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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 47, ex. 01 (P519077)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Harran · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Nabonidus 47, ex. 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P519077 |
| Museum no. | unknown |
| Collection | Urfa Museum, Urfa, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Harran (mod. Harran) |
| Coordinates | 36.8634, 39.0309 |
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 | i-pisz-ti {d}sin _gal_-ti sza2 _dingir-mesz_ u3 {d}isz-tar | the work of the great lady of the gods and goddesses, |
| 2 | ma-am-ma-an _nu zu_-szu2 sza2 ul-tu u4-mu ru-qu-tu | nobody has ever known him, who from distant days |
| 3 | a-na _kur_ la tu-ri-du u _ug3-mesz kur_ <la> ip-pal-su-ma | did not return to the land, and the people of the land looked at him, and |
| 4 | i-na t,up-pi la isz-t,u-ru-ma la isz-tak-ka-nu | They did not write on a tablet and did not place (it). |
| 5 | a-na u4-mu s,a-a-ti {d}sin _en dingir-mesz_ u {d}inanna a-szi-bu-tu2 | In the future, may Sîn, lord of the gods, and Ištar who dwells |
| 6 | sza2 _an_-e sza2 ina pa-ni {disz}{d}muati-ni2-tuku _lugal_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | of heaven, which before Nabonidus, king of Babylon |
| 7 | ul-tu _an_-e tal-li-ku a-na-ku {disz}{d}muati-i_ | From heaven I went; I, Nabû |
| 8 | _dumu_ e-du sza2 mam-ma-an la i-szu-u2 sza2 _lugal_-u-tu2 | a young child who no one has, who is called kingship |
| 9 | ina lib3-bi-ia la tab-szu-u2 _dingir-mesz_ u {d}inanna a-na _ugu_-ia# | The gods and Ištar have not ceased in my heart. |
| 10 | u2-s,al-lu-u2 u3 {d}sin a-na _lugal_-u2-ti | and Sîn to kingship |
| 11 | im#-ba-an-ni ina sza2-at mu-szi _masz2-ge6_ u2-szab-ra-an-<ni> | In the night of the night, a dream surrounds me. |
| 12 | um-ma e2-hul2-hul2 _e2_ {d}sin sza2 _{iri}kaskal_ ha-an-t,isz | Thus (says) Eḫulḥul, the temple of Sîn of Harran quickly: |
| 13 | e-pu-usz _kur-kur-mesz_ ka-la-szi-na a-na _szu-min_-ka | all the lands into your hands |
| 14 | lu-mal2-la _ug3-mesz dumu-mesz_ babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} bar2-sipa{ki} | the people, the citizens of Babylon, Borsippa, |
| 15 | nibru{ki} uri2{ki} unu{ki} larsa{ki} _{lu2}sanga-mesz_ | Nippur Uruk, Larsa, the priests |
| 16 | _ug3-mesz_ ma-ha-zi _kur uri{ki}_ a-na _dingir_-u2-ti-szu | the people of the cult centers of Akkad to his divinity |
| 17 | _gal_-ti ih-t,u-'i-i-ma i-sze-ti u u2-gal-li-lu | the great ones he sinned, and the eye and the liver he made whole. |
| 18 | la i-du-u e-ze-es-su <_gal_-tu2> sza2 _lugal dingir-mesz_ {d}nanna-ri | The great deeds of the king of the gods, Nanna |
| 19 | par-s,i-szu2-nu im-szu-'i-i-ma i-dab-bu-bu sur-ra-a-tu2 | (Sum) Their limbs are swollen, they scream (Akk) They tremble, they shout, they cry out |
