Šamaš-šuma-ukin 4
| Obverse | ||
| 11 | [a]-⸢na⸣ dna-bi-um ga-[aš-ru? ti-iz-qa]-⸢ru?⸣ IGI.GÁL DINGIR.DINGIR šá-qu-ú mut-tal-⸢lum⸣ | (1) For the god Nabû, po[werful, emine]nt, wisest of the gods, exalted, noble, scribe of everything, super[visor of the totality of heaven and netherworld], who makes opposing forces agree, who knows everything, splendid, perfect, who has gat[hered to himself all] the (divine) offices, who controls the omens, lord of skillful works, whose command is pre-eminent [in the assembly of the gods], his fathers, (one with) a far-reaching mind, whose heart none among the gods knows, supreme lord, who raises up lords (and) the fame of rulers, who gives scepter, throne, and reign, who confirms kingship, compassionate one, who bestows for future days power and victory; most important son of the god Asari (Marduk), offspring of the goddess Erua — queen (and) goddess of ladies — who dwells in Ezida — the true house, (located) in [Bor]sippa, the cult center which is worthy of honor — great lord, my lord: |
| 22 | ⸢DUB.SAR⸣ gim-ri pa-⸢qid?⸣ [kiš-šat AN-e u KI-tim?] sa-niq mit-ḫur-ti mu-du-ú ka-la-mu | |
| 33 | ⸢šar?-ḫu gít⸣-ma-lu ḫa-[mi-im kul-lat] par-ṣi šá gu-um-mu-ru te-re-e-ti | |
| 44 | EN nik-la-a-ti [šá ina UKKIN DINGIR.MEŠ?] AD.MEŠ-šú šur-ru-ḫa-at qí-bit-su | |
| 55 | ṣur-ru šad-lu ša ⸢lìb?-bi⸣-šú la i-lam-ma-du DINGIR.DINGIR a-a-um-ma | |
| 66 | ||
| 77 | na-din GIŠ.GIDRU GIŠ.GU.ZA ù BALA.MEŠ mu-ki-in-nu LUGAL-⸢ú-ti⸣ | |
| 88 | re-mé-nu-ú šá a-na ⸢ár?-kat?⸣ u₄-⸢um⸣ i-šar-ra-ku da-na-nu ù ⸢li⸣-[i]-ti | |
| 99 | bu-kúr dasar-ri ⸢reš-tu-ú i⸣-[lit]-⸢ti⸣ de₄-ru₆ šar-rat i-lat be-le-⸢e⸣-ti | |
| 1010 | a-ši-ib é-zi-da É ki-i-nu ina [bár]-sipa.KI ma-ḫaz ra-⸢áš-bu⸣ EN GAL EN-ia | |
| 1111 | a-na-ku dGIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA LUGAL ⸢dan?⸣-[nu] ⸢LUGAL TIN.TIR⸣.KI LUGAL KUR-šu-me-ri ù URI.KI | (11) I, Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, [mighty] king, [ki]ng of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad, wise viceroy, valiant prince, [...], who reveres the lord of lords, wise vice-regent, true shepherd, [who is assid]uous toward the sanctuaries of the great gods, who (re)settl[ed Babyl]on, (re)built Esagil, (and) provides for Ezida; the one during whose [reign] the Enlil of the gods, the god Marduk, relented, entered Babylon amidst rejoicing, and took up his residence in Esagil forevermore; the one who (re)confirmed the regular offerings (in) Esagil (for) the gods of the land of Sumer and Akkad; son of Esarhaddon, great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, viceroy of Babylon, (and) king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; favorite (brother) of Ashurbanipal, great king, mighty king, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria; grandson of Sennacherib, great king, mighty king, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria; descendant of Sargon (II), great king, mighty king, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria; descendant of the enduring royal lineage of Bēl-bāni, son of Adasi, scion of Baltil (Aššur) — |
| 1212 | ||
| 1313 | ⸢ÉNSI ṣi-i⸣-ri ⸢SIPA⸣ ki-i-[nu muš]-⸢te⸣-eʾ-ú áš-rat DINGIR.DINGIR GAL.GAL | |
| 1414 | mu-še-ši-[ib KÁ.DINGIR].⸢RA⸣.KI e-⸢piš é-sag-íl⸣ za-nin é-zi-da | |
| 1515 | ša i-na [BALA]-⸢šú dEN.LÍL⸣ DINGIR.DINGIR dAMAR.UTU sa-li-mu ir-šu-ú | |
