Adad-apla-iddina Babylonian Inscriptrions

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(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)

(gods in bluemixed-breed demigods in teal)

On A Cylinder From Babylon:        

       [Adad-apla-iddin]a

         (Too poorly preserved to allow translation.)

         I am the one who takes in his (lit. “my”) hand the lead rope of all the people.

          (Ashur in his winged sky-disc leads his kings’ battles from the front)

         At that time, with regard to the god Asari, the one who goes at the fore, I respectfully followed his desires.

         In order to re-erect the wall Imgur-Enlil (“The God Enlil Showed Favour”),

          (Marduk’s Esagil ziggurat residence in Babylon)

         the (city) wall of Babylon, which had collapsed at the beginning of the year due to old age,

         to reach its ancient foundation, to lay its foundation on the breast of the netherworld,

         and to restore it (ii 15) as it had been in the past, … the king … … may he not change.

         … my statue I put with it.

On A Brick From Ur:

         Adad-apla-iddina, son of the goddess Ninisina (Bau), king of Babylon,

        

              (Inanna brings her semi-divine bride-king before her father Nannar, the Moon God & patron of Ur)

         son-in-law (semi-divine spouse-king to Inanna) of the god Nanna, the one who provides for Ur

         (and) re[nov]ated Egiš[nu]gal for the god A[Šimbabbar (Nanna / Nannar), his] lord.

On A Brick From Ur:

         Adad-apla-iddina, son of the goddess Ninisina (Bau), king of Babylon,

        

              (Inanna brings her semi-divine bride-king before her father Nannar, the Moon God & patron of Ur)

         son-in-law (spouse to Inanna) of the divine (moon) crescent (Nannar, his symbol), the one who provides for Ur,

            (E-gishnugal, ziggurat temple residence of Nannar in Ur)       

         renovated Egišnugal (“House of the Seed of the throne”, Nannar’s residence) for the god Ašimbabbar (Nannar), his lord.

On A Brick From Larsa:

         Adad-apla-iddina, king of Babylon, … of the god Šamaš (Utu),

          (Larsa ruins 1912)

         built the (enclosure) wall of the temple Ebabbar (“Shining House”), the abode of prayer (in Larsa).

On A Brick From Isin:

         For the goddess Ninisina (Bau), wisest of the gods, his lady: Adad-apla-iddina, king of Babylon, son of (Bau)…,

           (Nippur ziggurat ruins, Enlil’s residence, alien Command Central)

         renovated Egalmaḫ (“Exalted Palace”) (Bau’s residence in Nippur), her beloved shrine.

On A Cone / Shem Model From Khorsabad:

         Adad-apla-iddina, [king] of Babylon, builder of Nēmet-Marduk (“Bulwark of the God Marduk”),

           (giants Enlil, Ninlil, & Enki)

         the outer wall of the (city) wall of Nippur, for the god Enlil, his lord.

On A Brick From Kish:

         Adad-apla-iddina, king of Babylon, made Emeteursaga (“House Worthy of the Hero”) shine.

         The god Zababa (Enlil’s son)

On A Bead:

         To Marduk, lord of Babylon, [lord] of Esagila, his august helper, his lord:

        Adad-apla-iddina, king of Babylon, [presented] (this object) for the sake of his life.