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Hammu-rabi 12 (Akkadian) (Q002188)
Royal Inscription, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Hammu-rabi 12 (Akkadian) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q002188 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | unclear |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ha-am-mu-ra-bi | Hammurabi |
| 2 | lugal kala-ga | the strong king |
| 3 | lugal babilim₂{ki} | king of Babylon |
| 4 | lugal an-ub-da limmu₂ | king of the four quarters: |
| 5 | kalam dim₂-dim₂-me | who fashioned the nation |
| 6 | lugal nig₂-ak-ak-bi | the king whose acts |
| 7 | su {d}utu | the body of Utu, |
| 8 | {d}marduk-ra | for Marduk |
| 9 | ba-du₁₀-ga me-en | I am the one who is good. |
| 10 | bad₃ zimbir{ki} | the wall of Sippar |
| 11 | sahar-ta | from the soil |
| 12 | hur-sag gal-gin₇ | like a great mountain range |
| 13 | sag-bi | its top |
| 14 | he₂-em-mi-il₂ | I raised up. |
| 15 | ambar-ra hu-mu-ni-nigin₂ | I surrounded it in the marshes. |
| 16 | {id₂}buranun | the Euphrates |
| 17 | zimbir{ki}-še₃ | to Sippar |
| 18 | hu-mu-ba-al | he shall fill. |
| 19 | kar silim-ma-ke₄ | at the safe harbor |
| 20 | hu-mu-ni-us₂ | I set up. |
| 21 | ha-am-mu-ra-bi | Hammurabi |
| 22 | kalam dim₂-dim₂-me | who fashioned the nation |
| 23 | lugal nig₂-ak-ak-bi | the king whose acts |
| 24 | su {d}utu | the body of Utu, |
| 25 | {d}marduk-ra | for Marduk |
| 26 | ba-du₁₀-ga me-en | I am the one who is good. |
| 27 | zimbir{ki} | of Sippar, |
| 28 | babilim₂{ki}-bi-da-ke₄ | of that city |
| 29 | ki-tuš ne-ha | a place of relaxation |
| 30 | du-ri₂-še₃ | for the scepter |
| 31 | he₂-em-mi-tuš | may he dwell |
| 32 | ha-am-mu-ra-bi | Hammurabi |
| 33 | še-ga {d}utu | favorable to Šamaš |
| 34 | ki ag₂ {d}marduk me-en | beloved of Marduk, you are. |
| 35 | u₄ ul-li₂-a-ta | from distant days |
| 36 | lugal-lugal-e-ne-er | of the kings |
| 37 | ba-ra-an-dim₂-ma | he did not build, and |
| 38 | {d}utu lugal-ga₂ | of Utu my master |
| 39 | gal-bi hu-mu-na-du₃ | I built for him. |
Sources & licences
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