Nebuchadnezzar II 014 (Q005485)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 014 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005485 |
| Collection | Nebuchadnezzar Museum, Babylon, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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 [0:11] i 1i 1–i 1111 | Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, pious prince, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the one who renovated the sanctuaries of the great god(s), the reverent servant who is very attentive to and mindful of the will of the gods, true heir of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I. |
| Obverse Column i [11:18] i 1212–i 1818 | When Nabopolassar, the father who engendered me, built Imgur-Enlil, the great wall of Babylon, dug its moat, and constructed its embankment(s) with bitumen and baked brick — |
| Obverse Column i [18:35] i 1919– | As for me, the wise (and) pious one who reveres the lord of lords, I built alongside his moat embankment(s) and I reached the water table. I built a stronger wall, which like a mountain cannot be shaken, with bitumen and baked brick and adjoined (it) to the embankment that my father had constructed. I secur[ed] its foundation on the surfa[ce (lit. “breast”) of the netherwo]rld and raised its superstructure as high as a mountain. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:8] ii 44–ii 88 | I magnificently did (something) for the god Marduk, my lord, that no king among the (former) king(s) had built. |
| Obverse Column ii [8:30] ii 99–ii 3030 | O Marduk, great lord, the merciful god who listens to (my) supplication(s): “Nebuchadnezzar (II), the servant who reveres you, the creation of your (own) hands, am [I]. Give me as a gift a life of long days, the attainment of very old age, a stable dynasty, a firmly secured throne, the cutting down of the enemy, (and) the attainment of the heart’s desire. By your exalted command, which cannot be overturned, may I (lit. “my arms”) perform good (and) righteous things that are pleasing to you.” |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | {d}na-bi-um-ku-du-ur₂-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ | |
| 2 | šar ba-bi-lam{ki} | |
| 3 | ru-ba-a-am na-a-dam | |
| 4 | za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ e₂-zi-da | |
| 5 | mu-ud-di-iš e-eš-re-e-ti DINGIR GAL.GAL | |
| 6 | re-e-ši ša-ah-ti | |
| 7 | ša a-na ṭe-e-mi i₃-li₂ pu-tu-uq-qu₂-ma | |
| 8 | ba-ša-a-am u₂-zu-na-a-šu | |
| 9 | IBILA ki-i-nim | |
| 10 | ša {d}⸢na-bi⸣-um-IBILA-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ | |
| 11 | šar ba-bi-⸢lam⸣{ki} a-na-ku | |
| 12 | e-nu-ma {d}na-bi-um-IBILA-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ | |
| 13 | a-bi-im ba-nu-u₂-a | |
| 14 | im-gu-ur₂-{d}EN.LIL₂ BAD₃ ra-bi₂-a | |
| 15 | ša ba-bi-lam{ki} i-pu₂-šu | |
| 16 | hi-ri-su i-hi-ru-ma | |
| 17 | in ku-up-ru u₃ a₃-gu-ru | |
| 18 | ik-ṣu₂-ur₂-ru ki-bi-ir₄-šu | |
| 19 | ia-ti e-em-qu₂ mu-ut-ne₂-en-nu-u₂ | |
| 20 | pa-li-ih EN EN.EN | |
| 21 | i-ta-at ka-ar hi-ri-ti-šu | |
| 22 | lu e-ep₂-te-e-ma | |
| 23 | šu-pu₂-ul me-e lu ak-šu-ud | |
| 24 | BAD₃ da-num₂ ša ki-ma ša-du₂-um | |
| 25 | la ut-ta-aš-šu | |
| 26 | i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A u₃ SIG₄.AL.UR₃.RA | |
| 27 | lu ab-ni-ma | |
| 28 | ⸢it⸣-ti ka-ar a-bi-im ik-ṣu₂-ur₂-ma | |
| 29 | lu e-se₃-ni-iq-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 30 | i-ši-su in i-ra-[at ki-gal]-lam | |
| 31 | lu u₂-šar-ši-[id]-ma | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | re-e-ši-šu | |
| 2 | ša-da-ni-iš | |
| 3 | lu u₂-za-aq-qi₂-ir₄ | |
| 4 | ša ma-na-a-ma | |
| 5 | LUGAL in šar-ri-im | |
| 6 | la i-ib-nu-u₂ | |
| 7 | a-na {d}AMAR.UTU be-li₂-ia | |
| 8 | ra-bi-iš lu e-pu₂-uš | |
| 9 | {d}AMAR.UTU EN ra-bi₂-u₃ | |
| 10 | i-lim re-em-nu-u₂ | |
| 11 | še-mu-u₂ ta-as₃-li-ti | |
| 12 | {d}na-bi-um-ku-du-ur₂-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ | |
| 13 | re-e-ši pa-li-ih-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 14 | bi-nu-ti qa₂-ti-ka a-na-[ku] | |
| 15 | ba-la-aṭ u₄-mi da-ri₂-u₂-tim | |
| 16 | še-be₂-e li-it-tu-ti | |
| 17 | pa-la-a ku-un-nu | |
| 18 | ku-sa-a šu-ur₂-šu-dam | |
| 19 | šu-um-qu₂-ut na-ki-ri-im | |
| 20 | ni-iz-ma-at li-ib-ba-am | |
| 21 | ka-ša-da | |
| 22 | a-na ši-ri-ik-ti | |
| 23 | šu-ur₂-ka-am | |
| 24 | in qi₂-bi₂-ti-ka | |
| 25 | ⸢ṣi⸣-ir-tim | |
| 26 | ša la šu-pe₂-e-lam | |
| 27 | a-ma-at du-um-qu₂ | |
| 28 | i-ša-ar-ti | |
| 29 | ša e-li-ka ṭa-a-bu | |
| 30 | li-pu₂-ša i-da-a-a | |
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