Nebuchadnezzar II 035 (Q005506)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 035 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005506 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Private collection: anonymous, Paris, France |
| 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 [0:9] i 1i 1–i 99 | Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, the humble (and) respectful one who reveres the great god(s), exalted ruler who provides for Esagil and Ezida, son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I. |
| Obverse Column i [9:25] i 1010– | (As for) Lībil-ḫegalla, the eastern canal of Babylon, which had a long time ago turned into ruins, became clogged with eroded earth, and filled with silt deposits, I sought out its (original) site and (then) (re)built its embankments with bitumen and baked brick from the bank of the Euphrates River to Ay-ibūr-šabû. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:12] ii 55–ii 1212 | On Ay-ibūr-šabû, the street in Babylon, I constructed a bridge over the canal for the processional street of the great lord, the god Marduk, and widened (its) access way. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:21] ii 1313–ii 2121 | O Marduk, great lord, on account of this, look and give to me as a gift a long life, the attainment of very old age, a firmly secured throne, and a long-lasting reign! |
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 ba-bi-lam{ki} | |
| 3 | a₃-aš-ru ša-ah-ti | |
| 4 | pa-li-ih DINGIR GAL.GAL | |
| 5 | ENSI₂ ṣi-i-ri | |
| 6 | za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ e₂-zi-da | |
| 7 | DUMU {d}na-bi-um-IBILA-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ | |
| 8 | LUGAL ba-bi-lam{ki} | |
| 9 | a-na-ku | |
| 10 | {id₂}li-bi-il-HE₂.GAL | |
| 11 | pa-al-ga {d}UTU.E₃ ba-bi-lam{ki} | |
| 12 | ša ul-tu u₄-um re-e-qu₂-tu₂ | |
| 13 | in-na-mu-u₂-ma | |
| 14 | ši-ih-ha-at SAHAR.HI.A | |
| 15 | iṣ-ṣa-an-nu-u₂-ma | |
| 16 | im-lu-u₂ sa-ki-ki | |
| 17 | a-ša-ar-ša | |
| 18 | aš-te-eʾ-e-ma | |
| 19 | ul-tu GU₂ {id₂}BURANUN | |
| 20 | a-di a-a-i-bu-ur₂-ša-bu-um | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A | |
| 2 | u₃ SIG₄.AL.UR₃.RA | |
| 3 | ab-na-a | |
| 4 | su-uk-ki-ša | |
| 5 | i-na a-a-i-bu-ur₂-ša-bu-um | |
| 6 | su-le-e KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 7 | a-na ma-aš-da-ha | |
| 8 | be-li₂ ra-bi₂-im {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 9 | ti-tu-ur₂ pa-al-ga | |
| 10 | ak-ṣu-ur₂-ma | |
| 11 | u₂-ša-an-di-il | |
| 12 | ta-al-la-ak-ti | |
| 13 | {d}AMAR.UTU be-li₂ ra-bi₂-u₃ | |
| 14 | aš-ša-at-ta | |
| 15 | na-ap-li-is-ma | |
| 16 | ba-la-ṭam da-ri₂-a | |
| 17 | še-be₂-e li-it-tu-ti | |
| 18 | ku-un {giš}GU.ZA | |
| 19 | u₃ la-ba-ar pa-le-e | |
| 20 | a-na ši-ri-ik-ti | |
| 21 | šu-ur₂-kam | |
Sources & licences
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