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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 22 (P519009)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 22 |
|---|---|
| ID | P519009 |
| Museum no. | BM 054332 |
| 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' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | {disz#}isz#-tu#-me#-gu# _lugal#_ um#-man#-ma-an#-du is,-ba-at-ma# | Ištum-megu, the king, seized Ummanmandu and |
| 3' | ka#-mu-ut-su a#-na# ma-ti-szu il-qe2# | his money to his land he took. |
| 4' | a#-mat _en gal_-u2 {d#}marduk u3 {d}sin na-an-na-ri | The word of the great lord, Marduk and Sîn, the one who loves |
| 5' | _an#_-e u3# _ki#_-tim sza2# qi2-bit-su-nu la in-nen-nu#-u2 | Heaven and earth, whose command cannot be changed, |
| 6' | a#-na# qi2#-bi#-ti#-szu2#-nu# s,ir#-ti# <<x# x# x>> ap#-la-ah# ak#-ku#-ud | To their exalted command I was afraid, I was frightened |
| 7' | na#-qut#-ti# ar#-sze#-e#-ma# dul#-lu-hu pa-nu-u2#-a la e-gi | I am afraid, but my face is not frightened. |
| 8' | la# a-sze#-et# a-hi# la# ad#-da# u2-szat-ba-am-ma um-ma-ni#-ia# | I did not let my father be angry with me, but he made my mother cry out. |
| 9' | [x]-sza2#-a-ti ul#-tu {kur#}ha#-az#-za-ti pa-at, {kur}mi-s,ir tam#-tim# e#-li#-ti# a#-bar-tu2 {i7}buranun#{ki#} | ... from the land Ḫazātu, the border of the land Meṣir, the Upper Sea, the source of the Euphrates River |
| 10' | [x x] tam#-tim szap#-li#-ti# _lugal-mesz ug3-mesz szagina#-mesz_ | ... the lower sea, kings, people, and generals |
| 11' | [x] um#-ma-ni-ia rap-sza2-a-ta sza2 {d}sin {d}utu u3 {d#}isz#-tar | ... my extensive army of Sîn, Šamaš and Ishtar |
| 12' | _[x]-mesz#_-e#-a ia-a#-ti i-qi2-pu-nu a-na e#-pe#-szu | my ...s they have presented to me to do. |
| 13' | [x]-hul2#-hul2 _e2#_ {d#}sin# _en_-ia a-lik i-di-ia sza2 qe2-reb {iri}har-ra-nu | rejoiced over the temple of Sîn, my lord, who came before me, which is inside Harran |
| 14' | [x {disz}]an#-szar2-du3-ibila _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} _dumu_ {disz}an-szar2#-szesz#-[...] | ... Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, son of Esarhaddon |
| 15' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1' | {d#}[...] | For the god |
| 2' | a-na# {d#}suen# a#-bi# [...] | To Sîn, my father |
| 3' | {d}nusku# _sukkal_ s,i-i-ri# [...] | Nusku, exalted vizier |
| 4' | li-is,-ba-at# [...] | May he seize ... |
| 5' | _mu-sar_-ru-u2 szi-t,ir szu-um# [...] | Inscription on the hand of .... |
| 6' | _lugal kur_ asz#-szur#{ki} a-mu#-[x x] | king of Assyria, Amu- |
| 7' | la u2#-nak#-ki-ir _i3-gesz_ ap-szu#-usz# _{udu#}siskur2#_ [x x] | I did not cut off the oil. The Apsûš ... the offering |
| 8' | it-ti mu-sa-re-e-a asz2-kun#-ma u2-ter asz2-ru#-[x x] | I deposited with my commemorative inscriptions and returned them to their places. |
| 9' | a-na {d#}utu da-a-a-nu sza2 _an_-e u _ki_-tim e2-babbar-ra# [x x] | To Šamaš, judge of heaven and earth, Ebabbar |
| 10' | sza2 qe2-reb# zimbir#{ki#} sza2# {disz#}{d#}na3#-nig2-gub#-uru3# _lugal_ mah#-ri# [...] | which is inside Sippar, which Nabonidus, the king who preceded me |
| 11' | te-me-en-szu la-bi-ri u2#-ba-'u-u2-ma# [...] | The old foundations were laid down and . . |
| 12' | _e2#_ szu-a-ti i-pu2-usz-ma i#-na# [...] | that house he built and in ... |
| 13' | sza _e2_ szu-a-ti i#-qu#-[...] | of that house ... |
| 14' | ak-ku#-ud# asz2#-hu#-[...] | I sat down, I prayed to you |
| 15' | dul#-lu#-hu# [...] | The ritual rites |
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