Marduk-zakir-šumi I 1 (Q006295)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | Marduk-zakir-šumi I 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006295 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon6 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] 11–33 | For the god Marduk, great lord, heroic, eminent, exalted, lord of everything, lord of lords, august judge who makes decisions for (all) the inhabited world, lord of (all) lands, lord of Babylon, the one who dwells in Esagil, his lord: |
| Obverse [3:8] 44–88 | Marduk-zākir-šumi, king of the world, prince who reveres him, in order to ensure his good health (and) the well-being of his descendant(s), to prolong his days, to confirm his reign, to defeat his enemy, and to live in safety in his (the god Marduk’s) presence forever, had made and presented (to Marduk this) seal of shining lapis lazuli, which is duly (and) carefully manufactured with red gold, (as an item) fitting for his holy neck. |
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 | a-na {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-i da-pi-ni ti-⸢iz⸣-qa-<ri> ša₂-qi₂-i ⸢EN⸣ gim-ri | |
| 2 | be-el be-li₂ DI.KUD ṣi-ri pa-ri-su EŠ.BAR da-ad₂-me | |
| 3 | EN KUR.MEŠ EN KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA{ki} a⸣-šib ⸢e₂⸣-sag-il₂ be-li₂-šu | |
| 4 | {d}AMAR.UTU-MU-MU LUGAL ŠU₂ NUN pa-lih-šu | |
| 5 | ana TIN ZI.MEŠ-šu SILIM NUMUN-šu₂ GID₂.DA UD.MEŠ-šu₂ GIN BALA-šu₂ | |
| 6 | sa₃-kap {lu₂}KUR₂-šu₂ u₃ ⸢šal⸣-meš DU.⸢MEŠ⸣ ma-har-šu da-riš | |
| 7 | {na₄}KIŠIB {na₄}ZA.GIN₂ eb-bi ša₂ ina KU₃.GI HUŠ.A ki-niš kun-nu-u₂ | |
| 8 | si-mat GU₂-šu KU₃ u₂-še-piš-ma BA |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.