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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 25 (P519012)

Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationRINBE 2, Nabonidus 28, ex. 25
IDP519012
Museum no.BM 054341 + BM 054344 + BM 054345 + BM 054347 + BM 054355 + BM 054357 + BM 054367 + BM 054371 + BM 054374 + BM 054375 + BM 054397 + BM 054405 + BM 054
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreOfficial or display
Find spotSippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Coordinates33.0605, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
surface a col 1
1'[...]-bi# ru#-bu#-u2# e#-em#-[x]... supremacy ...
2'[...] _gal-gal_ a-na-[x]... great ...
3'[...] {d}suen sza qe2-re-eb {iri}har#-[x x]... of Sîn, which is inside the city Ḫar...
4'[...] s,a-a-ti {d}suen be-lu ra#-bu#-[x]Suen, great lord
5'[...] t,u#-ub lib3-bi#-szu2# ra#-mu-u2# qe2-re-eb#-szu#... happiness of his heart, love inside it
6'[...] u3# _e2_ sza-a-szu lib3-bu-usz i-zu-uz#-ma#... and that house, his heart trembled
7'[...]-an#-du# u2-szat-ba-am-ma _e2_ szu-a-tim ub-bi-it#-[x]... he caused to be born and that house ...
8'[x]-sza#-li-ik-szu ka-ar-mu-tux-šali-ik-sha-li-ki-sḫumtu, karmūtu
9'[x]-na# pa-le#-e-a ki#-i#-nim {d}suen be-li2 ra-bu-u2True ..., Suen, great lord
10'[x]-na# na-ra#-am szar-ru-ti-ia a#-na# _iri_ u3 _e2_ sza-a-szu... beloved of my kingship to the city and that house
11'is#-si-li-mu# ir-szu-u2 ta-a-a-riIšlīmu, he has acquired, the tāru property
12'i-na re-esz _lugal#_-u2-ti-ia da-ri-tiat the beginning of my eternal kingship
13'u2-sza2-ab-ru-'i-in-ni szu-ut-tihe sent to me, that one
14'{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
15'[...] ki#-lal-la-an {d}marduk i-ta#-ma-a it-ti-ia... the protection of Marduk came to me
16'[...]-na#-'i-id _lugal_ babila2{ki}...-nā'id, king of Babylon
17'_[...]-ra#_ ru-ku-bi-ka i-szi# _sig4-hi-a_... your ..., the brickwork,
18'[...] e#-pu-usz-ma {d}suen# be-lu# ra-bu#-[x]... I did and Sîn, the great lord
19'[...]-szu szu-ur-ma-a szu-ba#-[x x]... his ..., ... ...
20'[...]-ta#-ma-a a-na {d}en-lil2 _dingir#-[...]_... to Enlil, the god
21'[...] sza# ta-aq-bu-u2 [...]... that you said ...
22'[...] sa#-hi#-ir#-szu#-um#-ma# pu#-ug#-gu#-lu e#-mu#-qa2#-szu... a sahiršum-demon and a puggulu-disease, his army
23'[...]-ta#-ma-a it-ti-ia... with me
24'[...]-an#-da sza ta#-aq#-bu-u2... that you said
25'[...]-ti#-szu u3 _lugal-mesz_ a-lik i-di-szu# ul i-ba-asz2-szi... and the kings who came before him did not have.
26'[...]-lu#-ul-tum _mu-an-na_ i-na ka-sza-di...-lultum, year, in the campaign
27'[x x]-bu#-nisz-szum-ma {disz}ku-ra-asz2 _lugal_ {kur}an-za-an... Kuraš, king of the land Anzan
28'[...]-ah#-ri i-na um-ma-ni-szu i-s,u-tu!(SU)...-aḫri, in his army, exiled
29'[...]-du#? rap-sza2-a-ta u2-sap-pi#-ih#... broadened(?)
30'[...]-gu# _lugal_ {kur}um-man-ma-an-du# [...]... Gu, king of Ummanmandu
31'[...] ma#-ti-szu# [x x]... his land ...
32'[...]-ti#? ar#-sze-e-ma#“... ..., I will go out and
33'[...] e#-gi la a-sze-et a-ha la# ad-di... I did not ... the bride, I do not let her go alone.
