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Nebuchadnezzar II C212 (Q005542)

Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationNebuchadnezzar II C212
IDQ005542
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotBorsippa
Coordinates32.3907, 44.3448

English translation

By ORACC project ribo/babylon7 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Obverse Column i [0:60] i 1i 1–(An English translation of this inscription is in preparation)

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)

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i
1{d}na-bi-um-ku-du-ur₂-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki}
2re-e₂-a-um ki-i-nim i-tu-ut ku-un li-ib-bi {d}AMAR.UTU
3iš-ša-ak-ku ṣi-i-ri na-ra-am {d}na-bi-um
4mu-da-a e-em-qa₂ ša a-na al-ka-ka-a-at DINGIR GAL.GAL
5ba-ša-a u₂-zu-na-a-šu
6ša-ak-ka-na-ku la a-ne-ha za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ e₂-zi-da
7IBILA a-ša-re-du ša {d}na-bi-um-IBILA-u₂-ṣu-ur₂
8LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} a-na-ku
9i₃-nu-um {d}AMAR.UTU be-li₂ ra-bi₂-u₃
10ki-ni-iš ib-na-an-ni-ma
11za-ni-nu-ut-su e-pe₂-šu u₂-ma-ʾe-er-an-ni
12{d}na-bi-um pa-qi₂-id ki-iš-ša-at ša-me₂-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim
13{giš}NIG₂.GIDRU i-ša-ar-tim u₂-ša-at-mi-ih qa₂-tu-u₂-a
14e₂-sag-il₂ E₂.GAL ša-me₂-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim
15šu-ba-at {d}EN.LIL₂ DINGIR.DINGIR {d}AMAR.UTU
16e₂-umuš-a pa-pa-ha be₂-e-lu-ti-šu
17KU₃.GI na-am-ri ša-al-la-ri-iš aš-tak₂-ka-an
18e₂-zi-da e-eš-ši-iš e-pu₂-uš-ma
19i-na KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.GI ni-si₃-iq-tim ab-nam
20e-ra-a {giš}MES.MA₂.KAN.NA {giš}EREN
21u₂-ša-ak-li-il ši-pi₂-ir-šu
22e₂-temen-an-ki zi-qu₂-ra-at KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki}
23e-pu₂-uš u₂-ša-ak-li-il-ma
24i-na a-gur-ri {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ e-el-le-tim
25u₂-ul-la-a re-e-ši-ša
26i₃-nu-mi-šu e₂-ur-imin-an-ki zi-qu₂-ra-at bar₂-sipa{ki}
27ša LUGAL ma-ah-ri i-pu₂-šu-ma
2842 KUŠ₃ u₂-za-aq-qi₂-ru-ma
29la u₂-ul-la-a re-e-ša-a-ša
30ul-tu u₄-um re-e-qu₂-tim in-na-mu-u₂-ma
31la šu-te-šu-ru mu-ṣe-e me₂-e-ša
ii
1zu-un-nim u₃ ra-a-du
2u₂-na-as-su-u₂ li-bi-it-tu-ša
3a-gu-ur₂-ri ta-<ah>-lu-up-ti-ša up-ta-aṭ-ṭi-ir-ma
4li-bi-it-ti ku-um-mi-ša iš-ša-pi-ik ti-la-ni-iš
5a-na e-pe₂-ši-ša be-li₂ ra-bi₂-u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU
6u₂-ša-ad-ka-an-ni li-ib-ba
7a-ša-ar-ša la e-ni-ma la u₂-na-ak-ki-ir te-me-en-ša
8i-na ITI ša-al-mu i-na UD ŠE.GA
9li-bi-it-ti ku-um-mi-ša u₃ a-gur-ri ta-ah-lu-up-ti-ša
10ab-ta-a-ti e-ek-ši-ir-ma
11mi-qi₂-it-ta-ša u₂-uš-zi-iz-ma
12ši-ṭi-ir šu-mi-ia
13i-na ke-še-e-ri ab-ta-a-ti-ša aš-ku-un
14a-na e-pe₂-ši-ša
15u₃ u₂-ul-lu-u₂ re-e-ši-ša qa₂-ta aš-ku-un-ma
16{d}na-bi-um IBILA ki-i-nim su-uk-ka-al-lam ṣi-i-ri
17ši-it-lu-ṭu na-ra-am {d}AMAR.UTU
18e-ep-še-tu-u₂-a a-na da-mi-iq-tim ha-di-iš na-ap-li-is-ma
19ba-la-ṭam da-ri₂-a še-be₂-e li-it-tu-u₂-tim
20ku-un {giš}GU.ZA la-ba-ri pa-le-e šu-um-qu₂-tu na-ki-ri
21ka-ša-dam MA.DA a-a-bi a-na ši-ri-ik-tim šu-ur₂-ka-am
22i-na {giš}LE.U₅.UM-ka ki-i-nim mu-ki-in pu-lu-uk ša-me₂-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim
23i-be₂ a-ra-ku u₄-mi-ia šu-ṭu₃-ur li-it-tu-u₂-tim
24ma-ha-ar {d}AMAR.UTU LUGAL ša-me₂-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim
25a-bi a-li-di-ka e-ep-še-tu-u₂-a šu-um-gi-ri
26qi₂-bi du-um-qu₂-u₂-a
27{d}na-bi-um-ku-du-ur₂-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur₂
28lu LUGAL za-ni-na-an
29li-iš-ša-ki-in i-na pi-i-ka

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