Nebuchadnezzar II B20 (Q005538)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II B20 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005538 |
| Collection | Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; British Museum, London, UK; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 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 [0:2] 11–22 | Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I: |
| Obverse [2:9] 33–99 | (As for) Emaḫ, the temple of the goddess Ninmaḫ, (which is) inside Babylon, I built (it) anew for the goddess Ninmaḫ, the exalted queen, in Babylon. I surrounded it with a strong base (made) from bitumen and baked brick, (and) I filled its interior with ritually pure earth. |
| Obverse [9:17] 1010–1717 | O Ninmaḫ, merciful mother, look with pleasure so that my good deeds are set upon your lips. Expand (my) seed (and) increase my progeny. In the womb of my descendants, grant safe and easy childbirth. |
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}na-bi-um-ku-du-ur₂-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur LUGAL ba-bi-lam{ki} | |
| 2 | DUMU {d}na-bi-um-IBILA-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL ba-bi-lam{ki} a-na-ku | |
| 3 | e₂-mah E₂ {d}nin-mah lib₃-ba ka₂-dingir-ra{ki} | |
| 4 | a-na {d}nin-mah ru-ba-a-ti ṣi-ir-tim | |
| 5 | i-na ba-bi-i-lu{ki} e-eš-še-eš₁₅ e-pu₂-uš | |
| 6 | ki-sa-a-am da-num₂ | |
| 7 | i-na ESIR.UD.DU.A u₃ SIG₄.AL.UR₃.RA | |
| 8 | u₂-ša-as₃-hi-ir-ša e-pe-er e-el-lu-tim | |
| 9 | qe₂-er₄-ba-ša u₂-ma-al-lam | |
| 10 | {d}nin-mah AMA re-me-ni-ti | |
| 11 | ha-di-iš na-ap-li-si-ma | |
| 12 | da-am-qa₂-tu-u₂-a li-iš-ša-ak-na | |
| 13 | ša-ap-tu-uk-ki ru-up-pi-ši ze-ri | |
| 14 | šu-un-di-li na-an-na-bi | |
| 15 | i-na qe₂-er₄-bi-it pe-er-ʾi-ia | |
| 16 | ša-al-mi-iš šu-te-ši-ri | |
| 17 | ta-li-it-ti |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.