Nebuchadnezzar II NeKC (Q005599)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Nahr el-Kelb · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II NeKC |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005599 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nahr el-Kelb |
| Coordinates | 33.9561, 35.5989 |
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] Frgm._1 1'1'–Frgm._1 5'5' | [profuse vegetables], the delight of the garden; [rosy fruits], the bounty of the or[chard]; [ordinary dates; Dilmun-dates; dried] figs; raisins; [finest be]erwort; [ghee; sweet]meat; milk; b[est] oil; reddish [grain]; labku-beer, nāšu-beer; [purest] wine; [wine] |
| Obverse [5:8] Frgm._1 6'6'–Frgm._1 8'8' | [of Izal]la, of Tuʾimmu, of Ṣim[iri, of Ḫilbūnu], of Arnabānu, of Sū[ḫu, of Bīt-kubati], of Akšak, of [Bītāti]: |
| Obverse [8:10] Frgm._1 9'9'–Frgm._1 10'10' | [I supplied with more abundance than] before [the table-spread of Marduk and] Zarpanītu, [my lords]. |
| Obverse [10:13] Frgm._2 11–Frgm._2 33 | [For Šamaš], the august [jud]ge of heaven and [earth], [the one who provides] me with a propitious omen in [my] extispicy, [I made a]new the Edikukalam[ma, his temple] in Babylon. |
| Obverse [13:17] Frgm._2 44–Frgm._2 77 | [For] Bēlet-E[anna, the august lady], [the one who inter]cedes [for me, I made a]new in [Ba]bylon [the Eki]tušgarza, the temple of [Bēlet-Eanna at the outer cor] ners of the [city wall]. |
| Obverse [21:29] Frgm._3 1'1'–Frgm._3 8'8' | (No translation possible) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| Frgm. 1 | ||
| 1' | [ar-qu de-šu-tim la]-la-a ⸢mu⸣-[sa-re-e] | |
| 2' | [in-bi ru-uš-šu-tim] šu-mu-uh ṣi-[ip-pa-tim] | |
| 3' | [ZU₂.LUM.MA as-ne₂-e {giš}PEŠ₃].HAD₂.A {giš}GEŠTIN.HAD₂.A {kaš}⸢DIDA⸣ [SIG₅-tim] | |
| 4' | [I₃.NUN.NA mu-ut]-ta-qu₂ ši-iz-bi u-lu ⸢ša⸣-[am-nu] | |
| 5' | [aš-na-an] ru-uš-ša-a la-ab-ku na-a-šu {giš}GEŠTIN [KU₃ {giš}GEŠTIN] | |
| 6' | {[kur}i-za-al]-lum {kur}tu-uʾ-im {kur}ṣi-im-[mi-nu] | |
| 7' | {[kur}hi-il-bu-nu] {kur}ar-na-ba-nu {kur}su-[u₃-hu] | |
| 8' | {[kur}E₂-ku-ba-ti] {⸢uru⸣}ak-ša-ak {kur}[bi-ta-a-ti] | |
| 9' | [pa-aš₂-šu-ri {d}AMAR.UTU u₃] {d}zar-pa-ni-tum [EN.EN-e-a] | |
| 10' | [el ša₂] pa-nim u₂-[ṭa-hi-id] | |
| Frgm. 2 | ||
| 1 | [a-na {d}UTU DI].⸢KU₅⸣ ṣi-i-ri ša₂-me-e u₃ [er-ṣe-tim] | |
| 2 | [mu-ša₂-aš-ki]-in ⸢UZU da-am-qu₂⸣ i-na te-er-⸢ti⸣-[ia₂] | |
| 3 | ⸢e₂-di-ku₅-kalam⸣-[ma E₂-su] ša ⸢TIN.TIR{ki} e-eš⸣-[ši-iš e-pu-uš] | |
| 4 | [e₂-ki]-tuš-garza E₂ {d}[NIN-e₂-an-na ša₂ tu₃-ub]-⸢qa₂-at⸣ [BAD₃] | |
| 5 | [ana] {d}NIN-e₂-[an-na be-el-ti ṣi-ir-ti] | |
| 6 | [qa₂-ba]-a-ti ⸢da-am-qa₂⸣-[a-ti-ia] | |
| 7 | [i-na] ⸢KA₂.DINGIR.RA⸣{[ki]} ⸢e⸣-[eš-ši-iš e-pu₂-uš] | |
| 8 | [a-na] {⸢d⸣}gu₃-la [ru]-⸢ba⸣-[ti ṣi-ir-ti] | |
| 9 | [a-ši-ba-at] ⸢e₂-sa-bad₃⸣ [mu-ṭi-ib-ba-at UZU.MEŠ-ia (na-ṣi-ra-at na-pi-iš-ti-ia)] | |
| 10 | [ša-me₂]-⸢e {giš}MES.MA₂.KAN⸣.[NA iṣ-ṣi da-ra-a-am] | |
| 11 | [KU₃].⸢GI HUŠ.A u₂⸣-[ša₂-al-bi-iš-ma] | |
| Frgm. 3 | ||
| 1' | [...] x x | |
| 2' | ⸢UN⸣.[MEŠ qe₂-re-eb {kur}la-ab-na-nu] | |
| 3' | [a-bu]-ri-⸢iš⸣ u₂-[šar-bi-iṣ-ma] | |
| 4' | [mu]-⸢ga⸣-[al-li-tu la u₂-šar-ši-ši-na-ti] | |
| 5' | x x x x x [...] | |
| 6' | x x x x [...] | |
| 7' | [...] | |
| 8' | [...] | |
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