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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 47, ex. 02 (P519078)
Official or display, Neo-Babylonian, Harran · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | RINBE 2, Nabonidus 47, ex. 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P519078 |
| 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}1(u)-5(disz) ma-am-ma-an | the work of the great goddesses of the gods and the goddess Ištar, nobody |
| 2 | _nu zu_-szu2 sza2 ul-tu u4-mu ru-qu-tu a-na ma-a-tu | without his knowledge, who from distant days to the land |
| 3 | la tu-ri-du u _ug3-mesz kur_ <la> ip-pal-su-ma | and the people of the land looked at him, and |
| 4 | ina 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}1(u)-5(disz) | In future days, may Sin, lord of the gods, and Ištar |
| 6 | [...]-tu2# sza2 _an_-e sza2 ina pa-ni {disz}{d}muati-[x x] | ... of heaven, which before Nabu- |
| 7 | [...]-e tal-li-ku a-na-ku | ... I went. |
| 8 | [...] la# i-szu-u | ... they do not have |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...]-szi# _masz2-ge6_ u2-szab-ra-an-ni# [x x] | ... her ... the dream made me rise ... |
| 12 | e2-hul2-hul2 _e2_ {d}sin sza2 _kaskal-min{ki}_ ha-an#-t,i#-isz# | Eḫulḥul, the temple of Sîn of Mina, 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-zu _kur-uri{ki}_ a-na _dingir_-ti-szu2 _gal_-tu2 | the people of the temples of Urarṭu to his great divinity |
| 17 | ih-t,u-'i-i-ma i-sze-ti u u2-gal-li-lu-u' | he sinned, and he killed and killed. |
| 18 | la i-du-u e-ze-es-su2 _gal_-tu2 sza2 _lugal dingir-mesz_ | he did not know, his great anger of the king of the gods |
| 19 | {d}nanna-ri par-s,i-szu2-nu im-szu-'i-i-ma | Nanna questioned their rites, and |
| 20 | i-dab-bu-bu sur-ra-a-tu2 u la ki-na-a-tu2 | They speak lies and untruths, |
| 21 | ki-ma _ur-gi7_ i-ta-na-kal a-ha-misz2 di-'u | like a dog he eats together, diʾu-disease |
| 22 | u su-gu-u ina lib3-bi-szu2-nu u2-szab-szu-u2 | and šugû-disease afflicts them. |
| 23 | u2-s,a-hi-ri _ug3-mesz kur_ u a-na-ku ul-tu | the people of the land and I from |
| 24 | _iri_-ia2 babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} u2-sze-ri-qa-an-ni-ma | my city Babylon he brought to me, and |
| 25 | u2-ru-uh {iri}te-ma-a' {iri}da-da-nu | he conquered the cities Tēmâ (and) Dadanu. |
| 26 | {iri}hi-bi-ra-a {iri}pa-dak-ka {iri}ia2-di-hu | the cities Hibira, Padakka, Iadiḫu, |
| 27 | u a-di {iri}ia2-at-ri-bu 1(u) _mu-an-na-mesz_ | and as far as Iatribu for 10 years |
| 28 | at-tal-lak qe2-reb-szu2-un a-na _iri_-ia2 babilax(|TIN.TIR|){ki} | I marched inside them to my city Babylon. |
| 29 | la e-ru-ub ina a-mat {d}sin _lugal dingir-mesz_ | by the command of Sîn, king of the gods |
| 30 | _en en-en_ sza2 _dingir-mesz_ u {d}isz-tar | Lord of lords of the gods and goddesses |
| 31 | a-szi-bu-tu2 sza2 _an_-e u2-szal-li-mu-u' | the dwellings of the heavens they made whole. |
| 32 | qi2-bit {d}sin {d}nanna-ri {d}utu {d}1(u)-5(disz) | By the command of Sîn, Nanna, Šamaš, Ishtar |
| 33 | {d}iszkur u {d}u-gur _en-nun_-ti3 szu-lum u _din_ | May Adad and Nergal, guardians of health and life, |
| 34 | ip-qi2-du it-ti-ia2 ina _mu-an-na_ <sza2>-a-szu2 | he has entrusted with me, in the year that |
