Measurements of Esagil and Ezida


Obverse
o 1o 1	TA^* ⸢lìb⸣-bi IM.DIŠ a-na IM.[MIN]	From south to [north]:
o 22	7 ku-bur-re-e ša 4-a-a ina 1.⸢KÙŠ⸣	7 (wall) thicknesses of 4 cub[its],
o 33	2 ku-bur-re-e qa-na-a-a 10-te ⸢ša⸣ [ṣuppān^?]	2 (wall) thicknesses of 1 reed (= 6 cubits), i.e. 1/10 [ṣuppān] (= 60 cubits).
o 44	PAP 40 ina 1.KÙŠ ku-bur-⸢ra-te⸣ [ša^? É^?]	In total: 40 cubits, the (wall) thick[ness]es [of the temple].
o 55	8 ina 1.KÙŠ lìb-bi áš-ru-ka-[tú]	8 cubits: the interior of the lob[by]
o 66	ša KÁ-^dUTU-é-babbar-⸢ra⸣	of Kaudebabbarr[a].
o 77	14 (erasure) ina 1.KÙŠ É GIŠ.⸢GIGIR⸣	14 cubits: the Char[iot] House.
o 88	77 ina 1.KÙŠ ki-sal-lu ša ^dEN	77 cubits: the Court of Bēl.
o 99	6 ina 1.KÙŠ SAG.KI ša É ^dIDIM	6 cubits: the (short) side of the chapel of Ea.
o 1010	6 ina 1.KÙŠ É IM.DIŠ ša É ⸢GAŠAN⸣-ía	6 cubits: the south room of the chapel of Bē[lt]iya.
o 1111	7 ina 1.KÙŠ SAG.KI ša ki-sal-li ša É ^d⸢GAŠAN⸣-[ía]	7 cubits: the (short) side of the courtyard of the chapel of B[ēltiya].
o 1212	6 ina 1.KÙŠ SAG.[KI] ⸢ša⸣ né-reb ša É ^d60 ^d⸢INANNA⸣	6 cubits: the (short) si[de o]f the entrance of the chapel of Anu and Išt[ar].
o 1313	6 ina 1.KÙŠ áš-ru-⸢ka⸣-tú ša ká-^dlamma-ar-⸢ra⸣-[bi]	6 cubits: the lo[b]by of Kalammaar[abi].
o 1414	PAP 1 ⸢ME⸣ 70 ÚS ša é-sag-íl	In total: 17[0] (cubits), the length of Esagil.

o 1515	TA lìb-bi [IM].⸢EŠ₅ a⸣-na IM.⸢4⸣	From east to west:
o 1616	7 ku-bur-⸢re⸣-[e ša 4]-⸢a⸣-a ina 1.[KÙŠ]	7 (wall) thickn[esses of 4] cu[bits],
o 1717	⸢2 ku-bur⸣-[...]	2 (wall) thickn[esses ...]
o 1818	[...]	[...]
o 1919	[...]	[...]
o 2020	[...]	[...]
o 2121	[...]	[...]
o 22a22a	[...]	[...]
o 22b22b	<[...]>	<[...]>
o 2323	4 [...]	4 [...]
o 2424	14 ⸢ina⸣ [...]	14 i[n ...]
o 2525	8 ⸢ina⸣ [...]	8 i[n ...]
o 2626	PAP 1 ⸢ME⸣ [...]	In total: 10[0 ...]

