Nebuchadnezzar II BB1 (Q005558)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II BB1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005558 |
| 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 Column i [0:3] i 1i 1–i 33 | Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, foremost heir of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I: |
| Obverse Column ii [0:3] ii 1ii 1–ii 33 | For the god Nabû, the exalted lord who prolongs the day(s) of my life, I built Ezida, his temple in Borsippa, anew. |
| Obverse Column iii [0:3] iii 1iii 1–iii 33 | (No translation possible) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | {d}na-bi-um-ku-du-ur₂-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 2 | za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ e₂-zi-da | |
| 3 | IBILA SAG.KAL {d}AG-IBILA-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} a-na-ku | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | a-na {d}na-bi-um be-li₂ ṣi-i-ri | |
| 2 | mu-ša-ri-ku u₄-um ba-la-ṭi-ia | |
| 3 | e₂-zi-da E₂-su i-na bar-si-pa{ki} eš-ši-iš e-pu-uš | |
| iii | ||
| 1 | x [...] | |
| 2 | x [...] | |
| 3 | ki-[...] | |
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.