Nebuchadnezzar II B23 (Q005579)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II B23 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005579 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Uruk |
| Coordinates | 31.3245, 45.6388 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon7 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:6] 11–66 | Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I: |
| Obverse [6:10] 77–1010 | (As for) Eanna, the temple of the goddess Ištar of Uruk, I indeed built (it) for the goddess Ištar, the lady who loves me. |
| Obverse [10:18] 1111–1818 | O Ištar, great lady, give to me as a gift a long life, stand by me in battle and combat, bind my enemies, (and) kill my foes. |
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-NIG₂.DU-URU₃ | |
| 2 | LUGAL ba-bi-lam{ki} | |
| 3 | za-nin e₂-sag-il₂ | |
| 4 | u₃ e₂-zi-da | |
| 5 | DUMU {d}na-bi-um-A-URU₃ | |
| 6 | LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki} a-na-ku | |
| 7 | e₂-an-na E₂ {d}iš-tar | |
| 8 | ša₂ UNUG{ki} a-na {d}iš-tar | |
| 9 | GAŠAN ra-ʾi-im-ti-ia | |
| 10 | lu e-pu₂-uš | |
| 11 | {d}iš-tar GAŠAN GAL-ti | |
| 12 | ba-la-ṭam da-ri₂-a-am | |
| 13 | a-na ši-rik-ti šur-kim | |
| 14 | i-na qab-lam u ta-ha-zi | |
| 15 | i-da-a-a | |
| 16 | i-zi-iz-i-ma | |
| 17 | ku-mi-i na-ki-ri-ia | |
| 18 | ne₂-e-ri za-ʾe-ri-ia |
Sources & licences
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