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Nebuchadnezzar II 046 (Q009931)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009931 |
| 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' | [a₃-ša-ar-ša ul-li-lu]-⸢ma⸣ | I will make it perfect for you |
| 2' | [in i-ra-at ki-gal]-⸢lam⸣ | in the midst of the Kigal-elam temple |
| 3' | [u₂-ki-in-nu te-me-en]-⸢ša⸣ | he established, the foundation |
| 4' | [i-ga-ru-ša er]-⸢be₂-et⸣-ti | whose radiance is surpassing |
| 5' | [a-na ki-da]-a-nim | to the lands |
| 6' | [i-na ESIR].⸢UD⸣.DU.A | in the ešir-edû-acacia |
| 7' | [u₃ SIG₄.AL].UR₃.RA | and baked bricks |
| 8' | 30 KUŠ₃ u₂]-⸢za⸣-aq-⸢qi₂-ir₄-ma⸣ | 30 cubits: uz-eaq-eqirma-e23 |
| 9' | [la u₂-ul-lu-u₃ re]-⸢e⸣-ši-⸢ša⸣ | “It is not too much for the shepherd |
| 10' | [...] re-e-x-(x) | ... ... |
| 11' | [...] x UD | ... day |
| 12' | [...] x | |
| 13' | [...] x-a-tim | ... ... |
| 14' | [...] x e | ... above |
| 15' | [...] x | |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | [li-iš-li-im-ma giš]-⸢ta-ag⸣-[ga-a-a] | May my etag prayer be heard |
| 2' | [li]-⸢iš⸣-ta-⸢ak⸣-[li-il] | may it be released from you |
| 3' | [li]-⸢pi₂⸣-it qa₂-⸢ti⸣-[ia] | may my hands be swollen |
| 4' | ⸢mi⸣-im-mu-u₂ e-⸢te⸣-[ep-pu-šu] | “It is me, it is me who does it.’ |
| 5' | li-ku-⸢un⸣-[ma] | let them go out, and |
| 6' | ⸢li⸣-bu-ur₂ ga-du u₂-⸢ul⸣-[la] | “I want to go down to the elī-ebur temple, |
| 7' | ki-ma SIG₄.SIG₄ e₂-[temen-an-ki] | Like brickwork of Etemenanki |
| 8' | ku-un-nam a-na ṣi-⸢a-tim⸣ | set up for the ṣi-ea-tim-e |
| 9' | SUHUŠ {giš}GU.ZA šar-ru-ti-⸢ia⸣ | the base of the throne of Šarrutiya |
| 10' | šu-ur₂-ši-⸢id⸣ | Šur-šid-e23 |
| 11' | a-na u₄-um re-e-qu₂-u₂-⸢tim⸣ | in the future |
| 12' | e₂-temen-an-⸢ki⸣ | E-temen-an-e-e |
| 13' | a-na {⸢d⸣}na-bi-um-ku-du-ur₂-ri-u₂-ṣu-ur₂ | to Nabium-kudurrī-uṣur |
| 14' | ⸢LUGAL mu-ud-di⸣-ši-ka ku-ur₂-⸢ba⸣ | “Šarru, you are the one who makes the king enter, |
| 15' | e-nu-[ma] | when |
| 16' | i-na qi₂-⸢bi₂-it⸣ {[d}AMAR.UTU] | by the command of Marduk |
| 17' | ⸢u₂⸣-ša-ak-⸢la⸣-[lu] | ešak-elu-plant |
| 18' | ⸢ši-pi₂⸣-ir₄-⸢ka⸣ | Šī-pî-ir-e, |
| 19' | [E₂] ⸢a-na {d}AMAR⸣.UTU ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia] | the temple of Marduk, my lord |
| 20' | [da-mi-iq-tim ti-iz]-⸢ka⸣-[ar] | a favorable fate for Tiz-Ear |
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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