34'[...]-ma# um-ma-ni-ia rap-sza2#-a-ta#... my extensive army
35'[...]-za#-ti pa-at, {kur}mi-s,ir... of the land Miṣir
36'[...]-ti# a-ba-ar-ti {i7}buranun{ki}... of the Abāru canal of the Euphrates
37'[...]-li#-ti _lugal-mesz ug3-mesz szagina-mesz_... kings, people, governors
38'[...]-ia# rap-sza2-a-ta sza {d}suen {d}utu u3 {d}isz-tar... my wide ... of Sîn, Šamaš and Ishtar
39'[...] ia#-a-ti i-qi2-pu-nu... my ... they presented.
40'[...]-hul2#-hul2 _e2_ {d}suen _en_-ia... rejoices, temple of Sîn, my lord
41'[...]-ia# sza qe2-re-eb {iri}har-ra-nuMy ... which is inside the city Ḫarran
42'[...] x x x _mu# lugal# kur#_ asz#-szur#{ki#}... ... year: “The king of Assyria
surface a col 2
1[...]-a u3 {d}asal-lu2-hi i-na ka-ku3-gal2-u2-tu... and Asalluhi in the kakugalûtu-vessel
2[...] kulla# _en_ usz-szu u3! _sig4-hi-a_... all the lords of the foundations and bricks
3[...]-si3#-iq-ti szu-qu-ru-tu…-siqti, supreme
4[...] _tir# szim-hi-a {gesz}erin_... a forest of aromatic cedar
5[...] ri#-sza-a-ti e-li te-me-en-na#“... rišātu-disease above the foundations,
6[...] _lugal kur_ asz-szur{ki} sza te-me-en-na... king of Assyria, who the foundations
7[...] an#-szar2-na-s,ir-ibila# i-mu-ru... Anšar-nāṣiribila saw
8[...] u2-ki-in# lib-na-at-su... he established for him.
9[...] szal#-la#-ar#-szu am-ha-as,-ma... I smashed his booty and
10[...] ta-ra-ah-hu-usz... you will praise him
11[...]-e#-a ep-sze-ti-szu# u2-da-an-ni-in-ma... his deeds he gave me, and
12[...] szi-pi2-ir-szu... his work
13[...] te#-me-en-ni-szu a-di gaba-dab-bi-szu... his foundations to its crenellations
14[...]-ma# u2-sza-ak-li-il szi-pi2-ir-szu... and he completed his work
15[...]-tu# ta-ar-bi-it {kur}ha-ma-nu... the enemy land Hamānu
16u2#-sza-at#-[x]-is,# s,e-ru-usz-szuhe ... his flock
17_{gesz#}ig-mesz {gesz}erin#_ [x] i#-ri-is-si-na# t,a#-a#-biThe doors of cedar ... were good.
18u2#-ra-at-ta-a# i-na _ka2-ka2_-szuhe shall cut off at his gate.
19_ku3#-babbar ku3-sig17_ i-ga-ra-a-ti#-szu# u2-sza2-al-bi-isz-mathe silver and gold of his accounts he made surpassing, and
20u2-sza2-an-bi-it, sza-asz-sza-ni-iszhe made surpassing.
21ri-i-mu za-ha-le-e eb-ba mu-nak-kip ga-ri-iaThe radiance of the pure zaḫalû-plant, the one who destroys my corpse,
22ka-ad-ri-isz usz-zi-iz i-na at-ma-ni-szu(Sum) He stood at his side (Akk) In his side, he stood at the side
232(disz) {d}lah3-mu esz-ma-ru-u2# sa-pi-in a-a-bi-ia#2 (mana wool for) Laḫmu, the ešmarû-priest of my enemies
24i-na _ka2_ s,i-it {d}utu-szi# im-ni u3 szu-me-lu u2-szar-szi-id#at the gate of the entrance of Šamaš he set up a scepter and a shield.
25qa2-ti3 {d}suen u3 {d}nin#-gal {d}nusku u3 {d}sa-dar3-nun#-naHand of Sîn and Ningal, Nusku and Sadarnuna
26_en#-mesz#_-e#-a ul-tu szu#-an-na{ki} _iri lugal_-ti-ia as,-ba-at-ma#my lords from Šuanna, my royal city, I captured and
27i#-[...] u3 ri-sza#-a#-[x]... and ...
28szu#-ba#-[...]-bi# qe2#-er#-ba#-szu# u2#-sze-szi-ib... in its midst he settled.
29_{udu}siskur2#_ [...] ma#-har#-szu-nu aq-qi2-maI offered a sacrifice ... before them and
30u2#-[...]-ra-a-a... for you
31[...]-li-ma... and
32[...]-im#-ri-szu... his ...
