Nabonidus 1003 (Q005465)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylonia · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 1003 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005465 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 [0:3] i' 1'1'–i' 3'3' | [..., (the one) who con]stantly seeks out [their] shri[nes], am I. |
| Obverse Column i [3:7] i' 4'4'–i' 7'7' | [I] was listening to their [wo]rds, but I [d]id not believe (them) and [be]came distress[ed]. |
| Obverse Column i [7:10] i' 8'8'–i' 10'10' | [In order to] (receive) grea[t] advice from the gods Šamaš [and] Adad, [I start]ed pra[ying]. |
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' | [x x] [...] | |
| 2' | [ša₂] ⸢aš₂⸣-ra-[a-ti-šu-nu] | |
| 3' | [iš]-te-ne₂-⸢eʾ⸣-u₂ ⸢a-na⸣-[ku] | |
| 4' | [a]-⸢ma⸣-a-ti-šu-nu | |
| 5' | ⸢eš⸣-te-ne₂-em-me-e-ma | |
| 6' | ⸢la⸣ a-qi₂-ip-ma | |
| 7' | [ar]-ta-ši ni-qit-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 8' | [a-na] mi-lik {d}⸢UTU⸣ | |
| 9' | [u₃] {⸢d⸣}IŠKUR ra-ba-[a] | |
| 10' | [aṣ-ba]-⸢at⸣ su-up-⸢pe⸣-[e] | |
Sources & licences
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