Šamaš-šuma-ukin 6 (Q006316)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylonia · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Šamaš-šuma-ukin 6 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006316 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Babylonia |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon6 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:8] 1'1'–8'8' | [the one during whose reign, the Enlil of the gods, the god Marduk, relented, entered] Babylon [amidst] rejoicing [and took up his residence in] Esagil forever[more; the one who (re)confirmed the regular offer]ings for Esagil and the gods of the land of [Sumer and Akkad; son of] Esarhaddon, great king, mig[hty] king, [king of the world, king of Assyria, vicero]y of Babylon, (and) king of the land of Sume[r and Akkad; grandso]n of Sennacherib, great king, [mighty] k[ing, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria; descend]ant of Sargon (II), gr[eat] king, [mighty king, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria] |
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' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [ina] ri-ša₂-a-⸢ti a⸣-na ⸢KA₂.DINGIR⸣.[RA{ki} i-ru-um-ma] | |
| 3' | [ina] e₂-sag-il₂ ša da-ra-[ti šu-bat-su ir-me] | |
| 4' | [sat-tuk]-⸢ki⸣ e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ DINGIR.MEŠ KUR-[EME.GI₇ u₃ URI{ki} u₂-kin-nu] | |
| 5' | [DUMU] ⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂-ŠEŠ-SUM.NA LUGAL GAL LUGAL ⸢dan⸣-[nu LUGAL KI.ŠAR₂.RA LUGAL KUR-aš-šur] | |
| 6' | [GIR₃].⸢NITA₂⸣ TIN.TIR{ki} LUGAL KUR-šu-me-[ri u₃ ak-ka-di-i] | |
| 7' | [DUMU] ⸢DUMU⸣ {d}30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-SU LUGAL GAL ⸢LUGAL⸣ [dan-nu LUGAL KI.ŠAR₂.RA LUGAL KUR-aš-šur] | |
| 8' | [ŠA₃.BAL].⸢BAL LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL GAL⸣ [LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL KI.ŠAR₂.RA LUGAL KUR-aš-šur] |
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