Neriglissar 07 (Q005392)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylonia · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Neriglissar 07 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005392 |
| Collection | Saint Louis Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylonia |
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 [0:12] i 1'1'–i 12'12' | w[is]e prince, the one who daily through the su[pport of his gods] const[antly] strives after re[spect for the god Marduk — the great lord] — and the god Nabû — his t[rue] heir — the one who st[rives] to copiously supply sattu[kku-offerings (...)] to Esagil and Ezida (and) to perform daily that [which is pleasing] to the gods Nabû and Marduk, [his] lords, the one who fulfills [their] comman[d], son of Bēl-šum-iškun, [wise] prince [(...)], the perfect warrior, the vali[ant] warrior, [(...)]. |
| Obverse Column i [12:18] i 13'13'–i 18'18' | When the god Nabû, the e[xalted] vizier, the one who speaks about [my] good de[eds], spr[ead] word of my good deeds (and) elevated the head of my royal majesty, he looked upon me with his gracious face an[d] granted me a just reign. |
| Obverse Column i [18:26] i 19'19'–i 26'26' | At his exalted command, I travel[led] enemy road(s), [...] mountain path(s), [...] lands [...] ... [... h]ostil[e ...] ... [... k]i[ng ...] |
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' | ⸢ru⸣-ba-a-am ⸢em⸣-[qa₂-am (x)] | |
| 2' | ša i-na ⸢tu⸣-[kul-ti DINGIR.MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 3' | u₄-mi-ša-am pu-[luh-ti {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL] | |
| 4' | u₃ {d}AG IBILA-šu ⸢ki⸣-[i-nim] | |
| 5' | ⸢iš⸣-te-ne₂-eʾ-u₂ ⸢ka⸣-[a-a-nam] | |
| 6' | a-na e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ e₂-zi-⸢da⸣ | |
| 7' | ṭu₂-uh₂-hu-du sa-at-tu-[uk-ki (x)] | |
| 8' | ša e-li {d}AG u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU EN.MEŠ-[šu₂ ṭa-a-bu] | |
| 9' | u₄-mi-ša-am e-pe₂-šu iš-te-⸢ne₂⸣-[eʾ-u₂] | |
| 10' | ⸢u₂⸣-ša-al-la-mu qi₂-bi-⸢it⸣-[su-nu] | |
| 11' | ⸢DUMU⸣ {d}EN-šu-um-⸢iš-ku-un⸣ ru-ba-a-⸢am⸣ [e-em-qa₂ (x)] | |
| 12' | ⸢eṭ-lu⸣ gi-it-ma-lu e-⸢ṭe-el⸣ qa₂-⸢ar₂⸣-[du (x)] | |
| 13' | ⸢i⸣-nu-ma {d}AG su-uk-kal-lu ⸢ṣi⸣-[i-ri] | |
| 14' | mu-ta-mu-u₂ da-am-⸢qa₂⸣-[ti-ia] | |
| 15' | ⸢a⸣-ma-a-ti da-mi-iq-ti-ia i-⸢ta⸣-[ma-a] | |
| 16' | re-eš LUGAL-u₂-⸢ti⸣-ia u₂-ul-lu-[u₂] | |
| 17' | ⸢i⸣-na pa-ni-šu dam-qu₂-ti ip-pal-sa-an-ni-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 18' | šar-ru-ti mi-ša-ri ia-ti ⸢iš-ru-kam⸣ [(x)] | |
| 19' | i-na qi₂-bi-ti-šu ṣi-ir-⸢tim⸣ [(x)] | |
| 20' | har-ra-an na-ki-ri ⸢er⸣-te-⸢ed-de⸣-[e-ma (x)] | |
| 21' | u₂-ru-uh ša-di x [...] | |
| 22' | ⸢ma-ta-a-ti⸣ [...] | |
| 23' | [x] x I DI TA ⸢MA⸣ [...] | |
| 24' | ⸢na⸣-ak-ru-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 25' | [x] x ⸢KA⸣ AN [...] | |
| 26' | [x (x)] ⸢LUGAL⸣ [...] | |
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