Nabonidus 41 (Q005438)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Ur · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 41 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005438 |
| 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 [0:5] i 1i 1–i 55 | Nabonidus, king of Babylon, attentive ruler, most befitting warrior who is the creation of the god Nabû, (my) lord, whose fame the wisest of the gods, the god Marduk, made great, whose lot [he made surpas]sing, (to whom) he entrusted the rule over his land and [...] ... |
| Obverse Column i [5:17] i 1'1'–i 12'12' | [...] everything there is [...] ... [...] ... [...] the god Erra, to kill [my] ene[my] ... his weapons [...] the goddess Ištar, the lady of battle who subdues ... [...] ..., the true shepherd, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the ruler who provides (and) provides abundantly for all temples, the ... who brings gifts to the great gods, the humble (and) submissive one who reveres the gods and goddess(es), who ... daily the provisioning of ... |
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 | {d}AG-na-ʾi-id LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} ru-bu-u₂ na-a-du | |
| 2 | eṭ-lu šu-us-su-mu bi-nu-ut {d}AG EN | |
| 3 | ša IGI.GAL₂-li DINGIR.MEŠ {d}AMAR.UTU u₂-šar-bu-u₂ zi-kir šu-mi | |
| 4 | [u₂-ša₂]-⸢ti⸣-ru ši-mat-⸢su be-lu⸣-ut KUR i-qi₂-pu-ma | |
| 5 | [...] x x x x x x | |
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [x-(x)]-ri ka-la mi-⸢im-ma⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [i]-⸢na⸣ bi-ri šu-u₂ sa x KU x [...] | |
| 4' | {d}er₃-ra a-na ša₂-ga-aš₂ za-⸢ʾi⸣-[i-ri] | |
| 5' | HUL-te lu e-ek-du-ti {giš}TUKUL.MEŠ-šu x x [...] | |
| 6' | {d}INANNA be-let ME₃ mu-ka-an-ni-ša₂-at ZA AG ⸢ṣu⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | x x DINGIR-ti-iš ID A RU MA U₂ RA x x | |
| 8' | re-e₂-⸢u₂-um⸣ ki-i-ni za-nin e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ ⸢e₂⸣-[zi-da] | |
| 9' | ENSI₂ za-ni-nu mu-ṭah-hi-id gi-mi-ir E₂.KUR | |
| 10' | i-x ba-bi-il IGI.SA₂-e a-na DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | |
| 11' | aš₂-ru ka-an-šu pa-li-ih DINGIR.MEŠ u {d}INANNA | |
| 12' | ša u₄-mi-ša₂-am a-na zi-in-na-a-ti e x x na-a-du | |
Sources & licences
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