| 35 | <ina> {iti}bara2 u {iti}du6 un-<mesz> kur-uri{ki}_ u {kur}hat-ti | In the month Nisannu and Tašritu the people of Akkad and the land Ḫatti |
| 36 | hi-s,ib _kur-mesz_ u tam-tim i-leq-qu-nim-ma | the protection of the lands and seas took, and |
| 37 | ina dan-na-ti um-ma-a-tu2 {iti}sig4 {iti}szu_ | by the strong winds of Simanu (III), Duʾuzu |
| 38 | {iti}ne {iti}kin {iti}du6_ ina _iti-mesz_ an-nu-tu2 | these (months): Abu, Ululu, Tašrītu, in these months |
| 39 | ina kal _mu-an-na-mesz_ an-na-a-tu2 a-na | for all these years to |
| 40 | la ba-t,a-lu ina qi2-bit {d}sin {d}iszkur | By the command of Sîn and Adad |
| 41 | _gu2-gal an_-e u _ki_-tim _a-mesz szeg3_ | flood of heaven and earth, rain |
| 42 | i-szaq-qi2-szu2-nu-tu2 _nig2_-szu2-nu u bu-sza2-szu2-nu | their property and possessions |
| 43 | ina szu-lum ir-ru-bu-nu a-na _igi_-ia | in good health they entered before me. |
| 44 | ina# a#-mat {d}sin u {d}isz-tar be-let ta-ha-zu | By the word of Sîn and Ištar, lady of battle |
| 45 | [x x]-kur2-tu2 u su-lum-mu-u ina ba-li-szu2 | ... and peace without him |
| 46 | [x] _kur_ la _gal2_-u2 u kak-ku | ... undeveloped land and land |
| 47 | [x] in-ne2-ep-pu-szu2 _szu-min_-su a-na | ... they will do, his hands to |
| 48 | muh#-hi-szu2-nu ta-ap-ri-ik-ma | you have sent to them, and |
| 49 | [x x] mi-s,ir {iri}ma-da-a-a | the border of the Medes |
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| 1 | {kur}a-ra-bi u nap-har _lugal-mesz_ na-ki-ru-tu2 | Arabi and all the kings, enemies |
| 2 | a-na su-lum-mu-u2 u t,u-ub-ba-a-ti | for well-being and happiness |
| 3 | i#-szap#-pa-ru-nu a-na mah-ri-ia# _un#-mesz_ | they will send to me. The people |
| 4 | {kur#}a#-ra#-bi# sza2# _{gesz#}tukul#_ x x x | Arabi, which with weapons |
| 5 | x x sza2# _kur#-uri#{ki#}_ x x x | of Urarṭu |
| 6 | ha#-ba#-ti# u# la#-qe2#-e# sza2# bu#-sze#-e# [...] | Taken and acquired property of bušû-flour |
| 7 | ina#? a#-mat# {d#}sin# {d#}u#-gur# [...] | By the word of Sîn and Ugur |
| 8 | u2#-szab#-[...] | He sat down(?) |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...]-mu# mu-szal-lim | ... my ... is well. |
| 12 | [...]-ti#? | ...-ti |
| 13 | sza2 u2-mal2-lu#-[...] | who fills |
| 14 | ki-i-nim it#-[...] | The true one ... |
| 15 | i-na-as,-s,a-ru _en-nun_-ti3# [...] | Guards ... |
| 16 | qi2_-e2_ ina pi-rik _kur-i-mesz_ ne2-su#-[x] | ... in the mouth of the mountains ... |
| 17 | ur-hu pa-rik-ti sza2 at-tal-la-ku | (Sum) I am the one who goes at the side (of the river) (Akk) The one who follows the path that I go |
| 18 | 1(u) _mu-an-na-mesz_ ik-szu-dam-<ma> a-dan-nu | 10 years he ruled and the stipulated term |
| 19 | im-lu-u2 u4-mu sza2 iq-bu-u _lugal dingir_ | The day that he said, the king, the god |
| 20 | {d}nanna-ri ina {iti}du6 _u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam_ | Nanna in Tašritu the 17th day |
| 21 | u4-mu {d}sin im-ma-ag-gar3 pi-szir3-szu2 | The storm imposed Sin, its utterance |
| 22 | {d}sin _en_ sza2 _dingir-<mesz>_ sza2 ina _u4 1(disz)-kam tukul_ {d}a-nim | Sin, lord of the gods, who on the 1st day with the weapon of Anu |
| 23 | zi-kir3-szu2 _an_-e ta-lap-pa-tu2 u _ki_-tim | his name in heaven, earth, and sea |
| 24 | ta-he-ep-pu-u ha-mi-im _garza_ {d}a-nu3-tu2 | You are torn out, you are smitten, the gate of Anutu |
| 25 | mu-gam-mi-ru pa-ra-as, {d}en-lil2-u2-tu2 | who makes perfect Enlil-utu, |
