"Title","Alternate Title","Akkadian Title","Translation","Explanatory Notes","Publication","Publisher URL","Source","Date","Language","Medium","Find Spot","" "Nebuchadnezzar and Marduk","","","When Nebuchadnezzar [the king] dwelt in Babylon, He would roar like a lion, would rum[ble] like thunder, His illustrious great men would roar like lions. [His] prayers went up to Marduk, lord of Babylon, ""Have mercy on me, in despair and pros[trate],* ""Have mercy on my land, which weeps and mourns, ""Have mercy on my people, who wail and weep! ""How long, O lord of Babylon, Will you dwell in the land of the enemy? ""May beautiful Babylon pass through your heart, ""Turn your face towards Esagila which you love!"" [The lord of Babylon] heeded Nebuchadnezzar [‘s prayer], [ ] befell him from heaven, ""I command you with my own lips, ""[A word of] good fortune do I send you: ""[With] my [help?] you will attack the Westland. ""Heed yur instructions, [ ] ""Take me [from El]am to Babylon. ""I, [lord of Bab]ylon, will surely give you Elam, ""[I will exalt] your [kingshp] everywhere."" [ ] the land of [ ] and seized [ ] of? his gods","This epic-style poem recounts in summary fashion the events dealt with in more detail in III..I 5b-d.*Notes to Text: (5) WGL: ú-tu-[lu], confirmed by collation.","Benjamin R. Foster, Before the Muses, 3rd edition; 2005, (p. 166)","http://www.cdlpress.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=54","H. Winckler, Altorientalische Forschungen I (Leipzing, 1897), 542f","","Akkadian","clay tablet","","Myths and Epics"