124 ME. BOSCAWEN ON THE HISTORICAL 



A-NA (Ilu) Maeduk To Merodaoli 



iLi BA-Ni-su The god his Creator 



IN Bak-zi-pa (ki) In Borsippa 



ALi NA-EA-MT-su His beloved city 



BiT-zi-DA i[ ] Bit Zida 



PAEAKKA-su EL-LAM his holy shriiie , 



iB-Ni-su-uv . he built it. 



EXTRACT FROM A CYLINDER OF NABONIDUS 



(W. A. I. V. pi. 64, col. i. 7 ; ii. 45). 



7. Bit khulkhul bit sin sa ki-eib al khae-ea-nu 



The Temple of Brightness, the Temple of Sin (Moon- 

 god), which is within the city of Kharran, 



8. Sa ultu yumu za-a-ti Sin bel ea-bu-u 

 Which from ancient days Sin the great Lord, 



9. Su-ba-at dhu-ub lib-bi-su ea-mu-u ki-ei-ib-su 

 The seat the joy of his heart had raised within it, 



10. Eli ali u biti sa-a-su lib-bu-us-su i-zu-uz-va 

 Upon that city and temple, his heart was fixed. 



11. Nisi Sab-man-da u-sat-ba-av-va bit su-a-tiv ub-bi-id-va. 

 The Sab Manda (Barbarians) had come up and this 



house had thrown down, and 



12. U-SA-LU-SU khae-mu-tu i-na pa-li-e-a ki-i-nuv. 

 Turned it to ruins. When my reign was established, 



13. Bel bel eab-u i-na na-ea-am sake-u-ti-ya 

 The great Lord Bel, in love of my Majesty, 



14. A-NA ALU U BIT SA-A-SU IZ-LI-VU lE-SU U-TA-AI-EI 



To this city and temple directed me — 



15. I-NA-EE-ES SAER-U-TI-YA DA-IE-TI U-SAP-EU-H-NI-NI SU-UT-TI. 



In the beginning of my long reign. They sent me a 

 dream ; 



16. Maeduk Bel eabu u Sin na-an-na-ei samie u iezitiv 

 Merodach, the great Lord, and Sin, the illuminators of 



the Heavens and Earth, 



