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Q005367: royal-inscription brick

Neo-Babylonian Oracc

Akkadian

a-na (d)_amar-utu en_-szu (d)_muati_-A-_uru lugal ka-disz-disz-ki kar_ a-gur-ru ana ki-da-nu _bad_ ba-bi-i-lu u-szA-as-hir _kar_ a-na (d)_amar-utu munus-sig5_-szu qi-ba

AI Translation

For the god Marduk, his lord: Nabonidus, king of Babylon, had a quay of baked bricks placed in the courtyard of the wall of Babylon. He said good things about the quay to the god Marduk.

Human

For the god Marduk, his lord: Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, surrounded the wall of Babylon on the outside with an embankment of baked bricks. O embankment, speak favorable things about him to the god Marduk.