Nebuchadnezzar II B14 (Q005555)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II B14 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005555 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Borsippa |
| Coordinates | 32.3907, 44.3448 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon7 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] 11–44 | Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, the one who reveres the great gods, the wise (and) pious one, the one who through the support of the god Marduk — the great lord, his (text: “her”) lord — and the god Nabû — the foremost heir, the beloved of his (text: “her”) royal majesty — constantly goes forth (and) is assiduous towards their divinity, legitimate heir of Nabopolassar — king of Babylon — the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, am I: |
| Obverse [4:6] 55–66 | (As for) Ezida, the true house, (which) is inside Borsi<ppa>, I indeed built (it and) surrounded i[t] with a stro[ng] base with bitumen and baked brick. |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | O temple, spea[k] favorable things (about me) to the god Nabû, 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 | {d}na-bi-um-ku-du-ur-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} pa-li-ih DINGIR.DINGIR GAL.GAL em-qu mut{ut}nen-nu-u₂ | |
| 2 | ša i-na tu-ku-ul-ti {d}AMAR.UTU be-li ra-bi-um be-li-ša u₃ {d}na-bi-um ap-lam a-ša₂-re-du | |
| 3 | na-ra-am MAN-ru-ti-ša it-ta-na-al-la-ku iš-ta-ne₂-eʾ-u₂ i-lu-ut-su-un ap-lam ki-na-am | |
| 4 | ša {d}na-bi-um-ap-lam-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ e₂-zi-da a-na-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 5 | e₂-zi-da E₂ ki-na-am i-na qe₂-re-eb bar-si₂-<pa₃{ki>} lu-u₂ e-pu-uš ki-sa-a da-an-⸢nam⸣ | |
| 6 | i-na ku-up-ra-am u₃ a-gu-ra-am lu-u₂ uš-ta-as-hi-ir-⸢ša⸣ | |
| 7 | E₂ a-na {d}na-bi-um be-li-ia da-mi-iq-tim ti-iz-ka-⸢ar⸣ |
Sources & licences
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