Nabonidus 46 (Q005443)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Harran · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 46 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005443 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Harran |
| Coordinates | 36.8647, 39.0312 |
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' 1'1'–i' 3'3' | [(As for) the statue(s) of] the deities Sîn, Ningal (Nikkal), Nusku, [and Sadarnunna, who had come out] of [it (Eḫulḫul/Ḫarrān) with the (other) g]ods of the city Ḫarrān, I will [renovate them as] you (Marduk) have commanded and [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [3:6] i' 4'4'–i' 6'6' | [...] I will not be la[zy, negligent, (or) careless with regard to] your exalted command. [According to] your decree, I will renovate the statue(s) of the deities Sîn, Ni[ngal (Nikkal), Nusku], Sadarnunna, and the (other) gods of the city Ḫar[rān, ...], and complete their work. |
| Obverse Column i [6:8] i' 7'7'–i' 8'8' | (The god Marduk said to me:) “[Quickly] (re)build Eḫulḫul and have (them) take up residence in their dwelling place(s) inside it.” |
| Obverse Column i [8:12] i' 9'9'–i' 12'12' | I spoke [rever]ently to the Enlil of the gods, the god Marduk, (saying): “[O Lord] of lords, merciful Marduk, now, as for the city and that temple [who]se (re)building you have commanded, (whose renovation) has issued from (lit. “be placed in”) your mouth — [a barbarian hor]de (the Medes) is all around it and its forces are powerful. [...] and it has no rivals.” |
| Obverse Column i [12:16] i' 13'13'–i' 16'16' | “How then [...]? Will [A]styages (Ištumegu), king of a barbarian horde (the Medes), (re)build th(at) temple (and) allow [the gods of the city Ḫa]rrān to dwell ins[ide it? ... w]ith me, force(s) of [...].” |
| Obverse Column ii [0:3] ii' 1'1'–ii' 3'3' | [... as] an appropriate symbol of [his] divinity [...] like the god Šamaš, whose work [...] I joyously renovated [...] and [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:7] ii' 4'4'–ii' 7'7' | By the command of the god Marduk [...] the best of ever[ything good ...] ... [...] ... [...] |
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' | [ALAM] {⸢d⸣}30 {d}⸢nin⸣-gal {⸢d}nusku⸣ [u {d}sa-dar₃-nun-na] | |
| 2' | [ša₂ it-ti] ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ šu-ut {uru}KASKAL ina ⸢qer⸣-[bi-šu₂ u₂-ṣu-u₂] | |
| 3' | [ud-du-uš-su-un ša₂] ⸢taq⸣-bu-u₂ ep₂-pu-uš-ma x [...] | |
| 4' | [x x a-na] ⸢qi₂-bi⸣-ti-ka ṣir-tu₂ ul e-⸢eg⸣-[gi ul a-še-et] | |
| 5' | [a-hi ul a-nam-di ki-ma] ⸢ṣi⸣-it pi-i-ka ⸢ALAM⸣ {d}30 {d}⸢nin⸣-[gal] | |
| 6' | {[d}nusku] {d}sa-dar₃-nun-na u DINGIR.⸢MEŠ šu⸣-ut {uru}⸢KASKAL⸣ [(x)] | |
| 7' | [...] ud-da-aš₂-ma u₂-šak-la-⸢lu ši-pir⸣-šu₂-un e₂-hul₂-⸢hul₂⸣ | |
| 8' | [ha-an-ṭiš] ⸢e⸣-pu-uš-ma ina qer-bi-šu₂ ⸢šu-ur₂-ma-a šu-bat-su₂-un⸣ | |
| 9' | [pal]-hi-iš a-ta-ma-a a-na {d}EN.LIL₂ DINGIR.MEŠ {d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ | |
| 10' | [EN] EN.EN reme-nu-u₂ {d}AMAR.UTU ⸢um⸣-ma URU u ⸢E₂ šu₂-a-tu₂⸣ | |
| 11' | [ša₂ e]-⸢peš⸣-su taq-bu-u₂ iš-šak-nu ina pi-i-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 12' | [ERIM-man]-⸢da⸣ sa-hir-šum-ma pu-ug-gu-lu ⸢e-mu-qa-a-šu₂⸣ | |
| 13' | [...] x-ma ša₂-ni-ni ul i-ši ki-ki-i | |
| 14' | [... {m]}⸢iš⸣-tu-me-gi LUGAL ERIM-man-da ip₂-pu-šu₂ E₂ | |
| 15' | [DINGIR.MEŠ šu-ut {uru]}⸢har-ra⸣-nu u₂-šeš-še-bu qe₂-⸢reb⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢it⸣-ti-ia₂ e-⸢muq⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | [...] x [...] | |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | [a-na] si-mat DINGIR-⸢ti⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 2' | ⸢ki⸣-ma {d}UTU-ši šip-ri-šu₂ a-[...] | |
| 3' | ⸢el-ṣi⸣-iš ud-diš-ma [...] | |
| 4' | ina qi₂-bit {d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | re-eš ⸢mi⸣-[im-ma-a-a dam-qa ...] | |
| 6' | ra-x [...] | |
| 7' | i-x [...] | |
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