Nabonidus 10 (Q005407)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 10 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005407 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 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 Column ii [0:4] ii 1'1'–ii 4'4' | [they (Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal) sought out the (original) foundation(s) of Eulmaš, but did not reach (them)]. They put down in writing, saying: “[I sought out] the (original) foundation(s) of Eulma[š, but I did not reach (them). I cut down] poplar(s) and martû-tree(s) and (then) built a replacement Eulmaš and [gave (it)] <to> the goddess Ištar of Ag[ade].” |
| Obverse Column ii [4:7] ii 5'5'–ii 7'7' | (As for) Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, son of Nabopolass[ar], a king who came before me, his heart pro[mpted (him)] to (re)build that temple [and] he sought out the original foundation(s), but did not find (them) and (therefore) did not (re)bu[ild (Eulmaš)]. |
| Obverse Column ii [7:9] ii 8'8'–ii 9'9' | (But as for) me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon, I continuously strove to (re)build that temple. Inside Agade, I opened up the surface of (its former) location and (then) sought out (its) foundation(s). |
| Obverse Column ii [9:13] ii 10'10'–ii 13'13' | During the seventh year of my legitimate reign, the goddess Ištar of Agade, the great lady, through (her) love for my royal majesty, remembered her eternal dwelling, beca[me reco]nciled towards this temple, and her mood relaxed. |
| Obverse Column ii [13:14] ii 14'14'–ii 14'14' | The god Adad, canal inspector of [heaven and earth ...] ... and |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ii | ||
| 1' | [la ik-šu-du] ⸢iš⸣-ṭu₃-ru-ma [iš-ku-nu] | |
| 2' | ⸢um⸣-ma te-me-en-na e₂-ul-⸢maš⸣ [u₂-ba-ʾi-i-ma la ak-šu-ud] | |
| 3' | {giš}ASAL₂ u₃ {giš}maš-tu-⸢u₂⸣ [ak-šiṭ-ma] | |
| 4' | te-ne₂-e e₂-ul-maš e-pu-uš-ma <a-na> {d}INANNA a-⸢ka₃⸣-[de₃{ki} ad-din] | |
| 5' | {m}{d}AG-NIG₂.GUB-URU₃ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} DUMU {m}{d}AG-IBILA-⸢URU₃⸣ | |
| 6' | LUGAL a-lik mah-ri-ia e-peš E₂ šu-a-tim lib₃-ba-šu₂ ub-[lam-ma] | |
| 7' | te-me-en-šu₂ la-bi-ri u₂-ba-ʾi-i-ma la i-mu-ur la i-⸢pu⸣-[uš] | |
| 8' | ia-ti {d}AG-NI₂.TUKU LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} e-peš E₂ šu-a-tim aš₂-te-eʾ-e-ma | |
| 9' | i-na qe₂-reb a-ka₃-de₃{ki} pa-ni qaq-qa-ru u₂-pat-ti-ma | |
| 10' | aš₂-te-eʾ-a te-me-en-na i-na MU.7.KAM i-na pa-le-e-a ki-i-nim | |
| 11' | i-na na-ra-am LUGAL-u₂-ti-ia {d}INANNA a-ka₃-de₃{ki} GAŠAN GAL-ti | |
| 12' | šu-ba-at-su da-ri₂-ti ih-ta-as-sa-as-ma | |
| 13' | a-na E₂ šu-a-tim ⸢is⸣-[li]-⸢im⸣-ma ip-pa-šir₃ ka-bat-tu-uš | |
| 14' | {⸢d}IŠKUR GU₂.GAL⸣ [AN-e u KI-tim x x] x x x-⸢di-ma⸣ | |
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