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Nebuchadnezzar II C211 (Q005570)

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

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DesignationNebuchadnezzar II C211
IDQ005570
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK; Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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 [0:66] 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}na-bi-um-ku-du-ur₂-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki}
2e-er-šu it-pe₂-šu na-ra-am {d}AMAR.UTU
3GIR₃.NITA₂ MA.DA-šu-me-ri u₃ ak-ka-di-i mu-ki-in iš-di MA.DA
4ru-ba-a-am na-a-dam
5ša a-na za-na-nam ma-ha-zi u₃ ud-du-šu eš-re-e-tim
6{d}AMAR.UTU be-li₂ ra-bi₂-u₃ ib-bi₂-u₃ ni₅-bi-it-su
7a-na šu-un-du-la₁₂ MA.DA u₃ šu-te-šu-ra te-ne-še-e-tim
8{d}na-bi-um IBILA ši-it-lu-ṭu₃
9ši-bi-ir-ri mu-ša-al-li-im ni-ši₃
10u₂-ša-at-mi-ih qa₂-tu-uš-šu
11e-em-qa₂ mu-ut-ne₂-en-nu-u₃
12za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ e₂-zi-da
13IBILA SAG.KAL ša {d}AG-IBILA-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} a-na-ku
14i₃-nu-um {d}AMAR.UTU EN ra-bi₂-u₃ ha-di-iš ib-ba-an-ni-ma
15šu-ma-am da-ra-a iz-ku-ra a-na šar-ru-u₂-ti
16ia-ti pa-al-hi-iš aš-te-ne₂-ʾe-šu a-ta-ma i-lu-su
17ša {d}AG IBILA-šu ki-nim na-ra-am šar-ru-ti-ia
18ka-an-ši-iš šu-te-mu-qa₂-ak-šu a-na-dam be₂-lu-ut-su
19e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ e₂-zi-da E₂.GAL na-ra-am li-ib-bi-šu-un
20i-na KU₃.GI KU₃.BABBAR ni-si₃-iq-tim NA₄.NA₄ da-am-qu₂-u₂-tim u₃ {giš}EREN ši-hu-u₂-tim az-nu-un-ma
21ki-ma qe₂-re-eb ša-ma-mi u₂-na-am-mi-ir
22e-eš-re-e-ti DINGIR GAL.GAL e-ma bi-ib-il li-ib-bi-šu-nu u₂-še-e-pi₂ na-am-ri-iš
23e₂-babbar-ra ki-iṣ-ṣi₂ na-am-ri šu-ba-at {d}UTU da-a-a-nam
24ša iš-tu u₄-um ru-qu₂-u₂-tim i-na qe₂-re-eb ZIMBIR{ki} in-na-mu-u₂-ma
25la i-pu₂-šu šar ma-ah-ri
26{d}UTU EN a-na ia-ti ru-bu-u₂ ma-gi-ri-šu e-pe₂-šu iq-bu-u₃
27te-me-en-šu la-bi₂-ri a-hi-iṭ ab-re-e-ma
28e-li te-me-en-ni-šu la-bi₂-ri u₂-ki-in uš-šu-šu
29e₂-babbar-ra ki-ma la-bi-ri-im-ma e-pu₂-uš u₂-ša-ak-li-il-ma
30u₄-mi-iš u₂-na-am-mi-ir-ma
31{d}UTU u₃ {d}a-a i-na hi-da-a-tim u₃ ri-ša-a-tim
32qe₂-er₄-ba-šu u₂-ša-ar-ma-a šu-ba-at-su-un ṣi₂-ir-tim
ii
1i₃-nu-mi-šu e₂-ul-la E₂ {d}nin-kar-ra-ak-a ša qe₂-re-eb ZIMBIR{ki}
2ša iš-tu u₄-um u₂-ul-lu-u₂-tim
3ša-na-a-tim ru-qa₂-a-tim
4E₂ la šu-te-šu-ru-u₂-ma na-ma-tu iṣ-ra-at-sa
5ki-su-ra-ša la šu-du-u₃ e-pe₂-ru ka-at-mu
6it-ti e-eš-re-e-ti₃ DINGIR.DINGIR la in-na-am-bu-u₃ pi₂-it-ru-su sa-at-tu-uk-ku
7i-na pi₂-i ip-pa-ar-ku-u₂ ba-aṭ-lu ni-id-ba-a-šu
8aš-šum si-is-si-ik-ti {d}AMAR.UTU EN-ia ṣa-ab-ta-ku-u₂-ma
9{d}AMAR.UTU EN ia-ti i-ra-ma-an-ni-ma
10ud-du-šu e-eš-re-e-ti ke-še-ri ab-ta-a-tim
11u₂-ma-al-lu-u₂ qa₂-tu-u₂-a
12i-na pa-le-e-a ki-nim a-na E₂ šu-a-ti
13re-me₂-nu-u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU ir-ta-ši sa-li-mi
14u₃ {d}UTU da-a-a-nam ṣi-i-ri
15e-de-šum₂ it-ta-bi
16a-na ia-ti re-e₂-a-um pa-li-hi-šu-nu
17e-pe₂-šu iq-bi₂-u₃
18te-me-en-šu la-bi₂-ri a-hi-iṭ ab-re-e-ma
19zi-ki-ir₄ šu-um ša {d}nin-kar-ra-ak-a a-ši-ba-at e₂-ul-la
20ṣe-e-ri UR.GI₇ ša-ṭi-ir-ma i-na qe₂-er₄-bi-šu in-na-am-mi-ir-ma
21e-li te-me-en-ni-šu la-bi-ri uš-šu-šu u₂-ki-in-ma
22a-na {d}nin-kar-ra-ak-a be-el-ti ra-aʾ-im-ti-ia
23na-ṣi-ra-at na-pi₂-iš-<ti>-ia mu-ša-<al>-li-ma-at pe-er-ʾi-ia e₂-ul-la E₂-sa ša qe₂-re-eb ZIMBIR{ki}
24e-eš-ši-iš e-pu₂-uš
25sa-at-tu-ku-u₂-ša u₂-ṭa-ah-hi-id-ma
26u₂-ki-in ni-id-ba-a-ša
27{d}nin-kar-ra-ak-a be-el-ti ṣi-ir-tim
28li-pi₂-it qa₂-ti-ia ha-di-iš na-ap-li-⸢si⸣-[ma]
29da-am-qa₂-a-tu-u₂-a li-iš-ša-ak-na ša-ap-tu-uk-ki
30ba-la-aṭ u₄-um re-e-qu₂-ti še-be₂-e li-it-tu-u₂-tim
31ṭu₂-u₂-bu ši-i-ri u₃ hu-ud li-ib-bi
32a-na ši-ri-ik-tim šu-ur₂-ki-im
33ma-ha-ar {d}UTU u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU
34šu-um-gi-ri e-ep-še-e-tu-u₂-a qi₂-bi₂-im du-um-qu₂-u₂-a

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