LBPL no. 26820
Obv.
1' [. . . il]āni(dingi]rmeš) x x [. . .]
2' [. . . ] x x x x x ta-at úr x [. . .]
3' [x x (x)] x bābili(⸢e⸣ki) mar-kas šamê(an-e) šá ana er-bet šārī(im) nadât(šub-á[t]) [. . .]
4' [i]-šim-šu-nu-tu4 šer9(SAR)-tú šá ina bābili(tin.tirki) āl(uru) ta-na-[at-ti . . .]
5' i-šim-šu-nu-tu4 ším-mat šu-ut bābili(eki) ṣa-ḫar u ra-[bi-i . . .]
6' ina mil-ki-šu-nu ki-nì ana mku-dúr-náḫ-ḫun-gá šar(lugal) kure-la-[mat . . .]
7' ú-kan-nu-ú rid-di ga-na šá eli(ugu)-šú-nu ṭa-a-bi x [. . .]
8' ina bābili(eki) āl(uru) kár-an-dun-iá-àš šarrūtu(lugal-tú) ip-pu-uš [. . .]
9' ina bābili(tin.tirki) āl(uru) šar(lugal) ilāni(dingirmeš) marduk(damar.utu) id-du-ú k[ussû(giš[gu.za)-šú . . .]
10' su-gul-lu4u barbaru(ur.bar) bīt(é) ḫab-ba-a-tú i-mag-ga-[ru . . .]
11' kun-šil-lu ki-i-nu a-ri-bi mut-tap-ri-šu i-ra-m[u . . .]
12' i-nag-gàr a-ri-bi ṣerru(muš) mut-tab-bi-ik mar-tu4 [. . .]
13' kalbu(ur.gi7) ka-si-is eṣemti(gìr.pad.da) i-ma-ag-ga-ár ši[kkî(dni[n.kilim) . . .]
14' ⸢i⸣-nag-gàr mušḫuššu(muš.ḫuš) lúḫab-ba-a-tu4ta-bi-ik d[a-mi . . .]
15' [a]-a-ú šar(lugal) kure-la-mat šá iz-nun-nu é-sag-gíl ú-k[an-nu kidinnu]
16' [šá] mārī(lúdumumeš) bābili(eki) iš-ku-nu ⸢šu⸣-bar-ru-šu-nu i-[na . . .]
17' [a-ma]-⸢a⸣-tu4 šá taš-ṭu-ru um-ma ana-ku šarru(lugal) mār(dumu) šarri(lugal) z[ēr(nu[mun) šarrūti dārīti]
18' [lu]-ú mār(dumu) mārat(dumu×munus) šarri(lugal) šá ina kussî(gišgu.za) šarrūtu(lugal-tú) ú-ši-b[u . . .]
19' [u] tukultī([m]dur.maḫ)-ninurta(dmaš) māru(dumu) šá arad(mìr)-esagil(é.tuš.a) šá amti(géme) [. . .]
20' [ina] kussî([giš]gu.za) ú-ši-ib-ma ina si-⸢iḫ⸣ di-i-k[u. . .]
21' [u ni]-nu šarru(lugal) il-lik šá ultu(ta) u4-mu da-ru-ú-tú x (x) [. . .]
22' [(x)] in-nam-bi bēl(en) bābili(eki) ul i-kan-nu ⸢ep⸣(erasure)-še-⸢e⸣-[ti . . .]
23' [si]mānu([it]isig4) duʾūzu(itišu) ina bābili(eki) in-ni-ip-p[u-uš . . .]
24' [x] ⸢x⸣-še-e-a enzu(ùz) ku-ra sa-pi-in-nu māti(kur) kal[āma](dù.[a.bi]) [. . .]
25' [x x] ⸢x⸣ bi um ina mil-ki-šu-nu ki-nu-um [. . .]
26' [x x x] ⸢x⸣ nu-a enzu(ùz) ra-šu-um a-bu-t[ú . . .]
27' [. . . i]lāni(din]girmeš) ina šal-lat ú-še-eṣ-ṣ[u-ú . . .]
28' [. . .] x x šá rid-di x [. . .]
(Lacuna)
Rev.
(Lacuna)
1" [x x x x] ⸢kan⸣-nam la x [. . .]
2" [x x x] x x šarru(lugal) šakkanakku(gìr.níta) ul [. . .]
3" [x x] tu4nap-⸢šat⸣-su ⸢ta⸣ x [. . .]
4" [x x] x di x x x [. . .]
5" [x x] x šamaš(dutu) u d[. . .]
6" [x x] da-ab-x [. . .]
7" [x x x] ku [. . .]
8" [x x x] x [. . .]
9" [x]mešlu [. . .]
