Nabonidus 35 (Q005432)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Ur · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 35 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005432 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 [0:9] i 1'1'–i 9'9' | [When ...] gladly called (me) by name [for ruling over the land] and people, the god Sîn, the light of heaven and earth, through his auspicious omens, placed [i]n my hands the four quarters (of the world) and (thereby) I returned the [go]ds to their shrines a[nd] had (them) reside [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:8] ii 1'1'–ii 8'8' | [...] ... granted me a long life (lit. “a life of distant days”), a firmly secured throne, a long-lasting reign, (and) a kingship without rival. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | u₃ ni-⸢ši-im⸣ | |
| 2' | šu-um ṭa-biš im-bu-u₂ | |
| 3' | {d}EN.ZU {d}ŠEŠ.KI-a-ra₂ | |
| 4' | AN-e u₃ KI-tim | |
| 5' | i-na GISKIM-šu SIG₅-tim | |
| 6' | kib-ra-a-tim er-bet-ti | |
| 7' | [a]-⸢na⸣ qa₂-ti-ia u₂-mal₂-li-ma | |
| 8' | [DINGIR].⸢DINGIR⸣ a-na ki-iṣ-ṣi-šu-⸢nu u₂⸣-ter-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢u₂-še-šib⸣ | |
| ii | ||
| 1' | [x x] x x x | |
| 2' | ⸢ba-la⸣-ṭa UD.MEŠ | |
| 3' | ru-qu-u₂-tu | |
| 4' | ku-un-nu {giš}GU.ZA | |
| 5' | la-ba-a-ru BALA-e | |
| 6' | LUGAL-u₂-tu la ša-na-an | |
| 7' | a-na ši-ri-ik-ti | |
| 8' | šu-ur₂-kam | |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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