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Nebuchadnezzar II 049 (Q009934)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 049 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009934 |
| 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 | {[giš}a-šu]-⸢hu⸣ ši-hu-u₂-tim ṣi₂-it ki-in-ne-e ra-⸢bi₂⸣-[u₂-tim] | “Ašu-eḫūtum, the first-born son of the great gods, |
| 2 | [(...)] a-na ⸢ṣu₂-lu⸣-[li-šu] | to his ešulû-priest |
| 1' | ⸢ba⸣-[la-ṭam da-ri₂-a] | eternal abode |
| 2' | a-di še-[be₂-e li-it-tu-u₂-ti] | as long as he lives |
| 3' | a-na ši-⸢ri⸣-[ik-tim šu-ur₂-ki-im] | to the kingship of the world |
| 4' | i-na qi₂-bi₂-ti-⸢ki⸣ [dam-qa₂-tu-u₂-a] | in Qibīti-ēkalle my good fortune |
| 5' | li-iš-ša-ak-[na ša-ap-tu-uk-ki] | May your lips be open |
| 6' | li-ku-nu pe-⸢er⸣-[ʾu-u₂-a] | may they be my witnesses. |
| 7' | a-a ta-ha-za mu-ur₂-ṣu₂ li-x [...] | May you not be angry with me, may a lion ... |
| 8' | i-na qa₂-ti-ki x [...] | In your hand ... |
| 9' | šu-up-ši-hi-šu ki-ib-bi [...] | His supplication of the heart |
| 10' | ma-ha-ar {d}nin-urta ha-aʾ-i-⸢ri⸣ [na-ar-mi-ki] | before Ninurta of Ḫali-ērī your heroism |
| 11' | e-ep-še-tu-u₂-a šu-um-gi-ri qi₂-⸢bi₂⸣-[im du-um-qu₂-u₂-a] | May my deeds be decreed and confirmed. |
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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