Marduk-šapik-zeri 1 (Q006259)
Royal Inscription, Middle Babylonian, Babylonia · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | Marduk-šapik-zeri 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006259 |
| Collection | Private Collection: Williams, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylonia |
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 1-2i 1-2–i 1-2i 1-2 | Marduk-šāpik-zēri, |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] i 33–i 33 | king of Babylon, |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] i 44–i 44 | mighty king, |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] i 55–i 55 | king of the world, |
| Obverse Column i [4:6] i 66–i 77 | king of the four quarters (of the world), |
| Obverse Column i [8:10] i 1'1'–i 2'2' | [Ba]bylon, ... |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] i 3'3'–i 3'3' | I/he made suitable |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] i 4'4'–i 4'4' | for the goddess Ištar |
| Obverse Column i [12:13] i 5'5'–i 5'5' | and |
| Obverse Column i [13:14] i 6'6'–i 6'6' | the goddess Innina — |
| Obverse Column i [14:16] i 7'7'– | humble, respectful, |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] ii 55–ii 55 | and |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] ii 66–ii 66 | king of B[abylon] |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] ii 1212–ii 1212 | when [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [12:14] ii 1313–ii 1414 | lord [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [15:16] ii 2'2'–ii 2'2' | Eu[phrates] river |
| Obverse Column ii [16:17] ii 3'3'–ii 3'3' | insi[de] |
| Obverse Column ii [17:18] ii 4'4'–ii 4'4' | Baby[lon], |
| Obverse Column ii [18:20] ii 5'5'–ii 6'6' | I/he strength[ened] the gat[es and ...] |
| Obverse Column ii [20:21] ii 7'7'–ii 7'7' | the (city) wall Imgur-[Enlil], |
| Obverse Column ii [21:23] ii 8'8'–ii 9'9' | the wall ... |
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 | ||
| 1-2 | {⸢d}AMAR⸣.UTU-ša-pi₂-ik-ze-ri-im | |
| 3 | LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 4 | LUGAL da-num₂ | |
| 5 | LUGAL kiš-ša-ti | |
| 6 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ kib-ra-at | |
| 7 | [(x)] ar-ba-um | |
| 8 | [x] x ⸢PI⸣ IR | |
| 9 | [x x x (x)] x | |
| 1' | [(x) KA₂].⸢DINGIR.RA⸣{ki} | |
| 2' | x E x U₂ UM | |
| 3' | u₂-si₂-im | |
| 4' | ša {d}iš-tar | |
| 5' | u₃ | |
| 6' | {⸢d⸣}in-ni-na | |
| 7' | ⸢aš⸣-ru ša-ah-ṭu₂ | |
| ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | AB x [...] | |
| 4 | ŠA ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | ⸢u₃⸣ [(x)] | |
| 6 | LUGAL ⸢KA₂⸣.[DINGIR.RA{ki} (...)] | |
| 7 | KA x [...] | |
| 8 | KI KUD KUD ⸢AN⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | ZU x [...] | |
| 11 | PI x [...] | |
| 12 | i-nu-um [...] | |
| 13 | be-⸢lum⸣ x [...] | |
| 14 | [x] x [...] | |
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | ID₂.⸢BURANUN⸣{ki} | |
| 3' | in qe₂-⸢re⸣-[eb] | |
| 4' | KA₂.⸢DINGIR⸣.[RA{ki]} | |
| 5' | ba-⸢ba⸣-[ni] | |
| 6' | u₂-dan-⸢nin⸣-[ma] | |
| 7' | {bad₃}im-gur-{[d}en-lil₂] | |
| 8' | BAD₃ x [...] | |
| 9' | KI x [...] | |
| 1A | DAM x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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