| 20 | u la ki-na-a-tu2 ki-ma _ur-gi7_ it-ta-nak-ka-lu | and not true, like a dog, they keep eating. |
| 21 | a-ha-misz2 di-'u u _su-gu7_-u2 ina lib3-bi-szu2-nu | mutually, diʾu and sugû-disease among them |
| 22 | u2-szab-szu-u2 u2-s,a-ah-hi-ir _ug3-mesz kur_ u ana-ku | he caused to seize, he made the people of the land and I |
| 23 | ul-tu _iri_-ia babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} u2-sze-ri-qa-an-ni-ma | from my city Babylon he made me enter, and |
| 24 | u2-ru-uh {iri}te-ma-a {iri}da-da-<nu> {iri}pa-dak-ku | I conquered the cities Temâ, Dadanu, and Padakku. |
| 25 | {iri}hi-ib-ra-a {iri}ia2-di-hu u a-di {iri}ia2-at-ri-bu | the cities Ḫibra, Iadiḫu, and Atribu |
| 26 | 1(u) _mu-an-na-mesz_ at#-tal#-la#-ku# qe2-reb-szu2-un a-na | I went within them for ten years. |
| 27 | _iri_-ia babilax(|TIN.TIR|)#{ki#} la# e-ru-ub ina a-mat {d}sin | my city Babylon I did not enter. By the command of Sîn |
| 28 | _lugal dingir-mesz en en-en#_ sza2 _dingir-mesz_ u {d}inanna a-szi-bu-ti | king of the gods, lord of en-priestess, who dwells with the god and goddess |
| 29 | sza2 _an_-e u2-szal-lim-u qi2-bit {d}sin {d}nanna-ri | of heaven he made complete. By the command of Sîn and Nanna |
| 30 | {d}utu {d}inanna {d}iszkur u {d}u-gur _en-nun_-ti3 szu-lum u _din_ | Šamaš, Inanna, Adad and Nergal, guardians of health and life |
| 31 | ip#-qi2-du it-ti-ia ina _mu_ sza2-a-szu2 ina {iti}bara2 | he appointed with me. In that year in Nisan |
| 32 | u {iti}du6 _ug3-mesz kur uri{ki}_ u {kur}hat-ti hi-s,ib _kur_-i | and Tašrītu, the people of Babylonia and Ḫatti, the inhabitants of the mountains |
| 33 | u tam-tim i-leq-qu-nim-ma ina dan-na-tu2 um-ma-a-tu2 | and the sea will take me, and with strong winds |
| 34 | {iti}sig4 {iti}szu {iti}ne {iti}kin {iti}du6 ina _iti-mesz_ an-nu-tu2 | Simanu (III), Dūr (IV), Ulūlu (V), Ululu (VI), and Tašritum (VI) in these months |
| 35 | ina kal _mu-an-na-mesz_ an-na-a-ti la ba-t,a-a-lu | For all these years they are not liable. |
| 36 | ina qi2-bit {d}sin {d}iszkur _gu2-gal an_-e u _ki_-tim _a-mesz_ | By the command of Sîn and Adad, canal inspector of heaven and earth, water |
| 37 | _szeg3_ i-sza2-aq-qi2-szu-nu-ti _nig2-mesz?_-szu2-nu u bu-sza2-szu2-nu | rain he pours upon them, their property and their possessions |
| 38 | ina# szu#-lum# ir-ru-bu-nu a-na mah-ri-ia2 ina a-mat | In well-being they entered before me. By the word |
| 39 | {d#}sin# u {d}inanna be-let _me3_ sza2 nu-kur2-ti u su-lum-mu-u2 | Sîn and Ištar, mistress of battle, who cannot change and peace |
| 40 | ina ba-li-szu ina _kur_ la ib-ba-asz2-szu-u u3 kak-ku | without him, there will not be in the land, and there will be war. |
| 41 | la in-ne2-ep-pu-szu _szu-min_-su ana3# muh#-hi-szu2-nu | they shall not do, his hands against them |
| 42 | ta-ap#-ri#-ik#-ma# _lugal_ {kur}mi-s,ir {kur#}[x]-da#-a-a | you sent, and the king of the land Miṣir, the ...daeans |
