Inscriptions

Only a few inscriptions pertaining to the reign of Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē are currently known: two Sumerian building inscriptions written on limestone door sockets and a large copper cylinder from Ur (nos. 1 and 2), and two Akkadian possession inscriptions attested on a number of bronze daggers (nos. 3 and 4). In addition, a bronze dagger belonging to a certain Šamaš-killanni (2001) is tentatively attributed to this corpus, because it was reportedly found in the same cave as one of the afore-mentioned bronze daggers.

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Four limestone door sockets bearing a Sumerian inscription of Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē were found in situ at the entrance to Nanna's sanctuary at Ur and at the entrances to three rooms of the E(ga)nunmaḫ temple. The text reports that Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē did restoration work on the Eganunmaḫ and dedicated the door sockets to the moon-god.

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• Gadd 1928, p. 95, no. 306 (exs. 1–4, edition)
• Frame 1995, pp. 38-39 (edition)

• Gadd 1928, pl. LVIII, no. 306 (exs. 1–4, composite copy)

• Woolley 1927, pp. 406 and 409–410 (provenance)
• Brinkman 1968, pp. 5, 121 n. 694 and 330 no. 6.2.1 (study)
• Brinkman 1969, p. 334 (exs. 1–4, study)
• Woolley 1974, p. 50 (provenance)

A poorly preserved Sumerian inscription on a large copper cylinder from Ur states that Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē had undertaken work on (possibly: had built anew) the great oven of the sanctuary of the moon-god Nanna and expected the god's blessing in return.

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• Frame 1995, pp. 40-41 (edition)

• Sollberger 1965, no. 101 (copy)

• Gadd 1932-1933, pp. 43–44 (study)
• Woolley 1932, p. 375 (provenance)
• Woolley 1933, p. 220 (provenance)
• Woolley 1939, pp. 38 and 47 (provenance)
• Woolley 1965, p. 69 (study)
• Seux 1967, pp. 391, 397, 405, 423, 431, and 433 (study)
• Brinkman 1968, pp. 5, 121 n. 695, and 331 no. 6.2.5 (study)
• Ellis 1968, pp. 114–115 (study)
• Brinkman 1969, p. 334 (study)

A short Akkadian possession inscription on a bronze dagger in the Louvre (reportedly from the region of Nihavand) states that this object originally belonged to Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē. The wording of this inscription differs slightly from that on no. 4, by giving the king's genealogy ("son of Ninurta-nādin-šumi") instead of the title "king of Sumer (and) Akkad."

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• Contenau 1931, pp. 105–106 (edition)
• Pope 1932, pp. 666–667 (translation by Langdon)
• Langdon in Pope 1938, p. 284 no. 10 (edition)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 164 no. 37 (transliteration)
• Frame 1995, p. 42 (edition)

• Contenau 1931, p. 105 (photo, copy)
• Pope 1932, p. 666-667 fig. 3 (photo)
• Langdon in Pope 1938, p. 284 no. 10 (copy in type) and 4 pl. 55B (photo)
• Contenau 1947, p. 2162 fig. 1200 (photo)
• Nagel 1959-1960, p. 97 fig. 1 (drawing)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 60 fig. 59 (drawing)

• Nagel 1959-1960, pp. 95–96 no. 1 (study)
• Brinkman 1968, p. 331 no. 6.2.3 (study)
• Herzfeld 1968, p. 30 no. 4 (study)
• Moorey 1971, p. 32 no. 8 (study)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 60 no. 31L (study)

Another possession inscription of Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē is attested on three bronze daggers commonly referred to as "Luristan bronzes." In this text, reference to the king's father is omitted; instead, an additional title ("king of Sumer (and) Akkad") is added after the title "king of Babylon."

