Nabonidus 1001 (Q005463)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylonia · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 1001 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005463 |
| 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 Column i [0:8] i 1i 1–i 88 | [..., king of Bab]ylon, attentive prince, [...], unrivalled [wa]rrior, [...], valiant lord, [..., the maj]estic one, [...] ..., [..., the mo]st exalted of the god Marduk, [...], beloved of the great gods, [... of] the gods, the god Nabû, |
| Obverse Column ii [0:9] ii 1ii 1–ii 99 | from the square of the Gate of the god Šamaš to the bank of the Gattu River (Euphrates), wherein the kings, my ancestors, had built private rooms — its processional way was not wide enough, its construction not well done, (and) its roof was built with beam(s) of cedar. My heart joyfully prompted me [to] renovate that palace, (that) seat of happiness, bedroom of pleasure, (and) chamber of joy, and [...] ... [...] |
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 | [... LUGAL TIN].TIR{ki} NUN na-a-du | |
| 2 | [... qar]-⸢ra⸣-du la ša-na-an | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢e⸣-tel-lu qar-du | |
| 4 | [... ša]-⸢ga⸣-pi-ru | |
| 5 | [...] TA A DAM | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢ša⸣-qu-u₂ {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 7 | [...] ru-um-ti₃ DINGIR GAL.GAL | |
| 8 | [...] DINGIR.DINGIR {d}AG | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | iš-tu SILA.DAGAL KA₂.GAL-{d}UTU a-di ki-ša₂-⸢ad⸣ ga-at-ti | |
| 2 | ša LUGAL.MEŠ AD.MEŠ-e-a qer-ba-šu i-pu₂-šu ga-nu-ni | |
| 3 | tal-la-ak-ta-šu la šu-ud-du-la-at | |
| 4 | la du-um-mu-qu ši-pi₂-ir-šu | |
| 5 | in gu-šu-ur {giš}EREN ba-nu-u₂ ṣu₂-⸢lu⸣-ul-šu | |
| 6 | ša E₂.GAL šu-a-tim šu-bat hi-⸢da⸣-a-tim | |
| 7 | u₂-ra-aš₂ tak-ne₂-e maš-ta-ku ri-ša-a-tim | |
| 8 | [u₂]-⸢te-ed-du-šu lib₃⸣-bi ha-diš ub-lam-ma | |
| 9 | [...] x x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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