Nebuchadnezzar II B25 (Q005575)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II B25 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005575 |
| Collection | John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK; British Museum, London, 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 justice, 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 indeed built (it) anew for the god Šamaš, my lord. I indeed provided (it) with a strong base (made) from bitumen and baked brick. |
| Obverse [7:15] 88–1515 | O Šamaš, great lord, look steadfastly upon my handiwork so that my good deeds may be set upon your lips. 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. |
| Obverse [15:21] 1616–2121 | By your holy command, which cannot be overturned, may I build forever residences for a widespread population, the black-headed (people), wherever your brilliance goes forth. |
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 mi-ša-ri za-nin e₂-sag-il₂ | |
| 3 | u₃ e₂-zi-da DUMU {d}na-bi-um-IBILA-URU₃ | |
| 4 | LUGAL ba-bi-lam{ki} a-na-ku e₂-babbar-ra E₂ {d}UTU | |
| 5 | ša qe₂-re-eb ZIMBIR{<ki>} a-na {d}UTU be-li₂-ia | |
| 6 | lu e-pu-uš ki-sa-a da-num₂ | |
| 7 | i-na ESIR.UD.A u₃ SIG₄.AL.UR₃.RA | |
| 8 | lu e-er-te₉-ma {d}UTU be₂-lum ra-bi₂-u₃ | |
| 9 | li-pi₂-it qa₂-ti-ia ki-ni-iš | |
| 10 | na-ap-li-is-ma dam-qa₂-tu-u₂-a | |
| 11 | li-iš-ša-ak-na ša-ap-tu-uk-ka | |
| 12 | ba-la-ṭam u₄-mi ru-qu-ti | |
| 13 | še-be-e li-it-tu-ti ku-un {giš}GU.ZA | |
| 14 | u₃ la-ba-ar pa-le-e | |
| 15 | a-na ši-ri-ik-ti šu-ur₂-ka-am | |
| 16 | i-na qi₂-bi₂-ti-ka el-le-ti | |
| 17 | ša la šu-pe₂-e-lam ša ni-še ra-ap-ša-a-ti | |
| 18 | ṣa-al-ma-at qa₂-qa₂-dam e-ma a-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 19 | ša-ru-ru-u₂-ka lu-pu-uš | |
| 20 | ri-ma-at-si-na | |
| 21 | a-na u₄-um da-ri₂-u₂-ti |
Sources & licences
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