Nabonidus 32 (Q005429)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Ur · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 32 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005429 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq; Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Ur |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon7 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:4] i 1i 1–i 44 | Nabonidus, king of Babylon, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who reveres the great gods, am I. |
| Obverse Column i [4:10] i 55–i 1010 | (With regard to) Elugalgalgasisa, the ziggurat of Ekišnugal, which is inside Ur, which Ur-Namma, a king of former times, had built, but had not completed, Šulgi, his son, completed its construction. |
| Obverse Column i [10:15] i 1111–i 1515 | I read in the inscriptions of Ur-Namma and Šulgi, his son, that Ur-Namma had built that ziggurat, but had not completed it, (and that) Šulgi, his son, completed its (Elugalgalgasisa’s) construction. |
| Obverse Column i [15:22] i 1616–i 2222 | Now, that ziggurat had become old so, on top of the original foundation(s) that Ur-Namma and Šulgi, his son, had built, I repaired the damage of that ziggurat with bitumen and baked bricks, as (it had been) in ancient times. |
| Obverse Column i [22:29] i 2323– | For the god Sîn, lord of the gods of heaven and earth, king of the gods, god of the gods, the one who resides in the great heavens, lord of Ekišnugal — which is inside Ur — my lord, I renovated and (re)built (it). |
| Obverse Column ii [2:16] ii 33–ii 1616 | O Sîn, lord of the gods, king of the gods of heaven and earth, god of the gods, the one who resides in the great heavens, when you joyfully enter this temple, may good things about Esagil, Ezida, (and) Ekišnugal, the temples of your great divinity, be set upon your lips. Moreover, have the fear of your great divinity placed in the heart(s) of his people so that they do not sin against your great divinity. |
| Obverse Column ii [16:17] ii 1717–ii 1717 | May their (the temples’) foundations be as firm as (those of) the heavens. |
| Obverse Column ii [17:22] ii 1818–ii 2222 | (As for) me, Nabonidus, king of Babylon, save me from sinning against your great divinity and grant me a long life (lit. “a life of long days”). |
| Obverse Column ii [22:26] ii 2323–ii 2626 | Moreover, with regard to Belshazzar, (my) first-born son, my own offspring, have the fear of your great divinity placed in his heart so that he does not commit a(ny) sin. May he be sated with happiness in life. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | {m}{d}AG-NI₂.TUKU LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 2 | za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂ | |
| 3 | u₃ e₂-zi-da | |
| 4 | pa-lih DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ a-na-ku | |
| 5 | e₂-lugal-galga-si-sa₂ | |
| 6 | ziq-qur-rat e₂-giš-nu₁₁-gal | |
| 7 | ša₂ qe₂-reb uri₂{ki} | |
| 8 | ša₂ {m}ur-{d}namma LUGAL šu-ut mah-ri | |
| 9 | i-pu-šu-ma la u₂-šak-li-lu-uš | |
| 10 | {m}{d}šul-gi DUMU-šu₂ ši-pir-šu₂ u₂-šak-lil | |
| 11 | i-na mu-sa-re-e ša₂ {m}ur-{d}namma | |
| 12 | u₃ {m}{d}šul-gi DUMU-šu₂ a-mur-ma | |
| 13 | ša₂ ziq-qur-rat šu-a-ti {m}ur-{d}namma | |
| 14 | i-pu-šu-ma la u₂-šak-li-lu-uš | |
| 15 | {m}{d}šul-gi DUMU-šu₂ ši-pir-šu₂ u₂-šak-lil | |
| 16 | i-na-an-ni ziq-qur-rat šu-a-ti | |
| 17 | la-ba-ri-iš il-li-ik-ma | |
| 18 | e-li te-me-en-na la-bi-ri | |
| 19 | ša₂ {m}ur-{d}namma u₃ {m}{d}šul-gi DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 20 | i-pu-šu ziq-qur-rat šu-a-ti | |
| 21 | ki-ma la-bi-ri-im-ma | |
| 22 | i-na ku-up-ri u₃ a-gur-ri | |
| 23 | ba-ta-aq-šu₂ aṣ-bat-ma a-na {d}30 EN DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 24 | ša₂ AN-e u KI-tim LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂ DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 25 | a-ši-ib AN-e GAL.MEŠ EN e₂-giš-nu₁₁-gal | |
| 26 | ša₂ qe₂-reb uri₂{ki} EN-ia | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | uš-ši-iš-ma | |
| 2 | e-pu-uš | |
| 3 | {d}30 be-li₂ DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 4 | LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂ AN-e u₃ KI-tim | |
| 5 | DINGIR.MEŠ ša₂ DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 6 | a-ši-ib AN-e GAL.MEŠ | |
| 7 | a-na E₂ šu-a-ti | |
| 8 | ha-di-iš i-na e-re-bi-ka | |
| 9 | SIG₅.MEŠ e₂-sag-il₂ | |
| 10 | e₂-zi-da e₂-giš-nu₁₁-gal | |
| 11 | E₂.MEŠ DINGIR-u₂-ti-ka GAL-ti | |
| 12 | liš-ša₂-ki-in šap-tuk-ka | |
| 13 | u₃ pu-luh-ti DINGIR-u₂-ti-ka | |
| 14 | GAL-ti lib₃-bi UN.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 15 | šu-uš-kin-ma la i-haṭ-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 16 | a-na DINGIR-u₂-ti-ka GAL-ti | |
| 17 | ki-ma AN-e iš-da-šu₂-nu li-ku-nu | |
| 18 | ia-ti {m}{d}AG-I LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 19 | i-na hi-ṭu DINGIR-u₂-ti-ka GAL-ti | |
| 20 | šu-zib-an-ni-ma | |
| 21 | ba-la-ṭu u₄-mu ru-qu-ti | |
| 22 | a-na ši-rik-ti šur-kam | |
| 23 | u₃ ša₂ {m}{d}EN-LUGAL-URU₃ DUMU reš-tu-u₂ | |
| 24 | ṣi-it lib₃-bi-ia pu-luh-ti DINGIR-u₂-ti-ka | |
| 25 | GAL-ti lib₃-bu-uš šu-uš-kin-ma | |
| 26 | a-a ir-ša₂-a hi-ṭi-ti la-le-e TIN liš-bi | |
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