Nabopolassar 14 (Q005373)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabopolassar 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005373 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Sippar |
| Coordinates | 33.0592, 44.2538 |
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 [0:4] i 1i 1–i 44 | Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, protégé of the gods Nabû and Marduk, am I. |
| Obverse Column i [4:16] i 55–i 1616 | When the god Marduk, the great lord, issued his important order to me to provide for cult centers (and) renovate shrines, at that time, (with regard to) Sippar, the exalted, beloved cult center of the god Šamaš and the goddess Aya, the Euphrates River withdrew from it and to purify their lordship (its) waters had become too distant to draw (water from it). |
| Obverse Column ii [0:9] ii 1ii 1–ii 99 | As for me, Nabopolassar, the humble (and) respectful one who reveres the gods, I had the Euphrates River dug to Sippar and (thereby) I firmly established an abundance of pure water for the god Šamaš, my lord. |
| Obverse Column ii [9:15] ii 1010–ii 1515 | I firmly secured the bank of that river with bitumen and baked bricks and (thereby) provided the god Šamaš, my lord, with a secure embankment. |
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 KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 3 | ti-ri-iṣ qa₂-at {d}na-bi-um | |
| 4 | u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU a-na-ku | |
| 5 | i₃-nu {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 6 | a-na za-na-an ma-ha-zi | |
| 7 | ud-du-šu eš-re-e-ti | |
| 8 | ur₂-ta-šu ka-bi-it-ti | |
| 9 | u₂-ma-ʾi-i-ra-an-ni | |
| 10 | i₃-nu-mi-šu-um | |
| 11 | ZIMBIR{ki} | |
| 12 | ma-ha-zi ṣi₂-i-ri | |
| 13 | na-ra-am {d}UTU u {d}a-a | |
| 14 | {id₂}BURANUN is-si-šu-ma | |
| 15 | a-na qu₂-ud-duš be-lu-ti-šu-nu | |
| 16 | me-e i-re-e-qu a-na sa-a-bu | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | {d}na-bi-um-IBILA-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ | |
| 2 | a₃-aš-ri ša-ah-ṭim | |
| 3 | pa-li-ih i₃-li₂ ia-a-ti | |
| 4 | {id₂}BURANUN | |
| 5 | a-na ZIMBIR{ki} | |
| 6 | lu u₂-ša-ah-ra-am-ma | |
| 7 | me-e nu-uh₂-ši el-lu-tim | |
| 8 | a-na {d}UTU EN-ia | |
| 9 | lu u₂-ki-in | |
| 10 | ki-bi-ir ID₂ šu-a-ti | |
| 11 | i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A u₃ a-gur-ri | |
| 12 | lu u₂-ša-ar-ši-id-ma | |
| 13 | a-na {d}UTU EN-ia | |
| 14 | KAR šu-ul-mi-im | |
| 15 | lu u₂-um-mi-id | |
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