Nabopolassar 05 (Q005364)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabopolassar 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005364 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 [0:4] 1'1'–4'4' | [He (the god Šazu) made a g]ood [lamassu walk beside me], (and) allowed (me) to success[fully undertake everything that I di]d. He made [the god Nergal, the almighty on]e of the gods, march at [my] side; [he killed my enemy] (and) cut down [my] opponent. |
| Obverse [4:9] 5'5'–9'9' | [(As for) the Assyrians, who from] distant days had ruled over all of the people [and] had made the people of the lan[d] suffer [under its heav]y [yoke, I, the weak (and) power]less one constantly seeks out the lord of lor[ds (Marduk), with the power]ful [strength] of the gods Nabû and Marduk — [my] lord[s] — I barred them (lit: “their feet”) [from the land of Akkad] and had (the Babylonians) ca[st off] their yoke. |
| Obverse [9:17] 10'10'–17'17' | [At that time, (as for) Nemetti-Enli]l, the outer wall of Babylon, which an king of the past had [...] ... not ... [...] neglected ... and on the outside, the wall (and) outer [wall ..., the powerle]ss (and) reverent one who constantly seeks [out the lord of lords (Marduk), ...] I examined (and) [... (its) origi]nal [...] my extensive [people], whose [lead-rope(s)] the gods Nabû and [Marduk placed in my hands] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [u₂-ša-li-ik {d}LAMMA] ⸢du-un-qu⸣ [i-na i-di-ia] | |
| 2' | [i-na mim-ma e-te-ep-pu]-⸢šu⸣ u₂-⸢ša-li-im ši⸣-[ip-ra-am] | |
| 3' | {[d}NE₃.ERI₁₁.GAL dan-dan]-⸢ni⸣ DINGIR.MEŠ u₂-ša-⸢li-ik⸣ i-da-[a-a] | |
| 4' | [i-na-ar a-a-bi-ia] u₂-ša-am-qi₃-it ga-ri-[ia] | |
| 5' | [aš-šu-ru-u₂ ša ul-tu] UD.MEŠ ru-qu-te ku-ul-la-at ni-ši-im i-be₂-lu-[ma] | |
| 6' | [i-na ni-ri-šu ka-ab]-⸢ti⸣ u₂-ša-az-zi-qu ni-ši-<im> ma-a-[ti] | |
| 7' | [a-na-ku en-šu-um pi₂-is]-nu-qu mu-uš-te-eʾ-u₂ EN EN.[EN] | |
| 8' | [i-na e-mu-qu ga-aš₂]-⸢ra-a⸣-ti ša {d}na-bi-um u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU EN.⸢MEŠ⸣-[e-a] | |
| 9' | [ul-tu KUR-ak-ka-di-i] še-ep-⸢šu⸣-nu ap-ru-us-ma ni-ir-⸢šu-nu u₂-ša⸣-[ad-di] | |
| 10' | [i₃-nu-šu ne₂-met-ti-{d}EN].⸢LIL₂⸣ ša-⸢al⸣-he-e ba-bi-lim{ki} ša LUGAL ma-ah-ri u₂-x-[...] | |
| 11' | [...] x-im la u₂-x-[...] | |
| 12' | [...] x-ši-im i-zi-ib-ma a-na ki-da-a-nim BAD₃ šal-[hu-u₂ ...] | |
| 13' | [... pi₂-is-nu]-⸢qu ša-ah-ti⸣ mu-uš-te-⸢eʾ⸣-[u₂ EN EN.EN] | |
| 14' | [...]-x-im a-hi-iṭ [...] | |
| 15' | [... re]-⸢eš⸣-ti-i u₂-ki-x [...] | |
| 16' | [... ni-ši]-⸢ia⸣ ra-ba-a-te ša {d}na-⸢bi-um u₃⸣ {[d}AMAR.UTU ṣe-re-es-su] | |
| 17' | [...] [...] |
Sources & licences
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