Nebuchadnezzar II B17 (Q005557)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II B17 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005557 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 [0:1] 11–11 | Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, the legitimate heir of Nabopolassar son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I: |
| Obverse [1:4] 22–44 | (As for) Ezida, (which) is inside Borsippa, I indeed built (it). (As for) the throne platform, the seat of the god Nabû, the great (and) exalted one, in E…ki, the cella of his lordly majesty, I indeed set (it firmly in place) like a mountain with bitumen and baked brick. |
| Obverse [4:8] 55–88 | O Nabû, the great (and) perfect one, steadfastly accept my handiwork so that my days being long and the my dynasty lasting a long time may be set upon your lips. Just like the firmly-founded throne platform beneath you, by your true command, may all of the insubmissive bow down at my feet. |
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 ki-i-nam | |
| 2 | ša {d}AG-IBILA-u₂-ṣur LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} a-na-ku e₂-zi-da E₂ ki-nim i-na qe₂-reb bar-si₂-pa₃{ki} | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ e-pu-uš du-ʾu-u₂-um mu-ša-ab {d}na-bi-um GAL ṣi-i-ri-im i-na e₂-šid-du₃-an-na-ki | |
| 4 | pa-pa-hi be-lu-ti-šu i-na ku-up-ra-am u₃ a-gu-ur₂-ri-im ki-ma ša-di-i lu-u₂ e-er-te₉-e | |
| 5 | {d}AG GAL git-ma-lum li-pi₂-it qa₂-ti-ia ki-ni-iš mu-gu-ur₂-ma a-ra-ku u₄-mi-ia | |
| 6 | la-ba-ra pa-le-e-a li-iš-ša-ki-in ša-ap-tu-uk-ka ki-ma du-ʾu-u₂-um | |
| 7 | šu-ur₂-šu₂-du i-na ša-ap-li-ka i-na qi₂-bi-ti-ka ki-it-tim | |
| 8 | ku-ul-la-at la ma-gi-ri-im li-ik-nu-šu ša-ap-li-ia |
Sources & licences
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