Nebuchadnezzar II 054


Obverse
Column i
ii	Lacuna	Lacuna
i 1'1'	[a]-⸢na-ku a⸣-na ^dAMAR.UTU be-lí-[ia ka-a-a-na-ak la ba-aṭ-la-ak]1	(i 1') [I] myself [am constantly present (and) unfailing] towards the god Marduk, [my] lord, (and) all day, without [ceasing], (my) mi[nd] pondered things that were pleasing to him.
i 2'2'	⸢ša⸣ e-li-šu ṭa-a-bi ud-da-kam ⸢la^?⸣ [na-pa-ar-ka-a]
i 3'3'	i-ta-mi li-⸢ib⸣-[ba-am]
i 4'4'	i-na KÙ.BABBAR ⸢KÙ.GI ni⸣-sì-iq-tì NA₄ šu-qú-ru-ú-⸢tim⸣2	(i 4') I provided Esagil with silver, gold, precious (and) valuable stone(s), copper, musukkannu-wood, [cedar], (and) an abunda[nce] of anything that is valuable, leaving nothing (else) to be desired, and made [its] shee[n] shine forth like the sun.
i 5'5'	e-ra-a GIŠ.MES.MÁ.KAN.NA GIŠ.[EREN]
i 6'6'	mi-im-ma šu-um-šu šu-qú-ru šu-un-du-[lam]
i 7'7'	la ba-ša-a ḫi-ši-iḫ-⸢tim⸣
i 8'8'	é-sag-íl ⸢az-nu-un-ma⸣ ša-aš-ši-iš ú-ša-pa-a ša-ru-⸢ru⸣-[ú-šu]
i 9'9'	⸢é⸣-zi-da [ú]-ša-ak-li-⸢il⸣-[ma]	(i 9') [I] completed Ezida [and] decorated (it) as beautifu[lly a]s the stars (lit. “writings”) of the heavens.
i 10'10'	[ki]-⸢ma⸣ ši-ṭe-er-ti ša-⸢ma-mi⸣ ú-ba-an-[nim]
i 11'11'	[é]-⸢temen⸣-an-ki zi-qú-ra-at KÁ.DINGIR.⸢RA⸣.[KI]3	(i 11') [(With regard to) E]temenanki, the ziggurat of Babylon, (and) [Eurme]iminanki, the ziggurat of Borsippa, [I b]uilt (and) comp[leted] their entire [st]ructure(s) using bitumen [and baked brick, and (then), on their summits, I resplendently built a holy shrine, a well-adorned bedroom, using ba]ked bricks (colored with) shin[ing] blue glaze.
i 12'12'	[é-ur₄-me]-⸢imin⸣-an-ki zi-qú-ra-at ⸢bár-sipa⸣.[KI]
i 13'13'	[pí]-⸢ti⸣-iq-ši-na ka-la-⸢mu⸣ i-na ku-⸢up-ri⸣ [ù a-gur-ri]
i 14'14'	[e]-⸢pú⸣-uš ⸢ú⸣-ša-ak-[li-il-ma ki-iṣ-ṣi el-lu ma-aš-ta-ku ta-ak-né-e]
i 15'15'	[i-na a]-⸢gur⸣-ri NA₄.ZA.GÌN ⸢el-le⸣-[tim i-na re-e-ša-a-ši-na na-am-ri-iš e-pú-uš]
i 16'16'	[...] (traces) [...]	(i 16') [...] ... [...]
	Lacuna	Lacuna
Column ii
iiii	Completely missing	Completely missing

1The contents of these lines are also known from Nbk. 12 (C27) i 19–23; and Nbk. 21 (C013/C016/C025) ii 11–12.

2These passages recording Nebuchadnezzar II’s decoration of Esagil at Babylon and the completion and adornment of Ezida at Borsippa are also attested in Nbk. 12 (C27) i 24–ii 2; and Nbk. 21 (C013/C016/C025) i 13–16. Compare Nbk. 23 (C35) i 28–36, which has KÙ.BABBAR KÙ.GI ni-sì-iq-ti NA₄ mi-im-ma šu-um-šu šu-qú-ru šu-un-du-lu ḪÉ.GAL-lam ru-uš-ša-a bi-ši-ti ša-di-i ḫi-iṣ-bi ta-ma-a-tim ip-ti ka-bi-it-ti i-gi-sa-a šu-um-mu-ḫu a-na URU-ia ba-bi-lam.KI a-na ma-aḫ-ri-šu-un ú-še-ri-im-ma i-na é-sag-íl É.GAL na-ra-am be-lu-ti-šu aš-ta-ak-ka-an zi-in-na-a-ti é-umuš-a pa-pa-ḫa ^dEN.LÍL DINGIR.DINGIR ^dAMAR.UTU KÙ.GI na-am-ru ša-al-la-ri-iš aš-ta-ak-ka-an é-zi-da e-pú-uš ú-ša-ak-li-il-ma i-na KÙ.BABBAR KÙ.GI ù ni-sì-iq-ti NA₄ ú-za-ʾi-in, “I had silver, gold, precious stones, an abundance of anything that is valuable, red-gold produce, the yield of the mountains, the wealth of the seas, substantial tribute, lavish gift(s) brought into my city, Babylon, into their (the gods’) presence, and I constantly provisioned Esagil, the palace beloved by his lordly majesty. I put bright gold (on the walls of) Eumuša, the cella of the Enlil of the gods, the god Marduk, as if (it was) šallaru-plaster. I (re)built and completed Ezida, and (then) I decorated (it) with gold, silver, and precious stones. I had the sanctuaries of Babylon and Borsippa built (and) I provided (for them).”

3This passage recording Nebuchadnezzar II’s work on the ziggurats Etemenanki and Eurmeinimanki is also attested in Nbk. 23 (C35) i 38–43.

Created by Frauke Weiershäuser and Jamie Novotny, 2015-24, for the Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), a corpus-building initiative funded by LMU Munich, the Henkel Foundation, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (through the establishment of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair for Ancient History of the Near and Middle East), and and based at the Historisches Seminar - Abteilung Alte Geschichte of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/ribo/Q009939/.

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