Nebuchadnezzar II 089
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11 | dAG-NÍG.DU-ú-ṣur LUGAL KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI za-ni-in é-sag-íl ù é-zi-da DUMU ki-i-nam | (1) Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, the one who provides for Esagil and Ezida, legitimate heir of Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, am I: |
22 | ša dAG-IBILA-ú-ṣur LUGAL KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI a-na-ku é-zi-da É ki-nim i-na qé-reb bar-sí-pà.KI | (2b) (With regard to) Ezida, (which) is inside Borsippa, I built (it). |
33 | lu-ú e-pu-uš du-ʾu-ú-um mu-ša-ab dna-bi-um GAL ṣi-i-ri-im i-na é-šid-dù-an-na-ki | (3b) (With regard to) the throne platform, the seat of the god Nabû, the great (and) exalted one, in Ešidduannaki, the cella of his lordly majesty, I set (it) firmly in place like a mountain using bitumen and baked brick. |
44 | pa-pa-ḫi be-lu-ti-šu i-na ku-up-ra-am ù a-gu-úr-ri-im ki-ma ša-di-i lu-ú e-er-te₉-e | |
55 | dAG GAL git-ma-lum li-pí-it qá-ti-ia ki-ni-iš mu-gu-úr-ma a-ra-ku u₄-mi-ia | (5) O Nabû, great (and) perfect one, steadfastly accept my handiwork so that my days being long and the my dynasty lasting a long time may be set upon your lips. Just like the firmly-founded throne platform beneath you, by your true command, may all of the insubmissive bow down at my feet. |
66 | la-ba-ra pa-le-e-a li-iš-ša-ki-in ša-ap-tu-uk-ka ki-ma du-ʾu-ú-um | |
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