Nabonidus 33 (Q005430)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Ur · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 33 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005430 |
| Collection | University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Ur |
| Coordinates | 30.9616, 46.1047 |
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 [0:3] i 1i 1–i 33 | Nabonidus, king of Babylon, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who reveres the great gods, am I. |
| Obverse Column i [3:8] i 44–i 88 | (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 [8:11] i 99–i 1111 | I read in the inscriptions of Ur-Namma and Šulgi, his son, that Ur-Namma had built that ziggurat, but had not completed it, |
| Obverse Column i [11:16] i 1'1'–i 5'5' | [...] its [...] I [...] stretched out [...] I made that temple shine [like day]light. |
| Obverse Column i [16:24] i 6'6'– | For the god Sîn, lord of the gods of heaven and earth, king of the gods and goddesses of heaven and earth, 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 [5:11] ii 66–ii 1111 | O Sîn, lord of the gods, king of the gods of heaven and earth, god of the gods and goddesses, the one who resides in the great heavens, w[hen you] joyful[ly enter] this temple, [may good things about Esagil], |
| Obverse Column ii [11:16] ii 1'1'–ii 5'5' | [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 u e₂-zi-da | |
| 3 | pa-lih DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ a-na-ku | |
| 4 | e₂-lugal-galga-si-sa₂ ziq-qur-rat | |
| 5 | e₂-giš-nu₁₁-gal ša₂ qe₂-reb uri₂{ki} | |
| 6 | ša₂ {m}ur-{d}namma LUGAL šu-ut mah-ri | |
| 7 | i-pu-šu-ma la u₂-šak-li-lu-uš | |
| 8 | {m}šul-gi DUMU-šu₂ ši-pir-šu₂ u₂-šak-lil | |
| 9 | i-na mu-sa-re-e ša₂ {m}ur-{d}namma u {m}šul-gi DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 10 | a-mu-ur-ma ša₂ ziq-qur-rat šu-a-tu₂ | |
| 11 | {m}ur-{d}namma i-pu-šu-⸢ma la u₂-šak-li-lu-uš⸣ | |
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] x-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [...] x ⸢u₂⸣-šat-ri-iṣ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢E₂ šu⸣-a-tim | |
| 5' | [ki-ma u₄]-⸢mu⸣ u₂-nam-⸢mir⸣-ma | |
| 6' | [a]-⸢na⸣ {d}30 EN DINGIR.⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 7' | ⸢ša₂⸣ AN-e u₃ KI-tim | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | LUGAL ⸢DINGIR.MEŠ⸣ u₃ {d}15 | |
| 2 | ša₂ AN-⸢e⸣ u₃ KI-tim | |
| 3 | a-šib AN-e GAL.MEŠ EN e₂-giš-nu₁₁-gal | |
| 4 | ša₂ qe₂-reb uri₂{ki} EN-ia | |
| 5 | uš-še-eš₁₅-ma e-pu-uš | |
| 6 | {d}30 EN DINGIR.MEŠ LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 7 | ša₂ AN-e u₃ KI-tim | |
| 8 | DINGIR ša₂ DINGIR.MEŠ u₃ {d}15.MEŠ | |
| 9 | a-šib AN-⸢e⸣ GAL.⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 10 | a-na E₂ ⸢šu-a-ti ha-di⸣-[iš] | |
| 11 | ⸢i⸣-[na e-re-bi-ka SIG₅.MEŠ e₂-sag-il₂] | |
| 1' | ⸢ṣi-it⸣ [lib₃-bi-ia] | |
| 2' | pu-luh-ti ⸢DINGIR-u₂-ti-ka GAL-ti⸣ | |
| 3' | lib₃-bu-uš šu-uš-kin-ma | |
| 4' | a-a ir-ša₂-a ⸢hi⸣-ṭi-ti | |
| 5' | la-le-e ba-la-ṭu liš-bi | |
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