Nebuchadnezzar I 05 (Q006245)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar I 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006245 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Nineveh |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon2 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | In Babylon dwells Nebuchadnezzar, [the king]. He rages like a lion (and) thun[ders] like the god Adad. Like a lion, he frigh[tens] his distinguished nobles. [His] supplications go to the god Marduk, lord of Babylon: |
| Obverse [4:10] o 55–o 1010 | “Have pity on me, one who is dejected and prost[rate]! Have pity on my land, which weeps and mourns! Have pity on my people, who wail and weep! O lord of Babylon, how long will you dwell in the land of the enemy? May beautiful Babylon be remembered by you! Turn your face back to Esagil (“House Whose Top Is High”), which you love!” |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | The lord of Babylon listened to [the supplication(s) of] Nebuchadnezzar and [his command] comes down to him from heaven: |
| Obverse [12:19] o 1313–o 1919 | “[... b]y (my own) mouth I spoke to you. [Instructions (promising)] good fortune, I have sent to you. [With] my [support] you are to attack the land of Amurru. [...] listen to [the iss]uing of your instructions! [...] take me [from E]lam to Babylon! Let me, [... the lord of Ba]bylon, give Elam to you! [...] above and below.” |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020–o 2121 | [...] has seized [(...)] his gods [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] Akkad, written (and) collated (from) a copy (in) Babylon. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] king of the world, king of Assyria. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-šib i-na KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} {d}AG-NIG₂.DU-URU₃ [LUGAL] | |
| 2 | il-tam-mir ki-i UR.MAH ki-i {d}IŠKUR i-šag-[gum] | |
| 3 | {lu₂}GAL.MEŠ-šu₂ e-du-u₂-tu ki-ma la-ab-bu u₂-šag-[lat] | |
| 4 | a-na {d}AMAR.UTU EN TIN.TIR{ki} il-la-ku su-pu-u₂-[šu₂] | |
| 5 | a-hu-lap at-⸢tu⸣-u₂-a šu-ta-nu-hu u₃ u₂-tu-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 6 | a-hu-lap i-na KUR-ia ša₂ ba-ke-e u₃ sa-pa-a-⸢du⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢a⸣-hu-lap i-na UN.MEŠ-ia ša₂ nu-um-be₂-e u₃ ba-ke-⸢e⸣ | |
| 8 | [a]-di ma-ti EN TIN.TIR{ki} ina KUR na-ki-ri aš₂-ba-a-ti | |
| 9 | ⸢lib⸣-bal-⸢kit⸣ i-na lib₃-bi-ka TIN.TIR{ki} ba-nu-um-ma | |
| 10 | [a]-⸢na e₂-sag⸣-il₂ ša₂ ta-ram-mu šu-us-hi-ra pa-ni-ka | |
| 11 | [su-pe-e] {d}AG-NIG₂.DU-URU₃ EN KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} iš-me₂-e-ma | |
| 12 | [x x x] ⸢ul⸣-tu AN-e in-da-naq-qu-ta-aš₂-ši | |
| 13 | [x x x (x) i]-na pi-i ⸢aq⸣-bak-ka a-na-ku | |
| 14 | [x x x x] x ša₂ du-un-⸢qa⸣ al-ta-tap-pa-rak-ka | |
| 15 | [x x x x x (x)]-⸢ia te⸣-ba-a-ta a-na KUR MAR.TU{ki} | |
| 16 | [... ši]-kin₃ ṭe₃-mi₃-ka ši-me | |
| 17 | [x x x x (x)] ⸢ELAM.MA⸣{ki} a-na KA₂.DINGIR.RA{⸢ki⸣} li-qa-an-nu | |
| 18 | [x x x EN KA₂].⸢DINGIR⸣.RA{ki} ELAM.MA{ki} ⸢lud⸣-din-ak-ka | |
| 19 | [...] x-⸢ka⸣ e-li-ti ⸢u₃ ša₂⸣-pil-ti | |
| 20 | [...] x iṣ-ṣa-bat [(x x)] DINGIR.MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 21 | [...] x [(x)] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] x ⸢ŠE⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] URI{ki} GABA.RI KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} šaṭ-ṭir ba-ri | |
| 3' | [...] MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR-AN.⸢ŠAR₂{ki⸣} | |
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