Nebuchadnezzar II B24 (Q005573)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II B24 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005573 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzerleri, Istanbul, Turkey; British Museum, London, UK; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Sippar |
| Coordinates | 33.0592, 44.2538 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon7 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] 11–55 | Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, the true shepherd who provides for the cult centers of the great gods, son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I: |
| Obverse [5:9] 66–99 | (As for) Ebabbar, the temple of the god Šamaš that is in Sippar, I indeed built (it) for the god Šamaš, my lord. I indeed repaired the pure well that is inside it. |
| Obverse [9:17] 1010–1717 | O Šamaš, great lord, on account of this, look so that your face is happy with my pure handiwork. May a life of distant days be (your) gift so that I am sated with very old age for an eternity of years. |
| Obverse [17:24] 1818–2424 | By your exalted word, which cannot be altered, let my shepherdship over the people of the four quarters (of the world) be long (and) may my reign be endure forever. |
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-ur₂-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ | |
| 2 | LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 3 | re-e₂-a-am ki-i-nim | |
| 4 | za-ni-in ma-ha-az DINGIR GAL.GAL | |
| 5 | DUMU {d}na-bi-um-IBILA-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ | |
| 6 | LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} a-na-ku | |
| 7 | e₂-babbar E₂ {d}UTU ša qe₂-re-eb ZIMBIR{<ki>} | |
| 8 | a-na {d}UTU be-li₂-ia lu e-pu-uš | |
| 9 | PU₂ el-le-ti ša qe₂-re-bi-šu lu e-ek-ši-ir | |
| 10 | {d}UTU be-li₂ ra-bi₂-u₃ | |
| 11 | a-na ša-at-ti na-ap-li-is-ma | |
| 12 | a-na li-pi₂-it qa₂-ti-ia el-le-e-ti | |
| 13 | li-ih-du-u₃ pa-ni-ka | |
| 14 | ba-la-ṭam u₄-mi ru-qu-ti | |
| 15 | lu ši-ri-ik-tu-um-ma | |
| 16 | ša-na-a-ti da-ri₂-a-tim | |
| 17 | lu-uš-ba-a li-it-tu-ti | |
| 18 | i-na a-ma-ti-ka ṣi-ir-ti | |
| 19 | ša la na-ka-ru-um | |
| 20 | e-li ni-ši ki-ib-ra-a-ti | |
| 21 | ar-ba-a-am | |
| 22 | li-ri-ik re-e₂-u₂-ti | |
| 23 | a-na du-ri₂ da-ri₂ | |
| 24 | li-ku-un pa-lu-u₂-a |
Sources & licences
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