Marduk-nadin-ahhe 2 (Q006255)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Ur · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Marduk-nadin-ahhe 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006255 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Ur |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon2 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:1] i 1i 1–i 1i 1 | For the god Nanna, |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] i 22–i 22 | lord of the foundation of heaven (and) netherworld, |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] i 33–i 33 | noble ..., |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] i 44–i 44 | great light, |
| Obverse Column i [8:10] i 99–i 1010 | king ..., |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] i 1111–i 1111 | his lord: |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] i 1212–i 1212 | Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē, |
| Obverse Column i [12:13] i 1313–i 1313 | pious prince, |
| Obverse Column i [14:16] i 1515–i 1616 | shepherd ..., |
| Obverse Column i [16:17] i 1717–i 1717 | the lord fitted for the god EN.DIŠ.DIŠ, |
| Obverse Column i [17:18] i 1818–i 1818 | lord ... of Ur, |
| Obverse Column i [19:20] i 2020–i 2020 | king [...], |
| Obverse Column i [20:22] i 2121– | king [...], |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] ii 22ii 22–ii 22ii 22 | king of Sumer (and) Akkad, |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] ii 2323–ii 2323 | king of the [four] quarters (of the world), |
| Obverse Column ii [2:8] ii 2424–ii 2929 | whose deeds are pleasing to the god Sîn (and) the great gods, ... |
| Obverse Column ii [8:12] ii 3030–ii 3333 | [Su]me[r (and)] Akkad, ... |
| Obverse Column ii [12:13] ii 3434–ii 3434 | At that time, |
| Obverse Column ii [13:15] ii 3535–ii 3636 | the great oven of the shrine of the god Sîn, |
| Obverse Column ii [15:18] ii 3737–ii 3939 | where all the morning and evening meals of the gods ... |
| Obverse Column ii [18:19] ii 4040–ii 4040 | the great oven, |
| Obverse Column ii [19:26] ii 4141–ii 4747 | its great roaring inside it ... |
| Obverse Column iii [0:1] iii 48iii 48–iii 48iii 48 | On account of this, |
| Obverse Column iii [1:2] iii 4949–iii 4949 | [... may] the god Sîn, |
| Obverse Column iii [2:3] iii 5050–iii 5050 | [...] lord |
| Obverse Column iii [3:4] iii 5151–iii 5151 | [...] kingship ... |
| Obverse Column iii [4:5] iii 52-5352-53–iii 52-5352-53 | grant to Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē, |
| Obverse Column iii [5:6] iii 5454–iii 5454 | his obedient prince, |
| Obverse Column iii [6:7] iii 5555–iii 5555 | the shepherd who restores ... |
| Obverse Column iii [7:9] iii 5656–iii 5757 | a long life-span |
| Obverse Column iii [9:14] iii 5858–iii 6262 | (and) a reign ...! |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | {d}⸢nanna⸣ | |
| 2 | en temen ⸢an ki⸣-[(x x)]-a | |
| 3 | ⸢nir⸣-ŋal₂ x ⸢ZI⸣ x [x (x)] | |
| 4 | ŋeš-nu₁₁ [(x)] ⸢gal⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢SAG⸣ x x x x | |
| 6 | šag₄ x x x [...] | |
| 7 | mah x [...] x | |
| 8 | NI ⸢KIN⸣ [...] x | |
| 9 | ⸢lugal⸣ x [(x)] x ⸢KI⸣ [(x)] | |
| 10 | x x [...]⸢TI⸣ [(x)] | |
| 11 | lugal-a-⸢ni-ir⸣ | |
| 12 | {⸢d}(AMAR.UTU⸣-SUM-⸢ŠEŠ.MEŠ⸣) | |
| 13 | ⸢nun ni₂-tuku⸣ | |
| 14 | x x x [...]⸢en⸣ | |
| 15 | sipad ⸢ni₂ bi₂-in-tur-tur-de₃⸣ | |
| 16 | ŠU IR [(x x)] NI/IR | |
| 17 | en <me>-te {d}(EN.DIŠ.DIŠ-)ke₄ | |
| 18 | en GID₂/SU₃/⸢MUŠ⸣ [(x)] urim₅{ki}ma | |
| 19 | KI/DI/ŠA₃ ŠA NE x x x [(x x)] LU E₂ x x [...] | |
| 20 | lugal [x x x] x | |
| 21 | lugal [(x)] x x x | |
| ii | ||
| 22 | ⸢lugal ki⸣-en₃-gi ⸢uri{ki⸣} | |
| 23 | ⸢lugal an-ub-da⸣ [limmu₂]-⸢ba⸣ | |
| 24 | ⸢niŋ₂-ak⸣-ak-da-ni | |
| 25 | ⸢su⸣ {[d]}⸢suen-na⸣ | |
| 26 | ⸢diŋir gal⸣-gal-⸢la⸣ dug₃-dug₃-ge-eš | |
| 27 | [(x)] NE [x] GAR ⸢INANNA⸣ ZI | |
| 28 | [(x)] bi₂-⸢in⸣-x-⸢im⸣-ma | |
| 29 | x x GA [(x)] | |
| 30 | [ki]-en₃-⸢gi⸣ [(x)] uri{ki}ke₄ | |
| 31 | x [x] (x) BI [(x)] | |
| 32 | [...] x [x] | |
| 33 | x [x (x)] (x) KU RU NE | |
| 34 | ud-⸢bi⸣-a | |
| 35 | ⸢gir₄⸣ mah | |
| 36 | ⸢eš₃⸣ x {d}suen-ke₄ | |
| 37 | ki kiŋ₂-nim kiŋ₂-sig | |
| 38 | gu₂-dirig diŋir-re-e-ne-ke₄ | |
| 39 | lal₃ il₂-⸢il₂⸣-še₃ | |
| 40 | gir₄ mah | |
| 41 | te-eš₃ gal-bi | |
| 42 | ⸢šag₄⸣-bi-ta [(x)] | |
| 43 | x AN dirig-ga x x | |
| 44 | GIBIL [(x)] x [(x)] | |
| 45 | [(x)] x [x x] AN x x | |
| 46 | [x (x)] GAR [x] x TA [(...)] TUM | |
| 47 | [x x] dirig-ga | |
| iii | ||
| 48 | nam-bi-⸢še₃⸣ [x (x)] | |
| 49 | {d}⸢suen⸣ [...] | |
| 50 | en KA [...] | |
| 51 | nam-⸢lugal-la⸣ x [(x)] x A x [x (x)] | |
| 52-53 | {d}(⸢AMAR⸣.UTU-SUM-⸢ŠEŠ⸣.MEŠ) | |
| 54 | nun ⸢še-ga-a-ni-ir⸣ | |
| 55 | sipad šu ⸢gibil ak⸣ x | |
| 56 | nam-til₃-[la (x)] | |
| 57 | ud sud-ra₂ [x] x | |
| 58 | bala x [x (x)] | |
| 59 | x x [x (x)] | |
| 60 | MU [(x)] x [x x] | |
| 61 | [(x)] GAR SI [...] (x) | |
| 62 | saŋ-⸢saŋ⸣-[e]-⸢eš⸣ x [(x) he₂]-en-rig₇ | |
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