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• Pope 1932, pp. 666-667 (ex. 1, translation by Langdon does not fit this dagger, but rather only B.2.6.3)
• Gadd 1932-1933, p. 44 (ex. 2, translation)
• Weidner in Thomsen 1932-1933, pp. 258-259 (ex. 1, edition)
• Langdon in Pope 1938, p. 283 nos. 8 and 9 (ex. 1, edition)
• Meek 1939, p. 9 (ex. 2, translation)
• Maxwell-Hyslop 1946, p. 45 (ex. 2, translation)
• Dossin 1962, pp. 152–153 (ex. 3, edition)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 164 nos. 35–36 and 38 (exs. 1–3, transliteration)
• Moorey et al. 1981, no. 76 (ex. 1, translation)
• Frame 1995, pp. 42-43 (edition)

• Pope 1932, figs. 4–5 (ex. 1, photo)
• Gadd 1932-1933, pl. XVIII (ex. 2, photo)
• Weidner in Thomsen 1932-1933, fig. 6d (ex. 1, copy)
• Langdon in Pope 1938, p. 283 nos. 8 and 9, and 4 pl. 55C [not A as stated in vol. 1] and D–E (exs. 1–2, photo; ex. 1, copy in type)
• Dossin 1962, pl. XVIII no. 5 (ex. 3, photo)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 61 fig. 60 (ex. 2, drawing)
• Moorey et al. 1981, no. 76 (ex. 1, photo)
• Nagel 1959-1960, p. 97 figs. 3 and 5 (ex. 1, photo; ex. 2, drawing)
• Ghirshman 1963, p. 282 fig. 343 (left) (ex. 2, photo)
• Maxwell-Hyslop and Hodges 1964, pl. XII no. 5 (ex. 2, photo)
• Moorey 1974, pl. IIB (ex. 2, photo)

• Contenau 1931, p. 107 (study)
• Gadd 1932-1933, pp. 44–45 (ex. 2, study)
• Langdon in Pope 1938, p. 279 and 283 nos. 8 and 9 (exs. 1–2, study)
• Maxwell-Hyslop 1946, p. 45 (ex. 2, study)
• Nagel 1959-1960, pp. 95–96 nos. 3 and 6 (exs. 1–2, study)
• Ghirshman 1963, p. 283 (ex. 2, study)
• Maxwell-Hyslop and Hodges 1964, p. 52 (ex. 2, study)
• Brinkman 1968, pp. 330–31 no. 6.2.2 (exs. 1–2, study) and no. 6.2.4 (ex. 3 study)
• Herzfeld 1968, p. 30 nos. 5–6 (exs. 1–2, study)
• Calmeyer 1969, pp. 60–61 nos. 31M–O (exs. 1–3, study)
• Moorey 1971, pp. 31–32 nos. 6, 7, and 9 (exs. 1–3, study)
• Moorey 1974, p. 46 (ex. 2, study)
• Moorey et al. 1981, no. 76 (ex. 1, study)

A bronze dagger with an inscription stating that it was the property of a certain Šamaš-killanni (2001), ša rēši of an unmentioned king, was reportedly found in the same cave near Kermanshah as ex. 2 of 4. However, both provenance and attribution to the reign of this king are uncertain.

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• Contenau 1931, pp. 107–108 (translation)
• Gadd 1932-1933, p. 44 (translation)
• Langdon in Pope 1938, p. 284 no. 11 (edition)
• Meek 1939, p. 10 (translation)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 164 no. 41 (transliteration)
• Maxwell-Hyslop 1946, p. 45 (translation)
• Frame 1995, pp. 43-44 (edition)

• Gadd 1932-1933, pl. XVIII (photo)
• Langdon in Pope 1938, 4 pl. 55A [not C as stated in vol. 1] (photo)
• Nagel 1959-1960, p. 97 fig. 4 (drawing)
• Ghirshman 1963, p. 282 fig. 343 (right) (photo)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 61 fig. 62 (drawing)
• Moorey 1974, pl. IIA (photo)

• Gadd 1932-1933, pp. 44–45 (study)
• Meek 1939, pp. 9–10 (study)
• Maxwell-Hyslop 1946, p. 45 (study)
• Nagel 1959-1960, pp. 95–98 no. 4 (study)
• Ghirshman 1963, p. 283 (study)
• Brinkman 1968, pp. 11 no. 3 and 362 no. i (study)
• Herzfeld 1968, p. 30 no. 7 (study)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 61 no. 31A' (study)
• Moorey 1971, p. 32 no. 15 (study)
• Moorey 1974, p. 46 (study)

Alexa Bartelmus

Alexa Bartelmus, 'Inscriptions', RIBo, Babylon 2: The Inscriptions of the Second Dynasty of Isin, The RIBo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2025 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon2/Rulers/Marduk-nadin-ahhe/Inscriptions/]