| 43 | {kur}a-ra#-[x x] nap#-har# _lugal-mesz_ na#-ki#-ru#-tu2# a#-[x] | All the kings who hated me |
| 44 | su-lum-[...] | Sulum- |
| 45 | a-na mah-ri#-[x] _un#-[...]_ sza2# _{gesz#}tukul#_ | before ... of the weapon |
| 46 | isz gal [...] sza2# _kur#_-ak#-ka#-di#-i#{ki#} | Great storm of the land Akkad |
| 47 | [...] x x a-na | ... to |
| 48 | [...] sza2 bu-sze-e iz-zi-zu#-ma# | ... who stood by the cattle and |
| surface a col 2 | ||
| 1 | i-na a-mat {d}sin {d}u-gur kak-ki-szu-nu | by the word of Sîn and Ugur their weapons |
| 2 | u2-szab-bir-ma nap-har-szu2-nu ik-nu-szu2 a-na _giri3-min_-a? | he split off, and all of them he bound to my feet. |
| 3 | {d}utu _en_ ur-ti sza2 ina ba-li-szu2 pu-u2 | Šamaš, lord of the dogs, who in his free will is responsible |
| 4 | la ip-pat2-tu-u2 u pu-u la uk-ta-at-ta-mu | They shall not open (them) up, and they shall not slander (anyone). |
| 5 | mu-szal-lim qi2-bit {d}nanna-ri _ad_ ba#-ni#-szu2# | who completes the command of Nanna, his father who created him |
| 6 | _ug3-mesz kur-uri{ki}_ u {kur}hat-ti sza2 u2-mal2-lu-u | the people of Urarṭu and the land Ḫatti, who filled |
| 7 | _szu-min_-u2-a pu-u2 u lib3-bi ki-nim it#-ti#-ia# | my hands, the mouth, and the true heart with me |
| 8 | isz-kun-szu2-nu-ti-ma i-na-as,-s,a-ru _en-[x_ x] | he placed them, and they will keep watch ... |
| 9 | u2-szal-la-mu qi2-bi-ti ina pi-rik _kur_-[x x] | they will complete. The command in the mouth of the land ... |
| 10 | ne2-su-ti ur-hu pa-rik-tu2 sza2 at-tal-la-ku | (Sum) I am a young woman, a pregnant woman, who goes around (Akk) The young women, the pregnant women, who go around |
| 11 | 1(u) _mu-an-na-mesz_ ik-szu-dam-ma a-dan-nu | 10 years he ruled and the stipulated term |
| 12 | im-lu-u u4-mu sza2 iq-bu-u _lugal dingir_ {d}nanna-[x] | The day that the king, the god Nanna-x |
| 13 | ina {iti}du6 _u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam_ u4-mu {d}sin im-ma-ag#-gar3# | On the 17th of Tašritu the day the moon was set |
| 14 | pi-szir3-szu2 {d}sin _en_ sza2 _dingir-mesz_ sza2 ina _u4 1(disz)-kam_ | Its interpretation: O Sîn, lord of the gods, who on the 1st day |
| 15 | _tukul_ {d}a-nim zi-kir-szu _an_-e ta-lap?-pa?-tu2 | with the weapon of Anu, his command the heavens tremble(?) |
| 16 | u _ki_-tim ta-he-ep-pu-u2 ha-mi-im _garza_ | and the underworld you have smashed, the outskirts of the city |
| 17 | {d}a-nu3-u2-tu2 mu-gam-mi-ir _garza {d#}en#-lil2#_-u2-tu2 | Anu-utu, who makes perfect the rites of Enlil-Utu |
| 18 | le-qu-u2 pa-ra-as, {d}e2-a-u2-ti | who takes care of Ea-uti, |
| 19 | sza2 nap-har gi-mi-ir pa-ra-as, _an_-e ina _szu-min_-szu2 | who covers all the heavens with his hands, |
| 20 | tam-hu {d}en-lil2 _dingir-mesz lugal lugal-lugal en en-en_ | the rival of Enlil of the gods king, king and lord |
| 21 | sza2# a#-na# qi2#-bi#-ti#-szu# la# i#-tur#-ru# | who does not return to his command |
| 22 | u3# a#-mat#-su# la# ta#-qab#-bu#-u2# 2(disz)#-szu2# | And you should not say his word twice |
