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Canonical Lamentations,pp 457-67, 810f (P296514)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Canonical Lamentations,pp 457-67, 810f |
|---|---|
| ID | P296514 |
| Museum no. | MLC 01862 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
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 2' | when you are to be torn out |
| reverse 13' | He shouted at the screams of the dog |
| reverse 22' | Who removes the incantation, who removes the incantation |
| reverse 35' | Anu-ahhe-iddin, the guarantor; Anu, son of Itti-Anu-nuhu, son of Sin-leqi-unninni |
| obverse 9 | the heirs of the Earra temple |
| reverse 15' | He fashioned the brickwork of the wife, the brickwork of it |
| reverse 18' | he will say to him(?) “If he is a son, he will speak to him” |
| reverse 10' | He spoke to the ub priest, and the ub priest gave it to him. |
| reverse 21' | She went to the netherworld for the lady. |
| obverse 14 | the great hero(?) |
| obverse 4 | enshe priestess... clay |
| obverse 10 | the great hero, the ruler of the Eume temple |
| reverse 16' | he swore by the son that he was a child. |
| obverse 25 | Ditto by the great flood of Enlil |
| reverse 9' | When a fisherman is commanded by the mountain range |
| obverse 16 | great hero, lord of the scribal school |
| reverse 8' | In the black-headed people, the radiance of his command |
| obverse 7 | to Umun-Ura |
| reverse 12' | He spoke to the well-being and the well-being. |
| obverse 26 | The great hero, the son of the oath of Kurgal |
| reverse 33' | The temple whose ziggurrat was built, and the evil storm blew. |
| reverse 3' | They should not speak aloud |
| obverse 3 | ee-seeds> (means) : the alim plant, like a uum plant |
| obverse 20 | the great hero, the builder of the Emeslam |
| obverse 11 | Ditto (for) the city, the administrator of the Ea-ma temple |
| reverse 1' | He destroyed the stone, he destroyed the stone, he destroyed the stone. |
| reverse 29' | Your battle, your battle, your battle, |
| obverse 5 | eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
| reverse 34' | The first (of which was identical with) the first (of the preceding month) (and) the first (of which was identical with) the first (of the preceding month) |
| obverse 2 | the ene priestess |
| reverse 5' | They raised their necks on the earth |
| obverse 22 | great hero, builder of the temple of Ibbi-Anum |
| reverse 25' | Who will raise your eye? |
| obverse 19 | Ditto by the city ruler of Egudua |
| obverse 13 | E-ibbi-uba |
| reverse 14' | he sat down together with their necks. |
| reverse 27' | The supreme sabar net(?) of heaven and earth is poured out(?) |
| obverse 17 | Emetursag |
| reverse 6' | The Anuna gods give you a firm positive answer. |
| obverse 6 | The great hero Enlil |
| obverse 24 | great hero, lord of the Erabrru |
| reverse 4' | They were standing in the heavens. |
| obverse 1 | Like a uum creature, it is an aura, it is an aura, it is an aura, it is an aura |
| reverse 20' | he fashioned it for the journey of the enemy. |
| reverse 24' | the lord Ura, who has grasped my feet, who has grasped my feet |
| obverse 15 | The ruler of Ki, from |
| reverse 19' | he shall split apart the shrines of its dwellings |
| obverse 8 | the great hero who the Eninnu |
| reverse 11' | He spoke to the dais, he made the head spread out. |
| reverse 32' | As if it were an alim creature, it was an alim creature, it was an alim creature, it was an alim creature |
| obverse 23 | Ditto is a city, the lord of the judges |
| reverse 7' | he killed the bricks of the mountain range |
| reverse 26' | Who will devastate your good deeds? |
| obverse 21 | Ditto by the city ruler of Dilbat |
| reverse 17' | he will say to him(?) “If(?) he is a spouse who is not a spouse” |
| obverse 12 | The great hero, the lord of the E-me-ura |
| obverse 18 | the great hero of the E’unir-kituma |
| reverse 23' | The great hero, who grew up, who grew up? |
| reverse 28' | awe-inspiring radiance |
| reverse 30' | Who has known your oath, who has known its heart? |
| reverse 31' | barley, barley, oil, |
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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