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Nebuchadnezzar II 038 (Q009275)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009275 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [ba-bi-lam{ki} ma]-⸢ha⸣-za-šu ṣi-i-⸢ri⸣ | (In) Babylon, the masȟešu of Ṣīrī |
| 3' | [šu-ba-at] na-ra-mi-šu | Hand of his beloved |
| 4' | [mu-ṣe-e me-e-šu₂] uš-te-te-ši-ir | he has made his way straight |
| 5' | [hi-ri-su ah-re-e-ma] ki-bi-ir-šu i-⸢na ku-up⸣-ri | I removed its section(s) and its foundation was shattered. |
| 6' | [u₃ a-gur-ri] ⸢ak⸣-ṣu₂-ur₂-ma | and baked bricks |
| 7' | [i-na ku-up-ri] u₃ a-gur-ri | with bitumen and baked brick |
| 8' | [...] x x nim | |
| ii | ||
| 1' | qa₂-ta-a-šu ki-⸢ni⸣-[iš ...] | His hand on the ground |
| 2' | i-na pa-an me₂-e iš-[...] | Before water ... |
| 3' | e-li-ši-na x x x ir ri x [...] | Above them ... |
| 4' | ESIR.UD.DU.A ⸢u₃ SIG₄.AL.UR₃.RA⸣ [...] | esidurdû-plant, ēšīru-stone |
| 5' | iš-ša-ak-⸢ku ṣi⸣-[i-ri ...] | Išvak-ēku, the scribal apprentice |
| 6' | a-ra-ad-ka [...] | (Sum) I want to utter an arazu prayer to you(?) (Akk) Your prayer ... |
| 7' | x [...] | |
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)
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