Neriglissar 06 (Q005391)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Neriglissar 06 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005391 |
| Collection | de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, Holland |
| 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 [0:13] i 1i 1–i 1313 | Neriglissar, king of Babylon, pious prince, the desire of the god Marduk’s heart, exalted ruler, beloved of the god Nabû, the one who deliberates and acquires wisdom, the one who [is] unceasingly [mindful] of provisioning Esagil, Ezida, and Emeslam — the cult centers of the great gods — [...] ... [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse Column i [13:19] i 1'1'–i 6'6' | ... the god Šamaš [...] ex[tended] his fa[vorable] protection over my army. Through pronouncement and divination, the god [Šamaš (...)] spoke unequivocally [...] I gave reverent attention. |
| Obverse Column i [19:30] i 7'7'– | At the beginning of my gracious kingship, the ziggurat of Sip[par], which a former king had b[uilt and whose] brickwor[k] rains and downpo[urs] had carried away, (which) a king of the past had restored, had put its brickwork in goo[d order], had reb[uilt] its collapsed section(s), had constructed (it to a height of) twenty-two cubits, but [had] not co[mplete its] superstructu[re]: |
| Obverse Column ii [9:14] ii 1010–ii 1414 | (As for) me, the w[ise (and) pious one] who [knows how] to revere the god[s], through the wisdom that the god [Ea] granted to [me, f]or the god Šamaš [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [14:16] ii 1'1'–ii 2'2' | [...] through a pronouncement [...]. |
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}NE₃.ERI₁₁.GAL-LUGAL-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 2 | ru-ba-a-am na-a-dam | |
| 3 | bi-ib-il li-ib-bi {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 4 | iš-ša-ak-ku ṣi-i-ri | |
| 5 | na-ra-am {d}na-bi-um | |
| 6 | mu-uš-ta-lam a-hi-iz ne₂-me-qi₂ | |
| 7 | ša a-na zi-in-na-a-ti e₂-sag-il₂ | |
| 8 | e₂-zi-da | |
| 9 | ⸢u₃ e₂-<<x>>-mes-lam⸣ ma-ha-zi DINGIR GAL.GAL | |
| 10 | [ti-iṣ-mu-ru-um-ma] ⸢la na⸣-pa-ar-ka-a | |
| 11 | [...] ŠU KU | |
| 12 | [...] x-nim | |
| 13 | [...] x | |
| 1' | x x x {⸢d}UTU⸣ x [...] | |
| 2' | ṣu-lu-ul-šu ⸢ṭa⸣-[a-bu] | |
| 3' | e-li um-ma-ni-ia ⸢it⸣-[ru-uṣ] | |
| 4' | i-na di-i-nim u₃ bi-ri {⸢d⸣}[UTU (x)] | |
| 5' | i-ša-ri-iš i-da₂-ab-bu-⸢bu⸣ [x x] | |
| 6' | pa-al-hi-iš at-ta-ʾi-⸢id⸣-[ma] | |
| 7' | i-na šu-ru-ti LUGAL-u₂-ti-ia ṭa-ab-ti | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | zi-qu₂-ra-at ⸢ZIMBIR⸣{[ki]} | |
| 2 | ša LUGAL ma-ah-ri i-⸢pu₂⸣-[šu-ma] | |
| 3 | zu-un-nu u₃ ra-a-[du] | |
| 4 | u₂-na-as-su-u₂ li-bi-it-⸢tu⸣-[ša] | |
| 5 | LUGAL pa-nim ik-ši-ru-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 6 | li-bi-it-ta-ša u₂-uš-te-[ši-ir-ma] | |
| 7 | ma-qi₂-it-ta-šu u₂-uš-[zi-iz-ma] | |
| 8 | 22 KUŠ₃ i-pu₂-šu-ma la ⸢u₂⸣-[šak-li-lu] | |
| 9 | re-e-ša-[a-ša] | |
| 10 | ia-ti e-[em-qa mu-ut-ne₂-en-nu-u₂] | |
| 11 | ša pa-la-ha DINGIR.⸢DINGIR⸣ [mu-du-u₂] | |
| 12 | i-na ne₂-me-qi₂ ša {⸢d⸣}[e₂-a] | |
| 13 | iš-ru-⸢ka⸣-[am (x)] | |
| 14 | [a]-⸢na {d}UTU⸣ [...] | |
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | i-na ⸢di-i-nim⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.