o 2727	80 ÚS 55 ⸢SAG⸣ [...]	80 (cubits) the (longer) side, 55 (cubits) the (short) si[de: ...]
o 2828	37 ÚS 12 ⸢SAG⸣ [...] x	37 (cubits) the (longer) side, 12 (cubits) the (short) si[de: ...] ...
o 2929	37 ÚS 10 ⸢SAG pa^?⸣-[x]-ḫu	37 (cubits) the (longer) side, 10 (cubits) the (short) si[de: the c]e[l]la.
o 3030	37 ÚS 11 ⸢SAG⸣ [...]-šú	37 (cubits) the (longer) side, 11 (cubits) the (short) si[de]: its [...]
o 3131	x ina 1.⸢KÙŠ ÚS⸣ [...] ⸢KÁ^?⸣-šú	... cub[its: the (longer) si]de of [...] its gate.
o 3232	[x]+12 ŠID x[...] x x	[...]+12 ... [...] ...
o 3333	[x] ÚS 20 ⸢SAG⸣ [...] ^dAMAR.UTU	[...] (cubits) the (longer) side, 20 (cubits) the (short) s[ide: ...] Marduk.
o 3434	x ina 1.⸢KÙŠ⸣ [...]-tú ša KÁ.x.x	... cub[its ...] of Ka-...
o 3535	[...] ⸢ša⸣ É ^dsu-x-[x]	[... o]f the chapel of the deity Su-...
o 3636	[...] ⸢ru⸣-ka-⸢tú⸣ [...]	[... : the l]obb[y ...]
Reverse
r 37r 37	[...]	[...]
r 3838	[...]	[...]
r 3939	[...]	[...]
r 4040	[...]	[...]
r 4141	8 ⸢ÚS⸣ [...]	8 (cubits) the (longer) si[de, ...]
r 4242	20 ⸢ÚS⸣ [...]	20 (cubits) the (longer) si[de, ...]
r 4343	20 ÚS ⸢5^?⸣ [...]-⸢tum⸣	20 (cubits) the (longer) side, 5 [...] ...
r 4444	11 ÚS 6 ⸢SAG⸣ [...]-⸢ti⸣	11 (cubits) the (longer) side, 6 (cubits) the (short) si[de ...] ...
r 4545	10 ÚS 6 ⸢SAG⸣ [...] x-tú	10 (cubits) the (longer) side, 6 (cubits) the (short) si[de ...] ...
r 4646	26 ÚS x [...] x	26 (cubits) the (longer) side, ... [...] ...
r 4747	20 ÚS [...] x	20 (cubits) the (longer) side, [...] ...
r 4848	41^? ÚS [...] ⸢šá⸣	41 (cubits) the (longer) side, [...] ...
r 4949	26 ÚS [...] x	26 (cubits) the (longer) side, [...] ...
r 5050	27 ÚS ⸢10⸣ [...]-še	27 (cubits) the (longer) side, 1[0 ...] ...
r 5151	17 ÚS <x> ⸢SAG⸣ [...] x-tú	17 (cubits) the (longer) side, <... (cubits)> the (short) si[de ...] ...
r 5252	19 ÚS 11 ⸢SAG⸣ [...]	19 (cubits) the (longer) side, 11 (cubits) the (short) si[de ...]
r 5353	22 ÚS 9 [...]	22 (cubits) the (longer) side, 9 (cubits) [...]
r 5454	16 ÚS 14 ⸢SAG⸣ [...]	16 (cubits) the (longer) side, 14 (cubits) the (short) si[de ...]
r 5555	⸢20 ÚS 12 SAG⸣ [...]	20 (cubits) the (longer) side, 12 (cubits) the (short) si[de ...]
r 5656	9^? [...]	9 [...]
r 5757	6^? [...]	6 [...]
r 5858	⸢24 ÚS⸣ [...]	24 (cubits) the (longer) side, [...]
r 5959	27 ÚS [...]	27 (cubits) the (longer) side, [...]
r 6060	2 ME 2 ÚS 1 [...]	202 (cubits) the (longer) side, 1 [...]
r 6161	1 LIM ÚS 5 ME ⸢SAG⸣ [...]	1000 (cubits) the (longer) side, 500 (cubits) the (short) si[de ...]

r 6262	2 ME 30 áš-⸢li⸣ [...]	230 ašlu-unit[s ...]
r 6363	2 ME 30 áš-⸢li⸣ [...]	230 ašlu-unit[s ...]
r 6464	PAP 5 ME 21 ⸢áš⸣-[li ...]	In total: 521 ašlu-u[nits ...]
r 6565	ša 30 ina 1.⸢KÙŠ áš⸣-[lu ...] x [(x)]	of 30 cu[bi]ts an ašlu-u[nits ...] ... [...]
r 6666	PAP 15 LIM 6 ⸢ME 30⸣ <<ME>> 4 [...] x AN [(x)]	In total: 15630 (cubits). 4 [...] ... [...]
r 6767	PAP-ma 16 LIM [1 ME] 29-⸢ma^?⸣ [x LIM / ME IM.DIŠ] 6^? ME IM.[MIN]	And in total: 16[1]29 (cubits). [... (cubits): south.] 600 (cubits): [north].
r 6868	5^? ME IM.EŠ₅ [x] ⸢LIM⸣ / ME IM.4 PAP 3 ⸢LIM⸣ [x] ⸢ME⸣ kip-pat é-[zi^?-da^?]	500 (cubits): east. [...] (cubits): west. In total: 300[0 ...], the circumference of Ezida.
r 6969	1 LIM ⸢ÚS⸣ AN.TA 1 LIM ÚS KI.⸢TA⸣	1000 (cubits): the upper (longer) [si]de; 1000 (cubits): the low[er] (longer) side.
r 7070	⸢5⸣ ME ÚS^* AN.TA 5 LIM^* ÚS^* KI.TA1	500 (cubits): the upper (short) side; 500 (cubits): the lower (short) side.
r 7171	⸢PAP⸣ 3 LIM ⸢kip⸣-pat é-zi-⸢da⸣	[In t]otal: 3000 (cubits), the ci[rcum]ference of Ezid[a].

1ÚS must be a mistake for SAG, being measurements of the (longer) side already given in line r 69.

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/Q007971/.