Nabonidus 1002 (Q005464)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 1002 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005464 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Borsippa |
| Coordinates | 32.3907, 44.3448 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon7 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] ii 1ii 1–ii 1ii 1 | [...] I gave [...] like ... |
| Obverse Column ii [1:9] ii 22–ii 99 | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column ii [9:14] ii 1010–ii 1414 | [...] its superstructure [...] I built and [...] ... its structure. I installed [in] its gate(s) [doors (made) of ced]ar with a facing of bronze [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [14:19] ii 1515–ii 1919 | [...] I filled (it) in with [an inf]ill and I constructed [...] … [...] … (As for) me, [I had a] high [... fill]ed up inside it. |
| Obverse Column ii [19:21] ii 2020–ii 2121 | I copiously supplied [...] ... fish and birds, [..., (and) the ...] of my land. |
| Obverse Column ii [21:24] ii 2222–ii 2424 | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column ii [24:26] ii 2525–ii 2626 | [...] ... and (thereby) strengthened its entryways. [...] ... gods and goddesses. |
| Obverse Column ii [26:32] ii 2727–ii 3232 | [O ...] may my deeds be pleasing to you [...] exercise their [she]pherdship, [...] my heart [.... M]ay the days of my life be long so that [(...) I] may be sated with old age. [...] kill my enemies [...] ... |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ii | ||
| 1 | [...] x ⸢ad-di₃-in ki-ma x x-uš⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢AH HI⸣ x | |
| 3 | [...].⸢MEŠ šu-u₂⸣ pa-⸢al⸣-x x | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | [...] x x x x (x) | |
| 7 | [...] x x ⸢KI⸣ | |
| 8 | [...] HI x-⸢a-ti⸣ | |
| 9 | [...] x AB DU₃ x | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢re⸣-e-ši-⸢ša⸣ | |
| 11 | [...]-⸢ti⸣ e-pu-uš-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 12 | [...] x-BU ri-ki-is-su | |
| 13 | {[giš}IG.{giš}IG {giš]}⸢EREN⸣ tah-lu-up-ti₃ ZABAR | |
| 14 | [...] KA₂-šu u₂-rat-ti | |
| 15 | [... ta-am]-⸢la⸣-a u₂-ma-al-li-ma | |
| 16 | [...] x x-na ak-ṣu-ur₂ | |
| 17 | [...]-šu ša₂ KU MA ⸢HI⸣ ia-ti | |
| 18 | [...] e-lu-tim qe₂-er-ba-šu | |
| 19 | [(...) uš-ma]-al-la | |
| 20 | [...] x-ti KU₆.HI.A u ⸢MUŠEN⸣.HI.A | |
| 21 | [...] x ma-ti-ia ⸢u₂⸣-da-aš₂-ši | |
| 22 | [...] x i-na x x IS ZI-tim | |
| 23 | [...] x E ŠU x MU LA E₂ x x (x) | |
| 24 | [...] x ir-šu i-na MU x x x x x | |
| 25 | [...] x-bi-ma u₂-da-⸢an⸣-ni-in ne₂-re-⸢bi-šu⸣ | |
| 26 | [...] x x na ši im ru DINGIR.MEŠ u₂ {d}⸢IŠ⸣.[TAR] | |
| 27 | [...] x ep-še-ti-ia li-ṭi₂-ba e-<li>-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 28 | [... re]-⸢e-u₂⸣-si-⸢na⸣ ip-pu-šu li-ib-bi-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 29 | [...] ⸢li⸣-ri-ku UD.MEŠ ba-la-ṭe₄-ia | |
| 30 | [(...)] ⸢lu-uš-ba-a lit-tu-tu⸣ | |
| 31 | [...] x-ku ⸢li-na-ar⸣ a-a-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 32 | [...] x ⸢U₂ IL⸣ x ZA x x x | |
Sources & licences
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