| 23 | sza2 pu-luh-ti _dingir#_-ti#-szu2# _gal#_-ti# _an#_-e# | who fears his great divinity, the heavens |
| 24 | u _ki_-tim ma-lu-u2 ki#-ma# zi#-mi#-szu2# _an#_-e# | and the netherworld are full, like its rising from heaven. |
| 25 | u _ki_-tim sah-pu sza2 la ka#-a#-szu man#-nu# | and the underworld, a sahpu-demon without you, who? |
| 26 | mi-na-a ip-pu-usz _kur_ sza2 lib3-[...]-szu2 | What will he do to the land that ...? |
| 27 | ub-lu pu-luh-tu2 _dingir_-ti-ka _gal_-ti ina# lib3#-bi#-szu2# | The fearsomeness of your great divinity is in his heart. |
| 28 | ta-szak-kan-ma a-na u4-mu ru-qu-ti | you place, and in distant days |
| 29 | _suhusz-mesz_-szu2 i-ku-un-nu _kur_ sza2 lib3-ba-ka | his foundations he established, the land of your heart |
| 30 | ha-pu-szu2 ub-lu pu-luh-ta-ka ul-tu | “I have brought your fearsomeness, from |
| 31 | lib3-bi-szu2 ta-ne2-es-se-e-mu ta-na-an-di-isz | (Sum) His heart is pacified (Akk) He is calmed, he is soothed |
| 32 | a-na u4-mu _su3-mesz_ sza2 nap-har _dingir-mesz_ u {d}1(u)-5(disz) | in perpetuity, for all the gods and goddesses |
| 33 | a#-szi#-bu#-ti# sza2 _an_-e i-na-as,-s,a-ru | the dwellings of heaven they keep watch over. |
| 34 | s,i#-it# pi#-i#-szu2# u2#-szal#-la#-mu qi2-bi-ti | The utterance of his mouth is pure, my command |
| 35 | {d#}nanna#-ri# _ad#_ ba#-ni#-szu2#-un mu-ga-mi-ir | Nanna was their father who created them. |
| 36 | _garza an#_-e# u# _ki_-tim sza2 [x]-bal# qi2-bi-ti-szu2 | The rites of heaven and earth that ... his command |
| 37 | [...]-mi#-szam-ma ina sza2-ma-mi | ... in the heavens |
| 38 | i-[x]-bu-u# _kur#_ la ta-an-na-du-u | ... do not abandon the land! |
| 39 | u [x x] ina _kur_ la ib-ba-asz2-szu-u2 | and there will be no ... in the land. |
| 40 | _dingir#-mesz# gim# gi_ i-szub-bu i-na-ar-ru-t,u | The gods fall like a reed and tremble. |
| 41 | {d#}a-[...] sza2 la-pa-ni qi2-bit _dingir_-ti-szu2 | O A-..., who by the command of his divinity |
| 42 | _gal#_-ti# [...]-nen-nu-u# x x _kur#_-i# | Greatly ... we ... the mountains. |
| surface a col 3 | ||
| 1 | [x] _ensi_ a-lak-tu2 ul par-sat at#-til#-[x] | ... governor, the journey is not completed, I am alive. |
| 2 | [x x] mu-szi _masz2-ge6_ par2-da-at a-di a-mat [...] | ... night of the black-headed people, until the word ... |
| 3 | im#-li _mu_ ik-szu-du a-dan-nu sza2 [...]-ri# | The year he reached, the stipulated term of ... |
| 4 | ul-tu {iri}te-ma-a u2-[...] | from Temâ |
| 5 | babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} _iri_ be-lu-[...] | Babylon, the city of Belu- |
| 6 | i#-mu#-ru#-ma# x x x | saw and |
| 7 | [...] ana3# szul#-ma#-[...] | ... for well-being |
| 8 | [...] mah#-ri#-ia2# _lugal#-mesz#_ qer#-bu#-tu2# | ... before me, the kings of the interior |
| 9 | [...] u#-na#-asz2#-sza2#-qu# _giri3#-min#_-a# | ... he shall remove my feet. |
