Tintir 1
Obverse | ||||
11 | Babylon, on which fame and jubilation are bestowed. | |||
22 | ditto (=Babylon), the seat of plenty. | |||
33 | ditto (=Babylon), the seat of l[i]fe. | |||
44 | ditto (=Babylon), the might of the heavens | |||
55 | ditto (=Babylon), the light of the heavens. | |||
66 | ditto (=Babylon), the bond of the heavens. | |||
77 | ditto (=Babylon), called into being by the heavens. | |||
88 | ditto (=Babylon), the city whose brickwork is ancient. | |||
99 | ditto (=Babylon), the city of jubilation. | |||
1010 | ditto (=Babylon), the city whose ordinances are precious. | |||
1111 | ditto (=Babylon), the city whose rites are select. | |||
1212 | ditto (=Babylon), the city of the king of the gods. | |||
1313 | ditto (=Babylon), the city called into being by the god Marduk. | |||
1414 | ditto (=Babylon), the city whose luxury is inexhaustible. | |||
1515 | ditto (=Babylon), the city which brings peace to its young men. | |||
1616 | ditto (=Babylon), the city which loves t[r]uth. | |||
1717 | ditto (=Babylon), the city of truth and justice. | |||
1818 | ditto (=Babylon), the city which hates evil. | |||
1919 | ditto (=Babylon), the city of men of influence. | |||
2020 | ditto (=Babylon), the pole of gold. | |||
2121 | ditto (=Babylon), the pleasant city. | |||
2222 | ditto (=Babylon), the entrance of the mustering of the gods. | |||
2323 | ditto (=Babylon), which grasps the bridle of heaven and netherworld· | |||
2424 | ditto (=Babylon), which destroys the offspring of the ene[my]. | |||
2525 | ditto (=Babylon), which annihilates ever[y] enemy and fo[e]. | |||
2626 | ditto (=Babylon), which h[a]te[s] injustice. | |||
2727 | ditto (=Babylon), which does not perfectly render the ar[ro]gan[t]. | |||
2828 | ditto (=Babylon), the abode of the god [Marduk]. | |||
2929 | ditto (=Babylon), the abode of gods Anu, Enlil, and E[a]. | |||
3030 | ditto (=Babylon), the creator of god and [man]. | |||
3131 | ditto (=Babylon), which knows the ordinances and decre[es]. | |||
3232 | ditto (=Babylon), which g[athers up] all the ordinanc[es]. | |||
3333 | ditto (=Babylon), the house of the entrance of the ...[...]. | |||
3434 | ditto (=Babylon), which establishes kin[gship]. | |||
3535 | ditto (=Babylon), the bond of heaven [and netherworld]. | |||
3636 | KI.MIN šá ⸢ta⸣-mar-⸢ta⸣-[šú ...] | ditto (=Babylon), who[se s]igh[t ...]. | ||
3737 | [Ig]ibidudu | ditto (=Babylon), which/whose [...]. | ||
3838 | ditto (=Babylon), which [is established] f[or the wonder] of the mountains and the l[and]. | |||
3939 | [Ba]rbarnamkuzu | ditto (=Babylon), which ﹫i{diffuses wisdom}. | ||
4040 | [Mu]šlipišbegunundea | ditto (=Babylon), to w[hich] the happy hubbub of the lands remains [constant]. | ||
4141 | ditto (=Babylon), which recites incantations for all creation. | |||
4242 | ditto (=Babylon), the creation of the god Enlil. | |||
4343 | ditto (=Babylon), which ensures the life of the land. | |||
4444 | ditto (=Babylon), the city of opulence. | |||
4545 | ditto (=Babylon), the city whose people are glutted with riches. | |||
4646 | ditto (=Babylon), the city of festivals, rejoicing, and playing. | |||
4747 | ditto (=Babylon), the city whose people continuouly celebrate festivals. | |||
4848 | ditto (=Babylon), the privileged city, which liberates the captive. | |||
4949 | ditto (=Babylon), the sacred city. | |||
5050 | ditto (=Babylon), the city of goods and property. | |||
5151 | ditto (=Babylon), the bond of the lands. |
Adapted from A.R. George, Babylonian Topographical Texts (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 40), 1992. Translated by Jamie Novotny and lemmatized by Giulia Lentini, 2019, as part of the LMU-Munich-based project Living Among Ruins (directed by Karen Radner and Jamie Novotny), which is funded by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung as part of the Lost Cities program (coordinated by Martin Zimmermann and Andreas Beyer). Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/btto/Q004798/.