Amel-Marduk (561-560 BC), Neriglissar (559-556 BC), and Nabonidus (555-539 BC) were the last native kings of Babylon. In this modern scholarly edition of the complete extant corpus of royal inscriptions from each of their reigns, Frauke Weiershauser and Jamie Novotny provide updated and reliable editions of the texts. The kings of the Neo-Babylonian Empire left hundreds of official inscriptions on objects such as clay cylinders, bricks, paving stones, vases, and stelae. These writings, ranging from lengthy narratives enumerating the deeds of a monarch to labels identifying a ruler as the builder of a given structure, supplement and inform our understanding of the empire. Beginning with a historical introduction to the reigns of these three kings and the corpus of inscriptions, Weiershauser and Novotny then present each text with an introduction, a photograph of the inscribed object, the Akkadian text in a newly collated transliteration, an English translation, catalogue data, commentary, and an updated bibliography. Additionally, Weiershauser and Novotny provide new translations of several related Akkadian texts and chronicles. Featuring meticulous yet readable transliterations and translations that have been carefully collated with the originals, this book will be the standard edition for scholars and students of Assyriology, the Neo-Babylonian dialect, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire for decades to come.
Frauke Weiershauser is Tenured Academic Researcher of the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Mu nchen. She is the primary author on the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (RINBE) project and author of Die koeniglichen Frauen der III. Dynastie von Ur. Jamie Novotny is Tenured Academic Researcher of the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Mu nchen, Codirector of the Munich Open-Access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative, and Editor-in-Chief of the RINBE project. He is the author, editor, or coauthor of several books, including The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668-631 BC), Assur-etal-ilani (630-627 BC), and Sin-sarra-iskun (626-612 BC), Kings of Assyria: Part I, also published by Eisenbrauns.
Contents List of Figures Contents of Scores Directors' Foreword Foreword from the Director of the Vorderasiatisches Museum Preface Editorial Notes Bibliographical Abbreviations Other Abbreviations Object Signatures Introduction I. Amel-Marduk Babylon Bricks No. 1 - Brick Inscription (B1) 29 Paving Stone No. 2 - Paving Stone (PS1) Stone Vessel No. 3 - Babylon Vase (V1) Susa Stone Vessels No. 4 - Susa Vase 1 (V2) No. 5 - Susa Vase 2 (V3) No. 6 - Susa Vase 3 (V4) II. Neriglissar Babylon Clay Cylinders No. 1 - Esagil Inscription (C21) No. 2 - Libil-hegalla Inscription (C22) No. 3 - Royal Palace Inscription (C23) Bricks No. 4 - Brick Inscription (B1) No. 5 - Brick Inscription (B2) Sippar Clay Cylinder No. 6 - Cylinder Inscription (C022) Uncertain Provenance (Possibly Borsippa) Clay Cylinder No. 7 - Cylinder Inscription (C011) Susa Vase No. 8 - Vase (V1) III. Nabonidus - Babylonia Babylon Clay Cylinders No. 1 - Imgur-Enlil Cylinder / Cylinder II,1 / Inscription A No. 2 - Emasdari Cylinder / Cylinder II,3 / Inscription B Steles No. 3 - Babylon Stele/ Stele Fragment XI / Inscription 1 No. 4 - Stele Fragments (BE 548+) Clay Tablet No. 5 - BM 38770 Paving Stone No. 6 - Paving Stone U / Inscription