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BM 038292 (P563721)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038292 |
|---|---|
| ID | P563721 |
| Museum no. | BM 038292 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 14 | in the aktu-house...... of all the lands |
| reverse 8 | ... the land... he will measure out |
| reverse 13 | over all the king |
| reverse 16 | ... Igigi and Anunnaki |
| obverse 6 | ...... he..., he smote him, |
| obverse 2 | son of the chief eunuch of Nabû-aplu-uur, king of Babylon, I... |
| obverse 25 | ... he fashioned. |
| obverse 24 | ......... in a basket and a baked brick... |
| reverse 3 | ... as long as he lives, |
| obverse 3 | (As for) the one who is pleasing to him, do good, (and) listen! |
| reverse 12 | ... the royal throne... their |
| reverse 19 | Who oversees the world, the creation of the land, the crescent of the mountains, the radiance of the sea, |
| bottom 26 | ... blood and... |
| obverse 1 | Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon...... |
| reverse 11 | a life of long days, a long-lasting life, to the securing of the foundations, |
| bottom 27 | ....................... |
| reverse 6 | ...... he made the lord of the gods enter and |
| obverse 5 | ... the musukkannu-demon(?)... the wall...... |
| obverse 15 | ... [...].... [...] |
| obverse 11 | ... a star, a star, a star, (and) a liar. |
| obverse 13 | ... the king before the furious(?) storm(?)... the flood(?) |
| reverse 18 | May Marduk, Nabû-kudurr-uur, or king of the white(?) |
| obverse 22 | ...... I shall make the brickwork good and |
| obverse 18 | ...... which is surrounded by a ruin and a frightened snake, |
| reverse 15 | ... pomegranates for... great An(?)... ama... their name |
| obverse 23 | I opened up their old foundations, then I reached the water level. |
| reverse 7 | ...... the land did not......, and... |
| obverse 10 | ... of Imgur-Enlil and Nemetti-Enlil |
| reverse 4 | ......... |
| bottom 28 | ... the king who is inside it, |
| obverse 16 | ...... who reveres the lord of lords... |
| obverse 20 | ...... lapis lazuli that is..., |
| reverse 5 | .......... who is enraged with my bricks, who... |
| obverse 7 | I built a house(?) and completed it......., the dwelling(?) of the heavens |
| obverse 17 | ...... seized... |
| obverse 4 | Marduk, the lord, returned to me and he heard my speaking. With silver, gold, precious stone(?) |
| obverse 19 | ...... I... and |
| reverse 20 | May the Abysss of Babylon bring (them) into your presence. |
| bottom 30 | ...... barley(?) |
| obverse 8 | ... king(?)... house(?)............... |
| reverse 9 | ... great... and all the sanctuaries in your presence. |
| obverse 9 | ... the great... of Babylon... not(?) |
| obverse 12 | ... Igigi and Anunnaki |
| reverse 2 | .............................. |
| bottom 29 | ... his dwelling... |
| obverse 21 | ...... the year in which... |
| reverse 1 | ...... they...... |
| reverse 17 | in their... that cannot be changed, not... in the... of my strength |
| reverse 10 | ... my hands... I looked with pleasure upon it, and |
| obverse 14 | ... the wall of the gods...... he has shaved and |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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