Nebuchadnezzar II 001 (Q005472)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005472 |
| Collection | Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon7 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | [E]tem[en]anki, [the z]iggurrat of [B]abylon |
| Obverse Column i [0:16] i 1i 1–i 1616 | [Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, ...] ... [...] ... [the one whose] atten[tion is] fixed [o]n the god Nabû — [his lord] — [the one who constantly seeks ou]t l[ife, the pious (and) unc]easin[g one who brings great g]if[ts into] Esagi[l, the wise (and) pious one who provides for Esagil] and [Ezida, foremost] heir [of Nabopolassar, kin]g of Babylon, [am I]. |
| Obverse Column i [16:19] i 1717–i 1919 | [W]he[n the god M]ar[duk, the] grea[t lord, r]aised [up my head] |
| Obverse Column ii [0:14] ii 1ii 1–ii 1515 | (No translation possible) |
| Obverse Column ii [14:40] ii 1616– | I mustered [... all] lands everywhere, [every] single ruler [whose] head had been raised up among the totality of the people of the inhabited world [as one lov]ed by the god Marduk, from the Upper Sea [to the Lo]wer [Sea, the fa]r-off [lands, the widespread people of the inhabited wor]ld, [kings of remote mountains and distant islands that are in the Upp]er and Low[er Seas, wh]ose [le]ad-[rop]e(s) the god Marduk, [my] l[ord, pl]ac[ed] in [my ha]nd t[o pu]ll [his] chariot pol[e], and I imposed corvée-du[ty] on the workmen of the gods Šamaš and [Marduk] to build Eteme[nanki] and Eurmeimina[nki]. |
| Obverse Column iii [13:23] iii 1414–iii 2323 | I fill[ed] in the b[a]se of Etemenanki [and the ba]se of Eurmeiminank[i] (to make) a hi[gh] ter[r]ace. (As for) [E]temenan[ki] and Eurmeim[inanki], I b[ui]lt their e[ntire str]uctures with bitumen and [baked brick]. I compl[eted (them), ma[king] (them) s[hin]e l[ike the sun] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ⸢e₂-temen⸣-an-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 2 | ⸢zi⸣-qu₂-ra-at | |
| 3 | ⸢KA₂⸣.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| i | ||
| 1 | {[d}AG-NIG₂.DU-URU₃] | |
| 2 | [LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki]} | |
| 3 | ⸢iš⸣-[ša-ak-ku ṣi-i-ri] | |
| 4 | x (x) x [...] x x | |
| 5 | [ša a]-⸢na⸣ {d}na-⸢bi-um⸣ | |
| 6 | [be-li₂-šu ba]-⸢ša₂⸣-a ⸢uz⸣-[na-šu] | |
| 7 | [mu-uš-te-eʾ]-u₃ ⸢ba-la⸣-[ṭam] | |
| 8 | [na-aʾ-dam la] ⸢mu⸣-up-⸢pa-ar⸣-[ku-u₂] | |
| 9 | [ba-bi-il i]-gi-[se-e] | |
| 10 | [GAL.MEŠ a-na] ⸢e₂-sag-il₂⸣ | |
| 11 | [en-qu mu-ut-ne₂-en-nu-u₂] | |
| 12 | [za-nin e₂-sag-il₂] | |
| 13 | ⸢u₃⸣ [e₂-zi-da] | |
| 14 | ⸢IBILA⸣ [a-ša-re-du] | |
| 15 | [ša {d}AG-IBILA-URU₃] | |
| 16 | ⸢LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA⸣{[ki} a-na-ku] | |
| 17 | [i]-nu-⸢um⸣ {[d]}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ | |
| 18 | [be-li₂] ⸢ra-bi₂⸣-[u₃] | |
| 19 | [re-e-ši-ia u₂]-ul-⸢lu⸣-[u] | |
| 20 | [ni-šim] ⸢ra-ap⸣-[ša-a-tim] | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | [...] | |
| 14 | [...] | |
| 15 | [...] | |
| 16 | [ina ku-ul-la]-⸢at ma-ti-ta-an⸣ | |
| 17 | [gi-mi]-⸢ir kal ma-al-ki⸣ | |
| 18 | ⸢ša⸣ [a-na na]-⸢ra-am {d}AMAR.UTU⸣ | |
| 19 | ⸢i-na⸣ [nap]-⸢ha-ar⸣ ni-ši₃ da-ad-⸢mi⸣ | |
| 20 | ⸢re⸣-e-ša-a-šu-nu u₂-ul-⸢la⸣-[(a)] | |
| 21 | ⸢iš-tu ti-a-am-ti e-li-ti⸣ | |
| 22 | [a-di ti-a-am-ti] ⸢šap⸣-li-ti | |
| 23 | [MA.DA.MA.DA ru-qa₂]-⸢a⸣-ti | |
| 24 | [ni-ši₃ da-ad]-⸢mi⸣ | |
| 25 | [ra-ap-ša-a-tim LUGAL.MEŠ ša-di-i] | |
| 26 | [ne-su-tim u₃ na-gi-i be₂-e-ru-tim] | |
| iii | ||
| 1 | [ša qe₂-re]-eb ⸢ti⸣-[a-am-ti] | |
| 2 | [e-li]-⸢tim u₃ ša-ap-li⸣-[tim] | |
| 3 | ⸢ša {d⸣}AMAR.UTU ⸢be⸣-[li₂] | |
| 4 | [a-na] ⸢ša-da-ad⸣ se₂-er-⸢de⸣-[šu] | |
| 5 | ⸢ṣe₂⸣-[er]-⸢ra-et⸣-[si-na] | |
| 6 | [u₂-ma]-⸢al⸣-[lu-u] | |
| 7 | [qa₂]-⸢tu-u₂⸣-[a] | |
| 8 | ⸢ad-ka-am⸣-[ma] | |
| 9 | ⸢um-ma⸣-na-⸢a⸣-[at] | |
| 10 | {⸢d}UTU u₃ {d⸣}[AMAR.UTU] | |
| 11 | ⸢a-na e-pe₂-šu e₂-temen⸣-[an-ki] | |
| 12 | ⸢u₃ e₂-ur₄-me⸣-imin-⸢an⸣-[ki] | |
| 13 | ⸢e-mi-id⸣-ši-na-⸢a⸣-[ti] | |
| 14 | tu-⸢up⸣-ši-[ku] | |
| 15 | ⸢iš⸣-di e₂-temen-an-ki [u₃] | |
| 16 | [iš]-⸢di e₂-ur₄⸣-me-⸢imin⸣-an-⸢ki⸣ | |
| 17 | ta-⸢am⸣-la-a za-⸢aq⸣-[ra] | |
| 18 | ⸢u₂-ma⸣-al-[li] | |
| 19 | [e₂]-temen-⸢an⸣-[ki] | |
| 20 | ⸢u₃ e₂-ur₄-me-imin⸣-[an-ki] | |
| 21 | ⸢pi₂-ti-iq⸣-ši-na ⸢ka⸣-[la-ma] | |
| 22 | i-na ku-up-ru ⸢u₃⸣ [a-gur-ri] | |
| 23 | ⸢e-pu₂-uš u₂-šak-li⸣-[il-ma] | |
| 24 | u₂-⸢na-am-mar ša⸣-[aš-ši-iš] | |
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