Šamaš-šuma-ukin 2001 (Q006317)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Ur · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Šamaš-šuma-ukin 2001 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q006317 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France; École Pratique des Hautes Études, IVe Section, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Inscription |
| Find spot | Ur |
| Coordinates | 30.9616, 46.1047 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/babylon6 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:7] 11–77 | For the goddess Ištar, supreme lady: Sîn-šarra-uṣur, viceroy of Ur, in order to ensure the good health of Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, king of Babylon, gave to the goddesses Ištar and Nanāya (a plot of land measuring) 660 (cubits along its) upper width, bordering (the property of) Atrāya (and) stretching to the estate of the simmagir-official; its upper and lower lengths stretch from the Euphrates (River) to the town Sūrānu. |
| Obverse [7:12] 88–1212 | Whoever you are, whether king or overseer, who appears and changes the border or boundary line, may the god Marduk, the great lord, highest-ranking god (and) lord of the lands, afflict him with dropsy (as) his punishment which cannot be alleviated! |
| Obverse [12:14] 1313–1414 | May the goddess Ištar of Uruk, the august lady, inflict defeat and rout on his army! May she ungird him (lit. “loosen his loins”) in the presence of his enemy! |
| Obverse [14:16] 1515–1616 | May the goddess Nanāya, beloved of the gods Nabû and Marduk, continually speak evil of him in the presence of the god Nabû, the one who loves him (Sîn-šarra-uṣur)! |
| Obverse [16:20] 1717–2020 | May the god Nergal, the mightiest of the gods, most overpowering of the gods (and) valiant male, not spare his life in plague or bloody battle! May he take away his descendant(s) (and) his name, and decree that his life (last) not one day (more)! |
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}INANNA GAŠAN šur-bu-tu {m}{d}30-LUGAL-URU₃ {lu₂}⸢GIR₃⸣.NITA₂ uri₂{ki} | |
| 2 | a-na TIN ZI.MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA LUGAL E{ki} | |
| 3 | 6 ME 60-šu SAG.KI AN.TA US₂.SA.DU {m}at-ra-a | |
| 4 | a-di E₂ {lu₂}U₄.SAKAR.ŠE.GA i-šad-da-ad | |
| 5 | UŠ AN.TA u KI.TA ul-tu ZIMBIR{ki} | |
| 6 | a-di {uru}su-ra-nu i-šad-da-ad | |
| 7 | a-na {d}iš-tar u {d}na-na-a id-din | |
| 8 | man-nu at-ta lu-u₂ LUGAL lu-u₂ {lu₂}UGULA | |
| 9 | ša₂ te-el-lam-ma mi-ṣir u₃ NIG₂.DU | |
| 10 | tu-ša₂-an-nu-u₂ {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 11 | {d}EN.LIL₂ EN KUR.KUR a-ga-nu-til-la-a | |
| 12 | še-rit-su ša₂ la pa-ṭa-ru lu-šar-šiš | |
| 13 | {d}INANNA UNUG{ki} GAŠAN ṣir-tim a-bi-ik-ti | |
| 14 | BAD₅.BAD₅ ERIM-ni-šu₂ liš-ku-un ina ma-har {lu₂}KUR₂-šu₂ | |
| 15 | qab-li-šu₂ lip-ṭur {d}na-na-a ra-ʾi-mat | |
| 16 | {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU ina ma-har {d}AG ra-ʾi-mi-šu₂ | |
| 17 | le-mut-ta-šu₂ lit-taz-kar {d}U.GUR dan-nu-dan-nu DINGIR.MEŠ | |
| 18 | kaš-kaš DINGIR.MEŠ zi-kir₃ qar-du ina šib-ṭu | |
| 19 | u BAD₅.BAD₅ la i-gam-mil nap-šat-su | |
| 20 | NUMUN u MU li-kim-šu₂-ma 1-en UD la ba-laṭ-su liq-bi |
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