Nebuchadnezzar II 004 (Q005475)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005475 |
| 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 [0:2] 11–22 | [Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, son of] Nabopolassar, [king of Babylon, am I]. |
| Obverse [2:8] 33–88 | For the god Marduk, [my] lord, [I had] the Ištar Gate [skillfully built] with bak[ed bricks (colored with) shining blue glaze and had] fie[rce] wild bulls of copper [and raging mušḫuššu-dragons stationed] at its door-jamb(s). [... slab(s) of (stong) stone] quarried from [(great)] m[ountain(s) ...] of stone resembling a wild bull, [...]. |
| Obverse [8:11] 99–1111 | O Marduk, (my) lord [..., give to me] as a gi[ft] a lo[ng] life [...]. |
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 | {[d}AG-ku-dur₂-ru-u₂-ṣur LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki]} | |
| 2 | [DUMU] {⸢d}AG⸣-IBILA-⸢u₂-ṣur⸣ [LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} a-na-ku] | |
| 3 | ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL-iš₈-tar₂ i-na a-⸢gur⸣-[ri {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ KU₃-tim] | |
| 4 | a-na {d}AMAR.UTU EN-[ia na-ak-li-iš u₂-še-pi-iš-ma] | |
| 5 | ri-i-mu URUDU e-ek-⸢du⸣-[tim u₃ MUŠ.HUŠ še-zu-zu-u₂-ti] | |
| 6 | i-na si₃-ip-pe₂-šu [uš-zi-iz-ma SIG₄ NA₄ (da-nu₄-tim)] | |
| 7 | ši-ti-iq ⸢ša⸣-[de-e (ra-bi₂-u₃-tim) ...] | |
| 8 | ša NA₄ la-an ri-i-⸢mu⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | {d}AMAR.UTU EN ⸢GAL⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | ba-la-ṭam da-⸢ri₂⸣-[a ...] | |
| 11 | ⸢a-na ši⸣-ri-⸢ik⸣-[ti šu-ur₂-kam] |
Sources & licences
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