Nebuchadnezzar I 01

Obverse
Column i
i 1i 1

dAG-ku-dúr-ri-ÙRU nun [-tuku? (...)]

(i 1) Nebuchadnezzar, [pious] prince, [(...) for whom]

NUN [na-a-du? (...)]
i 2i 2

damar-utu ur-saŋ diŋir-re-e-[ne-ke₄ ...]

(i 2) the god Marduk, hero among the gods, [decreed] a fate without equ[al],

ši-mat la šá-na-[an i-ši-mu-šum]
i 3i 3

sun₅-na -tuku diŋir gal-gal-e-[ne (...)]

(i 3) humble, who reveres the great gods [(...)],

-ru pa-liḫ [DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ (...)]
i 4i 4

ki ŋál -in-tur-[tur (...)]

(i 4) submissive, prayerful, [(...)],

kan-šu mut-nen-nu-[ú (...)]
i 5i 5

sipad gin₆-na ú-a ki-šu-[peš₅/peš₆ (...)]

(i 5) true shepherd, who provides for the cul[t centers],

re-e-ú ki-nu za-[ni-in ma-ḫa-zi?]
i 6i 6

lugal níŋ-si- lugal .DINGIR.[RAki (...)]

(i 6) king of justice, king of Babyl[on (...)]:

[...]
i 7i 7

diškur en-e -ḫuš [...]

(i 7) for the god Adad, the powerful lord [...],

a-na dIŠKUR EN mug-[dáš-ri ...]
i 8i 8

nam-kal-kal-la -gal nir-ŋál [(...)]

(i 8) almighty, foremost, sovereign [(...)],

dan-dan-ni a-šá-re-di [...]
i 9i 9

en-e šu-niŋin-na níŋ-alim-a-bi [...]

(i 9) my lord at whose mighty battle-cry [...],

be- šá i-na ta-nu-qa-ti-šu [kab-ta-ti? ...]
i 10i 10

ur₅-ša₄ za-pa-áŋ dùg-ga an-ta bi x [...]

(i 10) the sound of whose roar on high is pleasant ... [...],

ṭa-bu ri-gim ra-mi-mi-šu [e-liš ...]
i 11i 11

lugal é-nam-ḫé é-ki-tuš-ḫé-ŋál-tìl-la [(...)]

(i 11) lord of Enamḫe (“House of Plenty”), who dwells in Ekitušḫegaltila [(...)],

be-el é-nam-ḫé a-šib é-ki-tuš-ḫé-[gál-ti-la (...)]
i 12i 12

ù-ma al--di-ŋu₁₀ bàd gal-ŋu₁₀ [(...)]

(i 12) who makes me triumph, my helper [(...)]

mu-šak-ši-id er-ni-it-ti-ia [tu-kul-ti-ya (...)]
Column ii
ii 1ii 1

[...] x mi-ni*-in-x-kúr

(ii 1) [...] ... enemy.

[...] x (x) TU ga-ri-i [(x)]
ii 2ii 2

[...] (x)-x-ra BAL/GÌR? x-ga-a

(ii 2) [...] I smote and

[...] am-ḫaṣ-ma
ii 3ii 3

[...] ba-e-da-an-ŋar

(ii 3) [...] ... I established.

[...] x TA -ku-un
ii 4ii 4

[...] ki-in-gi uriki-ta ba-ni*-in-tar

(ii 4) [(...)] I cut off [...] from the land of Sumer and Akkad.

[... i-na] KUR-šu-me-ri ù ak-ka-di-i ap-ru-us
ii 5ii 5

[...] x e-ne

(ii 5) [...] ...

[...]-i i-ru-ni*
ii 6ii 6

[...] al-ma-az-za

(ii 6) [...] my heart.

[...] lìb-bi-ia
ii 7ii 7

[...] IN? mi-ni*-in-[x x (x)]

(ii 7) [...] ...

[...]
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Column iv
iv 1iv 1

ki ti-saḫ₄ šen-šen-na ŋeš--ka-nam [(...)]

(iv 1) because in the place of battle, strife, (and) fighting [(...)]

-šum a-šar a-na-an-ti šá--me tu-[qu-un-ti (...)]
iv 2iv 2

ŋeštukul sàg-ga šu-nir silig-silig-ga diŋir gal è-a x [(...)]

(iv 2) at the clash of arms and the revealing of the standard, the great god going forth [(...)].

i-na ti-iṣ-bu-ut kak-ki pe-te?-e šu-ri-in-[ni ...]
iv 3iv 3

ŋá-e á-taḫ-ŋu₁₀ ak-a-ab zag tab-ŋu₁₀ ŋen-a NA x [...]

(iv 3) Help me! Come to my side! ... [...]

ru-ṣa-am-ma ia-a-ti i?-du?-ú-a al-kam [...]
iv 4iv 4

na-nam gin₆-na-bi [...]

(iv 4) By his reliable positive answer [...]

i-na an-ni-šu [ki-ni ...]
iv 5iv 5

ŋešgibil x [...]

(iv 5) fire [...]

A LU ŠU Ú x [...]
iv 6iv 6

ŋeštukul-bi GIŠ E x [...]

(iv 6) his weapon ... [...]

kak-ka x (x) [...]
iv 7iv 7

ù x (x) ki x (x) [...]

(iv 7) ... [...]

ù x [...] A [...]
iv 8iv 8

dAG-ku-dúr-ri-[ÙRU ...]

(iv 8) Nebuchadne[zzar ...]

[...]
iv 9iv 9

ki -ka x [...]

(iv 9) in the place of fighting [...]

AL LA x x [...]
iv 10iv 10

nam-bi-šè x [...]

(iv 10) On account of this [...]

a-na šat-ti [...]
iv 11iv 11

é-ki-tuš-ḫé-ŋál-[tìl]-la [...]

(iv 11) Ekitušḫeg[alti]l[a ...]

É šu-bat? I? [...]
iv 12iv 12

zálag GA/BI x [...]

(iv 12) ... [...]

[(x)] x x x x (x) [...]
iv 13iv 13

x x (x) x [x] x [...]

(iv 13) ... [...]

[(x)] x [...]


Based on Grant Frame, Rulers of Babylonia: From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination (1157-612 BC) (RIMB 2; Toronto, 1995). Digitized, lemmatized, and updated by Alexa Bartelmus, 2015-16, for the Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), a corpus-building initiative funded by LMU Munich and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (through the establishment of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair for Ancient History of the Near and Middle East) and based at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/ribo/Q006241/.