Nebuchadnezzar II B21 (Q005536)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II B21 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005536 |
| 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 [0:3] 1'1'–3'3' | [...] ..., [king of Ba]bylon, am I: |
| Obverse [3:8] 4'4'–8'8' | (As for) Etemananki, the ziggurat of Babylon, I indeed built (it) for the god Marduk, my lord. |
| Obverse [8:14] 9'9'–14'14' | O Etemenanki, constantly say good things about me to the god Marduk, my lord. |
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' | [...] x x [x] | |
| 2' | [LUGAL KA₂].⸢DINGIR⸣.RA{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 3' | ⸢a-na⸣-ku | |
| 4' | e₂-temen-an-ki | |
| 5' | zi-iq-qu₂-ra-at | |
| 6' | KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 7' | a-na {d}AMAR.UTU be-li₂-ia | |
| 8' | lu e-pu-uš | |
| 9' | e₂-temen-an-ki | |
| 10' | a-na {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 11' | be-li₂-ia | |
| 12' | dam-qa₂-tu-u₂-a | |
| 13' | ti-iz-ka-ri-im | |
| 14' | ka-a-a-na-am |
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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