Nabopolassar 01


Obverse
11	^dna-bi-um-IBILA-ú-ṣu-úr	(1) Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, protégé of the gods Nabû and Marduk, am I.
22	LUGAL KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI
33	ti-ri-iṣ qá-ti ^dna-bi-um
44	ù ^dAMAR.UTU a-na-ku
55	im-gur-^dEN.LÍL	(5) (With regard to) Imgur-Enlil, the great wall of Babylon, which had become weak (and) had collapsed before my time, I firmly set its foundations on (its) original socle. I built (it) anew using people mustered from my land and (thus) I surrounded Babylon (with it) on (all) four sides. I raised its superstructure just like the one in earlier times.
66	BÀD ra-bí-a-am
77	ša KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI
88	ša ul-la-nu-ú-a
99	i-ni-šu i-qú-pu
1010	in ki-gal-lim re-eš-ti-im
1111	ú-ki-in uš-ši-šu
1212	in um-ma-nim di-ku-ut ma-ti-ia
1313	eš-ši-iš lu ab-ni-ma
1414	a-na IM LÍMMU.BA KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI
1515	lu ú-ša-às-ḫi-ir
1616	ki-ma ša u₄-um ul-lu-tim
1717	re-ši-šu lu ú-ul-lu
1818	BÀD a-na ^dAMAR.UTU EN-ia	(18) O wall, speak favorable things (about me) to the god Marduk, my lord.
1919	da-mi-iq-ta ti-iz-ka-ar

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