| 10 | [...] isz#-mu#-u# ip#-la#-hu# _dingir_-ut-su _gal_- | ... heard and became angry, his great divinity |
| 11 | [...] _isz#-tar#_ sza2# ip#-par#-du#-ma# i#-re#-qa# | ... Ishtar, who opens and exits, |
| 12 | [...] i#-qab#-bu#-u2# ba-ni-ti | ... they say: “Alas, my birth mother’ |
| 13 | [...] isz#-sza2#-kin# _uzu#_ dum#-qi2#-ia2# ina nu-uh-szu2 | ... he placed ..., my good flesh with his light. |
| 14 | t,uh#-du# u# _he2#-gal2#_-la _ug3-mesz_-ia2# [...] ne2-su-ti | The well-being and abundance of my people |
| 15 | ar-te-ed-dam-ma ina sza2-lim#-ti# as,#-bat# u2-ru-uh | I went straight away, and in peace I seized (them). |
| 16 | ma-ti-ia a-mat _dingir_-ti-szu2 _gal_-tu2# at#-tas,-s,a-ar-ma | I kept the word of his great divinity in my land, and |
| 17 | la e-gi# la a-szit a-hi la# ad#-du# u2#-szad-kam-ma | I am not a widow, I do not have a husband, I am a stranger. |
| 18 | _ug3-mesz kur-uri{ki}_ u {kur}hat-ti [...]-at, {kur}mi-s,ir | the people of Urarṭu and Ḫatti |
| 19 | tam-tim e-lit a-di tam-tim# szap#-lit# sza2# {d}sin _lugal dingir_ | the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea of Sîn, king of the gods, |
| 20 | u2-mal2-lu-u _szu-min_-u2-a e2-hul2#-hul2# _e2_ {d}sin esz-szisz# | I filled my hands with my Eḫulḥu, the temple of Sîn, anew. |
| 21 | e-pu-usz u2-szak-lil szi#-pir-szu2 _szu#-min#_ {d#}sin# | I did (and) completed. Its work, the hands of Sin |
| 22 | [{d}]nin-gal {d}nusku u {d}sa-dar3-nun#-na# ul#-tu# | Ningal, Nusku and Sadarnuna from |
| 23 | szu#-an#-na# _iri# lugal#_-u2-[...] hi-da-[x x] | Šuana, the royal city ... |
| 24 | [x] ri#-sza2-a#-tu2# u2#-sze#-rib# u2#-sze#-szib# _bara2#_ da#-ri#-a-[x] | ... rejoicing he brought in and sat on the dais forever. |
| 25 | ni-qu-u tasz-[...]-szu2-nu aq#-qi2#-[x] | “You are the one who ..., I ... their offerings. |
| 26 | u2-szar-ri#-[...]-hul2 resz-[x] | ... rejoices over you |
| 27 | u2-mal2-li#-[...] _ug3#-mesz#_-szu2# | ... his people |
| 28 | u2#-szal#-[...] _en# en#-en#_ | I will fill ..., lord, en priest |
| 29 | a#-szib# [...] _dingir#-mesz#_ ina# _an#_-[x x]-kir-szu2 szu#-tuq# | ... the gods in ... his ... |
| 30 | {d#}utu# sza2# ni#-bu#-szu2# [...] {d#}iszkur# {d#}u#-gur# | Šamaš, whose fearsomeness is ..., Adad, Nergal |
| 31 | sza2# u2#-[...] {d#}nanna#-ri# | Who ... Nanna |
| 32 | szu-tuq-[...]-na#-di#-iq#-ma# | Šutuq-...-nadiq and |
| 33 | a-na e#-pesz# ta#-ha#-zi# [x]-ia# asz2-kun#-ma# | I set up my ... for the exercise of battle and |
| 34 | a-na szul-lu-mu qi2#-bit# [...] man-nu at-ta | For well-being, the command of ..., who are you? |
| 35 | sza2 {d#}sin# a#-na# _lugal#_-u#-ti#? [...]-ka-ma | of Sîn to your kingship |
| 36 | _dumu_-u2#-ia#-a#-ma i-[...] {d}sin | my son ... Sin |
| 37 | a#-szib# sza2#-ma#-me# sza2# qi2#-[...]-nen#-nu-u2 | The one who dwells in the šamānu, who ... |
| 38 | u# a#-mat#-su la ta-[x x]-u# 2(disz)#-szu2 | and his word you did not ... two times |
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