Inscriptions

Currently, three inscriptions in the name of Marduk-šāpik-zēri and one belonging to one of his servants (Napšamenni; no. 2001), are known. This king's own official texts include two building inscriptions referring to restoration work on the fortifications of Babylon (no. 1) and the temple Ezida at Borsippa (no. 2), as well as a short Akkadian possession inscription on a bronze dagger (no. 3). An inscription of one of his servants is written on a duck-shaped stone weight.

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A fragment of a clay cylinder preserves part of an Akkadian inscription recording that Marduk-šāpik-zēri undertook building work at Babylon, including the restoration of some gates and the inner city wall Imgur-Enlil.

Access the composite text of Marduk-šāpik-zēri 1 [/ribo/babylon2/Q006259/].

Source

Bibliography:

• Jastrow 1889, pp. 304–323 (edition)
• Peiser 1892, pp. 162–163 (partial edition)
• Brinkman 1968, p. 135 n. 801 (partial transliteration)
• Frame 1995, pp. 45-46 (edition)

• Jastrow 1889, pp. 302–304 (copy in type)
• Hilprecht 1893, pp. 119–120 (partial copy in type)
• Hilprecht 1896, pl. 64 no. 148 (copy)

• Jastrow 1889, pp. 301–323 (study)
• Knudtzon 1891, pp. 163–165 (study)
• Hilprecht 1893, p. 44 n. 4 (study)
• Hilprecht 1893, pp. 116–118 (study)
• Jastrow 1893, pp. 214–219 (study)
• Poebel 1955, pp. 15–16 (study)
• Brinkman 1968, pp. 5, 131, and 334 no. 7.2.2 (study)
• George 1992, pp. 343–344 (study)

According to a much later copy of a Sumerian inscription (written by a scribe called Nabû-šumu-līšir in the fifteenth year of Kandalānu; i.e., 633 BC), Marduk-šāpik-zēri also sponsored reconstruction work on the foundations of Ezida ("True House"), the temple of the god Nabû at Borsippa.

Access the composite text of Marduk-šāpik-zēri 2 [/ribo/babylon2/Q006260/].

Source

Bibliography:

• King 1898–1900, no. 70 (edition)
• Brinkman 1968, p. 131 n. 780 (partial transliteration)
• Frame 1995, pp. 47-48 (edition)

• King 1898–1900, no. 70 (copy)

• Brinkman 1968, pp. 5, 134 n. 793, and 334 no. 7.2.1 (study)
• Pomponio 1978, pp. 63–64 (study)
• Sommerfeld 1982, p. 186 (study)

A very short Akkadian possession inscription on a bronze dagger in the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto) states that this object originally belonged to Marduk-šāpik-zēri, "king of the world."

Access the composite text of Marduk-šāpik-zēri 3 [/ribo/babylon2/Q006261/].

Source

Bibliography:

• Meek 1939, pp. 8–9 (edition)
• Maxwell-Hyslop 1946, p. 45 (edition)
• Brinkman 1968, p. 131 (edition)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 164 no. 39 (transliteration)
• Frame 1995, pp. 48 (edition)

• Meek 1939, p. 1 fig. 1 (photo)
• Nagel 1959-1960, p. 97 fig. 6 (drawing)

• Maxwell-Hyslop 1946, p. 45 (study)
• Nagel 1959-1960, pp. 95–96 no. 7 (study)
• Brinkman 1968, p. 334 no. 7.2.3 (study)
• Herzfeld 1968, p. 29 no. 1 (study)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 61 no. 31P and p. 164 no. 39 (study)
• Moorey 1971, p. 32 no. 10 (study)

At Nippur, a stone weight in the shape of a duck was found that bears a Sumerian inscription indicating its weight (ten minas) as well as the name and professions of its owner, Napšamenni, a servant of Marduk-šāpik-zēri.

Access the composite text of Marduk-šāpik-zēri 2001 [/ribo/babylon2/Q006262/].

Source

Bibliography:

• Buccellati and Biggs 1969, p. 16 no. 56 (transliteration)
• Frame 1995, pp. 48-49 (edition)

• Buccellati and Biggs 1969, pl. 42 no. 56 (copy)

• Brinkman 1968, pp. 122 n. 709, 134, and 335 no. 7.2.7 (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, 2024 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon2/Rulers/Marduk-shapik-zeri/Inscriptions/]