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Nebuchadnezzar II 052 (Q009937)
Royal Inscription, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Nebuchadnezzar II 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009937 |
| 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' | [x x (x)] ⸢it⸣-pe₂-⸢šu⸣ x [...] | ... etepēšû-plant |
| 2' | ⸢u₃⸣ {d}na-bi-um a-⸢pi₂⸣-[il-šu ...] | The temple of Nabû, his temple ... |
| 3' | ENSI₂ ṣi-i-ri ba-bi-il i-⸢gi⸣-[se-e ra-bi₂-u₃-tim] | the agricultural manager who carried out the great extispicies |
| 4' | ša-ak-ka-na-ku la a-ne-ha-am ša x [...] | (Sum) I am the one who does not fear (my) lordship (Akk) I do not fear, that which ... |
| 5' | u₄-mi-ša-am [ti-iṣ-mu-ru-u₂-ma] | daily you renew |
| 6' | a-na za-na-an e₂-sag-il₂ ⸢u₃⸣ [e₂-zi-da ...] | for the provisioning of the Esagila, the Ezida, |
| 7' | ⸢re⸣-e₂-a-um ki-i-nim mu-uš-te-ši-⸢ir⸣ [aš-ra-a-ti {d}na-bi-um] | “Rē’eaum, true shepherd, who guides the Assyrians, Nabium |
| 8' | [e]-⸢em-qa₂⸣ mu-ut-ne₂-en-nu-u₃ za-ni-in [e₂-sag-il₂ u₃ e₂-zi-da] | E-mqa-e-mutnennu, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida |
| 9' | [IBILA] ⸢SAG⸣.KAL ša {d}na-bi-um-⸢IBILA⸣-[u₂-ṣu-ur₂ LUGAL KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} a-na-ku] | the eldest son of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I. |
| 10' | [i₃-nu-ma] {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL re-eš šar-ru-[ti-ia u₂-ul-lu-ma] | When the god Marduk, the great lord, the beginning of my kingship, raised up |
| 11' | {[d}na-bi]-⸢um⸣ pa-qi₂-id ki-⸢iš⸣-[ša-at ša-me₂-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim] | Nabû-eum-iqbi, overseer of the cult centers of heaven and earth |
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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