Nebuchadnezzar II 026 (Q005497)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 026 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005497 |
| 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 [0:9] i 1i 1–i 99 | Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, circumspect ruler, the true shepherd who constantly seeks out good things, the capable one who understands wisdom, the one who renovates sanctuaries, the prince who is the favorite of the great gods, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, heir of Nabopolassar, |
| Obverse Column i [9:15] i 1'1'–i 6'6' | [...] ... remote [regions that are in the mid]st of [the Upper] and Lower Sea(s), I indeed ruled over. [I] made [...] substantial ... come quickly into Šuanna (Babylon). |
| Obverse Column ii [0:9] ii 1ii 1–ii 99 | With gold, silver, precio[us (and) valuable stones], copper, musu[kkannu-wood, cedar], tribute from the land U[gar-Sîn, ...], my mountain, [...] that he had conquered, [...] I made Esagil and [Ezida] shi[ne] like the sta[rs (lit. “writings”) of the heavens and] made (them) shi[ne like daylight]. |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] ii 1010–ii 1010 | At [that time, ...] |
| Obverse Column ii [10:13] ii 1'1'–ii 3'3' | [Give me] as a gift [...] ... [...] so that I may constantly shepherd [...]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | {d}na-bi-um-ku-du-ur₂-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ | |
| 2 | ⸢LUGAL KA₂⸣.DINGIR.RA{ki} ru-bu-u₂ mu-⸢un⸣-da-al-ku | |
| 3 | ⸢re⸣-e₂-a-um ki-⸢i⸣-nim | |
| 4 | ⸢mu⸣-uš-te-eʾ-u₃ da-am-qa₂-a-tim | |
| 5 | le-eʾ-⸢a-um⸣ ha-⸢si-su⸣ ne₂-me-⸢qi₂⸣ | |
| 6 | mu-ud-di-iš ⸢e⸣-eš-re-⸢e-ti⸣ | |
| 7 | ru-bu-um mi-gi-⸢ir⸣ DINGIR.DINGIR ⸢GAL.GAL⸣ | |
| 8 | za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂ ⸢u₃ e₂-zi-da⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢IBILA {d}na-bi-um-IBILA-u₂-ṣu-ur₂⸣ | |
| 1' | [...] x x x x x x (x) | |
| 2' | [...] x ne₂-su-u₂-tim | |
| 3' | [ša qe₂-re]-⸢eb⸣ ti-a-am-tim | |
| 4' | [e-li-tim] ⸢u₃⸣ ša-ap-li-tim lu a-be₂-el-ma | |
| 5' | [x x (x)] x-si-it ⸢ka⸣-bi-it-ti | |
| 6' | [u₂]-⸢ša-ah-mi-iṭ⸣ a-na ⸢qe₂⸣-reb šu-an-na{ki} | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | i-na KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR ⸢ni-si-iq⸣-[ti NA₄.NA₄ a-qa₂-ar-ti] | |
| 2 | e-ra-a {giš}MES.⸢MA₂⸣.[KAN.NA u₃ {giš}EREN.{giš}EREN] | |
| 3 | bi-la-at {kur}⸢u₂⸣-[ga-ar-{d}EN.ZU ...] | |
| 4 | ša-di-ia [...] | |
| 5 | ša ik-šu-⸢du⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | e₂-sag-il₂ ⸢u₃⸣ [e₂-zi-da] | |
| 7 | ki-ma ši-ṭe-er-[ti₃ ša-ma-mi] | |
| 8 | u₂-ba-an-⸢nim⸣-[ma (...)] | |
| 9 | u₂-na-⸢am⸣-[mi-ir ki-ma u₄-um] | |
| 10 | ⸢i₃⸣-[nu-mi-šu ...] | |
| 1' | x (x) [...] | |
| 2' | a-na ši-ri-⸢ik⸣-[tim šu-ur₂-kam ...] | |
| 3' | lu er-te-ʾe-e-⸢em⸣ [...] | |
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