Nabonidus 44 (Q005441)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylonia · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 44 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005441 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylonia |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon7 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [Nabonidus, ..., pr]otégé of the goddess Nisaba, [..., ch]osen by the god Nabû, [... of] the gods and goddesses, [..., who] fears his great divinity, [..., who] humbly [... the goddess I]štar, [...] their utterance(s) |
| Obverse [6:19] o 77–o 1919 | [...] the god Nannāru [...] this ..., [...] he created my figure, [...] he did not take away, [... p]laced [his hand] across my face, [... that] no[body] understands, with a staff [...] make enter ... nobody, [...] magnificently filled [...] ... of the gods Šamaš and Marduk, among all of humankind, as many as his h[an]ds had created, he raised me up to rule over the land, gave the ... of my royal maje[sty], let my hands grasp a just scepter that widens [the] ... [land] (and) a staff that subdues enemies, (and) gave me the shepherdship of their land (as a gift), |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | son of Nabû-balāssu-iqbi, the prince who reveres the great gods, am I. |
| Obverse [20:26] o 2121–o 2626 | [Whe]n the god Marduk gave me (the gift of) [exercising] king[sh]ip over (his) subjects [for ete]rnity, my heart wanted me [to renova]te the processional way of Ezida (and) my mind was focused [on constantly seeking out] the sanctuaries of the gods, (but) my heart [was afraid] (at the thought of) undertaking work on them and I constantly prayed [so that no] cultic mistake(s) [would occur]. |
| Obverse [26:31] o 2727–o 3131 | [I built Esag]il a[new] to ensure the well-being of the [great] gods [who reside] in the perimeter of Etemenanki. [...] to [...] ginû-offering(s) [...] ... [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | [...] as utensils. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | [... ti]-ri-iṣ ŠU.II {d}⸢nisaba⸣ | |
| 2 | [... ni]-⸢bi-it⸣ {d}na-bi-⸢um⸣ | |
| 3 | [...] DINGIR.MEŠ u {d}IŠ.TAR | |
| 4 | [... ša₂ ra-šu]-⸢u₂⸣ pu-luh-ti DINGIR-<ti>-šu₂ ⸢GAL-tu₂⸣ | |
| 5 | [... {d]}⸢iš⸣-tar ša₂-ah-⸢ṭu⸣ | |
| 6 | [...] x ⸢si-iq⸣-ra-šu₂-⸢un⸣ | |
| 7 | [...] {⸢d}ŠEŠ.KI⸣ x x ⸢an⸣-ni-⸢ta⸣ | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢ip-tiq₂ ib-ni⸣ pa-⸢da-at-ti⸣ | |
| 9 | [...] x a-a it-ba₂-al | |
| 10 | [x x ŠU.II-su] ⸢ta⸣-ap-ri-ik pa-nu-⸢u₂⸣-a | |
| 11 | [x x ša₂ mam-ma-an] ⸢la⸣ i-lam-ma-du ina hu-⸢ṭu₃-ri⸣ | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢šu-ru-ba⸣ DA LA ⸢URU BIŠ⸣ ŠI ⸢BIŠ⸣ ma-na-ma | |
| 13 | [...]-⸢ti⸣ ra-bi-iš u₂-⸢mal₂-la⸣ | |
| 14 | x MI NA IR ⸢BE SI DU⸣ ša₂ {d}UTU u {⸢d}AMAR.UTU⸣ | |
| 15 | ina na-⸢gab te-ne₂-še⸣-e-ti ma-⸢la ib⸣-na-a ⸢qa⸣-[ta]-⸢a-šu₂⸣ | |
| 16 | a-⸢na⸣ be-lu-ut KUR ⸢iš⸣-ša₂-an-ni x x ⸢LUGAL-u₂⸣-[ti]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 17 | ⸢id⸣-di-na {giš}NIG₂.GIDRU i-⸢šar⸣-ti mu-⸢ra-ap-pi-šat⸣ [KUR] x x-ne₂-e-ti | |
| 18 | uš-pa-ra mu-kan-niš za-i-ri u₂-ša₂-at-mi-ha ⸢qa₂⸣-tu-u₂-a | |
| 19 | re-e-u₂-ut KUR-šu₂-⸢un⸣ ia-a-ti ⸢iš⸣-ru-kam | |
| 20 | ⸢DUMU {d⸣}AG-⸢ba-lat-su-iq⸣-bi ⸢NUN⸣ pa-lih DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ a-na-ku | |
| 21 | [i-nu]-⸢um {d}AMAR.UTU LUGAL⸣-[u₂]-⸢ti₃⸣ ba-u₂-la-a-ti | |
| 22 | [e-pe-šu₂ ana da]-⸢ri₂⸣-a-ti ⸢ia⸣-a-ti iš-ru-kam | |
| 23 | [a-na ud-du]-⸢šu₂⸣ tal-lik-⸢ta e₂-zi⸣-da na-ša₂-an-ni ⸢lib₃⸣-bi | |
| 24 | [a-na ši-te-eʾ-u₂] eš-re-e-ti DINGIR.⸢MEŠ⸣ ba-ša₂-a ⸢uz⸣-na-a-a | |
| 25 | [pa-li-ih-ma] ⸢lib₃⸣-bi a-na e-⸢pe⸣-eš ši-ip-ri-šu₂-un | |
| 26 | [a-na la ra-še-e] ⸢hi⸣-ṭi-ti gi-na-a u₂-⸢sa-ap-pa-a⸣ | |
| 27 | [e₂-sag]-⸢il₂⸣ a-na ⸢šu⸣-ul-lu-mi i₃-li₂ [GAL.MEŠ] | |
| 28 | [a-ši-bu-tu₂ ša₂] ⸢si⸣-hi-⸢ir⸣-ti e₂-temen-an-⸢ki eš⸣-[šiš] | |
| 29 | [e-pu-uš ...]-li ⸢gi-nu⸣-u₂ a-na na-[x x] | |
| 30 | [...] x x IT AM x [x] | |
| 31 | [...] x x x [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 20' | [...] ⸢a-na⸣ u₂-⸢na⸣-a-ti | |
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