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Nebuchadnezzar II 051 (Q009936)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 051 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009936 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| ii | ||
| 1 | [... ba]-⸢bi⸣-lam{ki} | ... Bābi-Elam |
| 2 | [...] x-nim | ... nim |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | [...] | |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x x-ši-šu | ... his |
| 3' | [...] x x-DI/KI | ...-DI/KI |
| 4' | [...] ⸢e₂⸣-sag-il₂ | ... the Esagil temple |
| 5' | [...]-ar ZA.GIN₃.NA | ... lapis lazuli |
| 6' | [...] x BA/MA a ra x tim | ... ... |
| 7' | [...] x-ia ba-bi-lam{ki} | ... of Babylon |
| 8' | [...] x x x x x-an | ... ... |
| 9' | [...] x EN EN.EN | ... lord of lor[ds]. |
| 10' | {[d}na-bi]-⸢um-ku⸣-du-ur₂-ri-⸢u₂-ṣu⸣-ur₂ | Nebuchadnezzar |
| 11' | [re-e-ši] pa-li-ih-ka | who reveres you |
| 12' | ⸢bi⸣-nu-ti ⸢qa₂⸣-ti-⸢ka⸣ a-na-ku | “I am the one who makes the eštītû-priests enter, |
| 13' | [...]-a-ti x x ba-bi-lam{ki} | ... of Babylon |
| 14' | [...]-e gi-na-a mu-ši u₃ u₂-ri | ... the regular offerings, the evening and the evening |
| iii | ||
| 1 | i-na a-ma-ti-ka ki-it-ti | By your reliable word |
| 2 | ⸢ša la⸣ i-šu-u₂ na-ka-⸢ri⸣ | he does not have, he will not be able to escape |
| 3 | ⸢li⸣-ri-⸢ku⸣ u₄-mu-u₂-⸢a⸣ | “Eli-eri-ku’e, the day-lighter, |
| 4 | li-me₂-e-da ša-na-a-tu-u₂-[a] | my own limbs |
| 5 | lu-ta-ad-di-su a-na du-ri₂ ⸢da⸣-[ri₂] | they shall give him to go down to the steppe. |
| 6 | ⸢lu⸣-uš-ba-a li-it-tu-⸢u₂⸣-[ti] | May the elû-ušba-priestess restore me. |
| 7 | x-x ku-un-ni₇ {giš}GU.ZA ⸢lu⸣-[...] | ... the throne of Elue |
| 8 | sa x pa-na-x [...] | ... ... |
| 9 | dam x da x [...] | The spouse ... |
| 10 | [...] a-na [...] | ... to ... |
| 11 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 12 | [...] ra-am [...] | ... love ... |
| 13 | [...] {d}AMAR.UTU LUGAL AN-e | ... Marduk, king of the heavens |
| 14 | [u₃ KI-tim ...]-x ni-⸢iš⸣ | and the underworld |
| 15 | [...] x u₂ x | ... ... |
| 16 | [...]-ka-a-ri | ...-kari |
| 17 | [...] | |
| 18 | [...] ⸢ta⸣-am-ši-il-x | ... from above |
| 19 | [...] | |
| 20 | [...] x li-it-tu-u₂-tim | ... ... life |
| 21 | [...] x-ri-x-šu ša-at-tim | ... of that ... |
| 22 | [...] ma-a-tim | ... of the land |
| 23 | [...] a | ... water |
| 24 | [...]-tim {d}AMAR.UTU | ... of Marduk |
| 25 | [...] x x na-ma-ri | ... shining ... |
| 26 | [...] u₃ a ad a x | ... and ... |
| 27 | [...] u₃ ta-a-a-x | ... and |
| 28 | [x]-x-it KI-⸢tim⸣ | ... of the earth |
| 29 | i-na ni-iš i-ni-ka ka-ab-ba-a-tim | At the command of your great divinity |
| 30 | a-na li-pi₂-it qa₂-ti-ia šu-⸢qu₂-ru⸣ | For my hand-lifting rites, a šu’equru prayer |
| 31 | ha-di-iš na-ap-li-⸢is⸣-[ma] | I rejoiced over Naplî |
| 32 | da-am-qa₂-a-tu-⸢u₂⸣-[a] | |
| 33 | li-iš-ta-ak-na ša-ap-tu-[uk-ka] | May your lips be open |
| 34 | ki-ma ša i-na gi-mi-ir li-⸢ib⸣-[bi-ia] | like that of in the reedbed of my house |
| 35 | a-ra-mu pu-lu-uh₂-ti i-[lu-ti-ka] | Aramu, fear of your divinity |
| 36 | aš-te-⸢ne₂-eʾ-u₃ be₂-lu⸣-[ut-ka] | As for you, O your lordship |
| 37 | a-na-⸢ku⸣ lu-uš-du-ud se₃-er₄-da-a-[ka] | May I be able to perform the šerda prayer |
| 38 | a-di še-be₂-e li-it-tu-u₂-[ti] | as long as he lives |
| 39 | ⸢zi-ki-ir šar⸣-ru-u₂-ti-ia i-na ah-ra-⸢a⸣-[tim] | my kingship in the past |
| 40 | ⸢li-in-na-ba⸣ i-na da-⸢am⸣-qa₂-a-[ti] | Elinnabâ in the assembly |
| 41 | ⸢li-pu⸣-u₂-a a-na da-ri₂-a-⸢tim⸣ | my elīpu-priest forever |
| 42 | ṣa-al-ma-at qa₂-qa₂-⸢dam⸣ li-be₂-⸢e-lu⸣ | (Sum) May the ṣālma of the qaqaedum temple be revered (Akk) May it be reverently revered |
Sources & licences
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