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VA Bab 00631 (X000026)
Royal/Monumental, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | VA Bab 00631 |
|---|---|
| ID | X000026 |
| Museum no. | VA Bab 00631 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Royal/Monumental |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [...] ni-bit {d}AMAR.UTU | ... the command of Marduk |
| 2 | [...] šar-rat šar-ra-a-te | ... queen of kings |
| 3 | [...]-bu-u₂ na-ram {d}nin-ši-ku₃ | ..., beloved of Ninšiku |
| 4 | [...]-nim a-na-ku-ma | ... I am |
| 5 | [...]-⸢e⸣-a aš-te-ne₂-eʾ-a ka-a-a-nim | “I have repeatedly sought you out, |
| 6 | [...]-mu ki-du-de-šu-un [...]-a ka-bat-ta | ... his ... in the midst of the heart |
| 7 | [...] ba-ša-a uz-na-a-a | ... my limbs |
| 8 | [...]-me-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim | ... and the netherworld |
| 9 | [...]-ba-ar-ru-u₂ ka-a-a-nim | ... constantly |
| 10 | [...]-im la ut-tu-u₂ ša lib₃-bi-⸢ia⸣ ib-re-e-ma | (Sum) ... did not give birth to ... (Akk) The ... of my heart was created and |
| 11 | [...]-na-an-ni a-na re-še-e-tim | ... to the head |
| 12 | [...]-⸢ši⸣-im it-ta-ba ni-bi-ta | It is the ... that has left, by itself |
| 13 | [...] i-na i-di-ia | ... on my side |
| 14 | [...] u₂-ša-⸢li-im⸣ ši-ip-ra-am | ... he sent to me. |
| 15 | [x] ⸢NE₃⸣.[...] u₂-ša-li-ik i-da-a-a | ... ēreš-e’e-... he carried off; my arms |
| 16 | [...] ⸢u₂-ša-am-qi₃-it⸣ ga-ri-ia | ... ešamqītu-plant, my favorite |
| 17 | aš-[...]-⸢te ku-ul-la-at⸣ ni-ši-im i-be₂-lu-ma | (Sum) The ... of the cult center (Akk) The Aš. ..., the kullatu of the holy place |
| 18 | i-[...] ⸢u₂-ša-az-zi⸣-qu ni-ši-im ma-a-ti | “... ēšazzî-plant, the life of the land |
| 19 | [...]-nu-qu mu-uš-te-eʾ-u₂ EN EN.EN | ... the one who brings about the defeat of the lord of lor[ds] |
| 20 | i-na ⸢e-mu-qu ga-aš₂⸣-ra-a-ti ša {d}na-bi-um u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU EN.MEŠ-e-a | Through the great battles of Nabium and Marduk, my lords, |
| 21 | ul-tu ⸢KUR ak-ka⸣-di-i še-ep-šu-nu ap-ru-us-ma ni-ir-šu-nu u₂-ša-ad-di | After I had finished the work on the Akkadian ešadû, I opened up their sanctuaries. |
| 22 | ⸢i₃-nu-šu⸣ e₂-PA-GIN₂-ti-la E₂ {d}nin-urta ša qe₂-reb šu-an-na{ki} | Innušu, E-PA-GIN-tila, the temple of Ninurta that is inside Šanana |
| 23 | ⸢ša₂ ul-la⸣-nu-u₂-a LUGAL ⸢mah-ri u₂-še-pi-šu-ma⸣ la ig-mu-ru ši-pir-šu₂ | The king, my lord, has made my work difficult, but he has not completed his work. |
| 24 | [x]-⸢na⸣ te-diš-ti ⸢E₂ šu⸣-a-ti GEŠTU.II ib-ši-ma | ... of that temple I heard and |
| 25 | ⸢ad⸣-kam-ma ⸢um-ma⸣-[x]-⸢at⸣ {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}UTU u₃ {d}AMAR.UTU | It is the fourth song. Enlil, Šamaš and Marduk |
| 26 | [x]-ša-aš-ši [x x]-lu e-mi-id tup-šik-ku | ... I ...ed your tablet. |
| 27 | [x] ⸢la qa₂-ta-a⸣ ag-mu-ur₂ ši-pi₂-ir-šu₂ | “..., my hand, my neck, his scepter |
| 28 | [x].⸢UR₃⸣.MEŠ ⸢šad⸣-[x]-⸢tim⸣ u₂-ša-at-ri-ṣa ṣu-lul-šu₂ | The šad-ētum-e3 temples, the ... temples and the temples of the gods, their sanctuaries |
| 29 | [x] ⸢IG⸣.MEŠ ṣi-⸢ra⸣-[x]-⸢tim⸣ u₂-rat-ta-a i-na KA₂.MEŠ-šu₂ | ... door bolts I installed at his gates. |
| 30 | ⸢E₂⸣ šu-a-⸢ti ša₂-aš₂⸣-[...]-⸢ša₂-an⸣-[x]-⸢iṭ⸣-ma a-na {d}nin-urta EN-ia ki-ma u₄-mi u₂-nam-mir | This temple, my lord, I made shine like daylight for Ninurta, my Lord. |
| 31 | [x x]-⸢ma⸣ LUGAL [...]-ti-⸢ma⸣ [x x] DUMU lu-u₂ DUMU.DUMU a-li-ku a₃-ar-ki-ia | ... the king ...-ti-e-ma'e ... son or grandson who came to me |
| 32 | [...] i-na-ab-bu-u₂ zi-ki-ir-šu₂ | ... they speak his name |
| 33 | ⸢ša e-mu-qu⸣ [...]-an-[x] ⸢e⸣ ta-aš-du-ud a-na lib₃-bi-ka | “You have built a house, a fortress, and a temple in your heart. |
| 34 | ⸢a₃-aš-ra-at⸣ [...].⸢UTU⸣ ši-te-eʾ-e-ma li-na-ru ga-ri-ka | “It is a dream, it is the dream of your great divinity. |
| 35 | [x x].⸢UTU be-li₂ i⸣-[x x] ⸢pi₂-i-im⸣ i-ba-ar-ri lib₃-bi | “My lord will ... the epīm-tree, he will be angry with me— |
| 36 | [x] ⸢it-ti⸣ {d}⸢EN⸣ [x]-⸢i-nu i-ku-un-na⸣ iš-da-a-šu₂ | “Ittī-ēriš (is) E’el-e'e'inu, he established it. |
| 37 | ⸢ša it-ti⸣ [...] ⸢ki-i-nu u₂-la-bar⸣ a-na da-ri₂-a-tim | (Sum) Its ... with the ... of the Ekīnu he shall remove forever (Akk) It is its ... together with ... he will remove forever |
| 38 | [x x]-ma [x x]-⸢a-ti⸣ [...]-pa-⸢aš-ša-hu⸣ an-hu-us-su | ... and ...-pa’e-ašaḫu-e-23 his companion |
| 39 | [...]-ti [...]-⸢e-ka⸣ šu-ku-un | Give ... to your ... |
| 40 | [...]-⸢bi₂⸣-[...] ⸢qi₂⸣-bit-su | ... his ‘hand-lifting’ |
| 41 | [x x]-⸢ir⸣ [...] UD.MEŠ ⸢da-ru⸣-u₂-tim | ... days of esarhaddon |
Sources & licences
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