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Nebuchadnezzar II 040 (Q009925)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009925 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzerleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 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' | ⸢e⸣-li te-me-⸢en-ni-šu u₂⸣-[ki-in-ma ...] | “At the foundation of his foundation I established eminence and |
| 3' | hi-ri-su i-hi-ru-u₂-ma ka-a-ri [i-na ku-up-ri u₃ a-gur-ri] | his limbs became loose and he made a pit with bitumen and baked bricks. |
| 4' | URU{ki} a-na ki-⸢da₄⸣-a-⸢nim⸣ [u₂-ša-al-mu-u₃] | the city to Ki’ea-Ea-Enim |
| 5' | ia-⸢ti⸣ a-pi₂-il-šu re-eš-ta-a-[am na-ra-am li-ib-bi-šu] | His first-born son, the beloved of his heart |
| 6' | im-gu-ur₂-{d}EN.LIL₂ u₃ ne₂-me₂-et-ti-{d}[EN.LIL₂ BAD₃.BAD₃ GAL.GAL u₂-ša-ak-li-il] | Imgur-Enlil and Nēmetti-enlil made great the great wall. |
| 7' | a-a-⸢i-bu-ur₂-ša-bu-um⸣ su-[le-e KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ...] | Aya-iburšabum, the shepherd of Babylon |
| 8' | a-na ma-aš-da-ha EN ra-bi₂-im {d}[AMAR.UTU ...] | For the protection of the great lord, Marduk |
| 9' | ša {d}iš₈-tar₂-sa-ki-pa-at-te-⸢e-bi⸣-[ša ...] | of Ištar-sakipat-tēbi-ebi |
| 10' | ia-ti e-em-qa₂ ⸢mu⸣-[ut-ne₂-en-nu-u₃ ...] | My strength (is) the “emqa of the ēnutnû-priests’ |
| 11' | {[d}iš₈]-⸢tar₂⸣-sa-ki-pa-at-te-⸢e⸣-[bi-ša ...] | Ištar-etar-sakipat-tēbiša |
Sources & licences
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