Nabopolassar 04 (Q005363)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabopolassar 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005363 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon7 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:6] i 1i 1–i 66 | Nabopola[ssar], strong king, ki[ng of Babylon], king of the land of [Sumer and Akkad, exalted] ru[ler, the one who reveres the god] Uraš and the goddess Ištar, t[r]ue she[ph]erd, protégé of the gods Nabû and [Mardu]k, am I. |
| Obverse Column i [6:13] i 77–i 1313 | When the great gods called (my) exalted name for dominion over the land, entrusted me with a scepter — a present to constantly guide my people — (and) [le]t my hands grasps an exalted staff [t]o subjugate the insubmissive. |
| Obverse Column i [13:26] i 1414– | At that time, I imposed (the carrying of) basket(s) on all of my workforce (and) made (them) carry hoe(s and) spade(s). (As for) the people of the upper and lower land(s), whose lead-rope(s) the gods Nabû and Marduk placed in my hands, the god Erra — the [(...)] lord ... who go[es] at my right side, the bail[iff ...], the wise (and) [gre]at one — [...] ... [I mus]tered the extensive work[men of the gods Enlil, Šamaš, and] Marduk [and ...] on (all) four sides. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:13] ii 55–ii 1313 | At that time, I built anew Nēmetti-En[lil, its (Babylon’s) outer wall] and made (it) as bright as day for the god Marduk, [my] lord. I strengthened the protection of Esagil and Babylon (and) allowed the citizens of Babylon to live (there) in peace. I made Babylon, the cult center of the great lord — the god Marduk — worthy of praise, just like it was in earlier times. |
| Obverse Column ii [13:22] ii 1414–ii 2222 | 0 Marduk, the Enlil of the gods, the one who directs the (four) quarters (of the world), look with pleasure upon my good deeds and, by your exalt[ed] command, [give to me a]s a gift to [my] royal majesty a just scepter, a firmly-founded throne, a dynasty (lasting) until the distant future, (and) the ability to ma[rch] through the four quarters (of the world), on high (mountain) peaks. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | {d}na-bi-um-⸢IBILA-u₂⸣-[ṣu-ur₂] | |
| 2 | LUGAL dan-⸢num₂ LUGAL⸣ [KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki]} | |
| 3 | LUGAL ⸢MA.DA⸣-[šu-me-ri₂-im u ak-ka-di-i] | |
| 4 | iš-⸢ša⸣-[ak-ku-um ṣi-i-ri pa-lih {d]}⸢u₂⸣-raš u {d}⸢iš-tar₂⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢RE⸣.[E₂].⸢UM ki-nam⸣ [ti]-⸢ri⸣-iṣ qa₂-at | |
| 6 | {⸢d}na-bi-um u₃⸣ {[d}AMAR].⸢UTU a-na⸣-ku | |
| 7 | i₃-⸢nu⸣-um ⸢i₃-li₂ ra-bi₂⸣-u₂-tim | |
| 8 | a-na be-lu-ut ma-a-ti šu-ma-am ṣi-ri-im | |
| 9 | ⸢ib⸣-bu-u₂ ha-aṭ-ṭa ši-ri-ik-ti | |
| 10 | ⸢a⸣-na ri-te-ed-de-e ni-ši-ia | |
| 11 | ⸢i⸣-qi₂-pu-u₃-ni {giš}uš-pa-ri-im ṣi-ri-im | |
| 12 | [a]-⸢na⸣ ku-nu-uš la ma-gi-ri-im | |
| 13 | ⸢u₂-ša⸣-at-⸢mi-ih⸣ qa₂-tu-u₂-a | |
| 14 | in u₄-mi-šu-ma na-ap-ha-ar um-ma-ni-ia | |
| 15 | tu-up-ši-ik-ku ⸢lu e-mi-id⸣ | |
| 16 | {giš}al-lu {giš}mar-ri-im lu u₂-ša-aš-ši-im | |
| 17 | ni-ši₃ ma-a-ti e-li-ti u₃ ša-ap-li-tim | |
| 18 | ša {d}na-bi-um u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU ṣe-re-es-⸢su⸣ | |
| 19 | ⸢a⸣-na qa₂-ti-ia u₂-ma-al-lu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 20 | {d}er₃-ra be-⸢li⸣ [(x x)] x x ⸢il⸣-li-[ku] | |
| 21 | im-ni-ia ra-bi-⸢ṣu⸣ x x ⸢er⸣-ša [ra]-⸢bi₂⸣-a | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | [...] x ⸢DI⸣ [x] x ⸢AN NI RI/IŠ⸣ | |
| 2 | [... ad]-⸢kam⸣-[ma] ⸢um-ma⸣-[na-at] | |
| 3 | {[d}EN.LIL₂ {d]}⸢UTU u {d}AMAR.UTU⸣ ra-bi₂-a-⸢tim⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | x x x x a-⸢na⸣ IM LIMMU₂.⸢BA⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | ⸢i₃-ni⸣-u₄-mi-šu ne₂-met-ti-{⸢d}EN⸣.[LIL₂ šal-hu-u₂-šu] | |
| 6 | ⸢e⸣-eš₁₅-ši-iš lu ab-ni-⸢ma a-na {d}AMAR.UTU⸣ be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 7 | ki-ma u₄-mi-im lu u₂-⸢na-mi⸣-ir | |
| 8 | ma-aṣ-ṣa-ar-ti e₂-sag-il₂ u KA₂.DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 9 | lu u₂-da-ni-in DUMU.MEŠ ba-bi-lam{ki} | |
| 10 | šu-ub-ti ne-eh-ti lu u₂-še-ši-ib | |
| 11 | ba-bi-lam{ki} ma-ha-az EN ra-bi₂-im {d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ | |
| 12 | ki-ma ša u₄-mu-um u₂-ul-lu-tim | |
| 13 | a-na ta-na-da-a-ti lu aš-ta-ka-an | |
| 14 | {d}AMAR.UTU {d}EN.LIL₂ i₃-li₂ a-ši-ir ki-ib-ra-a-tim | |
| 15 | e-ep-še₂₀-ti-ia da-am-qa₂-a-tim | |
| 16 | ha-di-iš na-ap-li-is-ma ha-aṭ-ṭa | |
| 17 | i-ša-ar-tim {giš}ku-sa-a šu-ur-šu-da | |
| 18 | pa-le-e u₄-mu-um re-e-qu-tim | |
| 19 | in ki-ib-⸢ra-a⸣-tim ar-ba-ʾi-⸢im⸣ | |
| 20 | in re-⸢ša⸣-an e-la₂-a-tim ši-ta-ad-⸢du-hi⸣ | |
| 21 | ⸢in qi₂-bi₂⸣-ti-ka ṣi-ir-⸢tim⸣ | |
| 22 | [a]-⸢na⸣ ši-ri-ik-⸢ti₃ šar-ru-ti⸣-[ia šu-ur-kam] | |
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