| 26 | le-qu-u _garza_ {d}idim-u2-tu | take the throne of Idim-šamaš |
| 27 | sza2 nap-har gi-mi-ir _garza an_-e | of all the cultic rites of heaven |
| 28 | ina qa-ti-szu2 tam-hu {d}en-lil2 _dingir-mesz_ | in his hand the battle of the Enlil of the gods |
| 29 | _lugal lugal-lugal en en-en_ sza2 a-na | the king, king of kings, the lord of en priests, who to |
| 30 | qi2-bi-ti-szu la i-tur-ru u a-mat-su | his command will not return, and his word |
| 31 | la ta-qab-bu-u 2(disz)-szu2 sza2 pu-luh-ti _dingir_-ti-szu2 | You shall not say that he who is afraid of his divinity |
| 32 | _gal_-ti _an_-e u _ki_-tim ma-lu-u2 | the great ones of heaven and earth, plentiful, |
| 33 | ki-ma zi-mi-szu2 _an_-e u _ki_-tim | Like its appearance, heaven and earth |
| 34 | sah-pu sza2 la ka-a-szu2 man-nu mi-na-a | Who is the one who does not know saḫpu? |
| 35 | ip-pu-usz _kur_ sza2 lib3-bi-ka a-szab-szu2 | the land of your heart will dwell |
| 36 | ub-lu pu-luh-tu2 _dingir_-ti-ka _gal_-ti | I bring fear of your great divinity, |
| 37 | ina lib3-bi-szu2 ta-szak-kan-ma a-na u4-mu | You place it inside it and in the future |
| 38 | ru-qu-tu2 _suhusz-mesz_-szu2 i-ku-un-na | the foundations of the ruqûtu-demon he established |
| 39 | _kur_ sza2 lib3-ba-ka ha-pu-szu2 ub-la pu-luh-ta-ku | The land of your heart is frightened, I am terrified. |
| 40 | ul-tu lib3-bi-szu2 ta-ne2-es-se-e-mu | From his heart you will hear. |
| 41 | ta-na-an-di-isz a-na u4-mu _su3-mesz_ | he shall pay back in perpetuity. |
| 42 | sza2 nap-har _dingir-mesz_ u {d}1(u)-5(disz) a-szi-bu-tu2 sza2 _an_-e | of all the gods and goddesses who dwell in heaven |
| 43 | i-na-as,-s,a-ru s,i-it pi-i-szu2 | (Sum) The one who keeps watch over his mouth (Akk) His mouth is guarded, his mouth |
| 44 | u2-szal-la-mu qi2-bit {d}nanna-ru | I made complete. By the command of Nanna |
| 45 | _ad_ ba-ni-szu2-un mu-gam-mir _garza_ | the father who created them, the one who completes the rites |
| 46 | _an_-e u _ki_-tim sza2 a-bal qi2-bi-ti-szu2 | heaven and earth, whose command I invoke, |
| 47 | s,ir-tu2 sza2 u4-mi-szam-ma ina sza2-ma-mu | The exalted one, who daily in the heavens |
| 48 | i-qab-bu-u _kur_ la tan-na-an-du-u | They say: "Do not abandon the land!" |
| 49 | u nu-ur2 ina ma-a-tu2 la ib-ba-szu-u | and the light in the land will not be present. |
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| 1 | _dingir#-mesz gim_ [x x]-szub#-bu# i#-na#-ar#-ru#-t,u# | The gods tremble like ... |
| 2 | {d}a-nun-na-ki sza2 la-[x x] qi2-bit _dingir_-ti-szu2 | the Anunnaki, whose command cannot be altered, |
| 3 | _gal#_-ti# sza2 la in#-nen#-nu#-u# x x sza2#-di#-i# | The great one, who cannot be changed ... |
| 12 | it#-ti# _{lu2#}hal#_ u# _{lu2#}ensi#_ a#-lak#?-ti# | with the haruspex and the governor of the road |
| 13 | ul par-sat at#-til-ma ina szat mu-szi _masz2-[x]_ | I am alive, and in the night ... |
| 14 | [x]-da#-at# a#-di# a-mat {d?}x x x | ... until the word of |
| 15 | [...] | |
| 16 | [...] | |
| 17 | x x [...] | |
| 18 | ana3 szul-ma-[x] u kad2-ra-a il#-lu#?-u# a-na _igi#_-ia2# | To Šulma-x and the kadrû-offering, they came before me. |
| 19 | _lugal-mesz_ qer-bu-tu2 il-lu-nim-ma u-na-asz2-sza2-qu# | the kings of the inner world came to me and I made them rise. |
