Nabonidus 05 (Q005402)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005402 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | For the goddess Ištar, [(...)] la[dy (of) ...], splend[id] princess, [my lady]: Nabonidus, king of Ba[bylon], the one who provides for Esagil and [Ezida], the one who constantly seeks out [her] shrin[es, am I]. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | [I i]nlaid a table of musukkannu-wood, a [durable wo]od, with shiny silver and [bright] gold and placed (it) firmly be[fore her]. |
| Bottom [0:3] b.e. 9b.e. 9– | O Ištar, (my) lady, say good [things about me] all [day long]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na {d}INANNA ⸢GAŠAN⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | ru-ba-a-ti ⸢ru-uṣ-ṣu⸣-[un-ti GAŠAN-ia] | |
| 3 | {d}AG-na-ʾi-id LUGAL TIN.[TIR{ki]} | |
| 4 | za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂ u [e₂-zi-da] | |
| 5 | mu-uš-te-eʾ-u₂ aš-ra-a-[ti-ša₂ ana-ku] | |
| 6 | {giš}BANŠUR MES.MA₂.KAN.NA iṣ-[ṣi da-ri₂-a] | |
| 7 | i-na KU₃.BABBAR eb-bi u₃ KU₃.⸢GI⸣ [nam-ri] | |
| 8 | ⸢uh⸣-hi-iz-ma u₂-ki-in [ma-har-ša₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9 | {d}INANNA GAŠAN dam-qa₂-[a-tu-u₂-a] | |
| r | ||
| 10 | a-ta-mi-i ud-[da-kam] | |
Sources & licences
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