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Page 381 / 431

~580 BCE

·Neo-Babylonian

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RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 04

(obverse, fragmentary) In [...] (which) no (former king) had [erected(?) ...] (but) me, the humble, [submissive one ...] I fashioned, and eight [mušḫuššu-dragons of copper ...] which upon the wicked and [the enemy spray venom of death ...] with a plating of si[lver ...] in the gate(s) of [...] on the platform(s) (kisû) [...] (remainder broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianOur engine

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 05

(beginning broken) [...] ... lordship(?) ... [...] [... of a] former [king(?)] ... he cast/fashioned in silver [...] [...] shining ..., with ornament and awe-inspiring radiance I clothed it. [...] the Euphrates, the river of abundance, which from its creation [... flowed] straight past Esagil — its massive waters, [... in the days(?)] of a former king, its waters from the border of Esagil [...] had receded (too far) for the drawing of water. [...] I sought out its ancient site, and [...] its waters as of old [... to the bor]der of Esagil I directed [straight]. The [...] which a former king had…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianOur engine

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 07

Neriglissar, king of Babylon [(...)], the renovator of Esagil and E[zida], the one who does good [deeds], whom, in order to exercise his kingship, [...] the great gods established [...] their [counsel(?) ...]; [whom(?)] Marduk, foremost of the gods, the one who de[crees destinies(?) ...], [... with(?)] dominion over (all) the lands [...], [... the shep]herdship of the black-[headed people ...], [...] true/faithful [...], [...] ... [...], [... m]ighty(?) [...], [...] ... [...]. (The remainder of the tablet is broken.)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianOur engine

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 08

(obverse, all lines broken at the right edge) [Ne]riglissar, king of Babylon, [...] [the one who reno]vates(?) Esagil and [Ezida ...] with [...] like the (original) appurtenances [...] I set up [...]. The Dais of Destinies, which is inside [...], upon which at the New Year (zammukku), the beginning [of the year], during the akītu-festival, (at) the setting-out of the Enlil of the g[ods, Marduk], Nabû, the true heir, processes t[o ...] Šuanna [...], (on) the 5th day (and) the 11th day, in going and retu[rning ...] (remainder of this exemplar broken)

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 04

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 05

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 07

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 08

BM 091441

BRM 4, 48

CDLB 2014/004 §2.2

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.49

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.50

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.55

CUSAS 15, 043

DUROM 2009.9

Genava 17, 031, no. 23

Iraq 06, 178, 80 + 81

LB 0866

MSL SS 1, 033

MSL SS 1, 083

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