33[...]-ir# sza-ru-ru-szu... his radiance
34[...] u3 _ki_-tim... and the underworld
35[...] u3# _kur_ la in-na-an-du-u2... and the land will not be abandoned.
36[...] asz2-ru-usz-szu... his place
37a#-na# e2#-hul2#-hul2# _e2#_ szu-ba-at la-le-e-ka i-na e-re#-bi-kaTo the E-ḫul-Ḫarrān, the house where you reside, when you enter,
38da#-mi-iq-ti _iri{ki}_ u3 _e2_ sza-a-szu li-isz-sza2-ki-in szap-tuk#-kaMay the good health of the city and that house be established on your lips.
39_dingir-mesz_ a-szi-<bu>-tu _an_-e u3 _ki_-timthe gods who dwell in heaven and earth
40li-ik-ta-ra-bu _e2# {d#}suen_ a-bi ba-ni-szu-unthe temple of Sîn, their father who created them
41ia-a-ti {d}na-bi-um#-[x]-'i#-id _lugal_ babila2{ki}For me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon.
42mu-sza2-ak-li-il _e2#_ szu-a-timwho purifies that temple
43{d}suen _lugal dingir-mesz_ sza# _an_-e u3# _ki_-timSin, king of the gods of heaven and earth
44i-na ni-isz i-ni-szu _saga#-mesz_ ha-di-isz lip-pal-sa-an#-ni-maMay he look upon me with pleasure on account of his good health and
45ar-hi-szam-ma i#-na ni-ip-hi u3 ri-bi#After that, in the niphu and rību,
46li-da-am-mi-qu# it-ta-tu-u2-amay they make perfect for me.
47_u4-mesz_-ia li-sza-ri-ik _mu-an-na-mesz_-ia li-sza2-an-di-ilmay my days be long; may my years be long.
48li#-ki#-in# pa#-lu#-u2-a na-ak-ru-ti-ia li-ik-szu-udMay my enemies be bound.
49[...]-sza2#-am-qi2#-it li-is-pu-un ga-ri-ia... may he send ... to me.
50[...] _dingir# gal-gal_ i-na ma-ha-ar {d}suen#... the great gods before Sîn
51[...] li-iq-ba-a ba-ni#-tum#... may he command ...
52[...]-tar# s,i-it lib3-bi-szu na#-am#-ru#..., the one whose heart is bright,
53[...]-ni#-szu-un li#-iq#-bu#-u2# da#-mi#-iq#-ti... their ... may they command good fortune.
54[...]-ri su-pe-e#-a# [x]-isz#-me#-e#-ma# li-is,#-ba-at a-bu-ta... my lips ... heard and grasped the word of your father
55[...] x x? [x?] x sza# {disz}an-szar2#-ba-an-ibila lugal# kur_ asz-szur{ki}... of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria
56[...]-nak-ki-ir _i3-gesz_ ap-szu#-usz# ni-qu-u2# aq-qi2...-nakkīrī, oil, apsûšu-juniper, niqu-disease, I libated.
57it#-[x x]-sa#-re-e-a asz2-ku-un-ma# u2-te-er asz2#-ru#-usz-szu... I placed and returned it to its place.
58a-na {d}utu da#-a-a-nu sza _an_-e u3 _ki#_-tim#To Šamaš, judge of heaven and earth
59e2-babbar-ra _e2#_-su sza qe2#-re#?-[x] zimbir#{ki#}the Ebabbar temple, his temple of the qērex of Sippar
60sza {disz}{d}na3-[x]-dur2#-ri#-u2#-s,u-ur2 _lugal_ ma-ah-ri i-pu2-szu-mawhich Nabonidus, the previous king, had built, and
61te-me-en-na#-szu# la-bi-ri u2-ba-'u-u2-ma la i-mu-ruhis old foundations they examined and did not see.
