Gate List of Esagil B

Obverse
Lacuna
1'1'

[...]

[x] x dAG x x

[...]

[...] ... the god Nabû ...

2'2'

[-silim-ma]

[] pa-paḫ dEN

[Kasilimma]

[the gate of the c]ella of the god Bēl

3'3'

[-ḫi-li-]

pa-paḫ de₄-ru₆

Kaḫilisu

[the ga]te of the cella of the goddess Eru’a

4'4'

[-...]

pa-paḫ GADA.LAL

[Ka-...]

the gate of the cella of the linen fabric

5'5'

[-gal?]

GAL-u šá KISAL dEN

[Kagal]

the great gate of the courtyard of the god Bēl

6'6'

[-...]

ar-ka-pi-in-ni

[Ka-...]

the gate of the arkapinnu-door

7'7'

[]-maḫ?

ṣi-i dUTU-ši

[Kama]

[the ga]te of the sunrise

8'8'

[-dutu]-è?

šá ana KISAL KI.TA BAD-u

[Kautu]e

the gate which is open towards the lower courtyard

9'9'

-dlamma-RIḫe-

GAŠAN-ia

Kalamma-RI

the gate of (the goddess) Bēltīya

10'10'

[-ḫé]-gál

ku-tal [dEN?]-ia

[Kaḫega]l

the gate behind [the god Bēl]

11'11'

-u₆-de-babbar

šá x [...]

Kaudebabbar

the gate which ... [...]

12'12'

-nun*-abzu

GIŠ.IG.MEŠ ZABAR* AN.TA.ME

Kanunabzu

the gate of the upper bronze door

13'13'

-nun-ḫé-gál

GIŠ.IG.MEŠ ZABAR* KI.TA.ME

Kanunḫegal

the gate of the lower bronze door

14'14'

-kar-za-gìn-na

šá mul-te-šir-ḫab-lim u₄-gal-lu TIN.TIR.KI i-na ŠÀ ir-ru-bu

Kakarzaginna

the gate through which Mušteršir-ḫabli, the storm demon of Babylon, enters inside

15'15'

-ka-tar-ra

da-li-li É dDI.KU₅

Kakatarra

the gate of praise; the gate of the temple of the god Madānu

16'16'

-a-še-er-du-ḫu-da

mu-paṭ-ṭir ta--ḫi dgu-la É dDI.KU₅

Kaašerduḫuda

the gate which dispels the wailing; the gate of the goddess Gula (in) the temple of Madānu

17'17'

é--šà-abzu

AŠLUG šá bi-rit KISAL.MEŠ šá dEN u dGAŠAN

Ekašaabzu

the storeroom which is between the courtyards of the gods Bēl and Bēltīya

18'18'

du₆?-šà-abzu

AŠLUG -reb d[x (x)] šá é-sag-íl

Dušaabzu

the storeroom of the entrance of the god [...] of Esagil


19'19'

[-x]-zu-pàd-da

GAL-ú šá é-sag?-íl?

[Ka-...]-zupadda

the great gate of Esagi[l]

20'20'

[-x-(x)] x

tar-ta-mi -reb da-nim -[maḫ?]

[Ka-...] ...

the gate of the mutual love; the entrance of the god Anu (in) Kamaḫ

21'21'

[-x x x] x

IM.U₁₈.LU

[Ka-...] ...

the south gate

22'22'

[-x x x x]-la?

tak-bit-ti mu-tal-[li?]

[Ka-... l]a

the gate of the honor of the nob[le one]

23'23'

[(?-x?)]

IM.KUR.RA

[Ka-...]

the ea[st] gate

24'24'

[...] x [...]

[...] ... [...]

Lacuna


Adapted from A.R. George, Babylonian Topographical Texts (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 40), 1992. Translated and lemmatized by Giulia Lentini, 2019-2020, 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/Q007955/.