Nabonidus 11 (Q005408)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005408 |
| 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' | [...] … [...] its ground plan could not be found, i[ts] structure [...] … before me [... during joy]ous celebrations. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:11] ii 5'5'–ii 11'11' | [... (of)] that Eulmaš, from the surface of the ground, [I dug do]wn [...] and the (original) foundation(s) of Narām-Sîn [...]. Then, I saw an inscription bearing his name and the work of [th]at [...] was not (well) constructed. [... (of)] Narām-Sîn, I dug down (a further) three cubits and [... togeth]er with (those of) [its] two ziggur[ats, ...] ... [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [0:4] iii 1'1'–iii 4'4' | (No translation possible) |
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' | [...] x x x x x x x x x | |
| 2' | [... u₂-ṣu]-ra-ti-ša₂ la ut-tu-u₂ ši-kin-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 3' | [...]-⸢ra-am⸣-mu-u₂ (x)-qa-am pa-ni-ia | |
| 4' | [... i-na hi-da]-⸢a⸣-ti u₃ ri-ša-a-ti | |
| 5' | [... e₂]-⸢ul⸣-maš šu-a-tim ul-tu pa-ni qaq-qa-ru | |
| 6' | [... u₂-šap]-⸢pil⸣-ma te-me-en-na {m}na-ra-am-{d}EN.ZU | |
| 7' | [...] x-ma ši-ṭir šu-mi-⸢šu⸣ ap-pa-lis-ma | |
| 8' | [... šu-a]-tim la ka-ṣi-ir ši-pi₂-⸢ir⸣-šu | |
| 9' | [...] {m}⸢na-ram⸣-{d}30 3 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ u₂-šap-pil-ma | |
| 10' | [... a]-⸢di⸣ 2.TA ⸢ziq⸣-qur-⸢re⸣-[e-ti-šu₂] | |
| 11' | [...] x x [(x)] x [...] | |
| iii | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | x [...] | |
| 3' | man-[nu ...] | |
| 4' | x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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