Nebuchadnezzar II 033 (Q005504)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 033 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005504 |
| Collection | Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 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 | Nebuchadnezza[r (II), king of Babylon], the one who provides for Esagil [and Ezida], the one who constantly seeks out the sanctu[aries of the gods], son of Nabopola[ssar, king of Babylon, am I]. |
| Obverse Column i [4:16] i 55–i 1616 | When the god Marduk, [the great lord, ...], the wisest of [...], the merciful one, the ma[jestic one, set] his mind to provide [for cult centers and [complete] s[anctuaries, (as well as) to re[novate] Babylon, [his] cul[t center, he [whole]-heart[edly dedicated (it)] to me, [Nebuchadnezzar (II)], the creation of [his hands, ...]. He magnificently co[mmissioned me] to build and [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [16:21] i 1717–i 2121 | I m[ade] Esagil, [..., radiant] like daylight. [I completed] Ezida [and made (it) shine] like the st[ars (lit. “writ[ings]”) of the heavens. I made] the sanctuari[es of the gods shine like daylight]. |
| Obverse Column i [21:26] i 2222–i 2626 | (As for) the stree[t ....] of the st[reet Ištar-lamassi-ummānīša, I filled (it) in with] an infil[l and] beautifie[d (its) access way] with bit[umen and baked brick]. |
| Obverse Column i [26:28] i 2727–i 2828 | At that time, [Eniggidrukalamasuma], the temple of the god Nab[û of the ḫarû], |
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}AG-ku-dur₂-ri-u₂-⸢ṣu⸣-[ur₂ LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki]} | |
| 2 | za-ni-in e₂-sag-⸢il₂⸣ [u₃ e₂-zi-da] | |
| 3 | mu-uš-te-eʾ-u₃ eš-re-[e-ti DINGIR.MEŠ] | |
| 4 | DUMU {d}AG-IBILA-[u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} a-na-ku] | |
| 5 | i₃-nu-um {d}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣ [EN ra-bi₂-u₃ ...] | |
| 6 | i-gi-ga-al-lu₄ [...] | |
| 7 | re-me₂-nu-u₃ ša-[ga-pu₂-ru a-na ma-ha-zi] | |
| 8 | za-na-nim u₃ e-[eš-re-e-ti šuk-lu-lim] | |
| 9 | ba-bi-lam{ki} ma-[ha-as-su] | |
| 10 | a-na u₂-[ud-di-ši-im] | |
| 11 | li-ib-ba-šu [ub-lam] | |
| 12 | a-na ia-ti {[d}AG-ku-dur₂-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur₂] | |
| 13 | bi-nu-⸢ti⸣ [qa₂-ti-šu ...] | |
| 14 | li-ib-ba ki-i-[na u₂-ga-am-mi-ra-an-ni] | |
| 15 | ba-na-a ⸢u₃⸣ [...] | |
| 16 | ra-bi-iš ⸢u₂⸣-[ma-ʾe-er-an-ni] | |
| 17 | e₂-sag-⸢il₂⸣ [...] | |
| 18 | u₄-mi-iš u₂-[ša-an-bi₂-iṭ] | |
| 19 | e₂-zi-da [u₂-ša-ak-li-il-ma] | |
| 20 | ki-ma ši-⸢ṭe⸣-[er-ti₃ ša-ma-mi u₂-ba-an-nim] | |
| 21 | e-eš-re-⸢e⸣-[ti DINGIR GAL.GAL u₂-na-am-mi-ir ki-ma u₄-um] | |
| 22 | su-le-[e ...] | |
| 23 | ša ⸢su⸣-[le-e {d}iš-tar-{d}LAMMA-um-ma-ni-ša] | |
| 24 | ta-am-⸢la⸣-[a u₂-ma-al-li-ma] | |
| 25 | i-na ⸢ESIR⸣.[UD.DU.A u₃ SIG₄.AL.UR₃.RA] | |
| 26 | u₂-ba-an-⸢na⸣-[a ta-al-la-ak-tim] | |
| 27 | i₃-nu-mi-⸢šu⸣ [e₂-nig₂-gidru-kalam-ma-sum-ma] | |
| 28 | E₂ {d}na-⸢bi⸣-[um ša ha-re-e] | |
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