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Nebuchadnezzar II 042 (Q009927)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009927 |
| Collection | Ist B 005 (formerly Ist D 240); 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) |
|---|---|---|
| ii | ||
| 1 | [bi-il-tum] ka-bi-⸢it⸣-ti | “Bīltum, Kabi-eṭti |
| 2 | [i-gi-sa-a] šu-um-mu-⸢hu⸣ | Igisaya Šummu-Eḫu |
| 3 | [bi-ši-ti] ma-ti-ta-⸢an⸣ | from the land of Atita-ean |
| 4 | [hi-iṣ-bi] ⸢ka⸣-la da-ad-mu | Its ḫiṣbi (means) “to be praised.' |
| 5 | {[d}EN {d}AMAR.UTU be-li₂ ia]-⸢a⸣-ti i-qi₂-pa-an-ni | Bel and Marduk, my lord, have presented me with a gift. |
| 6 | [a-na ma-har {d}AMAR.UTU] ⸢be⸣-li₂ ra-bi₂-u₃ | before Marduk, the great lord |
| 7 | [DINGIR.MEŠ ba]-ni-ia | the gods who created me |
| 8 | [u₃ {d}na-bi-um] ⸢IBILA⸣-šu ki-i-nim | and Nabium, his true heir |
| 9 | [na-ram šar]-⸢ru⸣-ti-⸢ia⸣ | beloved of Šarrutiya |
| 1' | [...]-šu | ... his |
| 2' | [...] x KA₂.GAL-{d}iš-ta-ar | ... Ištar Gate |
| 3' | [...] x-ri i-ga-ar-šu i-qu₂-up-ma | ... his ... will be destroyed and |
| 4' | [...] SIG₄.HI.A ad-ke-e-ma | ... bricks I poured out and |
| 5' | [... e-li te-me-en]-⸢ni⸣-šu u₂-ki-in-ma | ... I established over his foundations and |
| 6' | [...] ⸢ul⸣-la-a re-e-ša-a-šu | ... his head |
| 7' | [... {d}iš₈-tar₂-sa-ki-pa]-⸢at⸣-te-e-bi-šu | ... Ištar-sakipa’etēbî |
| 8' | [ša im-gur-{d}EN.LIL₂ u₃ ne₂-me₂]-⸢et⸣-ti-{d}EN.LIL₂ | of Imgur-Enlil and Nēmetti-eti-enlil |
| 9' | [KA₂.GAL.MEŠ ki-la]-al-la-an | Gates of Kilallan |
| 10' | [KA₂.GAL ne₂-re-bi ma-as₃-na]-⸢aq⸣-ti DINGIR.DINGIR | The gate of the entrance is a sanctuary of the gods. |
| 11' | [KA₂.GAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki]} ⸢ša⸣-di-il-ti | Gate of Babylon: Eša-edilti |
| 12' | [i-na a-gur-ri {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ e-el]-le-ti | with baked bricks of pure lapis lazuli |
| 13' | [...] x qe₂-er-bu-⸢uš-ša⸣ | ... of the qērbû-priests |
| 14' | [...]-x ša is tug ma₂ | ... cloth for a boat |
| 15' | [...]-x-ti | ...-x-ti |
| 16' | [(...) a-na ṣu₂-lu-li-ša u₂-ša]-at-ri-iṣ | ... to her head he smote |
| 17' | {[giš}IG.{giš}IG {giš}EREN ta-ah-lu-up]-⸢ti⸣ ZABAR | A door, a cedar door (and) a bronze taḫlup-door. |
| 18' | [(...) er-te]-⸢et⸣-ti-ši-na-a-ti | ... the extispicies |
| 19' | [AM.MEŠ URUDU e-ek-du-tum u₃ MUŠ.HUŠ] ⸢še⸣-zu-zu-tim | (As for) the wild bulls of copper, ekdûtu-disease, and snakes of the ešezuzu-demon |
| 20' | [ša meš-re-e-ti pu-ug-gu]-⸢lu šu-uk⸣-bu-tu mi-na-a-tim | Whose limbs are shattered, whose features are numerous |
| 21' | [...] ka-ar-pa-sa₃ qa₂-ra-na-šu-un | ... her horns are furious |
| 22' | [...] ⸢u₂⸣-uš-zi-⸢iz⸣ | ... eušzî-eiz-e3 |
| 23' | [EN {d}AMAR.UTU be-li₂ ra-bi-u₃] ⸢li⸣-pi₂-it qa₂-ti-ia a-na da-⸢mi⸣-[iq]-⸢tim⸣ | Lord Marduk, great lord, eli-epit my hand to Da’iq-e |
| 24' | [ha-di-iš nap-li-is-ma ba-la]-ṭam da-⸢ri₂⸣-a a-di še-be₂-e li-it-tu-u₂-ti | Look with pleasure upon me and grant me life as long as I live! |
| 25' | [LUGAL-u₂-tu la] ⸢ša⸣-na-an [ku]-⸢su⸣-u₂ da-mi-iq-ti šu-ur₂-šu-du | The kingship is unrivaled, (it is) good fortune. |
| 26' | [šu-um-qu₂]-⸢tu⸣ na-ki-ri ka-ša-dam ⸢MA.DA⸣ a-a-bi | The šumqûtu-demon, the enemy, the one who conquers the É.MA.DA-e3 (temple), the enemy |
| 27' | [a-na ši-ri-ik-tim šu-ur₂-ka-am a]-⸢na⸣ da-ri₂-a-tim i-na qi₂-bi-ti-ka ki-it-ti ša la šu-pel | By your true command that cannot be changed |
| 28' | [i-pa-at ki-ib-ra-a-ti] ⸢bi⸣-ši-ti ma-ti-ta-an | the boundary of the world quarters the entire world |
| 29' | [er-bi ša-di-i] ⸢hi⸣-iṣ-bi ka-al da-ad-mu | “Its outer wall is full of wailing, |
| 30' | [x KA₂.GAL.KA₂.GAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki]} ⸢lu⸣-še-ri-ba a-na ma-ah-ri-ka | the Gate of Babylon, Elu-ešeriba, in your presence |
Sources & licences
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