| 1616 | i-na ri-šá-a-tú [a-na] ⸢TIN⸣.TIR.KI i-ru-um-ma i-na é-sag-íl šá da-rat šu-bat-su ir-me | |
| 1717 | sat-tuk-ki é-⸢sag-íl⸣ DINGIR.DINGIR KUR-EME.GI₇ ù URI.KI ú-kin-nu | |
| 1818 | DUMU AN.ŠÁR-ŠEŠ-SUM.⸢NA LUGAL⸣ GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL KI.ŠÁR.RA LUGAL KUR-aš-šur | |
| 1919 | ||
| 2020 | ta-li-mu AN.ŠÁR-ba-a-ni-IBILA LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL KI.ŠÁR.RA LUGAL KUR-aš-šur | |
| 2121 | DUMU DUMU d30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-SU LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL KI.ŠÁR.RA LUGAL KUR-aš-šur | |
| 2222 | ŠÀ.BAL.BAL LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL KI.ŠÁR.RA LUGAL KUR-aš-šur | |
| 2323 | NUMUN LUGAL-ú-ti da-ru-ú ša dEN-ba-ni DUMU a-da-si NUNUZ bal-til.KI | |
| 2424 | a-na TI ZI.MEŠ GÍD.DA UD.MEŠ šá-lam NUMUN GIN BALA.MEŠ sa-⸢kap⸣ LÚ.KÚR | (24) In order to ensure the good health of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, my favorite brother, to prolong (his) life, to ensure the well-being of (his) descendant(s), to confirm (his) reign, and to defeat (his) enemy, and, with regard to me, to ensure my good health, to prolong my life, to ensure the well-being of my descendant(s), to confirm my reign, (and) to ensure that I might have no illness, [...] together, I had the storehouses of Ezida built anew and made (them) high as a mountain. |
| 2525 | ša AN.ŠÁR-ba-a-ni-IBILA LUGAL KUR-aš-šur ŠEŠ ta-li-mi-ia ù ia-a-ti | |
| 2626 | [a]-⸢na⸣ TI ZI.MEŠ-ia GÍD.DA ⸢u₄⸣-me-ia šá-lam NUMUN-ia GIN BALA.MEŠ-ia la GÁL-e GIG-ia | |
| 2727 | [...] x ⸢bu?⸣-ru a-ḫa-meš É.GI₆.NAM.AB.DU₇.MEŠ é-zi-da eš-šiš ú-še-piš-ma ú-zaq-qìr ḫur-sa-niš | |
| 2828 | [a-a-um-ma] ⸢NUN⸣ EGIR-ú šá ina BALA-e-šú ši-pir šu-a-tú in-na-ḫu i-raš-šu-ú ni-kit-tú | (28) May [any] future [pr]ince, during whose reign this work falls into disrepair (and) sustains damage, repair [its dilapidated state]! May he write my name with his (own) name, look at my royal inscription, [anoint (it) with oil], offer a sacrifice, (and) place (my royal inscription) with his (own) royal inscription! The god Nabû will (then) listen to his prayers. |
| 2929 | [an-ḫu-us-su] ⸢lu⸣-ud-di-iš šu-mì it-ti MU-šú liš-ṭur MU.SAR-ú-a li-mur-ma | |
| 3030 | [Ì.GIŠ lip-šu-uš (UDU)].⸢SISKUR⸣ liq-qí it-ti MU.SAR-e-šú liš-ku-un ik-ri-bi-šú dna-bi-um i-šem-me | |
| 3131 | [šá šu-mì šaṭ-ru ù MU] ⸢ta-li⸣-mi-ia i-na ši-pir ni-kil-ti i-pa-áš-ši-ṭu | (31) [(But) as for the one who] erases [my inscribed name or the name] of my favorite brother by some crafty device, [(or) destroys my royal inscription, or] changes its position and does not place (it) with his (own) royal inscription, may [the god Nabû, august lord], glare at him [ang]rily and make his name (and) his descendant(s) disappear from the lands! |
| 3232 | [MU.SAR-u-a i-a-ab-ba-tu lu-ú a]-⸢šar⸣-šú ú-nak-ka-ru-ma it-ti MU.SAR-e-šú la i-šak-ka-nu | |
| 3333 | [dna-bi-um EN ṣi-ru ag]-⸢giš⸣ lik-kel-mi-šú-ma MU-šú NUMUN-šú ina KUR.KUR li-ḫal-liq |
Based on Grant Frame, Rulers of Babylonia: From the Second Dynasty of Isin to the End of Assyrian Domination (1157-612 BC) (RIMB 2; Toronto, 1995). Digitized, lemmatized, and updated by Alexa Bartelmus, 2015-16, for the Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), a corpus-building initiative funded by LMU Munich 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 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/Q006314/.