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Nebuchadnezzar II 044 (Q009929)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 044 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009929 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 | [...]-⸢tu⸣ | ...-etu-e23 |
| 2 | [...]-⸢bi⸣ | ...-ebi-e3 |
| 3 | [...] x | |
| ii' | ||
| 1 | a-na gi-ib-bi KA₂.GAL li-ib-bi pi-it-lu-uh-ma ra-ši gi-li-it-ti | To the reed-bed of the city gate, open the door and accept my prayer. |
| 2 | a-na e-pe₂-šu gi-ib-bi u₃ ta-ra-ṣi {giš}GAN.DU₇ {d}UTU {d}IŠKUR u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU ina ⸢ta⸣-[x-(x)] | For making reed-beds and tarrašu-trees, Šamaše, Adad and Marduk in ... |
| 3 | [(x)] x x x (x) x x x DINGIR GAL.GAL an-nim ki-i-nim i-ta-nap-pa-⸢lu-in⸣-[ni] | ... the great gods keep sending me false news. |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 1' | lu-le-e [uš-ma-al-lam ...] | “Lullû (is) the one who completes ... |
| 2' | ⸢EN⸣ {d}AMAR.UTU be-li₂ ra-bi-u₃ ⸢li-pi₂⸣-[it qa₂-ti-ia] | The great lord, the elīpî-priestess, my hand |
| 3' | ⸢i⸣-na da-mi-iq-tim ha-di-iš na-ap-⸢li⸣-[is-ma] | “May good things come forth joyfully for me, |
| 4' | [ba]-la-ṭu da-ri₂-a še-be₂-e li-it-tu-tu ku-un-nu {giš}GU.ZA la-ba-⸢ri⸣ [pa-le-e] | (As for) the one who gives birth forever, a firmly-secured throne is not to be altered. |
| 5' | [šu]-um-qu₂-tu na-ki-ri ka-ša-dam MA.DA a-a-[bi] | The šumqūtu-demon, the enemy, the conqueror of the land of the enemies |
| 6' | [a]-na ši-ri-ik-tim šu-ur₂-ka-am | to the širiktum of your hand |
| 7' | [i]-na a-ma-⸢ti⸣-ka ṣi-ir-ti ⸢ša⸣ la na-ka-ri | By your exalted word, which cannot be changed |
| 8' | ⸢i⸣-pa-at ⸢ki⸣-[ib]-⸢ra⸣-a-ti bi-ši-ti ⸢ma-ti⸣-ta-an | The epāt-priests of E-ki’ib-e-ra-ea-ti, the owners of the e-mati-etan-house |
| 9' | ⸢er⸣-bi ša-⸢di⸣-[i] ⸢hi⸣-iṣ-bi ka-la ⸢da-ad⸣-mu | Its e’erēbu-plant, its ša-edini-plant (and) its ḫi-eišbu plant, all of it, |
| 10' | x KA₂.⸢GAL.KA₂⸣.GAL ⸢KA₂⸣.DINGIR.RA{ki} lu-še-ri-ba a-na ma-ah-ri-⸢ka⸣ | let me enter the gate of the palace (and) the Gate of the Gods into your presence. |
Sources & licences
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