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Aššur-etel-ilāni Babylonian 1 (Q003857)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Babylonia · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationAššur-etel-ilāni Babylonian 1
IDQ003857
CollectionPrinceton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotBabylonia

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-H2, 2026-10-18), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

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1a-na {d}AMAR.UTU kab-tu šit-ra-hu {d}EN.LIL₂ DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂-qu-u₂To the god Marduk, the mighty, the exalted one, the Enlil of the gods,
2e-li DINGIR.MEŠ a-šir DINGIR.MEŠ ka-la-me mu-kil mar-kas {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃above all the gods, who binds all the Igigi,
3u₃ {d}a-nun-na-ki mu-ma-ʾe-er DINGIR ku-na LUGAL ŠU₂ AN-e u₃ KI-timand the Anunnaki, who makes the gods bow down, king of heaven and netherworld,
4ša₂ a-na zik-ri-šu₂ DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ pal-hiš u₂-taq-qu-u₂ qi₂-bit-su(As for) the one who speaks kindly to his speech, the great gods will listen to his prayers.
5šah-tu₂ la-a-nu ši-i-hu ša₂ ina ZU.AB ir-bu-u₂ bal-ti šur-ru-hu(As for) the šaḫtu-disease, the lānu-illness, (and) the seizure which occurred in the ZU.AB-temple, (as for the one) who has caused a remission of the debts,
6mi₃-na-a-ta šu-tu-ru ṣu-ub-bu-u₂ nab-ni-ti le-eʾ-um(Sum) What is it that makes the king, my lord, tremble(?) (Akk) What does he make the šuturu-priestess, the utterance of the nabnītu-demon
7le-eʾ-u₂-tu mu-du-u₂ ka-la-me la-mid ṭe₃-em ZU.ABWho knows everything, who knows the news of ZU.AB,
8a-hi-iz pi-riš-ti lal₃-gar EN KA₂.DINGIR.RA{KI}I heeded the command of Lalgar, lord of Babylon.
9a-šib e₂-sag-il₂ EN GAL-u₂ EN ŠU₂ {m}AN.ŠAR₂-e-tel-li-DINGIR.MEŠI dwell in Esagil, the great lord, the master of Ashur-etel-ilī.
10LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL KUR-AN.ŠAR₂{KI} {GIŠ}BANŠUR {GIŠ}MES.MA₂.KAN.NAThe king of the world, the king [of Assyria, the table, the makannu-bowl]
11iṣ-ṣi da-ru-u₂ ša₂ ṣa-ri-ri HUŠ.A uh-hu-zu(Sum) The one of the ṣariru-vessel (Akk) It is the eternal reed that covers the flesh
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12ŠA₂ NU KAT₂ MAŠ xwithout a tail, ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
13i-na ši-pir DUMU.ME um-ma-nu nak-liš šu-pu-šu₂ a-na si-ma-a-taWith the work of the scouts (and) the apprentices, they perform the ritual to the right.
14ma-ka-le-e KU₃.ME šu-lu-ku a-na TIN ZI.MEŠ-šu₂ še-me-eHe purifies the pure libation vessel for his life.
15su-pe-e-šu₂ sa-kap {LU₂}KUR₂.MEŠ-šu₂ BA-iš₃His supplications, the utterance of his enemies, he uttered.
16{d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-u₂ {GIŠ}BANŠUR šu-a-tiO Marduk, great lord, that table
17ha-diš ina nap-lu-si-ka {d}šul-pa-e₃-a EN {GIŠ}BANŠURMay Šulpaea, lord of the table, be glad on your account!
18ina ra-kas {GIŠ}BANŠUR ša₂-rak sur-qin-nu ka-a-a-an la na-par-ka-aAt the threshing floor of the table, there is a strewn offering; there is no reopening (of the case) ever.
19a-mat {MUNUS}SIG₅ {m}AN.ŠAR₂-e-tel-li-DINGIR.ME LUGAL KUR-AN.ŠAR₂{KI}The good word of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria:
20NUN mi-gir lib₃-bi-ka lit-tas-qar ma-har-kaMay the prince, the favorite of your heart, praise you before you.
212 SILA₃ 3 šal-šu₂ NINDA SISKUR 1 PI 1 BAN₂ {GIŠ}PEŠ₃ HAD₂.A ina maš-šar-ti ša₂ {ITI}DU₆Two qû three sour loaves of bread for the offering, one pānu one seah of dried fruit in the maššartu-offering of Tishri (VII).
22{m}na-din A {m}{d}EN-PAP.ME-BA-ša₂ {ITI}KIN UD.11.KAM₂ MU.3.KAM₂Nadin, son of Bel-ahhe-iqiša. Month Ululu (VI), eleventh day, third year.

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