ta-tu-u2-a# | they shall remove from my account. |
| 34 | e2-ul-masz _e2_-su sza i-na zimbir{ki}-{d}a-nu-ni-tum | the Eulmaš, his house which in Sippar-Anunitum |
| 35 | sza 8(disz) _me mu-an-na-mesz_ ul-tu pa-ni {disz}szag-ga!(BI) <rak>-ti-szur!(BUR) ia-asz2 _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|)#{ki#} | of 8 hundred years from the time of Šagga, king of Babylon, |
| 36 | _dumu_ {disz}nig2-gub-{d}en-lil2 _lugal_ ma-na-ma la i-pu-szu# | no king had ever built it. |
| 37 | te-me-en-szu la-bi-ri ah#-t,u-ut,-ma a-hi-it, ab-re-e#-ma# | I stripped off its old foundations and reconstructed (them). |
| 38 | e-li te-me-en-<na> {disz}szag-ga!(BI) <rak>-ti-szur!(BUR) ia-asz2 _dumu_ {disz}ku-dur2-ri_-{d}en-lil2#_ | above the foundations of Šagga, son of Kudurru-Enlil |
| 39 | usz#-szu-szu ad-di-ma u2-ki-in lib-na-at-su | I gave it to him, and firmly established his wishes. |
| 40 | _e2#_ szu#-a-tu e-esz-szi-isz e-pu-usz-ma u2-szak#-lil# szi-pi2-ir-szu# | I built that temple anew and completed its construction. |
| 41 | {d#}a#-nu#-ni-tum be-let ta-ha-zi mu-szal-li-ma-at qi2#-bit# {d}en-lil2 a-bi#-[x] | Anunītum, mistress of battle, who provides for the command of Enlil, father |
| 42 | sa-pi#-na#-at na-ak#-ru mu#-hal#-li-qa-at ra-ag-gu# | The one who destroys the enemy, the one who kills the rebels, |
| 43 | a-li#-ka#-at# mah-ri# sza2# _dingir#-mesz_ u2-szar-ma-a# szu-bat-su | Before the gods had made his dwelling greater, |
| 44 | sat-tuk-[x] u3# nin#-da#-be2#-e# e-li sza# ma-ah-ri# | Sattuk-... and nindabê-bread, above that which before |
| 45 | u2-sza-te#-er#-ma u2-ki-in# ma#-har#-szu# at-ta {d}a-nu-ni-tum _gaszan gal_-ti# | I restored and established before him. You, Anunitu, great lady |
| 46 | a-na _e2_ szu#-a#-tu ha-di-isz i-na e-re-bi-ka# | to that house, joyfully, when you enter |
| 47 | e-ep-sze-tu#-u2-a _saga-mesz_ ha-di#-isz# na#-ap-li-si-ma# | May my good deeds be heeded, and |
| 48 | ar-hi-szam-ma# i-na _{d}utu-e3#_ u3 _{d}utu-szu2-a#_ | After that, with Šamaš-e and Shamash-le’a |
| 49 | a#-na# {d}suen a#-bi a-li-di-ka szu-uq-ri-ba da-mi-iq-ti3 | To Sîn, my father, your servant, grant me a long life. |
| 50 | man-nu at#-ta# sza# {d#}suen# u3# {d#}utu# a-na _lugal_-u2-ti i-nam-bu-szu-ma | Whoever you are, whom Sîn and Šamaš name to kingship |
| 51 | i-na pa-le#-e-szu _e2_ szu-a-tu in-na-hu-ma esz-szisz ip-pu-szu | During his reign that house will be abandoned and new ones will be built. |
| 52 | mu-sa#-ru#-u2 szi-t,i-ir szu-mi-ia li-mu-ur-ma la u2-nak-ka-ar# | May the one who erases my inscribed name see it, but he will not change it. |
| 53 | _i3-gesz_ li-ip-szu-usz _{udu}siskur_ li-iq-qi2 it-ti mu-sa-ru-u2 szi-t,i-ir szu-mi#-szu# | may oil be poured out, may a sacrifice be made. Together with the inscription written in his name |
| 54 | li-isz-ku-un-ma lu-ter asz2-ru-usz-szu {d}utu u3 {d}a-nu-ni-tum | May Šamaš and Anunītum set him free and return to his place. |
| 55 | su-pu-u2-szu li-isz-mu-u2 li-im-gu-ra qi2-bit-su i-da-a-szu2# lil-li#-ku# | May he hear his prayer, may he obey his command, may they go with him. |
| 56 | li#-szam-qit ga!(TA) ri-szu2 u4-mu-szam-ma a-na {d}suen a-bi ba-ni-szu2-nu da-mi-iq-ta-szu2# [...] | May he kiss his lips daily for Sîn, their father who created them, his favor |
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