Nebuchadnezzar I Inscriptions on 3 Items

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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)

 

Inscription on Brick:

          For the god Enlil, lord of lands, his lord:

        Nebuchadnezzar, (5) prayerful prince, made baked bricks and built the base of the Unu-maḫ (with them).

 

Inscription on Dagger:

          (Property) of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the world,

          king of Babylon, king of Sumer (and) Akkad.

 

Inscription on Hatchet:

          O god Marduk, you are able to rescue the prayerful man

        (and) to make the one who is assiduous toward your sanctuaries stand (in victory) over (his) enemies.

          Your breeze wafted to me; I am able to throw down my enemies.

          Strengthen my weapons so that I may overthrow my foes!

          (Property) of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the world.