Neriglissar 02.2
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- Created on 2023-06-08 21:04:54
- Modified on 2023-06-14 19:49:38
- Translated by Frauke Weiershäuser and Jamie Novotny
- Aligned by Alex Forbes
Lines 38-76 of Neriglissar 02, as translated by Frauke Weierhäuser and Jamie Novotny (Weiershäuser, Frauke, and Jamie Novotny. “Neriglissar 02.” Babylon 7 : The Inscriptions of the Neo-Babylonian Dynasty, 2015. http://oracc.org/ribo/Q005387/.)
Akkadian
English
ia-ti e-em-qá mu-ut-né-en-nu LUGAL pa-⸢li-ḫu⸣ DINGIR . DINGIR mu-du-uʾ ⸢li-bi-il-ḫé-gál-lu⸣ ú-ša-aḫ-ri-⸢ma⸣ mé-e ḫé-gal-⸢la⸣ ina ma-a-⸢ti⸣ e-re-bi- [ ma ? ] ab-na-a ⸢su⸣- [ uk ] -⸢ki-ša⸣ mé-e nu-⸢uḫ⸣-ši ⸢ša la⸣ na-pa-ar-ku-ti ú-ki-in ⸢i-na⸣ qé-re-eb-šu I NI ? IR ? TI ? x x a-ši-ib KÁ . DINGIR . RA . KI ⸢ša⸣ qer-bi-šú ⸢aq-qá⸣-a mé-e nu-⸢uḫ-šu⸣ i-na ⸢li⸣-ib-bi-ši-na da-mi-iq-ti x [ x ( x ) ] IG TA NA x [ ( x ) ] A IG TA NA RA AB BI IS SI ⸢MA ? ⸣ E ? X { d } NÈ . ERI₁₁ . GAL-LUGAL-ú-ṣu-úr ⸢LUGAL⸣ a-⸢kà⸣- [ dè ] . ⸢KI⸣ { d } A-⸢É⸣ da ? -x-a-⸢šal ? ⸣ x ⸢ki⸣-i-num ⸢u₄ ? -mu ? ⸣ ul-li-i li-ib-⸢bu⸣- [ uš-šu ] x ⸢Ú MI ? IS ? DU ? x KA ? AP ? ⸣ x mé-e nu-uḫ-šu ⸢da-rí-ú-tim⸣ ina KI IN NA AN NA A ⸢TI⸣ i-na qí-bi-ti { d } AMAR . UTU LUGAL DINGIR . DINGIR DINGIR ba-nu- [ ú-a ] ù { d } èr-ra qar-ra-ad ⸢qar⸣- [ ra-de ( x ) ] NA x NA BI É x še-ri-šu u₄-um x LI ? NA ? DU an-dul-la BI ? NA A x li-ku-⸢un-ma⸣ dam-⸢qá⸣- [ a ] -ti maḫ-⸢rí⸣- [ ka ] IGI x RA ? TA ? PA x LI x LI ʾ x ⸢re-ʾu-ú-ti li-na-ar a-a-bi-⸢šu⸣ li-na-am-ri ta-mar-ti-šu ki-ma { d } 30 a-na ⸢ni-ip-ḫi⸣ ki-ma { d } UTU a-na nu- [ wu ] -⸢rí⸣- [ im ] ṣa-al-ma-at qá-qá-dam li-iḫ- [ du-ù ] SAG ? KI ? { d } AG ? x E ? x AN x A NA ? x ŠÁ A NI ŠI NA LUGAL . ⸢LUGAL⸣ [ ki ] -⸢ib⸣-ra-a-ti ša [ ka-al ] ⸢te⸣-né-še-e-ti a-ši-ib ⸢KAR RI⸣ x [ x x ] TI ? x dan-nu-ti a-na x MI ? x li-iš-ša-kin i-na pi-i-⸢ka⸣ a-na ⸢UD . MEŠ⸣ da-ra-ti KI x ŠA IB NU LI IZ MA RU IGI . TAB
(
As
for
)
me
,
the
wise
(
and
)
pious
one
,
the
king
who
knows
how
to
revere
the
gods
,
I
had
Lībil-ḫegalla
(
re
)
dug
so
that
a
plentitude
of
water
can
enter
the
land
[
and
]
I
(
re
)
constructed
its
b
[
a
]
nk
.
I
firmly
established
inside
it
an
abundance
of
ceaseless
water
.
. . . reside in Babylon , in which I poured out an abundance of water , . . . goodness in their hearts . . . Neriglissar , king of Aga [ de ] , . . . the god Mār-bīti . . . legitimate . . . , in an earlier time , [ in his ] heart . . . an abundance of everlasting water , in …
By the command of the god Marduk , the king of the gods , the god who creat [ ed me ] , and the god Erra , the warrior of war [ riors , ( . . . ) ] . . . his morning ( meal ) , the day of [ . . . ] . . . [ . . . ] may [ . . . ] be firmly in place and . . . good thi [ ng ] s before [ you ] . . . . shepherdship ; may he kill his enemies ; may his appearance shine ; may the black-headed ( people ) be ha [ ppy ( about it ) ] like the moon when rising ( and ) the sun while s [ hi ] nin [ g ] ; . . . the god Nabû . . . the kin [ gs of the re ] gions of [ the entire ] inhabited world , who sit on . . . strong . . . for . . . may ( it/they ) be placed in your mouth . For eternity …
Collated .
. . . reside in Babylon , in which I poured out an abundance of water , . . . goodness in their hearts . . . Neriglissar , king of Aga [ de ] , . . . the god Mār-bīti . . . legitimate . . . , in an earlier time , [ in his ] heart . . . an abundance of everlasting water , in …
By the command of the god Marduk , the king of the gods , the god who creat [ ed me ] , and the god Erra , the warrior of war [ riors , ( . . . ) ] . . . his morning ( meal ) , the day of [ . . . ] . . . [ . . . ] may [ . . . ] be firmly in place and . . . good thi [ ng ] s before [ you ] . . . . shepherdship ; may he kill his enemies ; may his appearance shine ; may the black-headed ( people ) be ha [ ppy ( about it ) ] like the moon when rising ( and ) the sun while s [ hi ] nin [ g ] ; . . . the god Nabû . . . the kin [ gs of the re ] gions of [ the entire ] inhabited world , who sit on . . . strong . . . for . . . may ( it/they ) be placed in your mouth . For eternity …
Collated .