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Nebuchadnezzar II 020 (Q005491)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005491 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzerleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | {d}na-bi-um-ku-du-ur₂-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{⸢ki⸣} | Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. |
| 2 | ša {d}AMAR.UTU be-li₂ ra-bi₂-⸢u₃⸣ | of Marduk, my lord, great |
| 3 | i-⸢na ku-un⸣ li-⸢ib⸣-bi-šu ut-tu-⸢šu-ma⸣ | (Sum) When he enters, his heart is enraged (Akk) When I enter, my heart is angry |
| 4 | ⸢šar⸣-ru-ti ⸢ki⸣-iš-šu-ti MA.DA.MA.DA i-⸢di⸣-[nam] | The šarrûtu-priestess of the Ekishtu temple, the mighty one, will come forth. |
| 5 | {d}na-bi-um pa-qi₂-id ki-iš-ša-at ša-me-⸢e u₃⸣ [er-ṣe-tim] | Nabû, overseer of the cult centers of heaven and earth |
| 6 | {giš}NIG₂.GIDRU i-ša-ar-tim u₂-⸢ša-at⸣-[mi-hu qa₂-tu-uš-šu] | The scepter is a reed mat, its hand is the ešat-emihu-plant |
| 7 | a-na ri-te-ʾe-e ni-[ši-im] | to the rites of the nīnum |
| 8 | {d}za-ba₄-ba₄ u₃ {d}iš-tar i-na-a-ru [za-ʾi-ri-šu] | Zababa and Ištar, the ones who praise his name |
| 9 | u₃ {d}er₃-ra du-un-na-šu i-x-[...] | And Erra, his son |
| 10 | e-em-qa₂ mu-ut-ne₂-⸢en⸣-[nu-u₃] | the strength of the en priestess |
| 11 | za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ [e₂-zi-da] | provider of Esagila and Ezida |
| 12 | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 1' | [i]-⸢na ki-gal-lu re-eš⸣-[ti-im me₂-eh-ra-at me-e] | In the beginning of the first kigallu, before the water |
| 2' | [i]-⸢na⸣ i-⸢ra⸣-at er-ṣe₂-tim ⸢ra-pa-aš₂-tim⸣ | He rises, he rises: the Eršû-demon rises. |
| 3' | [te]-⸢me⸣-en-ša u₂-ša-ar-ši-id-⸢ma⸣ | (Sum) Its teema’e ritual has been performed for me |
| 4' | ⸢i⸣-na ku-up-ru ⸢u₃⸣ a-gur-ri u₂-za-aq-qi₂-ir-ša hu-ur₂-sa-ni-iš | “If he slips through the cracks of the door frame, he will devastate it. |
| ii | ||
| 1' | ma-x [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | x [...] | |
| 3' | 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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