10" [x] x še x [. . .]
11" [x] šarru(lugal) nam [. . .]
12" ⸢u4⸣-mu ma-la [. . .]
13" bēlū(enmeš) ár-nu [. . .]
14" kal-la mar-ṣa-[tu4. . .]
15" māḫiru(⸢gaba⸣.šu.<gar>) ut-ta x [. . .]
16" ʾe-er-šú man-nu ana [. . .]
17" ⸢dumuq(sig5)⸣ bābili(e⸢ki⸣) é-sa[g-gíl . . .]
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18" [g]i-ṭu x [. . .]
19" [x x] x x nabû(dag)? x [. . .]
Obv.
1'–9' [. . .] the gods [. . .] . . . [. . .] Babylon, the bond of heaven, which is laid o[ut] to the four winds. He (Marduk) decided for them the punishment that in Babylon, the prai[seaworthy] city. He decreed for them the property of the Babylonians, young and o[ld . . .]. With their firm counsel, they established persecution for Kudur-naḫḫunte, king of Elam. Now, one who is pleasing to them [. . .] will exercise kingship in Babylon, the city of Karduniaš. In Babylon, the city of Marduk, king of the gods, they [will set up his t[hrone].
10'–16' Will livestock and preying wolf come to terms? Will a firm-rooted kunšillu-thorn and a soaring raven love (one another)? [. . .] Will a raven and a venomous snake come to terms? [. . .] Will a bone-gnawing dog come to terms with a mongoose? [. . .] Will a dragon come to terms with a blood-letting bandit? [. . .] What king of Elam is there who provided for Esagil, esta[blished] the Babylonians' [freedom from corvée] and fixed their tax exemption i[n. . .]?
17'–22' (As for) [the wo]rds that you wrote, "I am a king, son of a king, of the [eternal] se[ed of royalty, inde]ed, the son of a king's daughter who sat on the royal throne [. . .]" – [now,] Tukultī-Ninurta, son of Arad-Esagil whom a slave girl [. . .], sat [on] the royal throne and was killed in an insurrection. [As for u]s, let a king come whose [lineage is estsablished] from ancient days. He will be called the lord of Babylon; the deed[s of anyone else] will not prosper.
23'–28' It will be do[ne] in the months of Simānu and Duʾūzu, when the Goat(-star?), the furnace, one that lays flat the entire land [. . .] . . . by their firm counsel [. . .] . . . the Goat(-star?). To have a sla[ve-mark . . . the g]ods among the booty that they will bring out. [. . .] of pursuit [. . .]
(Lacuna)
(Reverse too fragmentary for a coherent reading)
| Word | Translation | Line |
|---|---|---|
| abbuttum | a hair-style, mark of slavery | obv. 26' |
| alākum (v.) | to go | obv. 21' |
| ālum | village, town, city | obv. 4', 8', 9' |
| amtum | maid, female slave | obv. 19' |
| ana | to, for | obv. 3', 6', rev. 16" |
| anāku | I | obv. 17' |
| Arad-Esagil | PN | obv. 19' |
| arnum | guilt, fault, penalty | rev. 13" |
| awātum, amātum | word, matter | obv. 17' |
| ayyum, ayyûm | which | obv. 15' |
| Bābili | GN | obv. 3', 4', 5', 8', 9', 16', 22', 23', rev. 17" |
| barbarum | wolf | obv. 10' |
| bēlum | lord, proprietor (of) | obv. 22', rev. 13" |
| bītum | house, palace, temple | obv. 10' |
| dâkum (v.) | to kill, beat | obv. 20' |
| dāmum | blood | obv. 14' |
| dārûm | lasting, eternal | obv. 17', 21' |
| dumqum | goodness, good (thing) | rev. 17" |
| Duʾūzu | MN | obv. 23' |
| Elamtum, Elammia | GN | obv. 6', 15' |
| eli | on, over, above, concerning | obv. 7' |
| enzum | goat, Goat-star (the constellation Lyra) | obv. 24', 26' |
| epēšum (v.) | to do, make, build, open (mouth), (D) calculate, check, execute properly (a tablet) | obv. 8', 23' |
| epištum | deed, action | obv. 22' |
| erbe | four | obv. 3' |
| erēbum, arībum | rook, jackdaw, crow, raven | obv. 11', 12' |
| eršum | wise | rev. 16" |
| Esagil | TN | obv. 15', rev. 17" |
| eṣemtum | bone | obv. 13' |
