Nabonidus 1007 (Q005469)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nabonidus 1007 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005469 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Sippar |
| Coordinates | 33.0592, 44.2538 |
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 [0:20] i 1'1'–i 20'20' | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column ii [0:20] ii 1ii 1–ii 2020 | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column ii [20:25] ii 2121–ii 2525 | to/for [...] the god Šamaš, m[y] lord, [...] to ... [...] and ... a [l]ong life (lit. “a life of [l]ong da[ys]”) as a g[i]ft. |
| Obverse Column ii [25:31] ii 2626–ii 3131 | With your br[igh]t light, ... for the atta[inme]nt of ve[ry old age], ... I raise up my hand(s) to y[ou ...] ... [...] ... [...]. |
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 | |
| 2' | [...] x x | |
| 3' | [...] | |
| 4' | [...] | |
| 5' | [...] | |
| 6' | [...] | |
| 7' | [...] | |
| 8' | [...] | |
| 10' | ⸢da-ri₂-a⸣ | |
| 11' | (x) x-ia | |
| 12' | ina x x x x x bi-ri | |
| 14' | x x x | |
| 15' | [...] | |
| 16' | [...] x x x | |
| 17' | [...] (x) x x x | |
| 18' | [...] (x) x x x | |
| 19' | [...] x x-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 20' | [...] x x x x | |
| ii | ||
| 6 | [x (x)] | |
| 7 | [x (x)] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | x [...] | |
| 14 | x [...] | |
| 15 | x [...] | |
| 16 | x [...] | |
| 17 | x [...] | |
| 18 | x [...] | |
| 19 | x [...] | |
| 20 | x [...] | |
| 21 | a-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 22 | {d}UTU be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [...] (x) x | |
| 23 | a-na x x x [...] x-ma | |
| 24 | ba-la-ṭa₄ u₄-⸢um ru-qu⸣-u₂-tim | |
| 25 | lu x (x) x ⸢ši⸣-[ri]-⸢ik⸣-tu-um-ma | |
| 26 | i-na na-⸢am-ru⸣ nu-u₂-ri-ka | |
| 27 | x x x x x x x la x x (x) | |
| 28 | ⸢a-na še-be-e li⸣-[it-tu-ti] | |
| 29 | a-na-aš₂-šu-⸢ka⸣ [x (x) x] | |
| 30 | ⸢i-na⸣ x (x) x nim ši x [...] | |
| 31 | i-x [...] | |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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