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CT 51, 218 (P286079)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal), Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 51, 218 |
|---|---|
| ID | P286079 |
| Museum no. | BM 123395 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Šuʾila (Emesal) |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 4' | O ditto, shepherd who provides for you, listen to his prayers. |
| reverse 2' | May the gods of heaven and underworld speak to you! |
| reverse 1' | May the lord of heaven and earth speak kindly |
| obverse 2' | ... great god(?) |
| reverse 5' | The foundations of the atu-tree were piled up, and the people seized (it) forever. |
| obverse 5' | Anum |
| obverse 1' | Great An(?) |
| obverse 6' | (for) ditto(?) |
| reverse 6' | May his kingship be pleasant, may he establish a long reign, and a long reign. |
| reverse 3' | May Sîn-ar-ikun, the shepherd, live in the womb. |
| obverse 4' | The great one, father Enlil, may he speak to you |
| obverse 3' | May the kurgal priestess, father Enlil, be praised in the divine powers. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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