Nebuchadnezzar II B13 (Q005535)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II B13 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005535 |
| 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 |
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| Obverse [0:4] 11–44 | Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon: (As for) the streets of Babylon, the processional street(s) of the gods Nabû and Marduk, my lords, whose access way(s) Nabopolassar, the king of Babylon, the father who engendered me, had improved with bitumen and baked brick, (but) it was me, the wise (and) pious one who reveres [their] lordy majesties, (who) filled in a strong infill with ritually pure earth over the bitumen and baked brick (and who) reinforced their interiors with bitumen and baked brick like a high road. |
| Obverse [4:7] 55–77 | O Nabû and Marduk, when you (travel) these streets with pleasure during your procession walk(s), let my good deeds be set upon your lips. (During) a life of distant days, good health, (and) happiness [i]n your presence, may I grow old walking about in them for a long time, forever. |
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-ṣur LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ e₂-zi-da DUMU {d}AG-IBILA-u₂-ṣur LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 2 | su-qa-a-ti ba-bi-lam{ki} ma-al-da-ha {d}AG u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU EN.MEŠ-e-a ša₂ {d}AG-IBILA-u₂-ṣur LUGAL <KA₂>.DINGIR.RA{ki} AD ba-nu-u₂-a | |
| 3 | i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A u₃ SIG₄.AL.UR₃.RA u₂-da-am-mi-iq ta-al-la-ak-ti ia-ti en-qu mut-ne₂-en-nu-u₂ | |
| 4 | pa-lih EN-ti-[šu-nu] e-li ESIR.UD.DU.A u₃ SIG₄.AL.UR₃.RA tam-la-a dan-nu i-na SAHAR.HI.A el-lu-ti u₂-ma-al-li | |
| 5 | i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A u₃ SIG₄.AL.UR₃.RA ki-ma me-ti-qu ša₂-qi₂-i u₂-dan-nin qe₂-reb-ši-in {d}AG u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU i-na | |
| 6 | su-qa-a-ti ši-na-a-ti ha-di-iš i-na ša-da-hi-ku-un dam-qa₂-tu-u₂-a li-iš-šak-nu šap-ti-ku-un ba-la-aṭ | |
| 7 | u₄-um ru-qu-ti DUG₃.GA ši-ri ⸢hu-ud lib₃-bi⸣ [i]-na ma-ha-ri-ku-nu qer-reb-bu-uš-šu₂-nu a-ta-lu-ku lu-la-ab-bi-ir a-na da-ra-a-ti |
Sources & licences
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