H / Nebuchadnezzar II Lb1 2 Bricks No. 7 - Brick Inscription A I,1 / Inscription C No. 8 - Brick Inscription AP I,1 / Inscription D No. 9 - Brick Inscription U / Inscription E Agade Clay Cylinders No. 10 - Eulmas Cylinder No. 11 - BE 12586 No. 12 - BE 40133 Borsippa Clay Cylinder No. 13 - Ezida Cylinder Kish Clay Cylinder No. 14 - Kish Cylinder Kissik Clay Cylinder No. 15 - Eamaskuga Cylinder / Cylinder II,6 / Inscription 10 Larsa Clay Cylinder No. 16 - Larsa Cylinder / Cylinder III,1 / Inscription 9 Stele No. 17 - Larsa Stele / Fragment 1 Bricks No. 18 - Brick Inscription Ap I,2 / Inscription 12 Marad Clay Cylinder No. 19 - Eigikalama Cylinder / Cylinder II,5 / Inscription 7 Seleucia Brick No. 20 - Schaudig, Inschriften Nabonids no. 1.3 Sippar Clay Cylinders No. 21 - BM 46600 No. 22 - MMA 86.11.52 No. 23 - Ebabbar Cylinder / Cylinder III,3 / Inscription 11 No. 24 - Ebabbar Cylinder / Cylinder II,9 / Inscription 5 No. 25 - Tiara Cylinder / Cylinder II,8 / Inscription 6 No. 26 - Ebabbar-Ekurra Cylinder / Cylinder II,4, Inscription 8 No. 27 - Cylinder III,4 / Inscription 16 No. 28 - Ehulhul Cylinder / Cylinder III,2 / Inscription 15 No. 29 - Ehulhul Cylinder (BM 91087) Tablet No. 30 - BM 76825 Bricks No. 31 - Schaudig, Inschriften Nabonids no. 1.1 Ur Clay Cylinders No. 32 - Elugalgalgasisa Cylinder / Cylinder II,1 / Inscription 17 No. 33 - Elugalgalgasisa Cylinder (CBS 15617) No. 34 - En-nigaldi-Nanna Cylinder / Cylinder II,7 / Inscription 2 No. 35 - Ur Cylinder Stone Door Socket No. 36 - Door Socket 1 / Inscription 3 Bricks No. 37 - Brick Inscription B I,2 / Inscription 19 No. 38 - Brick Inscription B I,1 / Inscription 18 No. 39 - Brick Inscription B I,3 / Inscription 4 Uruk Stele No. 40 - Uruk Stele Uncertain Provenance Clay Cylinders No. 41 - BM 47814 No. 42 - Da Riva, GMTR 4 p. 131 no. 1c Stele No. 43 - Tarif Stele / Stele Fragment 1 / Inscription 14 Clay Tablets No. 44 - Inscription G No. 45 - BM 58756 IV. Nabonidus - The Northwest Harran Clay Cylinder No. 46 - Harran Cylinder / Fragment 3 Steles No. 47 - Harran Stele / Stele Fragments III,1 / Inscription 13 Stone Fragments No. 48 - Schaudig, Inschriften Nabonids no. 4.5 No. 49 - Schaudig, Inschriften Nabonids no. 4.4 No. 50 - Schaudig, Inschriften Nabonids no. 4.3 Bricks No. 51 - Fragment 2 (Hr 85/75) Stone Bowl No. 52 - SM 899.2.282 Pearl No. 53 - Pearl Inscription / Inscription F Padakku Rock Relief No. 54 - Padakku Inscription Sela' Rock Relief No. 55 - Sela' Inscription Tema Stele No. 56 - Tema Stele Pedestal No. 57 - TA 3656 + TA 9208 Stone Fragments No. 58 - TA 3813 No. 59 - TA 3833 No. 60 - TA 11381 No. 61 - TA 17966 V. Nabonidus - Uncertain Texts Uncertain Provenance (Possibly Babylon and Borsippa) Clay Cylinders No. 1001 - Palace Cylinder / Inscription Z . No. 1002 - BM 38696 Stele No. 1003 - VA 3217 Kish Clay Cylinder No. 1004 - Cylinder Fragment I,1 / Inscription X Kissik Brick No. 1005 - BM 137452 Sippar Clay Cylinders No. 1006 - BM 40076 No. 1007 - BM 40532+ No. 1008 - Stone Wall Cylinder No. 1009 - Cylinder Fragment I,2 / Inscription Y No. 1010 - Schaudig, Inschriften Nabonids no. 2.29 Clay Tablet No. 1011 - BM 76544 VI. Nabonidus - Royal Family Adad-guppi Stele No. 2001 - Adad-guppi Stele Minor Variants and Comments Index of Museum Numbers Index of Excavation Numbers Index of Names Concordances of Selected Publications Scores of Inscriptions (on Oracc) (a PDF of the scores is available at http://oracc.org/ribo/bab7scores/)