| 20 | sze-pi-ia2 u ru-qu-tu2 isz-mu-u ip-la-hu _dingir_-ut-su | my feet and my loins they heard, they revered his divinity |
| 21 | _gal_-tu2 _dingir-mesz_ u {d}inanna sza2 ip-par-du-ma i-re-qa | the great one of the gods and goddesses, who has broken and taken away |
| 22 | is-sah-ru-nim-ma i-qab-bu-u ba-ni-ti ina pi#-i# | They have turned to me, and they say: “It is in the mouth of the king, my lord." |
| 23 | _{lu2}hal_ isz-sza2-kin _uzu_ dum-qi2-ia2 ina nu-uh-szu2 u t,uh-du | The haruspex placed my good flesh in abundance and abundance. |
| 24 | u _he2-gal2_-la _ug3-mesz_-ia2 ina _kur-i-mesz_ ne2-su-tu2 | and the abundance of my people in distant mountains |
| 25 | asz-te-ed-dam-ma ina sza2-lim-ti as,-bat <u2>-ru-uh | I have sat down and, in peace, have seized (them) <brightened> them. |
| 26 | _kur_-ia a-mat _dingir_-ti-szu2 _gal_-ti at-tas,-s,a-ar-mu | I kept the word of his great divinity in my land. |
| 27 | la e-gi la a-szit a-hi la ad-du u-szad-kam-ma | I made it unfathomable, unavoidable, (and) unimproved. |
| 28 | _ug3-mesz kur-uri{ki}_ u {kur}hat-ti ul-tu pa-at, | the people of Urarṭu and Ḫatti from the border |
| 29 | {kur}mi-s,ir tam-tim e-lit a-di tam-tim szap-lit | the Upper Sea to the Lower Sea |
| 30 | sza2 {d}sin _lugal dingir_ u-mal2-lu-u _szu-min_-u-a e2-hul2-hul2 | of Sîn, king of the gods, filled my hands with joy. |
| 31 | _e2_ {d}sin esz-szisz e-pu-usz u-szak-lil szi-pir-szu2 | I built anew the temple of Sîn and completed its work. |
| 32 | _szu-min_ {d}sin {d}nin-gal {d}nusku | the hands of Sîn, Ningal, Nusku |
| 33 | u {d}sa-dar3-nun-na ul-tu szu-an-na | and Sadarnuna from Šuanna |
| 34 | _iri lugal_-u-ti-ia2 a-s,a-bat-ma ina hi-da-a-tu2 | I took the city of my royal majesty and in joy |
| 35 | u ri-sza2-a-tu2 u-sze-rib u-sze-szib _bara2_ da-ri-a-tu2 | and rejoicing I brought in, I settled on the eternal dais |
| 36 | ni-qu-u tasz-<ri>-ih-tu2 ma-har-szu2-nu aq-qi2-ma | I presented offerings and offerings before them. |
| 37 | u-szar-ri-hi kad2-ra-a e2-hul2-hul2 resz-tu2# | (Sum) He made the first-fruit offerings in the Ehulhul temple (Akk) The first fruits of the šarruhhu temple |
| 38 | u-mal2-li-ma u-sza2-li-is, lib3-bi _ug3-mesz_-szu2 | he filled, and the heart of his people |
| 39 | u-szal-lim qi2-bi-ti {d}sin _lugal dingir en en_ | The command of Sîn, king of the gods, lord, en priest |
| 40 | a-szib sza2-ma-mu sza2 _dingir_ sza2 _dingir-mesz_ ina _an_-e | who dwells in the sanctuaries of the gods of the heavens, |
| 41 | zi-kir-szu2 szu!(DI)? tuq {d}utu sza2 ni-bu-szu2 | his name is “the hand of Utu, who is his nibūšu |
| 42 | {d}nusku {d}inanna {d}iszkur u {d}u-gur | Nusku, Inanna, Adad and Ugur |
| 43 | sza2 u-szal-lim-u' qi2-bit {d}nanna-ri szu-tuq-szu2-nu | who by the command of Nanna had made complete, |
| 44 | e-ma _{gesz}tukul-mesz_-ia2 an-na-di-<iq>-ma a-na e-pesz | whenever my weapons are sharpened, to do |
| 45 | _me3 igi_-ia2 asz-ku-un-ma a-na szul-lu-mu | I placed the battle before me and for the well-being |
| 46 | qi2-bit {d}nanna-ri man-nu at-ta | By the command of Nanna, who is you? |
| 47 | sza2 {d}sin a-na _lugal#_-u-tu2 | of Sîn to kingship |
| 48 | i-nam-bu-ka-mu _dumu_-u-ia2-a?-ma? | they shall speak to you, my son |
| 49 | i-qab-bu-ka asz-rat {d#}sin# | they say to you: “The abode of Sîn |
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