Nabonidus 21

Obverse
Column i
i 1i 1

[ì]-⸢nu-ma da-nu⸣ ù d⸢EN.LÍL⸣ ša ⸢ZIMBIR.KI⸣

(i 1) [W]hen the gods Anu and Enlil [had commanded the renovation of] Sippar

Lacuna

Lacuna

i 1'1'

[(...) i-na ki-iṣ-ṣi da-am]-⸢qu aš-ri⸣ [šu-us-su-mu]

(i 1') [(...) they had (them) reside in a go]od [shrine], a [suitable] place.

i 2'2'

[ú-še-ši-bu] ⸢a⸣-ta-mi <<mi>> a-na [ni-ši KUR ...]

(i 2'b) I spoke to [the people of (my) land, ...].

i 3'3'

[... an-ni]-ta i-ta-mu-nim ul ⸢bu⸣-[ʾa-a]

(i 3'b) [Th]is is what they said me: “[Its (original) emplacement] had not [been sought out. It was] not [(re)built o]n its true site. The god Šamaš, the great lord, [...] Ebabbar.”

i 4'4'

[a-šar-šu e]-li šu-ub-ti-šu ki-it-tim ⸢ul⸣ [e-pú-uš]

i 5'5'

dUTU be-el ra-bí-ù (erasure) é-babbar-⸢ra⸣ [...]

i 6'6'

a-na da-ke-e É šu-a-ti ⸢ŠÀ?⸣ [pa-li-iḫ ra-šá-a-ku ni-qí-it-ti]

(i 6') [My] he[art was afraid (at the thought of)] removing that temple; [I was worried]. In (my) night bed, I did not get enoug[h good sleep]. I raised my hands (and) beseeched the En[lil of the gods, the god Marduk].

i 7'7'

i-na ma-a-a-al GE₆ ul ú-qa-at-ta-[a ši-it-tim ṭa-ab-tim]

i 8'8'

áš-ši qá-ti-ia ú-ṣa-al-la-a dEN.[LÍL DINGIR.MEŠ dAMAR.UTU]

i 9'9'

a-na e-pe-eš é-babbar-ra áš-ra-a-tì dUTU ù ⸢d⸣[IŠKUR EN.MEŠ bi-ri aš-te-e-ma]

(i 9') With regard to (re)building Ebabbar, [I frequently visited] the shrines of the gods Šamaš and [Adad, the lords of divination, and] the gods Šamaš and Adad ans[wered me] with a firm ‘yes.’ [...] they had ... written i[n ....]

i 10'10'

dUTU ù dIŠKUR an-na ki-i-nu i-ta-[ap-pa-lu-in ...]

i 11'11'

a x x x du un taḫ ú-ša-aš-ṭi-ru i-⸢na?⸣ [...]

Column ii
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