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Nebuchadnezzar II C31 (Q005569)

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

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DesignationNebuchadnezzar II C31
IDQ005569
CollectionMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA; British Museum, London, UK; Private collection: anonymous, London, UK; Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, UK; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreRoyal Inscription
Find spotSippar
Coordinates33.0592, 44.2538

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 [0:109] 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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
i
1{d}AG-ku-dur₂-ru-u₂-ṣur
2LUGAL mi-ša-ri-im
3a₃-aš-ru ša-ah-tu
4⸢ša⸣ pa-la-ah i₃-li₂ mu-du-u₂
5ra-aʾ-im ki-it-ti
6u₃ mi-ša-ri-im
7mu-uš-te-eʾ-u₂ ba-la-ṭam
8mu-ša-aš-ki-in
9i-na pi₂-i ni-ši-im
10pu-lu-uh₂-ti DINGIR GAL.GAL
11mu-uš-te-ši-ir eš-re-et i₃-li₂
12za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂
13u₃ e₂-zi-da
14IBILA ki-i-nim
15ša {d}AG-IBILA-u₂-ṣur
16LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} a-na-ku
17i₃-nu {d}AMAR.UTU
18be-li₂ ra-bi₂-u₃
19a-na be-lu-ut MA.DA
20iš-ša-an-ni-ma
21a-na za-ni-nu-ti ma-ha-za
22u₃ ud-du-šu eš-re-e-ti
23šu-ma ṣi-ra-am
24ib-bi₂-u₃
25i₃-nu-mi-šu e₂-babbar-ra E₂ {d}UTU
26ša qe₂-re-eb ZIMBIR{ki}
27ša u₂-ul-la-nu-u₂-a na-wi-u₂
28e-mu-u₂ ti-ša-ri-iš
29{d}UTU be-li₂ ra-bi₂-u₃
30a-na ma-na-ma
31LUGAL ma-ah-ri-im
32la im-gu-ru-ma
33la iq-bi₂-u₃ e-pe₂-šu
34ia-ši a-ra-as-sa₃
35e-em-qu mu-ut-ne₂-en-nu-u₂
36pa-li-ih i-lu-ti-šu
ii
1a-na e-pe₂-eš E₂ šu-a-ti
2li-ib-ba-am
3ti-iṣ-mu-ur₂-ma
4u₂-qa₂-a-am ša-aš-ši
5aš-ši qa₂-ti
6u₂-sa-ap-pa ša-aš-ši
7a-na e-pe₂-eš E₂ e₂-babbar-ra
8ut-ne₂-en-šu-um-ma
9{d}UTU be-li₂ ra-bi₂-u₃
10ni-iš qa₂-ti-ia
11im-hu-ur₂-ma
12iš-ma-a ⸢su⸣-pe₂-e-a
13a-na e-pe₂-eš E₂ šu-a-ti
14a₃-ar-ka-⸢at⸣ {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR u₃ {d}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣
15ap-ru-us-ma
16{d}UTU {d}IŠKUR u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU
17ša e-pe₂-eš E₂ e₂-babbar-ra
18an-nim ki-i-nim
19u₂-ša-aš-ki-nu-um
20i-na te-er-ti-ia
21a-na {d}UTU be-li₂
22da-a-a-nu ṣi-i-ru-um
23ša ša-we-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim
24qar-ra-du ra-bi₂-u₃
25eṭ-lu ka-ab-tu
26be-li₂ mu-uš-te-ši-ir
27pu-ru-us-se-e ki-it-ti
28be-li₂ ra-bi₂-u₃ be-li₂-ia
29E₂-su e₂-babbar-ra
30ša qe₂-re-eb ZIMBIR{ki}
31i-na hi-da-a-ti
32u₃ ri-ša-a-tim
33lu e-pu-uš
34{d}UTU be-li₂ ra-bi₂-u₃
35a-na e₂-babbar-ra E₂-ka nam-ru
36ha-di-iš i-na e-re-bi-ka
iii
1li-pi₂-it qa₂-ti-ia šu-qu-ru
2ki-ni-iš na-ap-li-is-ma
3dam-qa₂-tu-u₂-a li-iš-ša-ak-na
4ša-ap-tu-uk-ka
5i-na qi₂-bi₂-ti-ka
6ki-it-ti lu-uš-ba-a
7li-it-tu-ti
8ba-la-ṭam ana u₄-um ru-qu-ti
9ku-un {giš}GU.ZA
10lu ši-ri-ik-tu-um-ma
11li-ri-ku li-iš-te-li-pu
12pa-lu-u₂-a
13a-na da-ri₂-a-tim
14{giš}NIG₂.GIDRU i-ša-ar-ti
15re-e₂-u₂-ti ṭa-ab-ti
16ši-bi-ir-ri ki-i-nim
17mu-ša-li-im ni-ši₃
18lu i-si-iq šar-ru-ti-ia
19a-na da-ri₂-a-tim
20i-na {giš}TUKUL.{giš}TUKUL
21ez-zu-ti te-bu-ti
22ta-ha-za
23lu ṣu₂-lu-ul um-ma-ni-ia
24{d}UTU at-ta-ma
25i-na di-i-nim u₃ bi-i-ri
26i-ša-ri-iš
27a-pa-la-an-ni
28i-na a-ma-ti-ka
29el-le-ti
30ša la šu-pe-⸢e-lam⸣
31lu te₉-bu-u₂
32lu za-aq-tu
33{giš}TUKUL.{giš}TUKUL-u₂-a
34{giš}TUKUL.{giš}TUKUL
35na-ki-ri-im
36li-me₂-e-su

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