Nebuchadnezzar II 004


Obverse
11	[^dAG-ku-dúr-ru-ú-ṣur LUGAL KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI]	(1) [Nebuchadnezzar (II), king of Babylon, son of] Nabopolassar, [king of Babylon, am I].
22	[DUMU] ⸢^dAG⸣-IBILA-⸢ú-ṣur⸣ [LUGAL KÁ.DINGIR.RA.KI a-na-ku]
33	⸢KÁ⸣.GAL-iš₈-tár i-na a-⸢gur⸣-[ri NA₄.ZA.GÌN KÙ-tim]	(3) For the god Marduk, [my] lord, [I had] the Ištar Gate [skillfully built] using bak[ed bricks (colored with) shining blue glaze and had] fie[rce] wild bulls of copper [and raging mušḫuššu-dragons stationed] at its door-jamb(s). [... slab(s) of (strong) stone] quarried from [(great)] m[ountain(s) ...] of stone resembling a wild bull, [...].
44	a-na ^dAMAR.UTU EN-[ia na-ak-li-iš ú-še-pi-iš-ma]
55	ri-i-mu URUDU e-ek-⸢du⸣-[tim ù MUŠ.ḪUŠ še-zu-zu-ú-ti]
66	i-na sì-ip-pé-šu [uš-zi-iz-ma SIG₄ NA₄ (da-nu₄-tim)]
77	ši-ti-iq ⸢ša⸣-[de-e (ra-bí-ù-tim) ...]
88	ša NA₄ la-an ri-i-⸢mu⸣ [...]
99	^dAMAR.UTU EN ⸢GAL⸣ [...]	(9) O Marduk, great lord [...], gra[nt me] a lo[ng] life [...].
1010	ba-la-ṭam da-⸢rí⸣-[a ...]
1111	⸢a-na ši⸣-ri-⸢ik⸣-[ti šu-úr-kam]

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