Uballissu-Marduk

Transliteration Line art Translation
dnin-súmun nin gal-di

dumu sag an gal-[la?]
sa12-du5 maḫ den-líl
nam-kù-zu níg-nam-ma šu-du7
lú kin-kin-za ḫé-li
in-di-bi ḫé-sa6
a-ga-na ki? še-er-kán <ḫé>-d[u]
ú-ba-lí-su-dAMAR.UTU
dumu ìr-é-a
um-mi-a níg-kas7
ìr ku-ri-gal-zu lugal kiš

Seal of expert accountant Uballissu-Marduk, from in the British Museum.[i 1]
 Oh, Ninsumun, mighty lady,

eldest daughter of the great An,
chief land registrar of Enlil,
whose wisdom makes everything perfect:
may he who seeks you rejoice,
and may his going be well,
<so that> after he passed by,
the land is well ordered.
Uballissu-Marduk,
son of Arad-Ea,
expert accountant,
servant of Kurigalzu, king of the world.[1]

Uballissu-Marduk, inscribed ú-ba-lí-su-dAMAR.UTU, meaning “Marduk has kept him alive,” was a Babylonian accountant (niğkas) who rose to the rank of administrator (sanqu) in the Kassite government of Kurigalzu II, ca. 1332-1308 BC short chronology, whose principal sources are his two cylinder seals which detail his religious affiliations and his illustrious genealogy.[2]


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  1. ^ F. A. M. Wiggerman (2008). "A Babylonian Scholar in Assur". In R.J. van der Spek (ed.). In Studies in Ancient Near Eastern World View and Society Presented to Marten Stol on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday. CDL Press. pp. 203–234.
  2. ^ Eleanor Robson (2008). Mathematics in Ancient Iraq: A Social History. Princeton University Press. p. 175.