Measurements of the City Walls of Babylon B


Obverse
Column i
o i 1'o i 1'	[...] ⸢SAG⸣ tin-tir.KI	[...] ... of Babylon.
o i 2'2'	[...] x šùm-šú	[...] its name ...
o i 3'3'	[...] ⸢SAG⸣ tin-tir.KI	[...] ... of Babylon.
o i 4'4'	[...] x šu-ú	[...] its ...
o i 5'5'	[...] ⸢^d⸣šul-pa-è-a	[...] the deity Šulpaea.
o i 6'6'	[...]-ma 3.20 2/3 KASKAL.GÍD	[...] and 3.20 2/3 leagues.
o i 7'7'	[...] x é-sag-íl	[...] ... Esagil.
o i 8'8'	[... eri-du₁₀.KI] a-lu ṭa-a-bi	[... Babylon], the pleasant city.
o i 9'9'	[...] ⸢GABA⸣.RI ABZU 40 ^dIDIM	[... re]plica of the apsû of Ea.
o i 10'10'	[... me^?-eḫ^?]-⸢ret⸣ GABA.RI é-šár-<ra^?> 40 É.KISIM₅	[... repli]ca replica of Ešarra ...
o i 11'11'	[...] ⸢eri⸣-du₁₀.KI 40 ^d40	[... Bab]ylon ... Ea.
o i 12'12'	[...] ⸢UL⸣ 40 ^dIDIM	[...] ... Ea.
o i 13'13'	[...] x 40 40	[...] ...
Column ii
o ii 1'o ii 1'	⸢3⸣ [...]	3 [...]
o ii 2'2'	ku-ru-u x [...]	short ... [...]
o ii 3'3'	áš-šú ^mullu-ḫun-gá x [...]	concerning Aries ... [...]
o ii 4'4'	aš-lum am-mat GI.1.NINDA ina lìb-⸢bi⸣ [...]	rope, cubit, measuring rod insi[de ...]
o ii 5'5'	a-na 3 EN.NUN u₄-mu ez-ba x [...]	as for the three watches of the day left ... [...]
o ii 6'6'	a-na 3 EN.NUN u₄-mu ez-ba 5 [...]	as for the three watches of the day left, 5 [...]
o ii 7'7'	mìn-da-tu₄ AN-e mi-šil-šú 30.x [...]	the measuring rod of heavens, its half ... [...]
o ii 8'8'	a.gar mu-ú ina lìb-bi e-lat u šap-⸢lat⸣ [...]	... water; in the upper and low[er] part [...]
o ii 9'9'	a^!.^ga-^árgar ku-un-nu šá A ⁿⁱⁿ-^daNINDA mìn-⸢da-tum⸣ GI.⸢NINDA⸣	a.gar = establish, of water; ninda = measuring rod; gi.nin[da]
o ii 10'10'	qa-nu-ú šá mìn-dat 7.GÌŠ 30 NINDA BÀD AN.TA <šá> ^d⸢UTU⸣.[È]	= reed, of the measuring rod; 450 nindanu-units: the Upper E[ast] Wall;
o ii 11'11'	7.30 <^d>MUŠ 4.GÌŠ 10 NINDA BÀD KI.TA šá ^dUTU.ŠÚ.A 4.10 [^dMUŠ]	450 nindanu-units: the moat; 250 nindanu-units: the Lower East Wall; 250 nindanu-units: [the moat];
o ii 12'12'	5.GÌŠ BÀD AN.TA šá ^dUTU.ŠÚ.A 5 ^d⸢MUŠ⸣	300 nindanu-units: the Upper West Wall; 300 nindanu-units: the mo[at];
o ii 13'13'	3.GÌŠ 20 NINDA BÀD KI.TA šá ^dUTU.ŠÚ.A 3.20 ⸢^d⸣[MUŠ]	200 nindanu-units: the Lower West Wall; 200 nindanu-units: [the moat];
o ii 14'14'	GAR^? GAR-šú-nu-ti-ma 20 AN ⸢SIKIL^?⸣ [x] x [...]	... [...] ... [...]

o ii 15'15'	50 UR KI^? x UD 21 31^? [...]	... [...]

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/Q007973/.