| gana | come on, yallah! | obv. 7' |
| giṭṭum | oblong tablet | rev. 18" |
| ḫabbātum | plunderer, bandit | obv. 10', 14' |
| ilum | god | obv. 1', 9', 27' |
| ina | in, on, by, from | obv. 4', 6', 8', 9', 16', 18', 20' (x2), 23', 25', 27' |
| ištum, ultu | from, out of, since, after | obv. 21' |
| kalbum | dog | obv. 13' |
| kalû, kullu | all, totality | obv. 24', rev. 14" |
| kânum (v.) | to be(come) permanent, firm, true, (D) establish firmly, set up, define, prove | obv. 7', 15', 22' |
| Karduniaš, Karanduniaš | GN | obv. 8' |
| kasāsum (v.) | to chew, gnaw | obv. 13' |
| kidinnum | protection, aegis, freedom from corvée | obv. 15' |
| kīnum | permanent, true, reliable, loyal | obv. 6', 11', 25' |
| Kudur-Naḫḫunte | RN | obv. 6' |
| kunšillum | carder, carding-comb, a thorn | obv. 11' |
| kūrum | kiln, furnace | obv. 24' |
| kussûm | chair, throne | obv. [9'], 18', 20' |
| lū | let it be, or, verily | obv. 18' |
| magārum (v.) | to consent, agree, obey | obv. 10', 12', 13', 14' |
| māḫirum | opponent, antagonist, enemy | rev. 15" |
| mala | as much as | rev. 12" |
| mannum | who | rev. 16" |
| Marduk | DN | obv. 9' |
| markasum | bond, tie, rope | obv. 3' |
| marṣum | sick, troublesome | rev. 14" |
| martum | gall bladder, bile, venom | obv. 12' |
| mārtum | daughter | obv. 18' |
| mārum | son, descendant | obv. 16', 17', 18', 19' |
| mātum | land, country | obv. 24' |
| milkum | advice, counsel, intelligence | obv. 6', 25' |
| mušḫuššum | serpent-dragon | obv. 14' |
| muttaprišum | winged, flying | obv. 11' |
| Nabû | DN | rev. 19" |
| nabûm (v.) | to name, nominate, decree | obv. 22' |
| nadûm (v.) | to throw (down), lay (down), cast, impose, establish, reject, remove | obv. 3', 11' |
| napištum | throat, (essence of) life, breath | rev. 3" |
| nīnu | we | obv. 21' |
| rabûm | big, great, old, noble, chief | obv. 5' |
| râmum, raʾāmum (v.) | to love | obv. 11' |
| rašûm (v.) | to acquire, get, possess | obv. 26' |
| rīdum | driving, droving, succession, pursuit, persecution | obv. 7', 28' |
| sāpinum | flattener | obv. 24' |
| sīḫum | rebellion | obv. 20' |
| Simānum | MN | obv. 23' |
| sugullum | herd, cattle | obv. 10' |
| ṣeḫrum | small, young, son | obv. 5' |
| ṣerrum | snake | obv. 12' |
| ša | who(m), which, of | obv. 3', 4', 7', 15', 16', 17', 18', 19' (x2), 21', 28' |
| šakānum (v.) | to put, place, lay down, inflict | obv. 16' |
| šakkanakkum | (military) governor | rev. 2" |
| šallatum, šillatum | plundered thing(s), booty | obv. 27' |
| Šamaš | DN | rev. 5" |
| šamû | sky, heaven | obv. 3' |
| šarrum | king, SN | obv. 6', 9', 15', 17' (x2), 18', 21', rev. 2", 11" |
| šarrūtum | kingship, reign | obv. 8', 17', 18' |
| šārum | wind | obv. 3' |
| šaṭārum (v.) | to write (down) | obv. 17' |
| šērtum | guilt, crime, punishment | obv. 4' |
| šiāmum (v.) | to fix, decree | obv. 4', 5' |
| šikkûm | mongoose | obv. 13' |
| šīmtum | what is fixed, will, testament, fate, destiny | obv. 5' |
| šubarrû | (tax) exemption | obv. 16' |
| šūt | who(m), those who(m), those of | obv. 5' |
| tabākum (v.) | to pour (out) | obv. 12', 14' |
| tanittum | (hymn of) praise | obv. 4' |
| Tukultī-Ninurta | RN | obv. 19' |
| ṭābum | good, sweet, pleasant | obv. 7' |
| u | and | obv. 5', 10', 18', 21', rev. 5" |
| ul | not | obv. 22', rev. 2" |
| umma | saying | obv. 17' |
| ūmum | day, time | obv. 21', rev. 12" |
| wašābum (v.) | to sit (down), dwell | obv. 18', 20' |
| waṣûm (v.) | to go out | obv. 27' |
| watûm (v.) | to find | rev. 15" |
| zanānum (v.) | to provision, provide | obv. 15' |
| zērum | seed(s) | obv. 17' |