Nabonidus 12 (Q005409)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005409 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzerleri, 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 [0:8] ii 1'1'–ii 8'8' | [...] foundatio[n(s) ...] and [...] an inscription bearing [his] na[me ... t]hat [...] was not (well) const[ructed ... f]oundation(s) of Narām-[Sîn ... a k]ing who came before him [...] I discovered. Then, my heart was happy (and) [my face] b[eamed. ... N]arām-Sîn ... [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [8:12] ii 9'9'–ii 12'12' | [...], the wise (and) pious one, [...] ... that foundation, I became frighten[ed, worried, (and) anxi]ous, and (then) I raised [my] h[ands ...] ... [...] |
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 [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x ⸢te⸣-me-en-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x-ma ši-ṭir šu-[mi-šu ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢šu⸣-a-tim la ka-⸢ṣi⸣-[ir ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢te⸣-me-en-na {m}na-ram-{⸢d⸣}30 ...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣ a-lik mah-ri-šu₂ x [...] | |
| 7' | [...] a-mur-ma ih-di lib₃-bi ⸢im⸣-[mi-ru zi-mu-u₂-a] | |
| 8' | [... {m]}⸢na⸣-ram-{d}30 AD AB x [(x)] x [...] | |
| 9' | [...] x e-em-qa₂ mu-ut-ne₂-en-⸢nu-u₂⸣ x [...] | |
| 10' | [...] (x) x te-me-en-na šu-a-tim ap-la-⸢ah⸣ [ak-ku-ud] | |
| 11' | [na-qut]-⸢ti ar⸣-še-e-ma aš₂-ši ⸢qa₂⸣-[ti-ia] | |
| 12' | [...] (x) x x x (x) [...] | |
Sources & licences
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