Marduk-apla-iddina II 2001 (Q006309)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Kish · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Marduk-apla-iddina II 2001 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006309 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Kish |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon6 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | For the goddess Ninlil, great lady, august lady, compassionate mother, who dwells in Ekurnizu (‟House, Fearsome Mountain”), which is inside Hursag[kalama (...), his lady]: |
| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | Marduk-apla-iddina (II), <king> of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, had baked bricks made (for) the bridge over the Nār-Bānītu canal, which from [...]. He had (the bridge) built in order to ensure his good health and his life, and he presented (it to her). |
| Obverse [2:6] 33–66 | On account of this, when [the goddess Ninlil (...)] looks at this temple with pleasure, [...] of/which Iddin-Nergal, governor of Kish, the servant who reveres you, in Ki[sh ...] to live in safety, to have a long life (and) years of plenty and abundance, for the king, his lord, to that man [...] may she give him as a present! For kingship [...]! |
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 | ana {d}NIN.LIL₂ GAŠAN GAL-ti GAŠAN ṣir-ti AMA reme-ni-ti a-ši-bat e₂-kur-ni₂-⸢zu⸣ ša₂ qe₂-reb hur-sag-[kalam-ma (...) GAŠAN-šu₂] | |
| 2 | {d}AMAR.UTU-A-MU <LUGAL> TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR-EME.GI₇ u₃ URI{ki} ti-tur₂-ri ID₂ {d}ba-ni-ti ša₂ ul-tu [...] | |
| 3 | SIG₄.AL.UR₃.RA u₂-šal-bi-in-ma ana TIN ZI.ME-šu₂ u₃ ba-⸢la⸣-ṭi-šu₂ u₂-še-piš-ma BA-iš₃ ana šat-ti [...] | |
| 4 | E₂-a šu₂-a-ti ha-diš ina nap-lu-si-šu₂ ša₂ {m}SUM.NA-{d}U.GUR {lu₂}GAR-nu ša₂ kiš{ki} re-e-šu₂ pa-lih-⸢ki⸣ ina ⸢kiš⸣{ki} [...] | |
| 5 | šal-meš i-tal-lu-ka ana TIN u₄-me SU₃.ME MU.ME HE₂.NUN u₃ HE₂.GAL₂ a-na LUGAL EN-šu₂ ša₂-a-šu₂ [...] | |
| 6 | a-na NIG₂.BA li-qis-su a-na IGI ⸢LUGAL⸣-ti [...] |
Sources & licences
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