Nebuchadnezzar II 017 (Q005488)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005488 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 Column i [0:4] i 1i 1–i 44 | Nebuchadne[zz]ar (II), king of Babylon, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, foremost heir of Nabopolassar, king of Babyl[on, am I]. |
| Obverse Column i [4:9] i 55–i 99 | [From the bank of the] Euphrates [River] to the bank of the [Tigris] River, I heape[d up] large [earthen dike]s [and] I con[structed their embankment(s)] with bitumen and baked [brick (as) strong embankment(s). ...] ... [...] ... |
| Obverse Column i [9:14] i 1010–i 1414 | O Marduk, [...], may I be sated with the luxuriousness of everything that I have built. May a life of (long) days, the attainment of old [age], a firmly secured throne, and a long-lasting reign, (as well as) the overthrow of my foes be set your lips. |
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-NIG₂.DU-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki⸣} | |
| 2 | ⸢za-nin e₂-sag-il₂ u₃⸣ e₂-⸢zi-da⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢IBILA⸣ SAG.KAL ⸢ša₂ {d}AG-IBILA-u₂-ṣur⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki⸣} [a-na-ku] | |
| 5 | [iš-tu GU₂ {id₂]}⸢BURANUN⸣{ki} ⸢a-di GU₂ {id₂}IDIGNA⸣ | |
| 6 | [ši-pi₂-ik SAHAR.HI].⸢A⸣ GAL.MEŠ ⸢aš₂⸣-ta-ap-⸢pa⸣-[ak-ma] | |
| 7 | [ka-a-ri da-num₂] ina ⸢ESIR.UD.<DU>.A⸣ u ⸢SIG₄.AL⸣.[UR₃.RA] | |
| 8 | ⸢ak⸣-[ṣu-ur ki-bi-ir-šu-un] | |
| 9 | [...] x-tim u₂-mal₂-⸢la⸣ x ki [x x] | |
| 10 | x x x MEŠ {d}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣ [x x] x | |
| 11 | ⸢e⸣-te-ep₂-pu-⸢šu la-la-a-ša lu⸣-uš-bi-[im] | |
| 12 | ⸢ba⸣-la-ṭu UD.MEŠ še-bu ⸢da-ri⸣-[u₂] | |
| 13 | ⸢ku⸣-un-nu {giš}⸢GU.ZA u₃ la⸣-bar pa-⸢le-e-a⸣ | |
| 14 | sa-ka-⸢pu⸣ KUR₂.KUR₂-ia₅ ⸢liš⸣-ša₂-kin šap₅-⸢tuk⸣ |
Sources & licences
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