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Nebuchadnezzar II 048 (Q009933)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009933 |
| 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' | [ki-ma ši-ṭe-er]-ti₃ ša-ma-mi u₂-⸢ba-an-nim⸣ | Like a šīṭertu-demon, my name I shall proclaim |
| 2' | [e-eš-re-e]-⸢ti⸣ DINGIR GAL.GAL u₂-na-am-mi-ir₄ ki-ma u₄-um | The extispicies of the great gods he made appear like daylight. |
| 3' | [i₃-nu-mi-šu a]-⸢na⸣ {d}nin-kar-ra-ak-a be-el-ti-ia | At that time, the goddess Ninkarrak, my lady |
| 4' | [e₂-hur-sag-sikil-la] ⸢E₂⸣-sa₃ ša el-lu šu-ba-at ta-ap-šu-uh₂-ti-ša | The Eḫursagsikila temple, the E’esa temple, which is pure, the place of her relaxation |
| 5' | [ša LUGAL ma-ah]-⸢ri⸣ i-na SIG₄.HI.A ib-ši-mu ši-ki-in-ša | of the king of Aḫḫērī from the bricks he built, his foundation |
| 6' | [la-ba-ri-iš il]-⸢lik⸣-ma i-qu₂-pu i-ga-⸢ru⸣-ša | He went up to the mountain, and he fell, he washed himself. |
| 7' | [e-pe₂-šu ku]-⸢up⸣-ru u₃ a-gur-ru aš-te-ʾe-e-šu-ma | I have sent him to do kūru and gurru. |
| 8' | [a-na e-pe₂-ši-ša] {⸢d⸣}AMAR.UTU u₂-ša-ad-ka-an-ni li-ib-bi | for the work of E-e-Marduk he caused me to be angry. |
| 9' | [i-ga-ru-ša bi]-⸢ši⸣-ti₃ ⸢SIG₄⸣ ad-ke-e-ma | I smashed its foundation(s) and (then) I laid its brickwork. |
| 10' | [te-me-en-ša la-bi₂-ri] ⸢a⸣-hi-iṭ ab-re-e-ma | I sought out its old foundation(s) and |
| 11' | [... ina] ⸢ki⸣-gal-lum re-eš-ti-⸢i⸣ | ... in Ekigallum, the beginning of the world |
| 12' | [... te-me-en-ša] ⸢u₂-ša⸣-ar-[ši-id] | Its foundation is Ea-ša-e-arsvid. |
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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