Šamaš-šuma-ukin 3 (Q006313)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Šamaš-šuma-ukin 3 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006313 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Borsippa |
| Coordinates | 32.3907, 44.3448 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon6 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
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| Obverse [0:12] 11–1212 | I, Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, [mighty] king, [king] of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, august [vice]-regent, true shepherd, who reveres the lord of lords; the one during [who]se reign the Enlil of the gods, the god Marduk, had pity, entered Babylon amidst rejoicing, and took up his residence in Esagil forevermore; [who (re)confirmed] the regular offerings (in) Esagil (for) the gods of the land of Sumer and Akkad; son of Esarhaddon, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, (and) king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; grandson of Sennacherib, king of Assyria; descendant of Sargon (II), king of Assyria (and) king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; favorite (brother) of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria, (and) king of the four quarters (of the world) — |
| Obverse [12:16] 1313–1616 | (With regard to) the enclosure wall of Ezida (‟True House”) which had become old during the reign of a previous king and whose foundation had become weak, during my reign, I renovated its dilapidated sections and made (them) high as a mountain. |
| Obverse [16:25] 1717–2525 | Whoever among the future kings, my descendants, appears and governs the land, may he read my statue, anoint (it) with oil, (and) offer a sacrifice! May he write my name with his (own) name and praise my deeds! (Then), may the god Nabû, scribe of Esagil, inscribe a long life for him upon (his) tablet, determine (for him) longevity as his lot, (and) constantly say good things about him in the presence of the god Marduk, king of the gods! |
| Obverse [25:34] 2626–3434 | (But), as for the one who erases my inscribed name or the name of my favorite brother by some crafty device and makes my statue unrecognizable, or changes its position and does not put it with his (own) statue, may the god Nabû, august lord, glare at him angrily and make [his name], his descendants, his offspring, (and) [his] progeny disappear [from the mouths of the multi]tudes [of people, and may he have no] pi[ty] upon him! |
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⸣-[ku] | |
| 2 | {[d]}⸢GIŠ.NU₁₁⸣-MU-GI.NA MAN ⸢dan⸣-[nu] | |
| 3 | [MAN] TIN.TIR{ki} MAN KUR-EME.GI₇ u ⸢URI{ki⸣} | |
| 4 | ⸢ENSI₂⸣ ṣi-ru SIPA ki-nu pa-lih EN ⸢EN.EN⸣ | |
| 5 | [ša] ina BALA-šu₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ DINGIR.DINGIR {<d>}AMAR.UTU ARHUŠ ir-šu₂-u | |
| 6 | ⸢ina⸣ ri-ša₂-a-tu₂ a-na TIN.TIR{ki} i-⸢ru⸣-um-ma | |
| 7 | ina e₂-sag-il₂ ša₂ da-rat šu-bat-su ir-⸢me⸣ | |
| 8 | sat-tuk-ku e₂-sag-gil₂ DINGIR.ME KUR-EME.GI₇ u ⸢URI{ki} u₂-kin⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢DUMU⸣ AN.ŠAR₂-PAP-AŠ MAN GAL MAN dan-nu MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR-aš-⸢šur⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR-EME.GI₇ u URI{ki} A A {d}30-PAP.ME-SU MAN KUR-⸢aš-šur⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢ŠA₃⸣.BAL.BAL LUGAL-GIN MAN KUR-aš-šur MAN KUR-EME.GI₇ u ⸢URI⸣{ki} | |
| 12 | ⸢ta⸣-lim AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-A MAN ŠU₂ MAN KUR-aš-šur MAN kib-rat LIMMU₂-ti | |
| 13 | E₂.SIG₄ e₂-zi-da ša₂ BALA-e LUGAL mah-ri | |
| 14 | la-ba-riš il-lik-ma i-ni-ši tem-me-en-šu₂ | |
| 15 | i-na BALA-e-a an-hu-us-su ud-diš-ma | |
| 16 | u₂-za-aq-qi₂-ir hur-sa-niš | |
| 17 | man-nu ina LUGAL.ME ar-ku-tu₂ DUMU.ME-e-a | |
| 18 | ša₂ E₁₁-ma u₂-ma-ʾa-a-ru KUR | |
| 19 | ṣa-lam-a li-mur-ma I₃.GIŠ lip-šu-uš | |
| 20 | ni-qa-a liq-qi₂ MU-a it-ti MU-šu₂ | |
| 21 | liš-ṭur-ma ep-še-ti-ia₂ lit-ta-ʾi-id | |
| 22 | {d}na-bi-um DUB.SAR e₂-sag-il₂ | |
| 23 | u₄-me TIN-šu₂ GID₂.MEŠ ina ṭup-pi liš-ṭur | |
| 24 | ši-mat la-ba-ri li-šim ši-mat-su | |
| 25 | ina ma-har {d}AMAR.UTU LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ MUNUS.SIG₅-šu₂ | |
| 26 | lit-tas-qar ⸢ka⸣-a-a-an ša₂ šu-mi₃ šaṭ-ru | |
| 27 | u₃ MU ta-lim-ia ina ši-pir ni-kil-tu₂ | |
| 28 | i-pa-aš₂-ši-ṭu-ma ṣa-lam-a u₂-sah-hu-u | |
| 29 | lu-u₂ a-šar-šu₂ u₂-nak-ka-ru-ma | |
| 30 | ⸢it⸣-ti ṣa-lam-i-šu₂ la i-šak-ka-nu | |
| 31 | {⸢d}AG⸣ EN ṣi-ru ag-giš lik-kil-me-šu₂-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 32 | [šum-šu₂] ⸢NUMUN-šu₂ pe-er⸣-i-šu₂ na-an-na-⸢ab⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 33 | [ina pi-i UN.MEŠ de-ša₂]-⸢a⸣-ti li-hal-⸢liq⸣-[ma] | |
| 34 | [a-a ir-ši]-⸢šu₂⸣ re-⸢e⸣-[mu] |
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