62_e2_ szu-a-tim# i-pu-usz-ma i-na 4(u) 5(disz) _mu-an-na-mesz_that house he built and in 45 years
63sza _e2_ sza-a-tim i-qu-pu i-ga-ru-szuof that house he destroyed, his property
64ak-ku-ud asz2-hu-ut na-qu2-ut-ti ar-sze-e-ma(Sum) I am the one who sat on the throne (Akk) I dwell in the treasury
65dul-lu-hu pa-nu-u2-a a-di {d}utu ul-tu qe2-re-bi-szumy previous work until Šamaš from its midst
66u2-sze-s,u#-u2 u2-sze-szi-bu i-na _e2_ sza-ni-im-mathey brought out, they settled in another house
67_e2_ szu-a-ti# ad-ke-e-ma te-me-en-szu la-bi-ri u2-ba-'i-i-ma#I surveyed that house and examined its old foundation(s) and
681(u) 8(disz)# _kusz3_ qa2-qa2#-ri# u2-szap-pil-ma te-me-en-na {disz}na-ra-am-{d#}[x x]I filled the ground with 18 cubits, and then Naram-
69[...]_-gi#-[x_ x] 3(disz)# _lim_ 2(disz) _me mu-an-na-mesz_ ma-na-ma... ... 32,000 years, every year
70[...] la i#-mu-ru... did not see
71[...]-ra _e2_ szu-ba-at# t,u-ub lib3#-bi#-szu2#... a house, a dwelling of happiness for him
72[...] ia-a-ti... my ...
73[...] _iti#_ sza-al-mu i-na u4#-mu _sze-ga_... the month is stable; on the day that it is favorable,
surface a col 3
1sza2 i-na# bi#-ri# [...] x x [...]who in the middle of ...
2_na4_ ni-siq-ti szu#-qu-ru-tu# [...]... precious stones, precious stones ...
3_szim-hi-a {gesz#}erin_ i-na hi-da-a#-[...]šimmû-aromatic (and) cedar in a bath
4e-li# te-me-en-na {disz}na-ra-am-{d}en#-[...]_Above the foundations Naram-Bel-
5_szu#-si_ la a-s,e-e _szu-si_ la# [...]The 'finger' is not open, the 'foot' not ...
6u2-ki-in li-ib-na#-[x x]I established. May ...
75(disz) _lim {gesz}erin_ da-nu4-tim a-na s,u-lu-[...]5,000 strong cedars for the ṣulû-festival
8_{gesz}ig-mesz {gesz}erin_ s,i-ra-a-ti as-kup#-[...]I set up doors of red cedar
9i-na _ka2-mesz_-szu u2-ra#-[x x]in his gates ...
10e2-babbar-ra a#-di e2-kun4-an-ku3-ga ziq#-[...]From the Ebabbar to the Ekunankuga
11e-esz-szi-isz ab-ni-ma u2-szak-lil# [...]I built anew and completed ...
12qa2-ti3 {d}utu _en_-ia as,-bat-ma i-na hi-da-[...]I took the hand of Šamaš, my lord, and in ...
13szu-ba-at t,u-ub lib3-bi qe2-er-ba-szu# [...]The šubatu-priestess, the happiness of the heart inside it ...
14szi-t,i!(KI) ir szu-mi sza2 {disz}na-ra-am-{d}suen _dumu_ [...]šīṭi of the name of Naram-Sin son of
15la# u2#-nak#-ki#-ir# _[x]-gesz#_ ap-szu-usz# [...]He should not be negligent, he should not ... the Apsû ...
16it-ti mu-sa-re-e-a [...]With my ... ...
17u2-te-er asz2#-[...]I returned.
18{d}utu _en gal_-u2 sza _an_-e u3# [...]Šamaš, great lord of heaven and earth
19s,i-it lib3-bi sza {d}en#-[...]“The heart of Enlil
20a-na e2-babbar-ra _e2_ na-ra#-[...]To the Ebabbar, the temple of Nara-
21_bara2_-ka da-ru-u2 i#-na# [...]Your eternal dais in ...
22ia-a#-ti# {d}na3-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|)#[{ki} ...]For me, Nanītuku, king of Babylon
23[x]-t,i#-ib lib3-bi-ka e-pi2-isz ku-um#-[...]... of your heart, work ...
24ep2#-sze#-tu-u2-a _saga-mesz_ ha-di-[...]May my good deeds
25u4-mi-szam-ma i-na# ni#-ip-hi u3 ri-ba# [...]Every day, in a niphu and rība ritual
26du-um-mi-iq it#-ta#-tu-u2-a [...](Sum) My ..., the one who is enraged with me(!?) (Akk) The good one, my companion
27mu#-gu#-ur# ta#-as,#-li#-ti# [...]The one who provides for the taṣillītu priestess
28sza tu-szat-mi-ha qa#-[...]That which you have caused to be forgotten ...
29a-na {d}a-nu-ni-tum be-[...]To Anunitum
30mu-szal-li-ma-at qi2#-[...]Who preserves the command of ...,
31sa-pi-na-at nak-ri# [x x]-li#-qa#-[...]The enemy's flag ...-liqa
32a-li-ka-at ma#-[x x] sza _dingir#-dingir#?_Come, ... of the gods!
