Nabonidus 30 (Q005427)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 30 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005427 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Sippar |
| Coordinates | 33.0592, 44.2538 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon7 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:12] o 2'2'– | I was at[tentive] to the god Šamaš, the great lord, my lord, [and] I [built] anew Ebabbar, his temple that is inside [Sippar], on the (original) foundation(s) of Narām-[Sîn], a king of the past. I had strong cedar(s) stretched out for [its] r[oof]. At eac[h of (its) rooms] and its gates, I securely fastened [...], architrave(s), giškanakku(s), a[nd doors] of immense cedar(s). |
| Reverse [3:8] r 44–r 88 | [O Ša]maš, exalted lord, when [you] ent[er this temple with ple]asure, loo[k with pleasure upon] my g[ood de]eds [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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢a-na {d}UTU EN⸣ GAL EN-ia at-⸢ta⸣-[ʾi-id-ma] | |
| 3' | e₂-babbar-ra E₂-su ša qe₂-reb [ZIMBIR{ki]} | |
| 4' | e-li te-me-en-na na-ra-am-{[d}30 | |
| 5' | LUGAL ma-ah-ri e-eš-ši-iš ⸢e⸣-[pu-uš] | |
| 6' | {giš}EREN.MEŠ dan-nu-tu a-na ⸢ṣu⸣-[lu-li-šu₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 7' | u₂-šat-ri-iṣ x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {giš}GAN.DU₇ giš-ka₂-⸢na-ku u₃⸣ {[giš}IG.MEŠ] | |
| 2 | {giš}EREN ṣi-ra-a-tim e-⸢ma⸣ [E₂.MEŠ-(šu₂)] | |
| 3 | u₃ KA₂.MEŠ-šu u₂-šar-ši-[id] | |
| 4 | {[d]}⸢UTU⸣ EN ṣi-i-ri a-⸢na⸣ [E₂ šu-a-ti] | |
| 5 | [ha]-⸢di⸣-iš i-na e-⸢re⸣-[bi-ka] | |
| 6 | [ep₂-še]-⸢tu⸣-u₂-a da-⸢am⸣-[qa-a-ta] | |
| 7 | [ha-di-iš] ⸢na⸣-ap-li-[is-ma] | |
| 8 | [...] x e x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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