Names

  • Šamaš-šuma-ukin 4

Numbers

  • Q006314
  • Šamaš-šuma-ukin 4

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Details

  • cylinder
  • Neo-Babylonian
  • Written ca. 667-648
  • Borsippa
  • Royal Inscription
  • Shamash-shuma-ukin

Šamaš-šuma-ukin 4

Obverse
11

[a]-na dna-bi-um ga-[-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 -bit-su

55

ṣur-ru šad-lu ša lìb?-bi-šú la i-lam-ma-du DINGIR.DINGIR a-a-um-ma

66

EN šur-bu-ú na-šu-ú e-ni na-šu-ú zik-ri ma-al-ki?

77

na-din GIŠ.GIDRU GIŠ.GU.ZA ù BALA.MEŠ mu-ki-in-nu LUGAL-ú-ti

88

re--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

GÌR.NÍTA it-pe-šú NUN qar-du x [...]-ú-ti pa-liḫ EN EN.EN

1313

ÉNSI ṣi-i-ri SIPA ki-i-[nu muš]-te--ú áš-rat DINGIR.DINGIR GAL.GAL

1414

mu-še-ši-[ib .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- [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--šur

1919

GÌR.NÍTA TIN.TIR.KI LUGAL KUR-šu-me-ri ù ak-ka-di-i

2020

ta-li-mu AN.ŠÁR-ba-a-ni-IBILA LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL KI.ŠÁR.RA LUGAL KUR--šur

2121

DUMU DUMU d30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-SU LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL KI.ŠÁR.RA LUGAL KUR--šur

2222

ŠÀ.BAL.BAL LUGAL-GI.NA LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL KI.ŠÁR.RA LUGAL KUR--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 .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--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 -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- in-na-ḫu i-raš-šu-ú ni-kit-

(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- šu- it-ti MU-šú liš-ṭur MU.SAR-ú-a li-mur-ma

3030

[Ì.GIŠ lip-šu- (UDU)].SISKUR liq- it-ti MU.SAR-e-šú liš-ku-un ik-ri-bi-šú dna-bi-um i-šem-me

3131

[šá šu- 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/.

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