33sza i-na _{d}utu-e3# [...]-szu2-a_ u2-dam-ma-qu it-<ta>-tu#-u2#-[x]which in Šamaš-e’s ... they destroyed, they ...
34e2-ul-masz _e2#_-su# sza2 i-na zimbir{ki}-{d}a-nu-ni-tumEulmaš, his temple which in Sippar-Anunitum
35sza# 8(disz) _me mu-an-na-mesz_ ul-tu# pa-ni {disz}sza3-ga-rak-ti-szur!(BUR) ia#-asz3#of 8 hundred years from before Šagarakti-Šur I
36_lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} _dumu_ {disz}nig2-gub-{d}en-lil2# _lugal_ ma-na-ma la i-pu-szuking of Babylon, son of Nidintu-Enlil the king, nobody had built it.
37te-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) and
38e-li# te-me-en-na {disz}sza3-ga#-rak-ti-szur!(BUR) ia-asz3 _dumu_ {disz}nig2-gub#-{d}en#-lil2#_Above the foundations of Šagarakti-Šur, I, son of Kudurru-Enlil
39usz-szu#-szu ad-di-ma u2#-ki#-in lib#-na-at#-[x]I laid its foundations and firmly established ...
40_e2#_ sza2-a-szu e-esz-szi-isz e-pu2-usz-ma# u2-szak-lil szi#-pi2#-ir#-[x]I built that temple anew and completed (it).
41{d}a-nu-ni-tum _gaszan me3_ mu-szal-li-mat qi2#-bi-it {d#}en#-lil2# a-bi-szu#Anunītum, the lady of battle, who provides for the command of Enlil, his father
42sa-pi-na-at na-ak-ru mu-hal-li#-qa-at# rag-guThe one who destroys enemies, the one who kills the enemy,
43a-li-ka-at mah-ri sza _dingir-mesz#_ u2-szar-ma-a szu#-bat#-su#Before the assembly of the gods I made him dwell.
44sat-tuk-ku u3 nin-da-be2-e e-li sza mah#-ri#The sattukku-offering and the nindabû-bread above that which before
45u2-sza-te9-er-ma u2-ki#-in ma#-[x]-szuhe removed and secured his ...
46at-ta {d}a-nu-ni-tum _gaszan gal_-ti# a-na _e2#_ szu#-a#-szu# ha-di-iszYou, Anunītu, great lady, rejoicedly in that temple.
47i-na e-re-bi-ka e-ep-sze#-tu#-u2-aAt your entering, my deeds
48da#-am#-qa2#-a-ti ha-di-isz# na-ap-li-si-maI looked with pleasure upon my good deeds and
49ar#-hi-szam-ma i-na _{d}utu#-e3_ u3 _{d}utu-szu2-a_After that, with Šamaš-e and Shamash-le’a
50a-na {d}suen a-bi a-li#-di#-ka# szu-uq-ri-bi _saga_-ti3To Sîn, my father who came to you, may good things be presented to you.
51man-nu at-ta sza {d}en-[x] u3# {d}utuWho are you that of En-x and Šamaš?
52a-na _lugal_-u2-ti i#-nam-bu-szu-mato kingship they shall name him, and
53i-na pa-le-e!(KAL) szu _e2_ szu#-a#-tim# in-na-hu-ma esz-szisz ip-pu-szuDuring the reign of that house, he will be displaced, and they will do new things.
54_mu#-sar#_-ru#-u2 szi-t,ir szu#-mi-ia li-mu-ur-maMay an inscribed object bearing my name be seen and
55[...]-ka#-ar# _i3-gesz#_ lip-szu-usz _{udu}siskur2_ li-iq-qi2... may he wash with oil, may a sacrifice be made.
56[...]-re#-e-a# szi-t,i-ir szu-mi-szu... a scribal art, whose name
57[...]-ma lu#-te-er asz2-ru-usz-szu... and I may return to its place.
58[...]-ni#-tum# su#-pu#-u2#-szu# lisz-mu-u2... may they hear his prayer.
59li#-im#-gu-ru qi2-bit-su# [...] x x [x]May his command be heeded ... ...
60li-szam-qi2-tu ga-ri-szu# [...]May they make his limbs tremble
61a-na {d}suen a-bi ba-ni-szu#-[...]To Sîn, his father, ...

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