Nebuchadnezzar II B27 (Q005574)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II B27 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005574 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I: |
| Obverse [3:5] 44–55 | (As for) Ebabbar, the temple of the Šamaš that is inside Sippar, I built (it) anew for the god Šamaš, the lord who prolongs my days. |
| Obverse [5:16] 66–1616 | O Šamaš, look with favor and pleasure upon my deeds and give me as a gift a life of long days, the attainment of very old age, a firmly secured throne, and a long-lasting dynasty. Steadfastly accept my prayers and, by your exalted command, which cannot be altered, may my deed(s), my handiwork, grow old for a long time, may my descendants flourish as kings, (and) may they endure in the land. |
| Obverse [16:21] 1717–2121 | Whenever I raise up (my) hand(s) to you, O lord Šamaš, let my way to kill my enemies be open. You are indeed the god Šamaš. May your fierce weapons, which cannot be withstood, go at my side to cut down my enemies. |
| Obverse [21:24] 2222–2424 | Like the bricks of Ebabbar, which are firmly in place for eternity, may my years be extend until the distant future. |
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 LUGAL ba-bi-lam{ki} | |
| 2 | za-ni-in e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ e₂-zi-da | |
| 3 | DUMU {d}na-bi-um-IBILA-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL ba-bi-lam{ki} a-na-ku | |
| 4 | e₂-babbar-ra E₂ {d}UTU ša qe₂-re-eb ZIMBIR{<ki>} | |
| 5 | a-na {d}UTU EN mu-ša₂-ri-ku u₄-mi-ia e-eš-ši-iš e-pu-uš | |
| 6 | {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ep-še-tu-u₂-a a-na da-mi-iq-ti | |
| 7 | ha-di-iš na-ap-li-is-ma | |
| 8 | ba-la-ṭam u₄-um ru-qu-u₂-tim še-be-e li-it-tu-ti | |
| 9 | ku-un-nu {giš}GU.ZA u₃ la-ba-ar pa-le-e | |
| 10 | a-na ši-ri-ik-ti šu-ur₂-ka-am | |
| 11 | ni-iš qa₂-ti-ia ki-ni-iš mu-gu-ur₂-ma | |
| 12 | i-na qi₂-bi₂-ti-ka ṣi-ir-ti ša la na-ka-ra-am | |
| 13 | i-pi₂-iš-ti li-pi₂-it qa₂-ti-ia | |
| 14 | lu-la-ab-bi-ir a-na da-ri₂-a-tim | |
| 15 | li-pu-u₂-a i-na šar-ru-ti li-te-el-li-pu | |
| 16 | li-ku-na i-na MA.DA | |
| 17 | e-ma qa₂-ta a-na-šu-ka EN {d}UTU | |
| 18 | lu pe-e-tu-u₂ ur-hi-ia a-na na-a-ri a-a-bi-ia | |
| 19 | {d}UTU at-ta-ma | |
| 20 | {giš}TUKUL.{giš}TUKUL-ka ez-zu-u₂-tim ša la im-ma-ha-ru | |
| 21 | a-na šu-um-qu₃-ta na-ki-ri-ia li-il-li-ka i-da-a-a | |
| 22 | ki-ma SIG₄.HI.A e₂-babbar-ra ku-un-na a-na ku-un-na a-na ṣa-a-tim | |
| 23 | ša-na-tu-u₂-a li-ri-ka | |
| 24 | a-na u₄-mi da-ri₂-u₂-tim |
Sources & licences
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